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2026 (5)

February (1)

security: 80% of Fortune 500 use active AI Agents: Observability, governance, and security shape the new frontier

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-02-10

A Microsoft Security Blog post promoting its Cyber Pulse report on cybersecurity risks related to AI agents, emphasizing observability, governance, and security. The provided excerpt contains no specific findings or recommendations beyond pointing readers to the report.

January (4)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks Agent Bricks Knowledge Assistant

Azure Updates

2026-01-28

Azure Databricks Agent Bricks Knowledge Assistant is now generally available. It enables building, deploying, and managing AI agents directly within the Azure Databricks platform by leveraging unified data and AI capabilities and simplifying development with prebuilt components.

vscode: Giving Agents a Visual Voice: MCP Apps Support in VS Code

Visual Studio Code

2026-01-26

Visual Studio Code adds support for MCP Apps so AI agents can present interactive user interfaces inside the editor, enabling richer and more integrated developer workflows.

security: From runtime risk to real‑time defense: Securing AI agents

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-01-23

Microsoft Security Blog warns that attackers are increasingly exploiting generative orchestration, so securing AI agents at runtime is essential and requires real‑time defensive measures to detect and mitigate threats during operation.

security: A new era of agents, a new era of posture

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-01-21

Microsoft's post argues that the rise of autonomous AI agents is changing how organizations operate and requires a rethinking of security posture because increased agent autonomy expands the attack surface.

2025 (7)

November (7)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure MCP Server for Azure Database for MySQL

Azure Updates

2025-11-24

Azure MCP Server is now generally available with support for Azure Database for MySQL, allowing AI agents and applications to interact with MySQL data using natural language via the open Model Context Protocol (MCP).

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Managed Redis integration with Microsoft Foundry

Azure Updates

2025-11-19

Azure Managed Redis is now available in the Microsoft Foundry MCP tools catalog as a Public Preview, enabling customers to use Redis as a knowledge or memory store for Foundry-based AI agents and simplifying the connection between Redis and those agents.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool trigger for Azure Functions

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure announced the general availability of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool trigger for Azure Functions. MCP is a protocol that lets applications provide capabilities and context to large language models, including defining tools that AI agents can call. The new trigger makes it easier to expose Azure Functions as MCP tools so LLM-based agents can invoke serverless operations directly.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Native Microsoft Foundry support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced the public preview of native Microsoft Foundry support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL. The Azure PostgreSQL MCP Server is now integrated with Microsoft Foundry, enabling the creation of AI agents that can securely query and analyze PostgreSQL data.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Add durability to AI agents in Azure Functions using Microsoft Agent Framework

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft has released a public preview that integrates the durable extension for Microsoft Agent Framework with Azure Functions, enabling durable, hosted orchestration for production-grade AI agents.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry Control Plane & Entra Agent ID

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft has announced a public preview of Microsoft Foundry Control Plane and Entra Agent ID, a unified platform for enterprise AI agent observability, security, and governance. The Control Plane combines identity, monitoring, and compliance capabilities to provide centralized control, deep observability, and regulatory alignment for AI agents.

security: ​​Ambient and autonomous security for the agentic era​​

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-11-18

Microsoft outlines a vision for 'ambient and autonomous' security to protect AI-driven systems in the emerging agentic era, proposing security become a foundational, proactive capability rather than an add-on.