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Updated: June 9, 2025 (January 2, 2024)

  Roadmap

Functions Roadmap

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Azure Functions hosts code routines (Functions) that run in reaction to events or on a regular schedule. Functions are hosted on one or more VMs, which can be automatically provisioned in a serverless fashion and scaled to handle incoming event traffic demands.

Product: Functions

Near Term (2025–2026)

In addition to supporting its overall AI initiatives, Microsoft seems to be prioritizing further integrating Azure Function with its database offerings. Improvements currently in preview but which have yet to reach general availability include:

  • Additional database support, including Cosmos DB for MongoDB and Azure Database for MySQL, which makes Azure Functions an option for a broader set of customers and use cases

  • Integration with Azure AI Foundry Agent Service, enabling Azure Functions to be invoked by custom-built AI agents

  • Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, which allows Azure Functions to be invoked from within AI applications running on Azure that use the MCP.

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