Public Preview - 12

2025 (12)

October (12)

github: Copilot usage metrics dashboard and API in public preview

GitHub

2025-10-28

GitHub announced that a Copilot usage metrics dashboard and a corresponding API are available in public preview for GitHub Enterprise, allowing organizations to view and programmatically access Copilot usage metrics.

github: Managing roles and governance via enterprise teams is in public preview

GitHub

2025-10-23

GitHub announced a public preview that expands enterprise teams' capabilities to manage roles and governance in enterprise accounts, building on last month's preview that enabled managing Copilot Business licenses.

github: Organization custom properties are now available in public preview

GitHub

2025-10-23

GitHub announced that organization custom properties are available in public preview. These let you attach metadata to organizations—similar to repository custom properties—to simplify targeting of rulesets and policies across organizations.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Sharing Capacity Reservation Groups

Azure Updates

2025-10-20

Azure announced Public Preview support for sharing Capacity Reservation Groups (CRGs) with subscriptions, allowing CRGs to be used beyond the subscription where they were created. Previously, VMs could only be deployed into a CRG within the same subscription.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Private Link Service Direct Connect

Azure Updates

2025-10-15

Azure announced a public preview of Private Link Service Direct Connect, which removes the requirement to place provider applications behind a Standard Load Balancer. The preview simplifies how service providers expose private endpoints to consumers by allowing more direct connectivity while keeping traffic private and secure.

github: Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 is in public preview for GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2025-10-15

Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 — a newer, higher-performance and faster model — is rolling out in GitHub Copilot and is now available in public preview.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Environmental sustainability features in Azure API Management

Azure Updates

2025-10-13

Azure API Management introduces environmental sustainability features in public preview that help organizations reduce the carbon footprint of their API infrastructure by making API traffic and policy behavior carbon-aware.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: PostgreSQL 18 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-10-13

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now offers PostgreSQL 18 in public preview, providing early access to the latest performance, scalability, and developer productivity improvements.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Integrated HSM

Azure Updates

2025-10-13

Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure Integrated HSM, a hardware security module (HSM) cache and crypto accelerator for virtual machines, designed to enhance the security and performance of cryptographic operations for customers with heavy crypto workloads.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Introducing Vaulted Backup for Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure Updates

2025-10-09

Microsoft announced the Public Preview of Vaulted Backup for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS). Azure Backup now supports vaulted protection for ADLS, providing secure off‑site backups to help ensure business continuity and compliance and to protect data from accidental deletion.

github: Grok Code Fast 1 is now available in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse

GitHub

2025-10-06

Grok Code Fast 1 is now available in public preview through GitHub Copilot Chat and is integrated into major IDEs including Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse. The preview is accessible to GitHub Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise plan subscribers.

azure: Retirement: Azure Static Web Apps database connection feature

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Azure Static Web Apps' database connections feature (currently in public preview) will be deprecated effective November 30, 2025 due to changes in underlying infrastructure. Customers should refactor deployments using this feature to avoid deployment issues.