The October 2026 Azure SDK release includes updates to Azure Core authentication, managed identity improvements for Python and Java, and the first stable Cosmos DB libraries for Rust.
October's Azure SDK highlights include Azure Core authentication updates, managed identity improvements for Python and Java, and the first stable Cosmos DB libraries for Rust. The post Azure SDK Release (October 2026) appeared first on Azure SDK Blog.
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Announcements
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Azure SDK Blog, Azure SDK, release, sdk
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Today we’re releasing the release candidate (RC) of the next Azure DevOps Server release. It brings new features previously available in our hosted version, along with security and quality improvements. You can download Azure DevOps Server RC (26H2) today. A direct upgrade to Azure DevOps Server RC is supported from any version of Team Foundation […] The post Azure DevOps Server RC (26H2) Is Now Available appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.
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Announcements
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Azure DevOps Blog, Azure DevOps Server, Releases
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Multiple MAM (Mobile Application Management) Intune Accounts will now be supported in Outlook for Android. Only one MDM (Mobile Device Management) account will be supported at a time per device. GA date: November CY2026
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M365 Roadmap
Services
Intune, Microsoft 365 Apps
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In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD, Outlook, Android
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As subsurface data grows in scale and complexity, teams need a faster, more connected way to transform uncertainty into actionable decisions. The post Scale reservoir uncertainty analysis with agile reservoir modeling appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
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Announcements
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Azure Blog, Storage, Microsoft Azure Data Manager for Energy
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Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Azure · verify against the original
Azure DevOps Services and Server are not affected by the PHP vulnerabilities, but pipelines, containers, and deployed applications may require separate patching.
What you should do
Review and update the security settings for pipelines, containers, and deployed applications to ensure they are patched against the PHP vulnerabilities. AI-suggested
Why: This change may need administrator attention depending on how your environment is configured.
On October 21, 2026, PHP disclosed two critical vulnerabilities that can allow remote code execution. Neither Azure DevOps Services, our cloud-hosted offering, nor Azure DevOps Server, our on-premises product, uses PHP to handle customer requests. PHP runtimes used by pipelines, containers, and deployed applications have their own patching requirements. Deployment scope: cloud and on-premises Azure […] The post PHP2Shell and Azure DevOps: what to check appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.
Administrators can now manage Dynamics 365 Contact Center user access through Microsoft Entra ID security groups, simplifying role assignments and reducing administrative overhead.
Administrators configure team-based access for representatives through Microsoft Entra ID security groups. They link an Entra security group to a Dataverse team of type Microsoft Entra ID Security Group and assign at the team level the required security roles such as: Basic user Customer Service Representative Omnichannel agent Every member of the linked group inherits the roles automatically with no per user role assignment, including: Queue participation Presence Conversation handling When a representative belongs to more than one team, they receive the combined privileges of their teams. Ex…
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M365 Roadmap
Services
Entra ID
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Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Contact Center, Web
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Azure PST Import is a migration method that enables PST files stored in Azure Blob Storage to be imported directly into Exchange Online mailboxes. It follows the standard two‑step Exchange Migration Service pattern: an initial analysis phase to validate and assess PST data, followed by execution of the actual migration. The process also involves creating a migration endpoint, running an analysis-only migration batch, using the analysis results to configure the final batch, and then starting the batch to import PST content into target mailboxes. GA date: January CY2027 Preview date: October CY2…
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M365 Roadmap
Services
Exchange Online
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In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Purview, Web
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Azure PST Import is a migration method that enables PST files stored in Azure Blob Storage to be imported directly into Exchange Online mailboxes. It follows the standard two‑step Exchange Migration Service pattern: an initial analysis phase to validate and assess PST data, followed by execution of the actual migration. The process also involves creating a migration endpoint, running an analysis-only migration batch, using the analysis results to configure the final batch, and then starting the batch to import PST content into target mailboxes. GA date: March CY2027
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M365 Roadmap
Services
Exchange Online
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In development, General Availability, GCC, GCC High, DoD, Microsoft Purview, Web
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Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention policies will be extended to filter sensitive files at the network layer via integration with Entra Global Secure Access Internet Access. This will help prevent sensitive data from being shared with untrusted cloud applications.
