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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.

October (3)

security: The new Microsoft Security Store unites partners and innovation

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-10-21

Microsoft announced the new Microsoft Security Store, a centralized gateway that helps customers discover, purchase, and deploy vetted security solutions and AI agents from leading partners, aiming to simplify procurement and accelerate partner-driven innovation.

dotnet: Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework (Preview): Making AI Agents Simple for Every Developer

.NET

2025-10-01

Microsoft announced the Microsoft Agent Framework (Preview), a unified solution for creating, orchestrating, hosting, and observing AI agents in the .NET ecosystem to help developers ship production AI agents faster.

ai: Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework: The Open-Source Engine for Agentic AI Apps

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-10-01

Microsoft announced the open-source Microsoft Agent Framework, an engine designed for building agentic AI applications. The framework addresses the evolving needs of AI agents — which go beyond chatbots and copilots — by enabling autonomous components that can reason about goals, call tools and APIs, collaborate with other agents, and adapt dynamically. The announcement appeared on the Azure AI Foundry Blog.

September (2)

security: Introducing Microsoft Marketplace — Thousands of solutions. Millions of customers. One Marketplace.

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-09-25

Microsoft announced the launch of the reimagined Microsoft Marketplace, a unified and trusted destination for cloud solutions, AI apps and agents designed to connect thousands of solutions with millions of customers and empower organizations to become 'Frontier'.

github: GitHub MCP Registry: The fastest way To discover AI tools

GitHub

2025-09-16

GitHub announced the MCP Registry, a centralized place to discover MCP servers and AI tools so developers can more quickly find and connect AI agents to their development workflows. The registry aims to replace hunting through multiple registries, repositories, and community threads with a single searchable catalog.