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- [In preview] Public Preview: Azure HorizonDB supports PostgreSQL 18
- On-premises data gateway September 2026 release
- Introducing the new Copilot with Home, Code and Autopilot
- SharePoint AI innovations hit GA, powering new Copilot app and agents
- Foundry Local with Rust: From Catalog Discovery to In-Process Streaming
- Troubleshooting Azure Storage Deletion: Immutability, WORM, and Version Retention
- Fixes in Microsoft Access - Version 2609 (Build 16.0.20430.20092)
- Creating community before the event: Lessons from M365 NYC
- Engineering touch into modern computing: The evolution of haptics on Surface
- Microsoft Intune and Apple OS 27: New settings, support, and platform changes
- Introducing voice agents in Microsoft Foundry
- Getting the best out of Azure SRE Agent
- Introducing bicep docs: generate documentation from your Bicep modules
- IBC Reflections and Where Media is Headed
- Lessons Learned #555: The First 60 Seconds of a Production Incident: Stop, Scope, Correlate
- Released: September 2026 Exchange Server Security Updates
- Retirement: Azure Communication Services (ACS) standalone services will be retired on September 30, 2028
- Insights in Foundry Turns Agent Traces into Action
- Oracle AI Database@Azure Expands with Azure Native Oracle GoldenGate User Experience, Observability
- Partner Blog | Build the skills to turn AI opportunity into customer execution
- Create cascading combo boxes and list boxes in Access - without VBA
- Tokenomics: the four levers that decide your Azure OpenAI bill
- Excel now supports multiple values in a single cell
- Put multiple values in one cell with lists and arrays in Excel
- [Launched] Generally Available: Instant Access for VM restore points
- Migrate Data Ingestion from Data Collector to Log Ingestion - Part 2
- Event Recap - M365 Twin Cities 2026
- MCP Servers Explained — Part 2: Deploy to Azure, Connect Copilot Studio, and Secure It
- Engineering Agentic Recall Controls with MCP and Microsoft Foundry
- How to Validate That Your BizTalk SB-Messaging Adapter Is Really Using AMQP
- How do you know what to optimize next in your AI agent? Ask The Experts!
- Azure Container Apps Sandboxes, Now Generally Available
- Changes to Microsoft Learn’s public documentation repositories
- DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash is coming to Microsoft Foundry
- Build a more effective co-sell motion with new skilling videos
- Microsoft Ignite: Build the skills customers are searching for
- Two modes combined: Windows Admin Center version 2610 is now in public preview!
- Giving you more control over camera, microphone, and location
- Catalyst: Frontier stories of AI Infrastructure innovation
- Retirement: Support for PowerShell 7.4 ends on November 10, 2026
- Retirement: Support for .NET 8 and .NET 9 ends on November 10, 2026—upgrade your apps to .NET 10
- Upcoming change: Max CPC removal for new non-portfolio campaigns
- Integrated Security Operations Center in Microsoft Defender
- Reimagining Case Management in Microsoft Defender
- Azure Container Apps Express is now Generally Available
- Create agents fast with Agent Builder in Copilot
- Building the system for AI at work
- Decoding Environmental Viromes: Amplifying Human Expertise with Microsoft Discovery
- New in Microsoft Marketplace: Offers published August 14-17, 2026
- Understanding DevOps Auditing API Migration Behavior in Azure SQL Database
- Microsoft Foundry Hosted Agents and MCP in Practice: Building Fibey Field Ops
- Transforming Solo Agents to Collaborative Teams: Choosing Multi-Agent Patterns in Microsoft Foundry
- Azure Local Storage: Choose the Architecture That Fits Your Business
- More Models, One Copilot
- Discover the Experts Bringing Microsoft 365, AI, and Copilot to Life at ESPC 2026
- Meet the IQ's: How Microsoft is Creating Context-Aware AI
- Run and scale AI applications on AKS – the latest product innovations
- Delete Your Polling Loop: Change-driven programming in Node.js with @drasi/lib
- Connect Azure Functions to more services with managed connectors
- Retirement: Support for Node.js 22 ends on April 30, 2027
- [In preview] Public Preview: Flex Nodes for AKS
- GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna: For production agents in Microsoft Foundry
- Change Analysis in Azure Resource Graph: Your first stop for “What changed?”
