Azure Weekly

Issue #547 - 18th January 2026

Here are the highlights from this edition:

Gain even more trust and compliance with OneLake diagnostics immutability (Generally Available) - Tom Peplow explains how immutable OneLake diagnostics logs improve auditability, trust, and regulatory compliance. How the Microsoft SQL team is investing in SQL tools and experiences - Anna Hoffman outlines ongoing investments in SQL tools, developer productivity, and modern data experiences.

GPT 5.2 Codex in Microsoft Foundry Enterprise Grade AI for Secure Software Engineering - Naomi Moneypenny announces GPT 5.2 Codex bringing secure, enterprise focused AI coding to Microsoft Foundry. VS Code Workspaces for better AI assistant context - Elio Struyf shows how VS Code Workspaces improve AI assistant context across multi project development. Copilot Memories by Jessie Houghton Jessie Houghton introduces Copilot Memories to retain team preferences and improve consistent coding workflows. From Zero to Hero: AgentOps End to End Lifecycle Management for Production AI Agents - Manoranjan Rajguru walks through managing the full lifecycle of production AI agents with AgentOps.

And finally, Advancing embodied carbon measurement at scale for Microsoft Azure hardware - Leo Aspauza details how Microsoft measures and scales embodied carbon tracking across Azure hardware.