Azure developer documentation: What's new

Welcome to what's new in the Azure developer documentation for the last three months. This article lists some of the major changes to docs during this period.

What's new for July 2026

Azure Developer CLI (azd)

New articles:

• Extension development concepts
• Quickstart: Build a sample azd extension
• Define the extension manifest
• Add extension capabilities
• Communicate with azd by using the SDK
• Add an MCP server to an extension
• Publish an extension
• Reminder tool for self-scheduling agents
• Use a toolbox with a hosted agent

Updated articles:

• Microsoft Foundry agent extension overview - Rewrote the extension guide around the new azd ai agent init workflow for scaffolding and deploying Microsoft Foundry agents.
• Create an Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline using the Azure Developer CLI - Corrected the docs to reflect that OIDC/federated authentication is now the default for Azure Pipelines integration.
• Manage Azure development tools with azd tool - Documented new non-interactive auto-detection for CI and AI-agent environments, plus overrides and an opt-out for azd tool checks.
• Azure Developer CLI tooling and environment FAQ - Updated the FAQ to reflect OIDC/federated authentication as the default for Azure DevOps pipeline configuration.
• Azure Developer CLI schema reference - Added new Microsoft Foundry declarative host types (azure.ai.project, azure.ai.connection, azure.ai.toolbox, azure.ai.skill, azure.ai.routine) and new azure.ai.agent properties to the azure.yaml schema.
• Azure Developer CLI reference - Added the new azd config sub-filter and azd tool uninstall commands to the generated CLI reference.

Azure for .NET developers

New articles:

• Reminder tool for self-scheduling agents
• Use a toolbox with a hosted agent
• Host Microsoft Agent Framework agents as Foundry hosted agents
• Migrating legacy .NET and Windows applications to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) – a step-by-step guide
• Quickstart: Build a serverless workflow using Durable Functions
• Configure on-demand sandboxes for Durable Task Scheduler (preview)

Azure for Go developers

New articles:

• Fast transcription containers with Docker (preview)

Azure for Java developers

New articles:

• Quickstart: Build a serverless workflow using Durable Functions

Updated articles:

• Tutorial: Connect to PostgreSQL Database from a Java Quarkus Container App without secrets using a managed identity - Replaced the Service Connector-based setup with an explicit system-assigned managed identity workflow, including Microsoft Entra admin and database-role configuration steps.

Azure for JavaScript developers

New articles:

• Reminder tool for self-scheduling agents
• Use a toolbox with a hosted agent
• Quickstart: Build a serverless workflow using Durable Functions
• Stream HTTP requests and responses in Node.js Azure Functions
• Optimize performance and scaling for Node.js Azure Functions
• Build and deploy TypeScript Azure Functions apps

Azure for Python developers

New articles:

• Reminder tool for self-scheduling agents
• Use a toolbox with a hosted agent
• Host Microsoft Agent Framework agents as Foundry hosted agents
• Quickstart: Build a serverless workflow using Durable Functions
• Configure on-demand sandboxes for Durable Task Scheduler (preview)
• Fast transcription containers with Docker (preview)
• Migrate to type-safe serialization in Durable Functions for Python

Updated articles:

• Get started with chat private endpoints for Python - Added a "Clean up Azure resources" section documenting azd down --purge and fixed a broken code fence.

Azure MCP Server

New articles:

• Secure your Azure MCP Server deployment
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Insights
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Resilience

Updated articles:

• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Advisor - Added new Recommendation: summary and Recommendation type: list tools for aggregating and cataloging Azure Advisor recommendations.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Database for MySQL - Made the resource group and user name parameters optional, so a single call can now list all Azure Database for MySQL servers across a subscription.
• Azure File Sync Tools - Added a Tags parameter to the create-service tool and removed the Cloud endpoint: Trigger change detection tool.

Azure Skills

New articles:

• Azure skill for python-appservice-deploy

Updated articles:

• Install and configure Azure Skills - Added Visual Studio sign-in and VS Installer setup instructions.
• Azure skill for Azure Cloud Migrate - Expanded migration scenario coverage to include Heroku, Google App Engine, and AWS Fargate/EKS/GKE, plus Spring Boot migrations.
• Azure Compute - Removed VM connectivity troubleshooting scope, now covered by the Azure Diagnostics skill.
• Azure skill for Azure Cost Management - Added example prompts and removed the AKS prerequisite and related-tools table.
• Azure skill for diagnostics - Gained VM connectivity and troubleshooting scope from the Azure Compute skill.
• Azure skill for Azure Upgrade - Added Azure Cache for Redis-to-Azure Managed Redis migration guidance and expanded Java SDK modernization coverage.
• Azure skill for Microsoft Foundry - Added agent routine scheduling (timer, cron, and GitHub issue triggers), real-time voice/streaming support, and model fine-tuning capabilities.

