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azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure HorizonDB

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure HorizonDB is in public preview as a PostgreSQL-compatible database service. The preview highlights autoscaling storage up to 128 TB and claimed performance improvements over self-managed PostgreSQL.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Functions now includes managed connectors to integrate with 1400+ of your favorite systems

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Functions Public Preview now supports managed connectors as first-class triggers and operations. This brings access to the same 1,400+ connector ecosystem used by Logic Apps and Power Platform for integrating with external systems.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Databricks workspace-wide Genie MCP for Microsoft Copilot Studio

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Databricks added a workspace-wide Genie MCP public preview endpoint for Microsoft Copilot Studio. It lets any Copilot Studio agent send natural-language queries through one endpoint that auto-routes across connected Genie spaces and Unity Catalog assets.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Databricks Lakebase branching with GitHub Copilot agent mode

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Databricks Lakebase now supports creating copy-on-write branches of a production database with a single command, then connecting GitHub Copilot agent mode to the branch endpoint for debugging AI apps and agents against production data. The feature is in public preview.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Database PostgreSQL - Flexible Server cross-tenant customer-managed keys

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server now supports cross-tenant customer-managed keys (CMK) in public preview. This lets you encrypt data at rest with an Azure Key Vault key stored in a different Microsoft Entra tenant than the database tenant.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB distributed transactions

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Cosmos DB now has a public preview for distributed transactions. You can perform atomic operations across items and partitions, with all changes committed together or rolled back on failure.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Container Apps Sandboxes

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Container Apps Sandboxes is in public preview. It is positioned for workloads that need to run untrusted code, retain session state, and absorb bursty demand.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Anyscale on Azure

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Anyscale on Azure is now in public preview. It provides a managed Ray platform for running Python workloads at scale on Azure.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Agentic Retrieval Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Cosmos DB now has a public preview of the Agentic Retrieval Toolkit. It is aimed at building advanced RAG applications for GraphRAG-style and multi-hop reasoning use cases.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Agent Memory Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Cosmos DB now has a public preview of the Agent Memory Toolkit, a code-first toolkit for building agent memory systems. It is intended to support scalable, durable, and cost-efficient memory for agentic applications.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Advanced filtering for DiskANN vector search in Azure HorizonDB

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Advanced filtering for DiskANN vector search in Azure HorizonDB is now in public preview. It lets you combine vector similarity search with metadata filters such as category, date range, price, or tenant ID.

github: Expanded technical preview availability for the GitHub Copilot app

GitHub

2026-06-02

GitHub has expanded the technical preview of the Copilot app to all existing Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise customers. The app is available for download on Windows, macOS, and Linux.