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Azure Developer CLI (azd) Dec 2025 – Extensions Enhancements, Foundry Rebranding, and Azure Pipelines Improvements
This post announces the December release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Blue-green deployment in Azure Container Apps using Azure Developer CLI
Learn how to implement blue-green deployment in Azure Container Apps using Azure Developer CLI (azd) revision-based deployment strategy.
Azure SDK Release (November 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you'll find this month's highlights and release notes.
Announcing the azd AI agent extension: Publish Microsoft Foundry agents directly from your development environment
This post shares how to work with the new Azure Developer CLI (`azd`) agents extension.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) Nov 2025 – Container Apps (GA), Layered Provisioning (Beta), Extension Framework, and Aspire 13
This post announces the November release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Introducing the azd extension to configure GitHub Copilot coding agent integration with Azure
This post shares how to set up the GitHub Copilot coding agent integration with Azure resources and services by using the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`) extension.
Announcing Azure MCP Server 1.0.0 Stable Release – A New Era for Agentic Workflows
Today marks a major milestone for agentic development on Azure: the stable release of the Azure MCP Server 1.0!
Azure SDK Release (October 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you'll find this month's highlights and release notes.
Easily connect AI workloads to Azure Blob Storage with adlfs
Microsoft works with the fsspec open-source community to enhance adlfs. This update delivers faster file operations and improved reliability for AI workloads that connect to Azure Blob and Data Lake Storage.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – October 2025
This post announces the October release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Azure SDK Release (September 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you'll find this month's highlights and release notes.
Azure Storage APIs gain Entra ID and RBAC support
To align with security best practices, Microsoft Entra ID and RBAC support is now generally available for several Azure Storage data plane APIs.
Azure SDK Release (August 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you'll find this month's highlights and release notes.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – August 2025
This post announces the August release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Azure SDK Release (July 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you'll find this month's highlights and release notes.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – July 2025
This post announces the July release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Azure SDK Release (June 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you find this month's highlights and release notes.
Exploring azd extensions: Enhance your Azure developer experience
A deep dive into the introduction of the Azure Developer CLI (azd) extensions and the azd extension framework to build extensions.
Introducing the Azure Storage Connector for PyTorch
This post announces the Azure Storage Connector for PyTorch (azstoragetorch), integrating files from Azure Blob Storage into your PyTorch training pipeline.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – June 2025
This post announces the June release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Azure SDK Release (May 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you'll find this month's highlights and release notes.
Azure MCP Server – May 2025 Release
This post discusses the updates to the Azure MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server for Microsoft //build 2025.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – May 2025
This post announces the May release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Azure SDK Release (April 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you find this month's highlights and release notes.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) in a real-life scenario
This post shares some useful tips and lessons learned while using azd during a migration.
Azure SDK modularized libraries for JavaScript
This post announces new modularized libraries for the Azure SDK for JavaScript.
Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ: Introducing the enhanced Java Code Quality Analyzer!
Discover the latest updates to the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ, featuring an enhanced Java Code Quality Analyzer to help you write cleaner, safer, and more efficient Java code with Azure SDK client libraries.
Introducing the Azure MCP Server
This post introduces the Azure MCP Server, bringing the power of the cloud to your AI agents.
Introducing Spring Cloud Azure Starter Key Vault JCA: Streamlined TLS and mTLS for Spring Boot
This blog post shows the Spring Cloud Azure Starter Key Vault Java Crypto Architecture (JCA).
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – April 2025
This post announces the April release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Azure SDK Release (March 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you find this month's highlights and release notes.
Replacing jackson-databind with azure-json and azure-xml
This blog post explains how azure-json and azure-xml replaced jackson-databind in the Azure SDK for Java.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – March 2025
This post announces the March release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Azure SDK Release (February 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you find this month's highlights and release notes.
Rust in time! Announcing the Azure SDK for Rust Beta. 🎉
Announcing the first beta release of the Azure SDK for Rust. This release includes libraries for Identity, Key Vault secrets & keys, Event Hubs, and Cosmos DB.
Spring Cloud Azure updates and troubleshooting tips for Java on AKS
This post shows the latest Spring Cloud Azure updates.
Simplify your .NET data transfers with the new Azure Storage Data Movement library
This post announces the new and improved Azure Storage Data Movement library for .NET.
Announcing the end of support for Node.js 18.x in the Azure SDK for JavaScript
After July 10, 2025, the Azure SDK for JavaScript will no longer support Node.js 18.x. Upgrade to an Active Node.js Long Term Support (LTS) version to stay secure and up-to-date.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – February 2025
This post announces the March release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Introducing Azure OpenAI Realtime API Support in JavaScript
Introducing the new Realtime API support in the OpenAI JavaScript library, enabling developers to create highly interactive and responsive applications by instantly sending and receiving messages from Azure OpenAI models.