GitHub Copilot modernization

Updated articles:

• GitHub Copilot modernization for JavaScript/TypeScript developers - Added Visual Studio support alongside the existing Visual Studio Code support.
• Quickstart: Upgrade npm packages in a JavaScript or TypeScript project by using GitHub Copilot modernization - Added Visual Studio support alongside the existing Visual Studio Code support.

Terraform on Azure

Updated articles:

• Overview of the Azure Terraform Resource Provider - Documented a limit of 1,000 resources when exporting in resource group mode.

What's new for June 2026

AI apps using Azure services

New articles:

• Deploy Claude models in Microsoft Foundry using Bicep or Terraform
• Upgrade your Azure OpenAI app from Chat Completions to the Responses API

AI developer tools

Updated articles:

• Azure AI developer tools overview - Added prerequisites and Visual Studio 2022 v17.14.30+ guidance for built-in Azure MCP tools.

Azure Developer CLI (azd)

New articles:

• Manage Azure development tools with azd tool
• Agent development with the Azure Developer CLI
• Hosted agent infrastructure with the Azure Developer CLI
• Set the Foundry project context for azd commands
• Initialize a hosted agent project with the Azure Developer CLI
• Install the Azure Developer CLI Foundry extensions
• Invoke a hosted agent with the Azure Developer CLI
• Isolate hosted agent sessions per user
• Monitor hosted agent logs with the Azure Developer CLI
• Run a hosted agent locally with the Azure Developer CLI
• Set up CI/CD for hosted agents with the Azure Developer CLI
• Add managed MCP servers powered by connector namespaces (preview)
• Use azd ai with coding agents and scripts
• Quickstart: Build a toolbox and use it with a hosted agent
• Quickstart: Hosted agent CI/CD templates
• Run agent evaluations with the azd CLI (preview)

Updated articles:

• Supported languages and environments - Added preview guidance for deploying Go Azure Functions with azd, including azure.yaml settings and Go-specific deployment constraints.
• Deploy an agent to Microsoft Foundry with the Azure Developer CLI AI agent extension - Updated hosted agents regional availability guidance to point to the current Foundry availability list.
• Deploy to Azure App Service deployment slots with Azure Developer CLI - Documented AZD_DEPLOY_<SERVICE_NAME>_IGNORE_SLOTS and updated slot-selection behavior for CI and direct-to-main deployments.
• Deploy to a Microsoft Foundry or Azure Machine Learning studio online endpoint - Replaced the invalid agent.yaml example with a hosted schema-based sample and documented the supported kind values for azd.
• Use Terraform as an infrastructure as code tool for Azure Developer CLI - Added Azure CLI authentication guidance for Terraform-based azd deployments, including the recommended auth.useAzCliAuth flow.
• Customize your Azure Developer CLI workflows using command and event hooks - Documented optional shell behavior, OS-specific defaults, and cross-platform inline hook guidance.
• Azure Developer CLI schema reference - Added Go language values plus updated hook-shell and Go remote-build behavior in the azure.yaml schema reference.
• Azure Developer CLI reference - Added azd tool command documentation and refreshed auth, extension upgrade, and init behavior details.

Azure for .NET developers

New articles:

• Enable telemetry and tracing for Voice Live
• Getting started with Browser automation tool (preview) in Hosted agents
• Quickstart: Build agents using the Responses API
• Create an indexed Azure SQL knowledge source (preview)
• Create a Fabric Data Agent knowledge source (preview)
• Create a Fabric Ontology knowledge source (preview)
• Create a file knowledge source (preview)
• Create an MCP Server knowledge source (preview)
• Create a Work IQ knowledge source (preview)
• Configure freshness-aware retrieval in Azure AI Search (preview)
• Use paging with Azure AI Search list APIs
• Update application client certificates for Azure HorizonDB (Preview)
• Tutorial: Monitor a multi-agent app on App Service with OpenTelemetry and Application Insights (.NET)
• Develop Azure Functions locally by using the Azure Functions CLI (preview)
• Use connectors in Azure Functions
• Quickstart: Create a C# Durable Functions app
• Create Standard workflow projects with C# by using the Azure Logic Apps Standard SDK (preview)
• Handle timeouts and configure retries in Azure Service Bus

