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December (8)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Mistral Large 3 in Foundry

Azure Updates

2025-12-04

Mistral Large 3, a frontier-class open-weight model licensed under Apache 2.0, is now available in Microsoft Foundry on Azure in Public Preview, offering enterprise-grade reliability, long-context comprehension, and multimodal reasoning suitable for production use.

azure: [Launched] Generally Availaible: Azure MCP Server support for Azure confidential ledger

Azure Updates

2025-12-04

Azure has announced general availability of MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server support for Azure Confidential Ledger. The MCP Server enables streamlined management of Azure resources, including Confidential Ledger, via natural-language prompts, simplifying interactions and operational workflows.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Serverless workspaces in Azure Databricks

Azure Updates

2025-12-04

Azure Databricks now offers Serverless workspaces in Public Preview — a fully managed workspace option that includes preconfigured serverless compute and default storage to provide an enterprise-ready SaaS experience with minimal infrastructure management.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Blob Storage SFTP - Resumable Uploads

Azure Updates

2025-12-04

Azure Storage Blob SFTP now generally available with resumable uploads, allowing interrupted or partially transferred files to be reopened and the remaining content appended so transfers can continue without restarting from zero.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: The credcheck extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-12-03

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now supports the credcheck extension (general availability), which enforces password and credential validation policies directly within PostgreSQL.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Load Balancer bandwidth metrics now support Protocol dimension

Azure Updates

2025-12-03

Azure Load Balancer bandwidth metrics are now generally available with a new metric dimension named Protocol. Byte, Packet, and SYN Count metrics in the Azure portal include the Protocol dimension (TCP traffic shown as Protocol=6), enabling protocol-level metric views.

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.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Perth - Azure Extended Zones

Azure Updates

2025-12-01

Microsoft announced general availability of the Perth Azure Extended Zone — a small-footprint Azure extension in the Perth metro area designed to support low-latency and data residency workloads.

November (4)

dotnet: .NET Day on Agentic Modernization Coming Soon

.NET

2025-11-26

A live event on December 9 will showcase practical approaches to modernize .NET applications using Azure, AI, and agentic tooling. The announcement was posted on the .NET Blog.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Managed Identity support in Network Watcher VNET flow log, traffic analytics and packet capture

Azure Updates

2025-11-25

Azure Network Watcher now has public preview support for using Managed Identities with VNET flow logs, Traffic Analytics, and packet capture, enabling identity-based authentication to store and analyze network traffic data without relying on storage account keys.

ai: Azure Content Understanding is now generally available

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-11-25

Microsoft announced that Azure Content Understanding in Foundry Tools is now generally available. The GA follows preview usage across multiple industries and incorporates customer feedback; the release emphasizes flexibility and control with models.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Claude Opus 4.5 Available in Microsoft Foundry

Azure Updates

2025-11-24

Claude Opus 4.5 is available in public preview on Microsoft Foundry for Azure customers, introducing improvements in coding, agentic workflows, and enterprise productivity with upgraded performance and versatility.