Search, filter, and retrieve Azure service updates from the official JSON API.

Combines keyword search, category filtering, status filtering, and date range filtering into a single flexible tool. All filter parameters are optional and can be combined. When no filters are provided, returns the most recent updates.

Use this tool to:

• Browse recent updates (no filters)

• Search for updates mentioning a specific topic (query="AKS")

• Filter by product (product="Azure Kubernetes Service")

• Filter by product category (product_category="Compute")

• Filter by service category (category="Azure Kubernetes Service") -- partial match across all taxonomy

• Find updates by status (status="In preview", "Launched", "Retirements", "In development")

• Get updates in a date range (start_date="2025-01-01", end_date="2025-01-31")

• Retrieve a specific update by its GUID/ID (guid="...")

• Combine any of the above (query="networking" + status="Launched")

• Paginate with offset (offset=10, limit=10 for page 2)

• Discover available categories and taxonomy (include_facets=True, limit=0)

• Get an overview with facets + recent items (include_facets=True, limit=10)

Args: query: Optional keyword for server-side full-text search. category: Optional category to filter by (case-insensitive partial match across products, product_categories, and tags). status: Optional status filter. Valid values: Launched, In preview, In development, Retirements. start_date: Optional start date in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD). Only include updates created on or after this date. end_date: Optional end date in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD). Only include updates created on or before this date. Defaults to today when start_date is provided. guid: Optional unique identifier to retrieve a single specific update. When provided, all other filters are ignored and a single update is returned. limit: Maximum number of results to return (default: 10, max: 100). Set to 0 with include_facets=True for a facets-only response. Ignored when guid is provided. offset: Number of results to skip for pagination (default: 0). product: Optional product name filter (exact match against products list). product_category: Optional product category filter (exact match). include_facets: When True, includes taxonomy facets (product_categories, products, tags, statuses) with occurrence counts in the response. Use with limit=0 to get only facets (replaces category listing).

Returns: Dictionary with: - total_found: Number of updates matching the filters (from API count) - updates: List of matching update objects (up to limit) - filters_applied: Summary of which filters were used - facets: (only when include_facets=True) Taxonomy with product_categories, products, tags, and statuses lists, each containing {name, count} items