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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: GenAI prompt skill and chat completion in Azure AI Search knowledge sources

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure AI Search now generally supports the GenAI prompt skill, allowing indexers to call chat completion models during enrichment without custom code. The skill can target a Foundry-hosted model and use prompt templates that reference field values.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Document translation for image files (synchronous, single document)

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure AI Translator now generally supports synchronous translation of a single image document in one API call. Supported input includes standalone image files such as JPEG and PNG, with the translated result returned immediately.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Data API builder with built-in GitHub Copilot in MSSQL extension

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code now generally available includes Data API builder with built-in GitHub Copilot integration. It supports guided generation of REST, GraphQL, and Model Context Protocol back ends in the development workflow.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Custom Avatar and Custom Video portal in Microsoft Foundry

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure AI Speech has made the Custom Avatar and Custom Video authoring experiences generally available in the Microsoft Foundry portal. Approved customers can upload actor recordings, fine-tune a custom video avatar, and generate synthetic media.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Content Understanding extractionMode for documents

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Content Understanding in Microsoft Foundry now supports an `extractionMode` setting for document analysis. It lets you choose between a layout-aware mode for structured documents and a faster text-only mode.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Confidential Compute support on Azure Container Apps

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Container Apps now generally supports Confidential Compute for regulated or sensitive containerized workloads. The feature adds stronger isolation and protection for data while it is being processed.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Change partition keys in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL API

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL now supports changing a container’s partition key from the Azure portal. The feature works in both online and offline modes by copying data from the source container to a new container.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Built-in Grafana dashboards for Azure Functions

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Functions now includes built-in Grafana dashboards in generally available form. The dashboards provide Azure portal visibility into function app health, performance, and scale without needing to provision Grafana or configure data sources.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for June

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure SQL added support in the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code to run SQL queries in SQL Notebooks, document notebooks with Markdown, and combine kernels such as Python with SQL. The update is generally available as of June 2026.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Logic Apps MCP Server.

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Logic Apps MCP Server is now generally available, aimed at making existing workflows callable by AI agents and MCP-based tooling without building custom API layers. The update focuses on reducing integration plumbing and operational complexity.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager for Arc-enabled clusters

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager is now generally available for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters. This adds support for managing Arc-enabled clusters in Fleet Manager, extending centralized Kubernetes fleet operations across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure HorizonDB Agentic Advisor Solution Accelerator

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure HorizonDB Agentic Advisor Solution Accelerator is now generally available. It provides a financial services-focused reference solution for building multi-agent Python applications with LangGraph and Mem0 on Azure HorizonDB.