Azure for Go developers

New articles:

• Develop Azure Functions locally by using the Azure Functions CLI (preview)
• Azure Functions Go developer reference

Azure for Java developers

New articles:

• Install GitHub Copilot modernization in your IDE
• Secure your Java applications with GitHub Copilot modernization
• Enable telemetry and tracing for Voice Live
• Getting started with Browser automation tool (preview) in Hosted agents
• Develop Azure Functions locally by using the Azure Functions CLI (preview)
• Use connectors in Azure Functions
• Quickstart: Use Java and JDBC for Azure HorizonDB (Preview)
• Quickstart: Create a Java Durable Functions app
• How to install Azure Command Launcher for Java
• Reasons to move to Java 25

Updated articles:

• GitHub Copilot modernization for Java developers - Added Java 25 support, an embedded video, and Azure Command Launcher guidance for post-upgrade JVM tuning.
• Modernize Java apps by using GitHub Copilot modernization in the Copilot CLI - Added a capability table and clarified the Copilot CLI modernization plugin workflow for upgrade, migration, and deployment tasks.
• Modernize Java apps by using GitHub Copilot modernization in the cloud agent - Refreshed the cloud agent workflow with updated naming, prerequisites, and onboarding guidance.
• Predefined tasks for GitHub Copilot modernization for Java developers - Expanded predefined migration guidance for RabbitMQ-to-Service Bus scenarios and refreshed the task descriptions.
• Understand assessment coverage by GitHub Copilot modernization - Added dependency CVE scanning coverage, severity controls, and clearer CWE versus CVE assessment guidance.
• Optimize chat results for migrating Java apps to Azure - Renamed the custom agent to modernize and updated the recommended model guidance to Claude Sonnet 4.6.
• Quickstart: Deploy your project to Azure by using GitHub Copilot modernization - Reworked the deploy quickstart with Visual Studio Code and IntelliJ-specific flows plus improved custom prompt guidance.
• Re-architect projects by using GitHub Copilot modernization - Removed preview-only enablement steps and updated the re-architecture workflow to use the modernize agent and new artifact locations.
• Containerize your Java applications - Added Azure Command Launcher for Java guidance so containerized apps can autotune JVM settings instead of hand-tuning flags.
• Containerize your Java applications for Kubernetes - Added Azure Command Launcher for Java instructions for Kubernetes deployments and container images.

Azure for JavaScript developers

New articles:

• Enable telemetry and tracing for Voice Live
• Getting started with Browser automation tool (preview) in Hosted agents
• Develop Azure Functions locally by using the Azure Functions CLI (preview)
• Use connectors in Azure Functions
• Quickstart: Create a JavaScript Durable Functions app
• Quickstart: Create a TypeScript Durable Functions app

Azure for Python developers

New articles:

• Isolate hosted agent sessions per user
• Enable telemetry and tracing for Voice Live
• Getting started with Browser automation tool (preview) in Hosted agents
• Quickstart: Build agents using the Responses API
• Create an indexed Azure SQL knowledge source (preview)
• Create a Fabric Data Agent knowledge source (preview)
• Create a Fabric Ontology knowledge source (preview)
• Create a file knowledge source (preview)
• Create an MCP Server knowledge source (preview)
• Create a Work IQ knowledge source (preview)
• Configure freshness-aware retrieval in Azure AI Search (preview)
• Use paging with Azure AI Search list APIs
• Develop Azure Functions locally by using the Azure Functions CLI (preview)
• Use connectors in Azure Functions
• Deploy open-source models with managed compute (Preview)
• Quickstart: Use Python to connect and query data for Azure HorizonDB (Preview)
• Quickstart: Create a Python Durable Functions app

Updated articles:

• Deploy Python web apps to App Service by using GitHub Actions (Linux) - Updated the App Service quickstart command to use Python 3.12.

Azure MCP Server

New articles:

• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Backup
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Device Registry

Updated articles:

• What is the Azure MCP Server? - Added prerequisites and Visual Studio 2022 built-in Azure MCP tool guidance to the overview.
• Connect GitHub Copilot cloud agent to the Azure MCP Server - Updated the article for the Copilot cloud agent naming and clarified that the existing coding-agent extension and CLI command names remain unchanged.
• Azure Advisor tools for the Azure MCP Server overview - Added an Advisor recommendation-application tool and expanded the recommendation-listing guidance.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Cosmos DB - Added new Cosmos DB tools for fetching items, listing recent changes, full-text search, vector search, and schema inference.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Database for MySQL - Updated MySQL tool parameters to remove required user-name inputs from several server operations.
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL tools for the Azure MCP Server overview - Added optional auth and password inputs and relaxed required authentication fields for PostgreSQL operations.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Deploy - Documented local-required behavior and made several deployment-plan parameters optional.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure File Shares - Added the NFS encryption-in-transit parameter to Azure File Shares operations.
• Azure Kubernetes Service tools for the Azure MCP Server overview - Updated AKS tool parameters to require a resource group and make node pool selection optional.

