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azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Built-in CIS benchmarks for Azure endorsed Linux distros in Machine Config

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure Machine Configuration now offers built-in CIS benchmarks in public preview for all Azure-endorsed Linux distributions via a new customizable security benchmarks capability powered by azure-osconfig.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Bring Your Own AI Gateway to Foundry Agent Service

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced a public preview for a Bring Your Own (BYO) AI Model Gateway feature that lets enterprises connect Foundry-hosted models to the Foundry Agent Service through third-party API gateway solutions. The Agent Service will honor pre- and post-LLM hooks and apply policy-based model controls when routing calls through gateways such as Azure API Management, Mulesoft, and Kong.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Copilot brings new intelligent agents to support end-to-end lifecycle management of workloads

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure Copilot introduces specialized agents (gated preview) to support end-to-end lifecycle management for migrating, operating, and modernizing workloads anywhere. The Copilot experience also evolves from chat into an immersive, full-screen command center (public preview) powered by GPT-5 reasoning and artifact-generation capabilities.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Agent mitigations and guardrail customization

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft is previewing agent-level guardrails in the Foundry Control Plane (formerly content filters) that let you apply and customize safety controls per agent to help mitigate prompt-injection and other risks.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Agent Loop in Azure Logic Apps [Consumption]

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced the public preview of Agent Loop in Azure Logic Apps (Consumption), bringing agentic intelligence and adaptive workflows to the serverless Logic Apps runtime and enabling movement beyond traditional static automation toward goal-driven, adaptive automations.

azure: [In preview] Announcing: Developer Training tier for low-cost fine-tuning training

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft Foundry announced a Developer Training tier (preview) that offers ultra-low-cost fine-tuning model training by using spot capacity. The tier aims to provide training affordability comparable to the existing Developer hosting tier, specifically for the training phase of fine-tuning workflows.

azure: [In development] Public Preview: User and group quota reports in Azure NetApp Files

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure NetApp Files is releasing a public preview of user and group quota reports that give visibility into quota limits and usage for NFS, SMB, and dual-protocol volumes to help organizations monitor and manage capacity.

azure: [In development] Public Preview: Large volumes up to 7.2 PiB

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure NetApp Files now supports creating large volumes up to 7.2 PiB with the Cool Access feature on dedicated capacity in Public Preview, targeting workloads where most data are rarely accessed and extending cool-access support beyond prior capacity limits.

azure: [In development] Private Preview: Foundry Local Android support

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Foundry Local is entering Private Preview for Android, adding to existing Windows and Mac support to enable advanced on-device AI for smartphones, tablets, and IoT devices; the release also integrates Whisper models for privacy-preserving speech and audio processing.

azure: [In development] Private Preview: ActiveMQ and JMS connector for Azure Logic Apps

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced a private preview of an ActiveMQ and JMS connector for Azure Logic Apps, enabling connections to enterprise messaging systems built on ActiveMQ and JMS to support advanced hybrid integration scenarios.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: The Archive access tier for Azure Blob Storage is now generally available in the Taiwan North region

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

The Archive access tier for Azure Blob Storage is now generally available in the Taiwan North region, enabling customers in Taiwan to store infrequently accessed data in a cost-effective tier while meeting data residency requirements.

azure: [In preview] Public preview: Support for large volume breakthrough mode

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure NetApp Files now has a public preview for large-volume Breakthrough mode, which delivers extreme performance and scalability for demanding HPC and EDA workloads. It supports volumes up to 2 PiB and can deliver throughput up to 50 GiB/s depending on workload characteristics.