Azure News - 2026-06-03

2026-06-03
最終更新: 2026-08-27 21:13:50 JST

Azure Updates

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Databricks workspace-wide Genie MCP for Microsoft Copilot Studio

A new workspace-wide Genie MCP endpoint enables any Microsoft Copilot Studio agent to query natural-language questions across an entire Azure Databricks workspace through a single endpoint. The endpoint auto-routes across all connected Genie spaces and Un

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Databricks Lakebase branching with GitHub Copilot agent mode

Developers in Azure Databricks can now create a copy-on-write branch of their Lakebase production database with a single command, connect GitHub Copilot agent mode to the branch endpoint, and debug AI apps and agents against real production data without e

[Launched] Generally Available: Improved PDF batch document translation in Azure AI Translator

Azure AI Translator batch document translation ships generally available improvements for PDF translation. The service uses Azure AI Document Intelligence to recover structure from both digital-native and scanned PDFs, then translates the recognized text

[Launched] Generally Available: Image file translation for batch document translation in Azure AI Translator

Azure AI Translator batch document translation accepts image files as a generally available input type. Supported formats include `.jpeg`, `.png`, `.bmp`, and `.webp`. The service runs OCR on each image, translates the recognized text into the target lang

[Launched] Generally Available: Image translation inside Office documents for batch document translation

Azure AI Translator batch document translation now translates text inside images embedded in Word `.docx` files as a generally available capability. The service detects image regions, runs OCR, translates the recognized text, and re-renders it back into t

[Launched] Generally Available: OneLake catalog integration for Azure AI Search knowledge sources

Azure AI Search makes OneLake catalog integration generally available for knowledge sources, so customers can register a OneLake item once and reuse it across multiple knowledge sources and agents. The integration honors existing OneLake item-level permis

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Sphere OS version 26.06 is now available

Azure Sphere OS version 26.06 is now available in the Retail feed. This release includes updates to Azure Sphere OS only; it does not include an updated SDK. If your devices are connected to the internet, they will receive the updated OS from the cloud.Th

[In preview] Public Preview: Automatic OS Image Upgrades for VMSS Flex

Automatic OS Image Upgrades for Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) using Flexible Orchestration are now in public preview, enabling consistent, fleet-wide OS updates with reduced manual effort. This capability extends automated image upgrades to VMSS Flex,

[Launched] Generally Available: OpenTelemetry Metrics, Visualizations, and Enhanced Monitoring in Azure Monitor for Azure VMs and Arc Servers

OpenTelemetry metrics and visualizations in Azure Monitor are generally available, delivering an enhanced, unified monitoring experience for Azure Virtual Machines and Arc Servers. This release consolidates key monitoring capabilities into a single experi

[In preview] Public preview: Azure Linux 4.0 for Azure Virtual Machines and VM Scale Sets

Azure Linux 4.0, Microsoft's first-party Linux distribution purpose-built for Azure, is now available in public preview for Azure Virtual Machines and VM Scale Sets. It brings a modernized stack — including Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, dnf5 package manager, gli

[Launched] Azure Container Linux (ACL) now generally available on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Azure Container Linux is a container-optimized, immutable operating system for AKS node pools — derived from Flatcar Container Linux and built on Azure Linux RPM packages. It delivers a locked-down, minimal host purpose-built for running containerized wor

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Event Grid - MQTT v5 Subscription Identifier

Azure Event Grid Standard Namespace now supports MQTT v5 subscription identifier capabilities in GA. Now each MQTT subscription can include an identifier that is delivered with incoming messages, enabling applications to route events immediately based on

[In development] Private Preview: multiparty analytics with Azure Confidential Clean Rooms

Microsoft is announcing the preview of multiparty analytics with Azure Confidential Clean Rooms, resulting in fully managed service that allows customers and their partners to securely analyze privacy sensitive datasets with Apache Spark based big-data an

[In development] Private Preview: Storage optimized Lasv5 and Laosv5 Azure VM series

The Lasv5 and Laosv5 storage optimized VMs, based on the 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ processor (Turin), are in preview. Lasv5-series is designed for storage-intensive workloads requiring high disk capacity, throughput, and I/O, while Laosv5-series is well-suited fo

[Launched] Generally Available: Github Copilot modernization

GitHub Copilot modernization agent is now generally available Coordinated orchestration from estate to code. Scale application assessments and upgrades across your entire app portfolio with GitHub Copilot modernization agent (GA), connecti

[Launched] Generally Available: Rolling updates in Flex Consumption

Rolling updates are now generally available in the Flex Consumption plan, delivering zero-downtime deployments with a simple configuration change.Instead of forcefully restarting all instances during code or configuration updates, the platform gracefully