Azure Skills

New articles:

• Azure skill for reliability

Updated articles:

• Azure skill for App Insights instrumentation - Expanded the skill to cover instrumentation guidance across ASP.NET, Node.js, Python, and Java, with stronger prompts and references.
• Azure skill for AI Gateway - Reworked the skill around API Management as a centralized AI gateway with routing, load balancing, and safety guidance.
• Azure skill for AI Services - Expanded the skill to cover Azure AI Search, Speech, OpenAI, and Document Intelligence with new prompts and references.
• Azure skill for compliance - Expanded the skill to combine azqr, Key Vault expiration checks, orphaned-resource detection, and compliance references.
• Azure skill for compute - Rewrote the skill to cover VM and VMSS sizing, deployment, troubleshooting, capacity reservations, and Essential Machine Management guidance.
• Azure skill for diagnostics - Added App Service, Azure Functions, Event Hubs, and Service Bus troubleshooting coverage and prompts.
• Azure skill for enterprise infrastructure planning - Expanded the skill with environment-aware planning guidance, multiregion patterns, and architecture references.
• Azure skill for Hosted Copilot SDK - Expanded the skill with CopilotClient, bring-your-own-model, deployment guidance, when-not-to-use guidance, and automatic activation notes.
• Azure skill for messaging - Expanded Event Hubs and Service Bus troubleshooting guidance across Python, Java, JavaScript, and .NET.
• Azure skill for quotas - Expanded the skill to cover quota requests, regional comparisons, az quota prerequisites, and planning scenarios.
• Azure skill for resource lookup - Expanded the skill with Resource Graph, tag and orphan analysis, cross-subscription inventory, and when-not-to-use guidance.
• Azure skill for storage - Expanded the skill to cover Blob, Files, Queue, Table, and Data Lake scenarios plus new prerequisites and references.
• Azure skill for validate - Broadened predeployment validation guidance for Bicep, Terraform, quotas, RBAC, and policy checks.
• Azure skill for Entra app registration - Expanded app registration, OAuth, and MSAL guidance with when-not-to-use notes and security references.

GitHub Copilot for Azure

Updated articles:

• What is GitHub Copilot for Azure? - Added detailed Visual Studio 2022 built-in Azure MCP tool support guidance, including version, enablement, and sign-in requirements.

GitHub Copilot modernization

New articles:

• Batch plan with the GitHub Copilot modernization agent
• Customize the modernization plan when using GitHub Copilot modernization
• GitHub Copilot modernization for JavaScript/TypeScript developers
• Quickstart: Upgrade npm packages in a JavaScript or TypeScript project by using GitHub Copilot modernization

Updated articles:

• GitHub Copilot modernization - Added C++ as a supported modernization ecosystem in the overview.
• Languages and frameworks supported by GitHub Copilot modernization - Added C++ support details and JavaScript/TypeScript npm package upgrade support.
• Quickstart: Install and use the GitHub Copilot modernization agent - Updated the agent quickstart with the new Assess, Plan, and Execute menu flow and walkthrough.
• GitHub Copilot modernization agent CLI commands - Documented new CLI options such as --assess-config, --assess-file-path, and expanded cloud-agent execution behavior.
• Batch assessment with the GitHub Copilot modernization agent - Expanded batch assessment to cover JavaScript/TypeScript projects, monorepos, and separate issue-scanning versus codebase-insight outputs.
• Configure settings for GitHub Copilot modernization to optimize the experience for IntelliJ - Simplified IntelliJ setup by removing obsolete MCP auto-approve and model-access steps and focusing on max-requests guidance.
• Quickstart: Upgrade a Java project with GitHub Copilot modernization - Expanded the Java upgrade quickstart for newer targets, IDE and CLI flows, and richer plan and execution guidance.
• Quickstart: generate Java unit tests with GitHub Copilot modernization - Expanded the unit-test quickstart to cover Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ, and CLI workflows plus the generated work log and result summary.
• Customize the Java project upgrade plan when using GitHub Copilot modernization - Updated Java upgrade plan customization guidance for the new plan structure and build-option syntax.
• GitHub Copilot modernization Java utilities - Renamed the Java utilities to #appmod-... prompt tools and streamlined the documented CVE and test-generation workflows.

