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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Claude in Microsoft Foundry

Azure Updates

2025-11-19

Microsoft announced that Anthropic's Claude models are generally available in Microsoft Foundry, giving enterprises access to Claude Sonnet 4.5, Opus 4.1, and Haiku 4.5 for advanced long-context reasoning, coding, and multimodal capabilities within Foundry's unified frontier AI ecosystem.

github: GitHub Copilot CLI: New models, enhanced code search, and better image support

GitHub

2025-11-18

GitHub announced updates to Copilot CLI that add support for the latest AI models, improve code search capabilities, provide better image handling, and include reliability and performance enhancements.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Copilot agents - a closer look at the deployment agent

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure has published a public preview update for Azure Copilot agents that spotlights the deployment agent. The deployment agent — one of six new agent types — is designed to help teams discover, plan, and deploy cloud workloads faster and with greater confidence by providing guided workflows, automation, and integration with Azure deployment patterns.

dotnet: A step-by-step guide to modernizing .NET applications with GitHub Copilot agent mode

.NET

2025-11-18

This .NET Blog post shows a step-by-step workflow using Visual Studio 2026 and GitHub Copilot agent mode to modernize .NET applications by upgrading .NET versions and frameworks, resolving build issues, and migrating apps to Azure with reduced manual effort.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Private Marketplace for VS Code

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

The VS Code Private Marketplace is now generally available. It provides a secure, enterprise-ready solution to host and manage VS Code extensions internally, fully integrated with VS Code and designed for teams that need control over deployment and updates.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Smart Tier account level tiering (Azure Blob Storage and ADLS)

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced the public preview of Smart Tier, an account-level, fully managed and automated data tiering solution for Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) that removes the need for manual tiering.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Defender for Cloud + GitHub Advanced Security

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced a public preview integration of Microsoft Defender for Cloud with GitHub Advanced Security to protect cloud-native applications across the full application lifecycle — from code to cloud — and to unify developers and security teams in a single workflow.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Managed Instance on Azure App Service

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure announces Managed Instance on Azure App Service in Public Preview, a capability that simplifies lift-and-shift migrations of web apps (especially .NET) from on-premises or VMs to the cloud with minimal configuration and no code rewrites.

azure: [In development] Private Preview: Azure HorizonDB

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure HorizonDB for PostgreSQL is a new managed PostgreSQL offering now in private preview that emphasizes high performance, large autoscaling storage (up to 128 TB), and rapid compute scalability (up to 3,072 vCores), claiming up to 3× faster performance than open-source PostgreSQL.

github: Enhanced MCP OAuth support for GitHub Copilot in JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode

GitHub

2025-11-18

GitHub Copilot plugins for JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode now include enhanced authentication capabilities that expand support for third‑party OAuth providers using a secure, flexible approach based on Dynamic Client Registration (DCR).

github: Auto model selection for Copilot in JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse in public preview

GitHub

2025-11-18

GitHub Copilot now offers an Auto model selection option in Copilot Chat for JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse. Selecting Auto lets Copilot choose the most appropriate model for you; the feature is available in public preview.

github: Custom agents available in GitHub Copilot for JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode now in public preview

GitHub

2025-11-18

GitHub Copilot now offers custom agents in public preview for JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, and Xcode. These agents let teams package reusable expertise, enforce guardrails, and grant tool access so AI behavior can be tailored to specific projects and workflows.