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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: DNS security policy Threat Intelligence feed

Azure Updates

2025-11-20

Azure DNS security policy Threat Intelligence feed is now generally available. It provides a Microsoft-managed threat intelligence feed to protect DNS queries by identifying and blocking known malicious domains, helping prevent attacks that begin with DNS resolution.

ai: Foundry Local comes to Android—plus on-device speech, on-prem support, and a simpler SDK

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-11-20

Microsoft announces Foundry Local for Android, a preview that lets developers run AI models directly on Android devices without cloud round trips. The release also introduces on-device speech capabilities, on-premises deployment options, and a simplified SDK to make integrating local AI into mobile apps easier. A gated preview signup is available.

ai: How to debug and optimize RAG agents in Microsoft Foundry

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-11-20

This tutorial shows how to evaluate and optimize retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) agents in Microsoft Foundry using Foundry Observability. It recommends running end-to-end, reference-free RAG triad evaluators (Groundedness and Relevance) and applying advanced search and retrieval tuning before deployment.

ai: Introducing GPT-4o Audio Models in Microsoft Foundry: A Practical Guide for Developers

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-11-20

A practical developer guide from Microsoft Foundry showing how to start using Azure OpenAI's next-generation GPT-4o audio models to build transcription and text-to-speech applications. The post explains the capabilities of the audio models, required setup in Azure/OpenAI and Foundry, best practices for integration, and considerations for testing, deployment, and costs.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Sphere OS version 25.10 is now available

Azure Updates

2025-11-20

Azure Sphere OS version 25.10 is now generally available in the Retail feed. The release contains OS-only updates (no SDK update), and internet-connected devices will receive the update automatically from the cloud.

ai: Announcing Azure Language in Foundry Tools for deterministic, privacy-first agents

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-11-20

Microsoft announced the integration of Azure Language into Foundry Tools to support building enterprise-grade agents that emphasize deterministic behavior and stronger privacy protections. The update is positioned to help teams create predictable, secure agentic applications with tighter integration across their AI stack.

ai: Assess Agentic Risks with the AI Red Teaming Agent in Microsoft Foundry

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-11-20

Microsoft Foundry now offers major public-preview enhancements for models and agentic AI pipelines, including an AI Red Teaming Agent that helps organizations proactively identify and mitigate safety and security risks in models and agentic systems before they enter production.

github: Enterprise bring your own key (BYOK) for GitHub Copilot is now in public preview

GitHub

2025-11-20

GitHub announced that Enterprise Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) for GitHub Copilot is now in public preview. The feature responds to enterprise demand for greater flexibility, enabling teams that already use specific LLM providers or custom models to integrate those workflows with Copilot.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Trusted Launch is now supported for Arm64 Marketplace Images

Azure Updates

2025-11-20

Azure Marketplace now offers Arm64 images that support Trusted Launch, enabling customers to run Arm64 virtual machines with Trusted Launch security features. This combines Arm64 cost and performance efficiencies with the integrity and protection benefits of Trusted Launch.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files migration assistant (portal support)

Azure Updates

2025-11-20

Azure NetApp Files migration assistant is in public preview with Azure portal support. It uses ONTAP SnapMirror replication to provide an efficient, cost‑effective, and seamless way to move data from on‑premises or CVO/other cloud providers into Azure NetApp Files (ANF).

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files cache volumes

Azure Updates

2025-11-20

Azure NetApp Files cache volumes are now available in public preview. The feature, built on NetApp’s ONTAP FlexCache technology, provides a persistent, high-performance cache in Azure for data stored on ONTAP-based storage.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Monitor for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes with OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift

Azure Updates

2025-11-20

Azure Monitor is available in public preview for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters running OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift. It provides a complete set of monitoring services to track the health and performance of Kubernetes infrastructure layers and the applications that depend on them.