What's new for May 2026

AI apps using Azure services

New articles:

• Get started with Azure OpenAI and the Responses API

Updated articles:

• Create hosted agent workflows in the Microsoft Foundry Toolkit for Visual Studio Code extension - Added a hosted agent workflow tutorial for the Microsoft Foundry Toolkit in Visual Studio Code, including project creation, local testing, and deployment to Foundry Agent Service.

Azure Developer CLI (azd)

Updated articles:

• Use Docker support to deploy containerized apps in any language - Expanded Docker language guidance to explicitly cover Go, Rust, Ruby, PHP, Kotlin, and other unsupported or polyglot apps.
• Azure Developer CLI schema reference - Documented the dependsOn layer property for declaring hook-mediated infrastructure dependencies.
• Azure Developer CLI reference - Added azd exec and refreshed reference guidance for non-interactive --no-prompt behavior and consent actions.

Azure for .NET developers

New articles:

• Generate text embeddings with Foundry Local
• Live transcribe audio from a microphone with Foundry Local
• Use Agent Framework in a .NET console app with Azure App Configuration
• MCP prompt trigger for Azure Functions (public preview)
• Quickstart: Vector index with .NET in Azure DocumentDB

Azure for Go developers

New articles:

• Quickstart: Vector index with Go in Azure DocumentDB

Azure for Java developers

New articles:

• MCP prompt trigger for Azure Functions (public preview)
• Enable features on a schedule in a Spring Boot application
• Choose between JMS and the native SDK for Azure Service Bus
• Troubleshoot Java applications on AKS with Azure SRE Agent
• Quickstart: Vector index with Java in Azure DocumentDB

Updated articles:

• Quickstart: Containerize your project by using GitHub Copilot modernization - Added Docker image vulnerability scanning as part of the containerization workflow.
• Re-architect projects by using GitHub Copilot modernization - Added rearchitecture scenarios for Struts, WebSphere, WinForms, and ASP.NET MVC migrations.
• Secure Java Spring Boot apps using Microsoft Entra ID - Updated the app registration steps to use the current single-tenant option label and client secret duration choices.

Azure for JavaScript developers

New articles:

• Generate text embeddings with Foundry Local
• Live transcribe audio from a microphone with Foundry Local
• MCP prompt trigger for Azure Functions (public preview)
• Quickstart: Vector index with TypeScript in Azure DocumentDB

Updated articles:

• What is Azure for JavaScript developers - Added AI and developer tools guidance plus new next-step links for learning, samples, SDKs, and deployment options.
• JavaScript developer tools for Azure overview - Added an AI and developer productivity tools section through the shared Azure AI developer tools guidance.
• GraphQL on Azure for JavaScript developers - Added an AI-assisted GraphQL development section with GitHub Copilot for Azure scenarios for schema, resolver, query, and validation work.
• Training with Azure and JavaScript - Expanded the learning guide with updated Static Web Apps, Azure Functions, AI, and certification resources, plus a new advanced section.

Azure for Python developers

New articles:

• Generate text embeddings with Foundry Local
• Live transcribe audio from a microphone with Foundry Local
• MCP prompt trigger for Azure Functions (public preview)
• Connect agents to Microsoft Fabric with Fabric IQ (preview)
• Enable tool search in a toolbox (preview)
• Connect agents to Microsoft 365 with Work IQ (preview)
• Quickstart: Vector index with Python in Azure DocumentDB

Updated articles:

• Create a GitHub Codespaces dev environment with FastAPI and Postgres - Added troubleshooting guidance for PostgreSQL 18 volume incompatibility in dev containers.
• Configure a custom startup file for Python apps on Azure App Service - Added prerequisite and deployment guidance plus an Azure CLI command for setting the startup command.
• Build and run a containerized Python web app locally - Added supported Python version guidance for Dockerfiles and new notes for MongoDB configuration paths and Cosmos DB provisioning.
• Build a containerized Python web app in Azure - Added prerequisites, a Python 3.8 end-of-life warning, and clearer Azure Container Registry build and verification guidance.

Azure for Rust developers

New articles:

• Generate text embeddings with Foundry Local
• Live transcribe audio from a microphone with Foundry Local

Updated articles:

• Access Azure services using Azure SDK for Rust crates - Removed the beta caveat for Azure SDK for Rust crates, reflecting their broader supported status.

