Add v14 release announcement blog post#2118
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Drafts the FinOps toolkit 14 announcement covering the Copilot Studio agent template, recommendations ingestion (Azure Advisor + custom Resource Graph queries), the simplified hub deployment UI, and a preview of the new commitment discount eligibility open data dataset. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview
Adds the draft FinOps toolkit v14 release announcement post for the Tech Community blog, covering the headline features (Copilot Studio hub agent template, recommendations ingestion, simplified hub deployment UI, and preview commitment discount eligibility dataset) plus “other noteworthy updates” and social media copy.
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- Introduces a new v14 announcement markdown draft under
announce/2026/. - Includes sectioned release narrative plus a “What’s next” and social media appendix with
{{POST_URL}}placeholders.
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| ## Build your own FinOps agent in Copilot Studio | ||
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| If you've been looking for a way to let your stakeholders ask cost questions in plain English, without teaching them KQL or handing out Power BI workspace access, this one's for you. FinOps toolkit 14 ships a complete [Copilot Studio agent template](https://github.com/microsoft/finops-toolkit/blob/dev/docs-mslearn/toolkit/hubs/configure-ai-copilot-studio.md) for creating a **FinOps Hub Agent** that connects to your hub's Data Explorer database via the Kusto Query MCP Server. |
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Consider reframing the opener to (a) position the agent alongside the existing analysis surfaces, (b) name the audience explicitly, and (c) disambiguate from the GitHub Copilot plugin by being specific about Microsoft 365 Copilot. Suggested rewrite (keeping the original link and FinOps Hub Agent bold):
Alongside Power BI reports, real-time dashboards, and the GitHub Copilot plugin, v14 adds a new way to engage with your hub data: a purpose-built Copilot Studio agent template for creating a FinOps Hub Agent that surfaces inside Microsoft 365 Copilot. It is aimed primarily at non-technical audiences — project and product managers, senior IT and business leaders, and finance teams — who need to break down the numbers and KPIs behind the dashboards and ask open-ended questions about trends, anomalies, and historical cost evolution. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not strictly required to use the agent, which makes it practical to roll out broadly across the organization. By making cloud cost analysis approachable for everyone, the agent becomes a real lever for FinOps culture and enablement — not just another reporting surface.
Two things this version fixes beyond audience clarity:
- Disambiguation — readers seeing "Copilot" right after "GitHub Copilot plugin" can easily conflate the two. Calling it a Copilot Studio agent that surfaces in Microsoft 365 Copilot keeps the lanes separate.
- Licensing reassurance — explicitly noting that an M365 Copilot license is not strictly required removes a likely adoption blocker; many readers will assume otherwise.
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| ## What's next | ||
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| Looking ahead, expect continued momentum across the toolkit: |
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That's rather generic. Do we want to share the actual roadmap (FOCUS 1.3/1.4)? Otherwise, we should skip that section.
- Apply Roland's Copilot Studio opener rewrite: positions agent alongside existing surfaces, names non-technical audience, disambiguates from GitHub Copilot plugin, notes M365 license not strictly required - Update What's next bullet to mention FOCUS 1.4 support for FinOps hubs - Move preview snippet from top to ## Preview snippet section before social media - Update GitHub dev branch URLs to MS Learn URLs 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: RolandKrummenacher <RolandKrummenacher@users.noreply.github.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
🛠️ Description
Drafts the FinOps toolkit 14 announcement for the FinOps Tech Community blog. Covers four featured sections:
Plus the standard "Other new and noteworthy" roll-up grouped by tool, "What's next", and a social media appendix with
{{POST_URL}}placeholders for LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and internal channels.Doc links use GitHub
devbranch URLs since the corresponding MS Learn pages won't be published by the time the post goes out. Update them tolearn.microsoft.comURLs before publishing.Fixes #
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