Extend Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies to filter sensitive files at the network layer by integrating with Entra Global Secure Access Internet Access. This integration enables organizations to intercept and inspect files at the network layer and enforce restrictive actions based on DLP policy conditions. It helps prevent sensitive data from being shared with untrusted cloud applications through browsers, apps, APIs, add-ins, and more - including generative AI platforms, cloud storage, and content-sharing services - while managing alerts and incidents through Purview and Mi…
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M365 Roadmap
Services
Entra ID
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Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Purview, Web
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Microsoft Purview integrates with Entra GSA to extend data security controls to the network layer, enabling organizations to detect and protect sensitive data in text and AI interactions.
Extend Microsoft Purview data security controls to the network layer to detect and protect sensitive data in text and prompts by integrating with Entra Internet Access. This integration enables organizations to intercept and inspect text and AI interactions at the network layer, enforce restrictive actions based on DLP policies, and detect risky user activity through Insider Risk Management. It helps prevent sensitive data from being shared with untrusted cloud applications through browsers, apps, APIs, add-ins, and more - including generative AI platforms, social media, collaborative platform…
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M365 Roadmap
Services
Entra ID
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Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Purview, Web
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Fixing a vulnerability takes more than knowing where it is. You need a change that follows your coding standards and works with the rest of your code. Copilot Autofix for GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps now runs on an agentic foundation. It also supports dependency vulnerability fixes and code scanning alerts from third-party tools. […] The post Introducing Agentic Autofix for code and dependencies appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.
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Announcements
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Azure DevOps Blog, DevOps, Open Source, Security
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Across conversations with leaders in government, critical infrastructure and regulated industries, one priority consistently rises to the top: putting technology to work on the most important systems while maintaining the control those systems require. The post Advancing digital sovereignty with greater control and choice appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
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Announcements
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Azure Blog, AI + machine learning, Hybrid + multicloud, Microsoft Sovereign Cloud
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The Azure DevOps Plugin is now available in Microsoft Copilot. It brings Azure DevOps directly into Copilot Cowork, so you can work with your projects, work items, pull requests, test plans, pipelines, and more without switching to Azure DevOps. The plugin also includes built-in skills to help with everyday development tasks. You can quickly see […] The post Azure DevOps available in Microsoft Copilot Cowork appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.
The GitHub Copilot SDK gives your application an agent runtime. BYOK lets you keep that runtime while sending model requests to your own Microsoft Foundry or Azure OpenAI deployment. Here is the complete C# setup. The post Bring Your Own Model to the GitHub Copilot SDK with C# appeared first on .NET Blog.
Microsoft introduces a new feature allowing the creation of Dataverse agent users with Microsoft Entra agent identities, enabling secure and compliant management of AI agents.
Organizations can securely deploy AI agents to access and interact with Dataverse data by using enterprise‑managed Microsoft Entra agent identities. This feature enables agents to be provisioned as Dataverse agent users with dedicated, least‑privileged security roles based on their intended capabilities. This feature ensures agents have only the access required to perform tasks autonomously or on behalf of users. By using identity‑based role assignment and full auditing of agent‑driven actions, organizations can enforce security and compliance policies across both human users and AI agents whi…
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M365 Roadmap
Services
Entra ID
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Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Dataverse, Web
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Microsoft Dataverse for Finance and Operations now integrates telemetry with Azure Application Insights, allowing admins to monitor data import and export jobs in real-time.