Azure MCP Server

New articles:

• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure SRE Agent
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Terraform overview

Updated articles:

• Azure MCP Server tools for Microsoft Foundry Extensions - Reworked the article for Microsoft Foundry Extensions, replacing agent-centric coverage with tools for completions, embeddings, models, and knowledge indexes.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure App Service - Documented a new web app state-change tool for start, stop, and restart operations and updated diagnostic parameter guidance.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure compute overview - Added a VM power-state tool and expanded the compute reference with updated managed disk and VM configuration guidance.
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL tools for the Azure MCP Server overview - Consolidated server, database, and table listing into a single flow and documented new authentication parameters for database operations.
• Azure Event Grid tools for the Azure MCP Server overview - Added event publishing coverage and expanded topic and subscription guidance, including topic filtering and location-based discovery.
• Azure File Sync Tools - Added a cloud endpoint change-detection tool for targeted or recursive sync scans.
• Azure Key Vault tools for the Azure MCP Server overview - Updated key creation guidance to reflect the current supported key types and the premium-vault requirement for HSM keys.
• Azure Load Testing tools for the Azure MCP Server overview - Documented the resource group parameter and updated test resource creation inputs.
• Azure Migrate tools for the Azure MCP Server overview - Added landing zone request parameters for security subscription ID and location.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Monitor and Workbooks - Documented new required workspace table parameters and added web test configuration input coverage.
• Azure pricing tools for the Azure MCP Server - Added detailed guidance for pricing queries, including required filters, SKU specificity, and savings plan handling.
• Azure Quick Review CLI tools for the Azure MCP Server overview - Documented the optional resource group parameter for scoping quick review scans.
• Azure Redis tools for Azure MCP Server overview - Added required SKU guidance and documented the new public network access option when creating a Redis resource.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Storage - Greatly expanded Azure Storage coverage with new account and container create/get flows, CLI command mappings, and parameter tables.

Azure Skills

New articles:

• Azure skill for AI Runway AKS setup
• Azure skill for Entra Agent ID

Updated articles:

• Azure skill for Azure Compute - Expanded the skill to cover capacity reservations, Essential Machine Management, and richer VM and VMSS guidance.
• Azure skill for Kusto (Data Explorer) - Expanded the skill with schema exploration, cluster and database discovery, and broader analytics guidance.
• Azure skill for Azure Upgrade - Expanded the skill to cover Azure SDK modernization and Azure Cache for Redis migration scenarios.
• Azure skill for Microsoft Foundry - Expanded the skill to cover continuous evaluation, Foundry Agent Optimization Service workflows, dataset curation, and production troubleshooting.

GitHub Copilot for Azure

New articles:

• Quickstart: Import data into Azure Cosmos DB by using GitHub Copilot for Azure agent mode

Updated articles:

• What is GitHub Copilot for Azure? - Added Azure Skills integration details, support for Claude Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, and IntelliJ, and clearer next-step guidance.
• Troubleshoot Azure applications with GitHub Copilot for Azure - Reorganized the article into general and service-specific troubleshooting prompt sets for logs, errors, performance, and health checks.

GitHub Copilot modernization

Updated articles:

• GitHub Copilot modernization agent overview - Removed the public preview reference from the modernization agent overview.
• AppCAT 7 release notes - Added AppCAT 7 release notes entries.

Introduction to Azure for developers

New articles:

• Quickstart: Develop Azure applications with agent-assisted AI

Terraform on Azure

New articles:

• Use the Microsoft Terraform Visual Studio Code extension
• Quickstart: Perform Azure resource actions with the AzAPI Terraform provider
• Quickstart: Manage Azure Key Vault certificate contacts with the AzAPI Terraform provider
• Quickstart: List Azure resources with the AzAPI Terraform provider
• Choose between AzureRM and AzAPI Terraform providers
• Understand the AzAPI data plane framework
• Enable preflight validation in the AzAPI Terraform provider
• Use provider functions in the AzAPI Terraform provider
• Migration paths between Azure, AzureRM, and AzAPI Terraform providers

Updated articles:

• Overview of the Terraform AzAPI provider - Expanded the overview with data plane framework guidance, response export and JMESPath examples, import and migration workflows, provider options, and VS Code tooling.
• Quickstart: Deploy your first Azure resource_action resource with the AzAPI Terraform provider - Reframed azapi_resource_action as a read-only data-source pattern for listing Key Vault keys and added subscription confirmation guidance.