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azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Copilot-assisted coding & agent skills to build, deploy, and run Azure Functions faster in VS Code, CLI, and azd

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Functions public preview adds Copilot-assisted coding and agent skills for building, deploying, and running Functions apps in VS Code, the CLI, and azd. The preview aims to improve AI help quality by providing Azure Functions-specific guidance.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Content Understanding NextGen in Microsoft Foundry

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Microsoft Foundry now includes Content Understanding in the portal as a public preview, so users no longer need to switch to the standalone Content Understanding Studio for common tasks. The preview also adds Read and Layout playgrounds in Foundry for OCR text extraction.

azure: [In preview] Public preview: Connector Namespace

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure has introduced Connector Namespace in public preview. It is a managed service intended to simplify app integration with SaaS and line-of-business systems by providing pre-built connectors instead of custom API client code.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: CLI and SDK support for Deployment Templates

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Machine Learning deployment templates now support management through the CLI and SDK in public preview. Platform teams can create, update, delete, and manage templates from infrastructure-as-code pipelines instead of using only the Azure portal.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Change streams (multi-shard) in Azure DocumentDB

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure DocumentDB change streams are now in public preview with multi-node support. The feature lets you capture live data changes using controlled polling for real-time, event-driven applications.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: BM25 full-text search in Azure HorizonDB

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

BM25 full-text search is now in public preview for Azure HorizonDB. The feature provides production-style keyword search with BM25 relevance ranking and runs entirely inside the database.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Benchmark evaluations for fine-tuned models in Microsoft Foundry

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Microsoft Foundry now offers public preview benchmark evaluations for fine-tuned models. The feature is aimed at comparing model performance on tasks such as reasoning, math, and domain knowledge, where leaderboard results may not reflect real-world behavior.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL Database provisioning in the MSSQL extension

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code now supports Azure SQL Database provisioning in public preview. It starts with the free tier and lets you create and connect to a managed cloud database directly from the editor.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Logic Apps now enables developers to invoke Microsoft Foundry Agents directly from workflows.

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Logic Apps public preview now lets developers invoke Microsoft Foundry Agents directly from workflows. The update is intended to reduce the gap between agent development in Azure AI Foundry and process automation in Logic Apps.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Logic Apps Codeful Workflows with Logic Apps Standard SDK.

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Logic Apps Standard SDK now has a public preview for codeful workflows, letting teams define workflows in code while using managed orchestration and enterprise connectors. The update targets integration and automation scenarios that want code-based development with cloud-scale operations.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Logic Apps Automation SKU for agentic business process automation.

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure Logic Apps Automation SKU is in public preview. It is positioned for building agentic business process automation by combining workflows, APIs, and AI agents in one service.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure HorizonDB

Azure Updates

2026-06-02

Azure HorizonDB is in public preview as a PostgreSQL-compatible database service. The preview highlights autoscaling storage up to 128 TB and claimed performance improvements over self-managed PostgreSQL.