- Claude Opus 5.5 comes to Microsoft Foundry for long-running coding and knowledge work
- Claude Opus 5.5 comes to Microsoft Foundry for long-running coding and knowledge work
- HLS in Practice: September 2026
- When AI Stops Waiting for Instructions
- Get Started with Microsoft AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences
- Governance is becoming agentic, too: How enterprises can operate AI at scale
- Expanding access to specialized GPU infrastructure through Dapple and Azure
- Introducing EWSAllowedAppIDs: Preparing for the Final Phase of EWS Retirement
- Schema Validity Is Not Enough
- When the Coding Agent Leaves the Codebase: Building a Multi-Runtime AI Agent Infra with Azure KARS
- 日本で加速するチャネル成長: Multiparty private offer で広がる Microsoft Marketplace の可能性
- What's new for MSPs: September 2026
- Grow your sales on Marketplace: App Advisor helps you understand improvements to negotiated deals
- The Complete Guide to Azure Databricks Cost Optimization
- Enable Dynamic Workflows in Azure Functions hosted skills
- Microsoft Marketplace Partner Digest - September 2026
- MGDC for SharePoint: Richer data for read-locked and archived sites
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Sphere OS version 26.09 is now available
- Azure Sphere OS version 26.09 is now available
- Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 7.1.0 is now generally available
- Cross-tenant Free/Busy, MailTips, and Calendar Sharing are moving to Cross-Tenant Access Policy
- [In preview] Public Preview: Introducing a Guided Copilot Experience for Building Azure Apps in VS Code
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7.6
- Virtual nodes on Azure Container Instances: a new compute layer for AKS
- Prepare your tenant estate for AI: Join our upcoming webinars
- Bringing Defender Experts protection and proactive hunting into focus
- What the Azure API Management integration means for Azure Service Bus
- Demystifying Dynamic AI Routing: Exploring the model router in Foundry Models with RouteLab
- Elasticsearch Vector Database on Azure: semantic search and RAG without managing a cluster
- SmartArt is becoming more accessible in PowerPoint
- Building a Fully Local Maintenance Assistant with Microsoft Foundry Local
- Beyond Cherry-Picking: Evaluating Text-to-Image Models
- Amplify Healthcare Intelligence: Data, AI, and Agent-Powered Transformation
- You Get One Exchange Left: Rethinking Azure Commitments Before February 2027
- Introducing Microsoft 365 G7: Intelligence + Trust for the mission ahead
- ESPC 2026 is coming to Amsterdam: Bringing Microsoft and the community together
- Build apps in Copilot Cowork and Copilot Studio
- PPCC 2026: Bringing AI and your business processes together
- New and improved: GitHub Copilot harness, agent skills, and richer context
- The next measure of AI momentum is work transformed
- Extending agentic Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales with MCP
- Building reliable voice agents: A practical guide
- Copilot in Excel: Built for the era of Frontier Finance
- Copilot Cowork is now generally available
- Who evaluates the evaluators? The data science behind agent evals
- Introducing Microsoft Scout: Your always-on personal agent
- Announcing the new Work IQ APIs
- Frontier Tuning: Teaching AI to work the way you do
- Introducing Microsoft 365 Business with Copilot: The new standard for small business
- Mistral joins Copilot Studio’s growing lineup of model providers
- New and improved: Computer-using agents, a new workflows experience, and real-time voice experiences
- The in-depth guide to managing real-time voice agents at scale
- New and improved: Agent governance, intelligent workflows, and connected app experiences
- Extend AI voice support: Introducing real-time voice agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Automate business processes with agents plus workflows in Microsoft Copilot Studio
- New and improved: Multi-agent orchestration, connected experiences, and faster prompt iteration
- Addressing the OWASP Top 10 Risks in Agentic AI with Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Custom graders in Copilot Studio: Setting high standards for agent evals
- Powering Frontier Transformation with Copilot and agents
- Enable agents to bring apps into the flow of work—while keeping IT in control
- New and improved: Agent evaluations, computer use, and advanced maker training
- Computer-using agents now deliver more secure UI automation at scale
- More choice, more flexibility: xAI Grok 4.1 Fast now available in Microsoft Copilot Studio
- New resources and guidance to plan, build, and operate enterprise-ready agents
- How to evaluate AI agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Why Microsoft Copilot Studio is the foundation for agentic business transformation
- What’s new in Copilot Studio: October 2025
- What’s new in Copilot Studio: June 2025
- What’s new in Copilot Studio: May 2025
- What’s new in Copilot Studio: April 2025
