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Microsoft, August 2026 new features

37 releases · 3 products · 10 GA · 9 Preview · 2 Deprecation

Jul 2026Sep 2026
DateRelease
Aug 26[In preview] Public Preview: Introducing Live Reports for Azure SRE Agent
Microsoft FoundryPreview
Aug 26[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SRE Agent 30-Day Trial
Microsoft FoundryGA
Aug 26[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SRE Agent VNet Integration
Microsoft FoundryGA
Aug 24Announcing: Extended Support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Azure databases and analyticsUpdate
Aug 20Announcing: Azure Copilot introduces direct access to agents
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 19[In preview] Public Preview: SQL Formatter in MSSQL extension
Azure databases and analyticsPreview
Aug 19[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks Lakebase in four additional regions
Azure databases and analyticsGA
Aug 19[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL Database provisioning in MSSQL extension
Azure databases and analyticsGA
Aug 19[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for mid-August 2026
Azure databases and analyticsGA
Aug 17[In preview] Public Preview: Zone redundancy for Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose
Azure databases and analyticsPreview
Aug 17[Launched] Generally Available: Dragon Copilot Physician Apps and Agents on Microsoft Marketplace
Microsoft FoundryGA
Aug 14Announcing: Azure Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS will reach end of life on November 1, 2026
Azure databases and analyticsDeprecation
Aug 13[Launched] Generally Available: Pre-upgrade validation checks for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Azure databases and analyticsGA
Aug 12Retirement: Containerized data connector agent for the Microsoft Sentinel solution for SAP applications
Microsoft FoundryDeprecation
Aug 12[In preview] Public Preview: Markdown for Agents in Azure App Service
Microsoft FoundryPreview
Aug 10Announcing: Microsoft Fabric Item Recovery will be enabled by default for tenants without an explicit setting
Microsoft FabricUpdate
Aug 6Announcing: Azure Databricks Genie One and Genie Agents Free Usage extended through January 31, 2027
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 5[Launched] Generally Available: SharePoint Connector for Azure Databricks
Azure databases and analyticsGA
Aug 5[Launched] Generally Available: Unity AI Gateway on Azure Databricks
Azure databases and analyticsGA
Aug 3[Launched] Generally Available: Immutability to the most recent seven days of backups on Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure databases and analyticsGA
Aug 2026Autopilots in Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 2026Bring your own registry for Foundry hosted agents
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 2026Cloud evaluations with the Microsoft Foundry SDK
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 2026Content provenance in Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 2026Customer-managed key encryption in Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 2026Entra authentication for Foundry Agent trace ingestion (preview)
Microsoft FoundryPreview
Aug 2026Evaluate model router for your workload
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 2026Foundry Agent Service long-running hosted agents (preview)
Microsoft FoundryPreview
Aug 2026Foundry agents human-in-the-loop approval step (preview)
Microsoft FoundryPreview
Aug 2026Foundry prompt agent optimization (preview)
Microsoft FoundryPreview
Aug 2026Foundry steerable hosted agents: steer an in-flight turn (preview)
Microsoft FoundryPreview
Aug 2026Grok models in Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 2026MAI-Thinking-1 in Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 2026Microsoft Foundry Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 2026Multi-agent orchestration with the Azure OpenAI Responses API
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 2026Network isolation for Foundry toolboxes
Microsoft FoundryUpdate
Aug 2026Private skill catalog in Foundry Agent Service
Microsoft FoundryUpdate

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