ChannelPulse turns official announcements into readable cards: what is changing, who is affected, why it matters and what to consider next. Every card stays linked to the primary Microsoft source.
106 published event(s).
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks Lakebase in four additional regions
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review whether customers with Lakebase workloads require deployment in the newly supported regions.
[Launched] Generally Available: BYON (Bring Your Own NIC) in Azure Site Recovery
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Identify Azure-to-Azure Site Recovery customers with prepared networking configurations or reserved IP requirements and discuss BYON NIC availability.
[In preview] Public Preview: MAI-Transcribe-1.5 in Microsoft Foundry model catalog
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Assess whether the customer's call center analytics, media captioning, voice agent transcription, or meeting recording workloads could benefit from the preview model.
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server pg_ivm extension
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Confirm whether relevant customers want to install the pg_ivm extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server.
[Launched] Generally Available: Oracle schema conversion to Azure PostgreSQL in Visual Studio Code
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Discuss whether the customer has Oracle schemas that need conversion to Azure Database for PostgreSQL-compatible schema.
[Launched] Generally Available: LLM Speech API in Azure AI Speech
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review the API’s language coverage, regions, accuracy, and prompt-tuning capabilities for relevant account discussions.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Databricks Lakebase branching with GitHub Copilot agent mode
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Assess whether this preview is relevant to accounts using Azure Databricks and GitHub Copilot agent mode.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Databricks workspace-wide Genie MCP for Microsoft Copilot Studio
Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Assess whether the workspace-wide endpoint reduces integration overhead for relevant customer environments.
[Launched] Generally Available: Github Copilot modernization
GitHub Copilot
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review relevant accounts for application modernization discussions and introduce the generally available agent where aligned.
[In development] Private Preview: multiparty analytics with Azure Confidential Clean Rooms
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Identify customers and their partners that need to analyze privacy sensitive datasets or collaborate on combined datasets.
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Event Grid - MQTT v5 Subscription Identifier
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Discuss whether the customer has applications using MQTT subscriptions for dashboards, alerts, or analytics pipelines, and assess the relevance of subscription identifiers.
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Sphere OS version 26.06 is now available
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Confirm whether the customer has Azure Sphere devices connected to the internet and discuss the OS release with them.
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure API Management Premium v2 and Standard v2 now support wildcard custom hostnames.
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Discuss whether the customer manages multiple API subdomains and assess whether wildcard custom hostnames fit their environment.
[Launched] Generally Available: Unified Text Translation API in Azure AI Translator
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Identify customers using multiple translation modes or SDKs and discuss whether the unified API fits their requirements.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for early-June
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Confirm whether the account uses Azure SQL Database with customer-managed keys for TDE.
[In preview] Public Preview: Advanced full-text search in Azure DocumentDB
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review relevant accounts for Azure DocumentDB search requirements and assess whether this preview warrants a customer conversation.
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server: DuckDB extension
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Confirm whether the account uses Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server and requires DuckDB extension functionality.
[Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Entra server principals on Azure SQL Database
Microsoft Azure, SQL Server
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Confirm whether the customer uses Microsoft Entra identities with Azure SQL Database.
[In preview] Public Preview: Markdown for Agents in Azure App Service
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Front Door mutual TLS
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.