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March (5)

azure: Retirement: External Data Import & Data Connections in Azure Machine Learning will be retired on September 30, 2026

Azure Updates

2026-03-31

Azure Machine Learning is retiring the Preview features for importing data from external sources and using external Data Connections. These features will stop being available after September 30, 2026.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Blue-green agent pool upgrade in AKS

Azure Updates

2026-03-25

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now offers a public preview of blue-green agent pool upgrades. The feature creates a parallel node pool with the new configuration so you can validate it before moving workloads, reducing risk from in-place upgrades.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Data API builder with built-in GitHub Copilot in MSSQL extension

Azure Updates

2026-03-18

The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code adds Data API builder in public preview with built-in GitHub Copilot integration. It provides a guided experience for generating backend APIs directly in the development workflow.

aks: Release Notes - 2026-03-05

Release notes from AKS

2026-03-18

AKS released new Kubernetes patch versions, updated several components and node images, and introduced/expanded features including OTLP gRPC support for Azure Monitor Profile, GA auto-instrumentation, and broader Azure Linux GPU and KAITO support. It also announced deprecations and behavior changes, including retirement dates for Flatcar preview support and deprecation of Kubernetes LTS 1.28.

azure: Retirement: Flatcar Container Linux for AKS (preview)

Azure Updates

2026-03-16

Azure Kubernetes Service support for Flatcar Container Linux for AKS in preview is being retired on June 8, 2026. Users should move to a supported alternative by that date; the preview remains usable until June 7, 2026.

February (7)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: WAF Insights for Application Gateway

Azure Updates

2026-02-23

Azure Application Gateway WAF Insights is now in public preview, adding an interactive view of WAF logs and metrics. It is intended to help investigate blocked requests and analyze attack patterns.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Unified tooling in the AKS MCP server

Azure Updates

2026-02-18

AKS MCP Server adds unified tooling in public preview to reduce tool/context overhead when managing AKS MCP servers. Two new tools are introduced: call_az and call_kubectl.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Cluster mode for the agentic CLI for AKS

Azure Updates

2026-02-18

AKS agentic CLI adds a public preview “cluster mode” to run diagnostic agents with reduced inherited user permissions and avoid per-user deployments.

github: New features and improvements in GitHub Copilot in JetBrains IDEs

GitHub

2026-02-14

GitHub Copilot for JetBrains IDEs received an update adding preview support for Agent Skills plus UX improvements in inline chat and settings.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-February 2026

Azure Updates

2026-02-11

Mid-February 2026 Azure SQL preview adds new Visual Studio Code publishing support for SQL Projects and introduces a Connections Migration dialog to import existing workflows.

dotnet: .NET 11 Preview 1 is now available!

.NET

2026-02-10

.NET 11 Preview 1 is available as the first preview release of .NET 11.

github: Fast mode for Claude Opus 4.6 is now in preview for GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2026-02-07

GitHub Copilot is rolling out a research/public preview of Claude Opus 4.6 “Fast mode.” The mode increases output token generation speed by up to 2.5×.