Microsoft Azure News - July 2026 -- BAUG

Microsoft Azure News - July 2026 -- BAUG

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  @BrisbaneAzureUG meetup.com/Brisbane-Azure-User- Group For those joiningonline – the presentations will commence shortly after 6pm QLD time
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  Microsoft Azure News July2026
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  Our Sponsors
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  getting involved
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  Upcoming Presentations Month Presenter(s)Topic January 2026 Bernie White The State of IaC in Bicep as of 2026 February 2026 Todd Whitehead The Wile E. Coyote Approach to AI for Backyard Beast Management March 2026 April 2026 Adam Stephensen Ranjan Mishra Real World AI & ADF Custom Logging May 2026 Pacifique Rukiza Azure Traffic Manager June 2026 Elinora White & Damien Berry Build updates July 2026 Dan Toomey Integration in an AI World: Building for Humans, Systems, and Agents August 2026 September 2026 October 2026 November 2026 December 2026 Got Topic? Send message on Meetup or email baug@outlook.com.au
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  Updates
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  ICMP Support forAzure StandardV2 NAT (GA) Support for ICMP through StandardV2 NAT Gateway unlocks several common operational scenarios: - Basic reachability testing - Health validation and troubleshooting https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurenetworkingblog/icmp-support-for-azure-standardv2-nat-gateway/4528374
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  Azure Fabric DataBricksOneLake catalog federation (GA) This allows Unity Catalog queries to run directly against OneLake storage. With support for reading and storing directly to OneLake, Azure Databricks customers can now use OneLake as a native storage layer for their Delta tables without managing separate storage systems. This lets you store data in OneLake while using either Fabric or Azure Databricks for each project. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/query-federation/onelake
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  Foundry brings Toolboxesto GA Define a curated set of tools once, manage them centrally in Foundry, and expose them through a single MCP-compatible endpoint. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/toolbox?pivots=dotnet
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  Azure Blob Storage- ClientSide Data Integrity Protections (GA) CRC64-NVME is now integrated into the latest Azure Blob SDKs. While Blob Storage has supported HTTP headers for integrity including MD5, it’s less preferred than CRC64-NVME for data integrity due to its lower reliability in detection, high collision rate, inability for hardware acceleration, and higher computational cost. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurestorageblog/announcing-general-availability-of-client-side-data-integrity-protections-in-azu/4531364
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  Azure Databricks -Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's most capable Sonnet model, designed for coding, agentic workflows, and professional work at scale. It combines near-Opus-level intelligence with Sonnet's cost efficiency and speed, making it well-suited for customer-facing agents, production coding workflows, and sophisticated content generation tasks. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/machine-learning/foundation-model-apis/supported-models#claude-sonnet-5
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  Microsoft Entra ID-basedaccess for Azure Blob Storage SFTP (GA) Azure Blob Storage SFTP supports Microsoft Entra ID-based access. - You first authenticate by using Microsoft Entra ID - Obtain an OpenSSH certificate - Connect with cert. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/secure-file-transfer-protocol-support-entra-id-based-access?tabs=azurecli%2Cconnect-azurecli
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  Azure Event Hubsnow supports Network Security Perimeter (NSP) (GA) Enabling organizations to define a logical network isolation boundary for PaaS resources and control public network access through perimeter-based access rules. Network Security Perimeter provides an extra layer of security for your Azure Event Hubs namespace by: • Restricting public access • Enabling secure PaaS-to-PaaS communication • Simplifying network security management https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/event-hubs/network-security-perimeter
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  Azure Front DoorWAF now supports Rule Exceptions (Preview) Azure Front Door WAF now supports Rule Exceptions (Preview) Previously, WAF supported Allow rules, Exclusions, and disabling managed rules. Rule Exceptions add fine-grained control by allowing specific rules to be bypassed for selected requests. Rule Exceptions provide: • Targeted rule bypasses • Reduced false positives • Continued protection from remaining WAF rules https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/front-door-exceptions
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  resources
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  Azure Australia SlackTeam! http://bit.ly/azure-au-slack
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  BAUG You-Tube Channel PLEASESUBSCRIBE!! http://bit.ly/BAUGYouTubeChannel
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  On Demand Training-Updates https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/offers/30-days-to-learn-it www.pluralsight.com • Designing a Hybrid Cloud in Azure • Docker for Web Developers • Azure AD for Developers www.opsgility.com • Azure For AWS Experts • Deploying Hybrid Identitity Solutions Using Azure AD • Monitoring Apps with Application Insights
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  • Azure Blog: https://azure.microsoft.com/ •Scott Hanselman’s Blog: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/azure-friday/ • John Savill https://www.youtube.com/@NTFAQGuy Blogs
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  tonight
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  As AI agentsbecome first class consumers of APIs, integration is no longer plumbing — it’s the execution ‑ layer of intelligent systems. In this session, we explore how AI is reshaping the way integrations are designed, built, and governed, and why traditional approaches break down when code is generated, orchestrated, and debugged by machines. What “agent ready” APIs really require ‑ Dan Toomey Dan is a Senior Integration Specialist for Deloitte, holds many Microsoft certificates, international speaker also passionate about developing software solutions and cloud solutions, founder of the Brisbane BizTalk User Group in 2005, and co-organiser of the Brisbane Azure User Group. Integration in an AI World: Building for Humans, Systems, and Agents