Announcing: Azure Copilot introduces direct access to agents

UpdateAug 20, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Starting in August 2026, customers can engage directly with Azure Copilot agents to move more quickly from questions to action.With this update:Choose the right agent for your goal. Customers can select the specific agent best suited to their needs and ge

Topics: AI agents, Coding agents

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Date	Release	Type
Aug 17	[Launched] Generally Available: Dragon Copilot Physician Apps and Agents on Microsoft Marketplace GA	GA
Aug 26	[In preview] Public Preview: Introducing Live Reports for Azure SRE Agent Preview	Preview
Aug 26	[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SRE Agent VNet Integration GA	GA
Aug 26	[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SRE Agent 30-Day Trial GA	GA
Aug 12	Retirement: Containerized data connector agent for the Microsoft Sentinel solution for SAP applications Deprecation	Deprecation
Aug 12	[In preview] Public Preview: Markdown for Agents in Azure App Service Preview	Preview
Sep 1	[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Copilot Observability Agent supports Basic and Auxiliary table plans GA	GA
Aug 6	Announcing: Azure Databricks Genie One and Genie Agents Free Usage extended through January 31, 2027 Update	Update

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Microsoft in August 2026

Date	Company	Release	Product	Type
Aug 20	Google Cloud	BigQuery adds ML.TREND, ML.SEASONALITY and ML.DETECT_CHANGE_POINTS in preview Google Cloud BigQueryPreview	BigQuery	Preview
Aug 20	Google Cloud	BigQuery Graph core processing limited to Enterprise editions from April 26, 2027 Google Cloud BigQueryDeprecation	BigQuery	Deprecation
Aug 20	Google Cloud	The run_bq_command tool exposes the bq command-line tool within the Cloud CLI remote MCP server Google Cloud BigQueryPreview	BigQuery	Preview
Aug 20	Snowflake	AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT support for client-side encrypted stages and network-restricted accounts (General availability) Snowflake Snowflake Cortex AIGA	Snowflake Cortex AI	GA
Aug 20	Snowflake	Cortex Agent code execution tool (Preview) Snowflake Snowflake Cortex AIPreview	Snowflake Cortex AI	Preview
Aug 20	Databricks	Salesforce connector mTLS authentication is now generally available Databricks LakeflowGA	Lakeflow	GA