Azure Daily News for Tuesday, Sep 16 2025

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  • Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 is now available in public preview in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse
    Claude Opus 4.1 is rolling out in public preview to users of GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse. Availability in GitHub Copilot Claude Opus 4.1 is… The post Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 is now available in public preview in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
    Source: GitHub Copilot Feed
  • Search Less, Build More: Inner Sourcing with GitHub CoPilot and ADO MCP Server
    Developers burn cycles context‑switching: opening five repos to find a logging example, searching a wiki for a data masking rule, scrolling chat history for the latest pipeline pattern. Organisations that I speak to are often on the path of transformational platform engineering projects but always have the fear or doubt of "what if my engineers don't use these resources". While projects like...
    Source: Apps on Azure Blog
  • GitHub MCP Registry: The fastest way To discover AI tools
    If you’ve tried connecting AI agents to your development tools, you know the pain — MCP servers are scattered across numerous registries, random repositories, and buried in community threads. Without… The post GitHub MCP Registry: The fastest way To discover AI tools appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
    Source: GitHub Copilot Feed
  • Azure Boards integration with GitHub Copilot (Private Preview)
    Several months ago, GitHub introduced the public preview of its Copilot coding agent, a powerful new capability that allows you to assign GitHub Issues directly to Copilot. From there, the agent works independently in the background, much like a human developer, to complete the task. Copilot evaluates the request based on the information you provide, […] The post Azure Boards integration...
    Source: Azure DevOps Blog
  • Selecting the Right Agentic Solution on Azure
    Recently, we have seen a surge in requests from customers and Microsoft partners seeking guidance on building and deploying agentic solutions at various scales. With the rise of Generative AI, replacing traditional APIs with agents has become increasingly popular. There are several approaches to building, deploying, running, and orchestrating agents on Azure. In this discussion, I will focus...
    Source: Azure Architecture Blog

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Azure Daily News for Tuesday, Sep 16 2025