[In preview] Public Preview: Hosted Agents in Foundry Agent Service

by Azalio tdshpsk | Apr 24, 2026 | Cloud

Hosted agents run in an isolated execution sandbox that provides a dedicated, secure runtime per agent session. Sessions start with a clean environment with no shared state between sessions, no cross-session data leakage, and strong compute boundaries...

[Launched] Generally Available: Foundry Toolkit for Visual Studio Code (formerly AI Toolkit for VS Code)

by Azalio tdshpsk | Apr 24, 2026 | Cloud

Foundry Toolkit for VS Code is now generally available and provides VS Code tooling for Microsoft Agent Framework, including agent creation from templates or via GitHub Copilot, local test/debug with visualization and traces, and direct deployment to...

[Launched] Generally Available: WireGuard In‑Transit Encryption for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

by Azalio tdshpsk | Apr 24, 2026 | Cloud

WireGuard in‑transit encryption is now generally available for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters using Azure CNI powered by Cilium and Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS). This capability enables transparent, node‑level encryption for...

Retirement: Support for .NET 8 (LTS) ends on November 10, 2026—upgrade your apps to .NET 10 (LTS)

by Azalio tdshpsk | Apr 24, 2026 | Cloud

On November 10, 2026, support for .NET 8 (LTS) will end. Your apps that are hosted on App Service will continue to run, but security updates will no longer be available and we’ll no longer provide customer service for .NET 8 (LTS). Required action: To...

Former OpenAI research scientist launches new AI model for Tencent

by Azalio tdshpsk | Apr 24, 2026 | Cloud

Tencent has updated its Hunyuan AI model, its first major release since it recruited Yao Shunyu, a leading AI scientist from OpenAI. Tencent’s Hy3 model, currently available in preview, offers improvements in areas from complex reasoning to coding. The Chinese...