[Launched] Generally Available: Dynamic threshold for Log search alerts

We’re excited to announce the General Availability of Dynamic threshold for Log search alerts! Using dynamic thresholds means you don't have to know the right threshold for each Log alert rule - Dynamic thresholds calculate the most appropriate thresholds

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Policy Coverage for Model Router in Foundry Models

Azure Policy now provides centralized governance for deployments using the model router. Organizations can define and enforce routing standards across their environment, helping ensure that model selection aligns with security, compliance, and operational

[Launched] Generally Available: Voice Live integration with Microsoft Foundry Agent Service

Microsoft Foundry Agent Service is now generally available for Voice Live integration, allowing developers to connect real-time speech-to-text and text-to-speech to a Foundry Agent without writing their own audio pipeline. Existing agent capabilities — in

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Backup for Cosmos DB

You can now enable vaulted backups for Azure Cosmos DB accounts, protecting mission-critical data with secure, isolated, and resilient backups. Azure Backup for Cosmos DB, now in preview, supports cyber-resiliency and compliance needs, even in scenarios i

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure API Management Premium v2 and Standard v2 now support wildcard custom hostnames.

As API estates grow, managing individual custom domains and certificates for every subdomain can quickly become operationally complex and difficult to scale. Without wildcard support, every new subdomain — whether payments.api.contoso.com, inventory.api.c

[Launched] Global PTU Reservations Are Now Region-Agnostic

Global Provisioned Throughput (PTU) reservations are now region-agnostic, enabling a single reservation to cover Global PTU deployments across multiple regions. Why it matters:Optimize savings: One reservation can apply across regions, improving utilizati

[In development] Preview: Azure Cobalt 200 Arm-based Dpsv7, Dplsv7, Epsv7, Mpsv4, and Lpsv5-series Virtual Machines

The general purpose Dpsv7 and Dplsv7, memory-optimized Epsv7, high-memory Mpsv4, and dense storage Lpsv5 VMs are now available in preview. These virtual machines deliver significant enhancements over the previous generation Cobalt 100 VMs, offering improv

[Launched] Generally Available: Unified Text Translation API in Azure AI Translator

Azure AI Translator's unified Text Translation API reaches general availability, giving developers a single endpoint that fronts neural machine translation, large language model translation, small language model translation, Adaptive custom translation, a

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure API Management introduces a Unified Model API for multi-model AI applications.

As organizations adopt multiple LLM providers, developers often need to handle different API formats, SDKs, and integration patterns for each model vendor. This increases application complexity and makes provider switching, failover, and governance more d

[Launched] Generally Available: File share centric management model (Microsoft.FileShares) for Azure Files

The new file share service management experience for Azure Files is now generally available for NFS 4.1 shares on SSD storage. Powered by the Microsoft.FileShares resource provider, file shares are now top-level Azure resources that you can create, secure

[In preview] Public Preview: Secure, Modern Access to Azure Files on macOS with MS Entra ID

Azure Files now supports access from macOS using Entra ID authentication (Public Preview), enabling secure, identity-based access to file shares for cross-platform teams. This expands support for modern workflows, allowing users on macOS to seamlessly acc

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for early-June

In early June 2026, the following update and enhancement was made to Azure SQL: Now you can use AES 256 symmetric keys to configure transparent data encryption (TDE) with customer-managed keys in Azure SQL Database. Learn more.

[Launched] Generally Available: Agent kit for Azure Cosmos DB

Your AI coding agents just got smarter about building high-performance database applications. The Azure Cosmos DB Agent Kit is now generally available, bringing proven best practices directly into your development workflow. Whether you're designing data m

[In preview] Public Preview: Code-first observability for Foundry Agents in VS Code

Microsoft Foundry brings code-first observability to agent developers in public preview, delivered as an observe skill inside the Foundry Plugin for VS Code Copilot Chat. Developers run the full evaluation-driven optimization loop from the editor through

[Launched] Generally Available: Simple log alerts in Azure Monitor

We are excited to announce the General Availability of Simple log alerts in Azure Monitor, available starting today. This feature is designed to provide a simplified and more intuitive experience for monitoring and alerting, enhancing your ability to dete

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Introducing azure-functions-skills: An AI-Era Workspace for Azure Functions (Preview)

azure-functions-skills gives GitHub Copilot CLI, Claude Code, Codex CLI, and VS Code the skills, MCP configuration, hooks, and instructions needed to create, diagnose, deploy, and validate Azure Functions projects end-to-end.

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