Azure Daily News for Thursday, Oct 30 2025

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  • Introducing langchain-azure-storage: Azure Storage integrations for LangChain
    We're excited to introduce langchain-azure-storage, the first official Azure Storage integration package built by Microsoft for LangChain 1.0. As part of its launch, we've built a new Azure Blob Storage document loader (currently in public preview) that improves upon prior LangChain community implementations. This new loader unifies both blob and container level access, simplifying loader...
    Source: Azure Developer Community Blog
  • The Complete Guide to Renewing an Expired Certificate in Microsoft HPC Pack 2019 (Single Head Node)
    Managing certificates in an HPC Pack 2019 cluster is critical for secure communication between nodes. However, if your certificate has expired, your cluster services (Scheduler, Broker, Web Components, etc.) may stop functioning properly — preventing nodes from communicating or jobs from scheduling. When the HPC Pack certificate expires, the HPC Cluster Manager will fail to launch, and you...
    Source: Azure High Performance Computing (HPC) Blog
  • Build an AI-Powered Chat App in Minutes with AI Toolkit
      AI Toolkit VS Code extension is a great place for developers to experiment, prototype, and learn about AI workflows. Developers exploring AI often start in "Model Playground" — experimenting with models, testing prompts, and iterating on ideas. But turning those experiments into real applications can take time.     That’s why we partnered with the AI Toolkit team to introduce a new project...
    Source: Apps on Azure Blog
  • Add Sidecars to Azure App Service for Linux—via GitHub Actions or Azure Pipelines
    Sidecars on Azure App Service let you run helper containers (telemetry, OTEL/monitoring agents, lightweight APIs, caches, AI helpers) alongside your main app—same app, shared lifecycle, localhost networking—without changing your core code. We’ve published ready-to-use templates for both GitHub Actions and Azure Pipelines (VSTS) so you can pick your CI/CD flavor and ship.  Pick your...
    Source: Apps on Azure Blog
  • Ubuntu-Powered Runtimes on Azure App Service for Linux: Leaner, Faster, Stronger
    We’re updating the OS foundation for new code-based stacks on Azure App Service for Linux. Every new major version of our supported stacks will target Ubuntu going forward - this includes the new versions for .NET 10, Python 3.14, Node 24, PHP 8.5 and Java 25 - all expected to rollout in the next couple of months. Existing stacks remain on Debian, and nothing changes for your current...
    Source: Apps on Azure Blog
  • Python 3.14 is now available on Azure App Service for Linux
    If you’ve been waiting to run Python 3.14 in on Azure App Service - it’s here. Azure App Service for Linux now offers Python 3.14 as a first-class runtime. You can create a new 3.14 app through the Azure portal, automate it with the Azure CLI, or roll it out using your favorite ARM/Bicep templates — and App Service continues to handle the OS, runtime updates, and patching for you so you can...
    Source: Apps on Azure Blog

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Azure Daily News for Thursday, Oct 30 2025