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2026 (2)

February (2)

ai: Microsoft Agent Framework Reaches Release Candidate

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-02-20

Microsoft Agent Framework has reached Release Candidate for both .NET and Python. Microsoft states the v1.0 API surface is stable and intended v1.0 features are complete on the path to General Availability.

security: New Clickfix variant ‘CrashFix’ deploying Python Remote Access Trojan

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-02-05

Microsoft reports a new ClickFix variant, “CrashFix,” that intentionally crashes browsers to trick users into running commands that install a Python-based remote access trojan (RAT). The campaign abuses built-in utilities (finger.exe) and a portable Python runtime to reduce detection and maintain persistence on targeted systems.

2025 (5)

December (1)

ai: Foundry IQ in Microsoft Agent Framework

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-12-07

Foundry IQ Knowledge Bases can be integrated into the Microsoft Agent Framework in about 20 lines of Python. The Azure AI Search Context Provider enables intelligent, multi-hop retrieval so agents can use consolidated knowledge without fragmented pipelines.

November (2)

devops+ai: 🔥Building Audit Logging for Multi-Platform AI Bots with Python, AWS Cloudwatch🔥

Let's do DevOps

2025-11-25

This article explains how to build audit logging for multi-platform AI bots using Python and AWS CloudWatch to answer questions like “who is actually using our bots today?”. It covers architecture, event schema, ingestion, storage, querying, privacy considerations, and practical implementation tips to capture, ship, and analyze bot usage across channels.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Python driver for SQL Server

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced that the mssql-python driver for SQL Server is now generally available (GA). The release delivers a modern, high-performance, and developer-friendly experience for Python developers working with SQL Server and Azure SQL Database.

October (1)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Entra ID token refresh code samples in Python and .NET

Azure Updates

2025-10-13

Microsoft made generally available Python and .NET code samples demonstrating Entra ID token refresh for Azure Database for PostgreSQL to help securely manage authentication tokens when connecting with Entra ID.

September (1)

github: Conda ecosystem support for Dependabot now generally available

GitHub

2025-09-16

GitHub Dependabot now supports parsing and updating Conda environment.yml files, providing both security and version updates for Conda-based Python projects; the feature is generally available.