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 August 2026

AI apps using Azure services

New articles:

• Microsoft Foundry Toolkit for Visual Studio Code overview
• Install Microsoft Foundry Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
• Set up a Microsoft Foundry project in Visual Studio Code
• Foundry Skills scenarios and example prompts

Azure Developer CLI (azd)

New articles:

• App Service container deployments with Azure Developer CLI

Updated articles:

• Supported languages and environments - Documented App Service container deployment modes, requirements, and Linux-only support.
• Azure Developer CLI extensions overview - Documented the generally available extension framework, source and bundle distribution options, and project-level extension requirements.
• Extension development concepts - Documented generally available extension development, project extension requirements, and URL, file, and bundle distribution options.
• Quickstart: Build a sample azd extension - Updated the quickstart for the generally available extension framework and official extension source.
• Publish an extension - Added registry, file-based, and portable-bundle distribution guidance for generally available extensions.
• Explore Azure Developer CLI support for CI/CD pipelines - Documented federated authentication as the default for Azure DevOps pipelines and client-credentials configuration.
• Layered provisioning - Documented dependency-based layer ordering, automatic inference, and explicit dependencies for opaque providers.
• Azure Developer CLI publishing workflows - Documented publishing behavior and flag limitations for services that use imagePassthrough.
• Use third-party container registries - Added guidance for deploying remote images with imagePassthrough without Docker or registry authentication.
• Manage Azure development tools with azd tool - Added azd tool uninstall guidance, including dry runs, agent targeting, and JSON output.
• Configure and consume template sources - Clarified standard versus extension-specific templates and how to initialize each type.
• Azure Developer CLI schema reference - Added dependency inference details and App Service container-image schema guidance.

Azure for .NET developers

New articles:

• Deploy a C# Azure AI Search app to Azure Container Apps
• How to transcribe multichannel audio in real time

Azure for C++ developers

New articles:

• How to transcribe multichannel audio in real time

Azure for Go developers

New articles:

• How to transcribe multichannel audio in real time

Azure for Java developers

New articles:

• How to transcribe multichannel audio in real time

Updated articles:

• Spring Cloud Azure configuration properties - Corrected Microsoft Entra and B2C JWT timeout defaults from 500s to 500ms and removed obsolete configuration guidance.

Azure for JavaScript developers

New articles:

• How to transcribe multichannel audio in real time

Azure for Python developers

New articles:

• How to transcribe multichannel audio in real time
• Python SDKs for Microsoft Discovery
• Quickstart: Create and run an Azure Container Apps sandbox using the Python SDK (preview)

Azure for Rust developers

Updated articles:

• What are Azure SDK for Rust crates? - Documented the current stable 1.x release model and per-crate versioning.
• Install Azure SDK for Rust crates - Added stable 1.x production guidance and updated installation examples to use Cargo version requirements.

Azure MCP Server

New articles:

• Get started with the Azure MCP Server in Google Antigravity
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure IoT Hub

Updated articles:

• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Advisor - Reworked Advisor coverage around recommendation metadata discovery and localized catalog queries.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Microsoft Foundry Extensions - Added Azure MCP CLI command, parameter, and prompt guidance for knowledge indexes and OpenAI operations.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Backup - Expanded Azure Backup tool coverage with new commands, parameters, and Azure MCP CLI examples.
• Azure Communication Services tools for the Azure MCP Server overview - Corrected tool annotations to show that email and SMS operations aren't read-only.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Monitor and Workbooks - Replaced the removed health-entity command with health-model list and get guidance.
• Azure Quick Review CLI tools for the Azure MCP Server overview - Added Azure MCP CLI usage and parameter guidance for generating compliance and security reports.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure Resilience - Expanded resilience tool coverage with drill, goal, recovery-plan, and recovery-job operations.
• Azure MCP Server tools for Azure SRE Agent - Documented sub-agent handoffs and newly required agent and query parameters for Azure SRE Agent operations.

Azure Skills

New articles:

• Azure skill for Azure App Onboard
• Azure skill for Azure App Onboard Prereq

Updated articles:

• Azure skill for Kubernetes - Narrowed the skill to AKS planning, provisioning, and configuration, and redirected application deployment to the dedicated workflow.
• Azure skill for Azure Validate - Reworked validation around the scripted workflow, approved deployment plans, and readiness checks.
• Azure skill for Microsoft Foundry - Expanded Foundry agent guidance for Azure Developer CLI, CI/CD, routines, agent-to-agent connections, and authentication.

Terraform on Azure

New articles:

• Create a virtual network flow log by using Terraform
• Quickstart: Configure a standard service endpoint by using Terraform

Updated articles:

• Choose between AzureRM and AzAPI Terraform providers - Corrected the provider comparison to show AzureRM support for selected data-plane management and preflight validation.

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

New articles:

• Create a virtual network flow log by using Terraform
• Quickstart: Configure a standard service endpoint by using Terraform

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 concepts
• Azure Policy tools for Azure MCP Server overview
• Manage Azure Functions with Azure MCP Server
• Manage Azure Key Vault with Azure MCP Server
• Manage Azure Redis with Azure MCP Server
• Azure File Sync Tools
• 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.