By integrating data management framework telemetry for Dynamics 365 finance and operations apps, organizations can gain deeper visibility into data management executions, such as import and export jobs. This integration streams telemetry directly into the customer's own Azure Application Insights instance. By using this integration, customers can: Monitor import and export data management functions with start and end times. Monitor job status from source to staging and staging to target. Monitor failures with error messages at a granular level. Set up alerts and dashboards for proactive monito…
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M365 Roadmap
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Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Dataverse, Web
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Administrators must choose an email review policy for the Payables Agent, which affects accounts payable teams by allowing them to automatically process emails from known senders, reducing manual approval requirements.
What you should do
Select an email review policy for the Payables Agent before the August 2026 release. AI-suggested
Why: This change may need administrator attention depending on how your environment is configured.
This feature introduces email review policy and a Known Senders list page to give accounts payable teams more control over which incoming emails require human approval before the Payables Agent processes them. A new Email review field in the Payables Agent setup lets administrators choose when incoming emails require human approval. The following options are available: Always: Every email requires approval, regardless of the sender. Never: No emails require approval. Only if untrusted (recommended): Only emails from senders who aren't on the list of known senders require review. This is the re…
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M365 Roadmap
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Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Dynamics 365 Business Central introduces a free trial mode for the Payables Agent that allows users to start without administrator assistance or email setup, by uploading invoice PDFs directly.
Payables Agent introduces a free trial mode that any user can start without help from an administrator or having paid credits. You can start the trial directly from the agent setup card or from the Purchase Invoices page. You don't need to have an administrator role or configure an email account. You upload invoice PDFs manually to start processing, bypassing the email-based sourcing flow entirely. The trial activates immediately the first time you upload an invoice. The trial includes 50 free invoice uploads. Each upload counts against the quota. You can track your remaining quota on the agen…
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M365 Roadmap
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Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Business Central, Web
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Discover how Azure is advancing cloud-native infrastructure to help organizations build, run, and optimize applications and agents at scale. The post Evolving the cloud-native foundation for the next generation of AI appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Explore the new Azure MCP Server 3.0 stable release, with AI agent tools for Terraform, backup, recovery, and troubleshooting, plus stronger security defaults. The post Azure MCP Server 3.0 stable release: More tools. More possibilities app
Explore the new Azure MCP Server 3.0 stable release, with AI agent tools for Terraform, backup, recovery, and troubleshooting, plus stronger security defaults. The post Azure MCP Server 3.0 stable release: More tools. More possibilities appeared first on Azure SDK Blog.
We're building operational consistency through Azure and Azure Arc, and infrastructure consistency through Hyper-V. The post Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualization Platforms appeared first on
We're building operational consistency through Azure and Azure Arc, and infrastructure consistency through Hyper-V. The post Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualization Platforms appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
We are releasing new patches for our self‑hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. We strongly recommend that all customers stay up to date with the latest, most secure version of Azure DevOps Server. The most recent release, Azure DevOps Serve
We are releasing new patches for our self‑hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. We strongly recommend that all customers stay up to date with the latest, most secure version of Azure DevOps Server. The most recent release, Azure DevOps Server, is available on the download page. The following versions have been patched. For more details on […] The post October Patches for Azure DevOps Server appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.
AI is reaching such a pivotal moment, and the focus is shifting from building larger frontier models to intelligence that delivers practical impact. The post Infrastructure for the frontier era: Scaling intelligence through open industry collaboration appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
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Announcements
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Azure Blog, AI + machine learning, Azure HPC, Azure HPCAI, Azure IaaS, Azure Integrated HSM, Azure Open Source, Copilot, Networking
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Explore how Microsoft is advancing hardware security through open-source Integrated HSM technology, collaboration, and cryptographic key protection. The post Advancing hardware security with open-source Integrated HSM technology appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
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Announcements
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Azure Blog, Security, Azure confidential computing, Azure Open Source
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Five practical examples of when durable execution makes sense, when it does not, and what it means for AI agents. The post Durable Task in the Real World: What Problems Does It Actually Solve? appeared first on .NET Blog.
Five practical examples of when durable execution makes sense, when it does not, and what it means for AI agents. The post Durable Task in the Real World: What Problems Does It Actually Solve? appeared first on .NET Blog.