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azure-functions-skills gives GitHub Copilot CLI, Claude Code, Codex CLI, and VS Code the skills, MCP configuration, hooks, and instructions needed to create, diagnose, deploy, and validate Azure Functions projects end-to-end.

Discover how to eliminate LLM cold starts and load models up to six times faster with runai blob and Azure Blob Storage.

Use exponential backoff and circuit breaker patterns in Azure Functions with Service Bus SDK bindings. Control retry storms, protect dependencies, and degrade gracefully under transient failures.

Announcing the stable release of the Azure SDK for Rust. This release includes stable libraries for Core, Identity, Key Vault (Secrets, Keys, Certificates), and Storage (Blobs, Queues).

A new azd template from Curity and Microsoft deploys an AI agent app to Azure with OAuth 2.0 token exchange, short-lived scoped tokens, and least-privilege authorization built in.