Azure Update 19th June 2026

Key insights

• Azure Sphere OS 26.06
  Microsoft released Azure Sphere OS version 26.06 to the retail feed. It brings security fixes and runtime improvements for IoT devices.
• Microsoft Foundry extension (VS Code) — GA
  The Foundry extension for Visual Studio Code reached general availability in June 2026. It simplifies cloud-native project setup and speeds developer workflows in VS Code.
• DuckDB for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
  DuckDB is now installable and generally available for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. Teams can run fast analytical queries inside the database without moving data.
• NAT Gateway v2 Standard — ICMP support
  Azure announced GA support for ICMP on NAT Gateway Standard v2. This enables ping and basic network diagnostics for resources behind the gateway.
• Databricks OneLake & ANF NFS nconnect for AVS
  Azure Databricks added OneLake integration to unify lakehouse storage access. Azure NetApp Files introduced NFS nconnect support for Azure VMware Solution to improve mount parallelism and reliability.
• AI, Copilot and management updates
  June updates include Copilot integrations (Azure Migrate GitHub Copilot and Copilot Cowork), AI gateway support for Anthropic and Vertex AI models, API Management workspace support for the built-in gateway, and new Log Analytics summary rules. These changes improve AI-assisted workflows, API operations, and alert clarity.
  Check the official Azure updates feed for full, authoritative details and release notes.

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