{"id":3573,"date":"2026-01-29T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sdk\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:27:07","slug":"azure-sdk-release-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sdk\/azure-sdk-release-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure SDK Release (January 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your interest in the new Azure SDKs! We release new features, improvements, and bug fixes every month. Subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azure-sdk\/feed\/\">Azure SDK Blog RSS Feed<\/a> to get notified when a new release is available.<\/p>\n<p>You can find links to packages, code, and docs on our <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/azsdk\/releases\">Azure SDK Releases page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Release highlights<\/h2>\n<h3>AI Foundry <code>1.2.0-beta.1<\/code> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Azure.AI.Projects\/1.2.0-beta.1\">.NET<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This major update brings feature support for Microsoft Foundry Agents Service, integration with the new <code>Azure.AI.Projects.OpenAI<\/code> package, expanded evaluation capabilities, insights, red teaming, schedules, and more. It&#8217;s a significant expansion of AI capabilities for .NET developers working with Azure AI services.<\/p>\n<h3>Azure AI Search <code>11.8.0-beta.1<\/code> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Azure.Search.Documents\/11.8.0-beta.1\">.NET<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This release adds support for the <code>2025-11-01-preview<\/code> service version with many new features including multiple facet aggregation types (<code>avg<\/code>, <code>min<\/code>, <code>max<\/code>, <code>cardinality<\/code>), new knowledge source types (<code>web<\/code>, <code>remoteSharePoint<\/code>, <code>indexedSharePoint<\/code>, <code>indexedOneLake<\/code>), and support for new Azure OpenAI models (<code>gpt-5<\/code>, <code>gpt-5-mini<\/code>, <code>gpt-5-nano<\/code>). Note that this release includes breaking changes where Knowledge Agent has been renamed to Knowledge Base across all APIs and models.<\/p>\n<h3>Functions Extension for WebPubSub for SocketIO <code>1.0.0<\/code> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.WebPubSubForSocketIO\/1.0.0\">.NET<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The stable release of the Azure Functions extension for Web PubSub for SocketIO has shipped. This library enables developers to build real-time, bidirectional communication applications using the familiar Socket.IO programming model with Azure Web PubSub as the backend.<\/p>\n<h3>Initial stable releases<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Client Library for .NET<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.WebPubSubForSocketIO\/1.0.0\">Functions extension for Web PubSub for SocketIO 1.0.0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Management Libraries for .NET<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Azure.ResourceManager.StorageDiscovery\/1.0.0\">Resource Management &#8211; Storage Discovery 1.0.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Azure.ResourceManager.MongoCluster\/1.0.0\">Resource Management &#8211; Mongo Cluster 1.0.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Azure.ResourceManager.DurableTask\/1.0.0\">Resource Management &#8211; Durable Task 1.0.0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Management Library for Go<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pkg.go.dev\/github.com\/Azure\/azure-sdk-for-go\/sdk\/resourcemanager\/resources\/armdeployments\">Resource Management &#8211; Deployment 1.0.0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Initial beta releases<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Client Libraries for .NET<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Azure.Provisioning.FrontDoor\/1.0.0-beta.1\">Provisioning &#8211; Front Door 1.0.0-beta.1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Azure.Provisioning.Dns\/1.0.0-beta.1\">Provisioning &#8211; DNS 1.0.0-beta.1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Azure.AI.AgentServer.Contracts\/1.0.0-beta.1\">Azure.AI.AgentServer.Contracts 1.0.0-beta.1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Azure.AI.AgentServer.Core\/1.0.0-beta.1\">Azure.AI.AgentServer.Core 1.0.0-beta.1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Azure.AI.AgentServer.AgentFramework\/1.0.0-beta.1\">Azure.AI.AgentServer.AgentFramework 1.0.0-beta.1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Management Library for .NET<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages\/Azure.ResourceManager.ImpactReporting\/1.0.0-beta.1\">Resource Management &#8211; Impact Reporting 1.0.0-beta.1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Client Libraries for Java<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/central.sonatype.com\/artifact\/com.azure\/azure-ai-voicelive\/1.0.0-beta.1\">azure-ai-voicelive 1.0.0-beta.1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/central.sonatype.com\/artifact\/com.azure\/azure-ai-agents\/1.0.0-beta.1\">azure-ai-agents 1.0.0-beta.1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Client Libraries for Python<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pypi.org\/project\/azure-confidentialledger-certificate\/1.0.0b1\/\">azure-confidentialledger-certificate 1.0.0b1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pypi.org\/project\/azure-planetarycomputer\/1.0.0b1\/\">azure-planetarycomputer 1.0.0b1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pypi.org\/project\/azure-ai-agentserver-core\/1.0.0b1\/\">azure-ai-agentserver-core 1.0.0b1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Management Library for Python<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pypi.org\/project\/azure-mgmt-recoveryservicesbackup-passivestamp\/1.0.0b1\/\">Resource Management &#8211; Recoveryservicesbackup-Passivestamp 1.0.0b1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Release notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.github.io\/azure-sdk\/releases\/2026-01\/index.html\">All languages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.github.io\/azure-sdk\/releases\/2026-01\/dotnet.html\">.NET<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.github.io\/azure-sdk\/releases\/2026-01\/js.html\">JavaScript\/TypeScript<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.github.io\/azure-sdk\/releases\/2026-01\/python.html\">Python<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.github.io\/azure-sdk\/releases\/2026-01\/go.html\">Go<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.github.io\/azure-sdk\/releases\/2026-01\/cpp.html\">C++<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.github.io\/azure-sdk\/releases\/2026-01\/ios.html\">iOS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azure SDK releases every month. 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