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February (5)

security: Your complete guide to Microsoft experiences at RSAC™ 2026 Conference

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-02-12

Microsoft announced its presence at the RSAC 2026 Conference and positioned its show-floor content around “Frontier Firms,” described as human-led and agent-operated organizations.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks Supervisor Agent

Azure Updates

2026-02-10

Azure Databricks Supervisor Agent is now generally available as part of the Azure Databricks Agent Bricks Platform.

ai: Building an AI Skills Executor in .NET: Bringing Anthropic’s Agent Pattern to the Microsoft Ecosystem

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-02-06

Guest post outlining how to implement an “AI Skills Executor” in .NET using Azure OpenAI and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) C# SDK to replicate Anthropic-style agent patterns.

vscode: Your Home for Multi-Agent Development

Visual Studio Code

2026-02-05

VS Code adds a unified interface to manage multiple coding agents (local, background, and cloud) from one place. It supports using third-party agents like Claude and Codex alongside Copilot and emphasizes interoperability via MCP and Agent Skills.

github: GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code v1.109 – January Release

GitHub

2026-02-04

GitHub Copilot for VS Code v1.109 (January 2026) adds agent-driven workflows, improves agent session management, and introduces agent support for Anthropic Claude models.

January (2)

github: Introducing the Agents tab in your repository

GitHub

2026-01-26

GitHub added a new Agents tab inside repositories to manage Copilot coding agent tasks. The update brings a mission-control style interface and refreshed look and feel so you can run and oversee agents directly from the repository.

github: GitHub Copilot CLI: Enhanced agents, context management, and new ways to install

GitHub

2026-01-14

GitHub announced updates to Copilot CLI that deliver enhanced agent capabilities, improved context management for terminal workflows, and additional installation options to make the tool easier to adopt and more native to developer terminals.

2025 (5)

December (4)

ai: What’s new in Microsoft Foundry | October and November 2025

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-12-19

Azure AI Foundry has been renamed Microsoft Foundry. The October–November 2025 update highlights new announcements across agents, models, tools, and related platform improvements.

github: Model picker for Copilot coding agent for Copilot Pro and Pro+ subscribers

GitHub

2025-12-08

GitHub added a model picker to the Copilot coding agent so Copilot Pro and Pro+ subscribers can choose which model the asynchronous background agent uses when starting tasks from the agents UI.

github: Assign issues to Copilot using the API

GitHub

2025-12-03

GitHub added the ability to assign issues to Copilot via both the GraphQL and REST APIs, with options to set the target repository and base branch and to provide custom instructions and custom agents for how Copilot should handle the issue.

ai: ⭐Upcoming Virtual Event⭐ AI Dev Days, Level-Up Your AI Skills with Microsoft Reactor

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-12-03

AI Dev Days is a two-day virtual event from Microsoft Reactor that highlights the latest innovations across Microsoft Azure, Foundry, and GitHub, focused on modernizing apps, building with agents, and exploring new AI models to help developers level up and connect with experts.

November (1)

ai: Introducing Memory in Foundry Agent Service

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-11-25

Microsoft's Foundry Agent Service introduces a memory capability so conversational agents can retain context across interactions rather than being stateless. This aims to prevent agents from repeating questions and removes the need for developers to build custom memory solutions using embeddings and external databases.