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Microsoft releases the Azure SDK for Rust as stable, covering Core, Identity, Key Vault services for Secrets, Keys and Certificates, and Storage for Blobs and Queues. The release moves these libraries from beta to stable availability for Rust developers.
The Azure Developer CLI extension framework reaches general availability, allowing developers to build extensions for Azure development workflows. The examples include project setup with approved architecture, connections to internal service catalogs, and security checks before provisioning.
Microsoft introduces azure-functions-skills in preview, an AI-oriented workspace for Azure Functions projects. It provides GitHub Copilot CLI, Claude Code, Codex CLI, and VS Code with skills, MCP configuration, hooks, and instructions for creating, diagnosing, deploying, and validating projects.
Azure Functions introduces preview agent bindings for Python function apps, bringing bounded AI reasoning while keeping deterministic application code in control.
Azure Functions managed connectors provide access to 1,700 services, with triggers and typed clients for supported connectors. An example automates RFP intake across SharePoint, Azure Content Understanding, and Teams.
The May and June 2026 Azure Developer CLI updates add a tool command group, a cross-platform azd exec runner, safer multi-layer provisioning, and an interactive cancellation prompt. Other changes include Go support for Azure Functions and fixes for parallel Container Apps deployments and authentication.
Azure Developer CLI ships versions 1.30.0, 1.31.0, 1.31.1, 1.31.2, and 1.32.0 in its August 2026 releases. Highlights include general availability for the azd extension framework and support for deploying Azure Functions services from a Dockerfile.
At Build 2026, updates to the Azure Functions MCP extension include resource and prompt triggers, MCP Apps, built-in MCP authentication, structured and rich content, and fluent .NET configuration APIs. The update also outlines what is coming next.
The Azure Developer CLI (azd) now supports writing hooks in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and .NET, in addition to Bash and PowerShell. This expands the languages developers can use to customize azd workflows.
The September 2026 Azure Developer CLI recap covers dependency-aware extension uninstall and versioned contracts, plus new project configuration layers for infrastructure and services. Deployment phases gain concurrency limits, and external authentication hosts can use local socket transports.
Curity and Microsoft offer a new azd template for building AI agents with least-privilege access. It addresses data boundaries when agents use tools and return information to users.
Azure MCP Server is now available as an MCP Bundle (.mcpb), allowing one-click installation in Claude Desktop and other MCP-compatible clients.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) ships five releases in April 2026, numbered 1.23.14, 1.23.15, 1.24.0, 1.24.1, and 1.24.2. The releases add support for writing azd hooks in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and .NET, alongside Bash and PowerShell.
The Azure SDK publishes its May 2026 monthly release, covering highlights and release notes. The update concerns the Azure SDK ecosystem.
Microsoft describes using Azure Blob Storage as durable filesystem storage for LangChain Deep Agents, an open-source harness for LLM-powered agents and applications. The setup gives agent workflows a storage layer to retain and retrieve context over time.
The July 2026 roundup for Azure Developer CLI covers five releases: 1.27.0, 1.27.1, 1.28.0, 1.28.1, and 1.29.0. It reviews new features, changes, and fixes across those versions.
Azure Connector Namespace can host MCP servers for Azure SRE Agent, giving it access to operational tools without requiring users to manage the server infrastructure. The guidance focuses on extending the agent's tool access through that managed hosting approach.
A guide explains how to build long-running MCP tools on Azure Functions using Durable Functions. It introduces the MCP Tasks extension as a way to support work that outlasts synchronous tool calls, with a sample pattern for existing request/response clients.
The Azure SDK publishes its August 2026 monthly release update, covering highlights and release notes. The available information does not identify particular SDKs or changes in that release.
Azure Functions can settle Service Bus messages individually within a batch, allowing each message to be completed, abandoned, dead-lettered, or deferred separately. This avoids treating a batch as an all-or-nothing operation and enables more targeted error handling.