Azure SDK Release (January 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you find this month's highlights and release notes.
Announcing AMQP v2 stack engine support in the Azure Messaging Event Hubs library for Java
This blog post announces a new stable release of the Azure Event Hubs library for Java, with enhanced reliability and performance.
azd CDN changing January 2025
This blog post makes customers aware of a critical Content Delivery Network (CDN) change for azd (the Azure Developer CLI) because the CDN provider is changing from Edgio to Azure Front Door.
Azure SDK Release (November 2024)
The Azure SDKs release every month. This post includes the month's highlights and release notes.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – November 2024
This post announces the November release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Build AI applications with the new AI App Template Gallery
This post announces the launch of the AI App Template Gallery of templates using `azd`.
Azure SDK Release (October 2024)
The Azure SDKs release every month. This post includes the month's highlights and release notes.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – October 2024
This post announces the October release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`), including configurable api-version for ACA.
Announcing the stable release of the Azure OpenAI library for .NET
The stable release of the Azure OpenAI library for .NET is now available and it includes support for the entire OpenAI API, GPT-4o, and o1-preview models.
Azure SDK Release (September 2024)
The Azure SDKs release every month. This post includes the month's highlights and release notes.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – September 2024
This post announces the September release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`). Including remote container build support, multiple hooks per event, deployment stack support, promoting resource group scoped deployments to the Beta feature stage, and more.
Azure SDK Release (August 2024)
The Azure SDKs release every month. This post includes the month's highlights and release notes.
Farewell Spring Cloud Azure 4.x, Hello 5.x: The Future is Now!
This post announces that Spring Cloud Azure is deprecating version 4.x in favor of version 5.x.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – August 2024
This post announces the August release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`) and recaps the July release. Includes enhancements for `azd pipeline config`, deployment status tracking for Linux web apps, support for managed identity during login, and more.
Azure SDK Release (July 2024)
The Azure SDKs release every month. This post includes the month's highlights and release notes.
Announcing the stable release of Azure Event Grid Namespaces HTTP client libraries
This post announces stable release of the HTTP Azure Event Grid Namespaces client libraries in .NET, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Go.
Azure SDK Release (June 2024)
The Azure SDKs release every month. This post includes the month's highlights and release notes.
Improve security posture in Azure service connections with AzurePipelinesCredential
Learn about the new AzurePipelinesCredential, designed to support federated identity credential authentication through Azure Service Connections in Azure Pipelines.
Announcing the public preview of the Microsoft AI Chat Protocol library for JavaScript
This post details the public preview release of the AI Chat Protocol library, allowing users to build robust, streamed AI frontends in JavaScript.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – Build 2024 Recap
This post announces Azure Developer CLI (azd) support for AI Studio and the new templates to build and deploy AI applications.
Azure SDK Release (May 2024)
The Azure SDKs release every month. This post includes the month's highlights and release notes.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – May 2024 Release
This post announces the May release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`), which includes a new demo mode, various .NET Aspire enhancements, and bug fixes.
Azure SDK Release (April 2024)
The Azure SDKs release every month. This post includes the month's highlights and release notes.
Multi-resource metrics query support in the Azure Monitor Query libraries
Learn how to query metrics for multiple Azure resources at once using the Azure Monitor Query libraries.
Silent, brokered authentication on Windows with the Azure Identity libraries
Learn how to silently authenticate the Windows default system account with the Azure Identity client libraries.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – April 2024 Release
This post announces the April release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`), which includes enhancements for .NET Aspire and various bug fixes.
Azure SDK Release (March 2024)
The Azure SDKs release every month. This post includes the month's highlights and release notes.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – March 2024 Release
This post announces the March release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`), which includes sovereign cloud support, support for third-party container registries, Visual Studio publish experience for .NET Aspire, and various other .NET Aspire enhancements.
Azure SDK Release (February 2024)
The Azure SDKs release every month. This post includes the month's highlights and release notes.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – February 2024 Release
This post announces the February release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`), which includes support for Helm and Kustomize, a customizable `azd up` workflow, .NET Aspire enhancements, and more.
Azure SDK Release (January 2024)
Azure SDK releases every month. This post includes the month's highlights and release notes.
Announcing the new (more performant!) Beta release of Azure Storage client libraries for JavaScript
In this blog post, we explore the performance updates from CoreV2 in the Beta releases of the Azure Storage client libraries for JavaScript.