DevOps on Azure

Hosting an MCP server on App Service? It’s cleaner than you think 😎 Use Easy Auth for OAuth, managed identity for creds, Key Vault refs, private endpoints, APIM as the front door, and solid monitoring. A crisp, modern pattern for secure MCP hosting. 👉 buff.ly/M0BIFyi

ACR goes dual‑stack ⚙️✨ Public preview adds IPv4 + IPv6 endpoints so all clients connect cleanly — no routing hacks, no split configs. Premium SKU + dedicated data endpoints required. Tasks support lands later. 👉 buff.ly/0EBxvoy

MCP 2026 spec = ✨stateless✨ Handshake + session header deleted — any request can land on any App Service instance. No affinity fights, no shared session stores. Routable headers, cacheable lists, W3C trace context. 👉 Blog: buff.ly/0BM7bIq

📦🚀 ACR myth‑busting time: More layer copies ≠ always faster pulls. There’s a sweet spot where P99 pod startup drops 27% + egress jumps 244% — but go too high and pulls slow down again. Storage throttling is the real boss fight. 👉 Read: buff.ly/tgEZMGb

@thomas_prikryl Hi, Thomas! We see that you're asking how Azure Artifacts npm feeds with upstream sources preserve the original npm package publish timestamps. We've directly messaged you so we can take a closer look and use more characters. We'll be waiting for your reply. x.com/messages/compo…

@AzureDevOps Hi! In Azure Artifacts npm feeds with upstream sources, is there a supported way to preserve original npm publish timestamps instead of using the time packages are first fetched/cached? This might affect tools that rely on publish age metadata. Thanks!

🛡️⚙️ Azure SRE Agent just got serious governance: • Tool permissions in one grid • Fail‑closed enforcement • Global → Agent → Thread scopes with guardrails that can’t be overridden • Hooks to inspect + reshape each call before it runs 👉 Read: buff.ly/JTxZoA2

⚙️ Multi‑agent engineering just got real. In this podcast, Tamir Dresher breaks down Squad — an open‑source runtime that turns GitHub Copilot into a team of specialized agents working inside your repo. ...serious AI DevOps power. ▶️ Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=z-HPQj…

SRE Agent now supports private plugin marketplaces in private GitHub + GHE repos. Publish once → every agent installs from a versioned, governed catalog. Compliance, FinOps, security hooks, runbooks — all as plugins, pinned to commits. 👉 Read: buff.ly/17HlJr4

🌍✨ ACR regional endpoints are now in public preview! Pin workloads to specific geo‑replicas for predictable pulls + lower latency. Great for: • AKS region‑local pulls • CI/CD push‑then‑pull consistency • Client‑side failover control 👉 Read the blog: buff.ly/okY1c4Z

DevOps folks — your SRE agent just got enterprise‑grade GitHub access. 🔐 BYO GitHub App = governed service identity, scoped perms, short‑lived tokens, clean audit trails. Agent pulls code, infra, runbooks, PRs — all under org‑owned identity. ⚡ 👉 buff.ly/Df8ICg3

In this AI DevOps podcast, Eric Darling breaks down memory grants, null traps, query smells, EF pitfalls, and why “anything that makes your job easier makes the optimizer’s job harder.” DevOps folks, this one sharpens your database instincts. 👉 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=GiO0zT…

AI writes code fast — but wisdom is still human 🧠⚡ Woody dives into failure modes, cognitive debt, the 2 a.m. test, and using AI as a simplicity partner, not a complexity generator. Architects + agents = cleaner systems. 👉 Watch: buff.ly/PN1pprJ

Copilot Autofix for GitHub Advanced Security on Azure DevOps is in private preview — and it’s a game‑changer: 🤖 AI‑generated CodeQL fixes 🔄 Auto‑PRs from alerts 🧹 Backlog cleanup 🛡️ Coverage for all CodeQL languages Details → ift.tt/0uFAtwv

@MichealColhoun Hi, Mícheál. Azure Repos Git remains fully supported as part of Azure DevOps, with no announced plans for sunset. Microsoft also offers GitHub migration options for teams that prefer to move. Hope this helps! If you'd like more details, feel free to send us a DM. x.com/messages/compo…

@AzureDevOps Will ADO continue to support git repos? Will ADO git repo be sunsetted

Zero‑freeze migrations are here. 😎 ELM syncs Azure Repos → GitHub while devs keep working, then cuts over in <30 min. No multi‑day downtime, no all‑at‑once chaos — just clean, predictable DevOps migration. 👉 buff.ly/GThUBMW

The June Patches for Azure DevOps Server are in. Learn about them here ➡️ devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/june-pa…

Copilot code reviews are now in Azure Repos. 🎉 Request a review, get inline comments, fix, recommit, rerun — all inside your PR flow. 🔄 Preview available with org + repo enablement. 🛠️ Read the blog 👉 devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/copilot…

ACR Artifact Cache is a beast 🤓🔥 Pull‑through caching turns upstream images into local, reliable ACR‑served content — even when upstreams throttle or fail. First pull streams immediately. Async workers, smart auth, upstream‑load minimization… 👉 buff.ly/LpE2FNH

Pull request review is now built into Visual Studio for GitHub and Azure DevOps repositories. In thi video, we see how to browse changes, leave comments, and approve or merge PRs without ever leaving the IDE. Try it now in the stable June release. 🎥 buff.ly/vQolDwu

〰️ HAPPENING NOW at .NET DAY 〰️ Modernize .NET Apps with GitHub Copilot In this session, we'll show how GitHub Copilot modernization helps teams assess, plan, and execute .NET upgrades using AI-assisted workflows. Join us LIVE at 9AM PT ➡️ aka.ms/dotNETday/2026… #dotNET