Azure Service Updates

Azure API Management now supports environmental sustainability features in public preview. These capabilities help organizations minimize the carbon footprint of their API infrastructure by making API traffic and policy behavior carbon-aware.With these ne More Information
Published: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:30:27 Z

You can now try PostgreSQL 18 in public preview on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server. PostgreSQL 18 introduces new performance, scalability, and developer productivity improvements. With this preview, you get early access to the latest commu More Information
Published: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:00:05 Z

Microsoft is announcing the planned retirement of the Azure Custom Vision service. Microsoft will provide full support for all existing Azure Custom Vision customers until 9/25/2028. During this support window, customers are encouraged to begin planning More Information
Published: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:00:05 Z

We are announcing the release of Azure Integrated HSM, a Hardware Security Module (HSM) cache and crypto accelerator designed to enhance the security and performance of cryptographic operations in virtual machines. For customers who heavily rely on crypto More Information
Published: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:30:40 Z

You can now access code samples for Entra ID token refresh using Python and .NET in Azure Database for PostgreSQL. These samples are designed to help you securely manage authentication tokens when connecting to your PostgreSQL database with Entra ID, ensu More Information
Published: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:00:46 Z

You can now configure a custom port (25001–26000) during server creation for both public and private access-enabled servers—enabling you to integrate more easily with existing applications and improve alignment with security postures. By default, MySQL se More Information
Published: Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:30:09 Z

Azure Firewall in Virtual WAN secured hubs now supports the use of customer-provided public IP addresses. This capability enables organizations to bring their own public IP addresses when deploying Azure Firewall in a secured Virtual WAN hub, providing gr More Information
Published: Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:00:43 Z

Firmware analysis enabled by Azure Arc is now generally available. Firmware analysis brings deep visibility into the software that powers IoT/OT and network devices—systems that often operate as “black boxes” with limited insight into their security postu More Information
Published: Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:15:20 Z

As part of a strategic review of our AI portfolio, Azure AI Health Insights service and the Clinical Trials Matcher and Radiology Insights models will be retired on December 31, 2025, and will no longer be available for use or integration. As a result, e More Information
Published: Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:45:35 Z

Announcing the Public Preview of Vaulted Backup for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)!Azure Backup now supports vaulted protection for ADLS, delivering secure, off-site backups that ensure business continuity and compliance—even in cases of accidental deleti More Information
Published: Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:23 Z

Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise and Enterprise Flash tiers is retiring on March 31, 2027 and we recommend you migrate your workloads to use Azure Managed Redis by that date. Starting April 1, 2026, users will not be able to create new instances of Azure More Information
Published: Wed, 08 Oct 2025 23:15:04 Z

Azure Cache for Redis (Basic, Standard and Premium) will be retired on September 30, 2028 and we recommend you migrate your workloads to use Azure Managed Redis before September 30, 2028. Azure Cache for Redis instances that are not migrated by September More Information
Published: Wed, 08 Oct 2025 23:15:04 Z

On September 30, 2026, we’ll end support for Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) on Windows nodes in AKS. To ensure your setup continues to receive support, security updates, and deployment compatibility, please explore alternative options, such as using N More Information
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:30:21 Z

Azure Firewall Policy now supports up to 600 IP Groups per policy, up from the previous limit of 200. This enhancement enables users to: Reduce rule complexity by replacing long lists of IPs with more well-organized IP Groups, making rule sets easier to m More Information
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:30:20 Z

Azure NetApp Files short-term clones enable space-efficient, instant read/write access to data by creating temporary thin clones from existing volume snapshots, eliminating the need for full data copies and enabling capacity savings. Ideal for software de More Information
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:30:18 Z

Legacy Authentication in Azure Monitor - Container Insights will be retired on September 30, 2026. Legacy authentication has been replaced by the more secure Managed Identity authentication method. Migrating to Managed Identity also gives customers acces More Information
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:00:16 Z

The AI toolchain operator add-on (KAITO) is now generally available on AKS, streamlining the deployment of AI inference and fine-tuning workflows using popular open-source frameworks. With vLLM as the default inference engine, this addon reduces managemen More Information
Published: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:00:49 Z

PostgreSQL minor versions 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, 13.22, and 18 Beta 3 are now supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server. These minor version upgrades are automatically performed as part of the monthly planned maintenance in Azu More Information
Published: Mon, 06 Oct 2025 20:45:03 Z

In 2017, we launched Azure Managed Disks. Since then, we've been enhancing our capabilities. We will begin deprecating unmanaged disks on September 30, 2022, because Azure Managed Disks now have full capabilities of unmanaged disks and other advancements. More Information
Published: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 23:00:56 Z

After September 30, 2026, customers will no longer be able to access the service. Please see our retirement documentation for more details. Recommended action If your goal is to monitor on-premises workloads, please transition to Operations Manager on-pre More Information
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 18:15:20 Z

Availability Sets and the basic load balancer are being deprecated on September 30 2025. AKS now supports, a simple Azure CLI command that will automatically migrate your AKS cluster from Availability Sets to the new Virtual Machines node pool and upgrade More Information
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:45:25 Z

Cross-tenant Customer-Managed Keys (CMK) for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption is now generally available, empowering customers to manage their own encryption keys across different Azure tenancies. This capability enhances control and flexibility in mu More Information
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:15:04 Z

Due to changes in underlying infrastructure, the database connections feature of Static Web Apps this feature (currently in public preview), will be deprecated effective November 30, 2025. To avoid issues in deployments using this feature you can refacto More Information
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:15:04 Z

Azure NetApp Files now supports integration with FreeIPA, OpenLDAP, and Red Hat Directory Server—available in public preview. This LDAP integration enables secure LDAP over TLS connectivity for NFSv3 and NFSv4.1 volumes, allowing enterprises to use these More Information
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:01:01 Z

Due to its limited scalability and suboptimal performance, support for SSTP will be phased out. We strongly recommend transitioning to IKEv2 or OpenVPN, which offer significantly enhanced capabilities—including support for up to 10,000 connections and 10 More Information
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:01:01 Z

As part of our ongoing efforts to streamline the Azure Storage portfolio and deliver enhanced performance, scalability, and cost efficiency, we are announcing the retirement of all General purpose v1 (GPv1) storage accounts. This includes legacy blob stor More Information
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:15:21 Z

Azure Traffic Manager has introduced new health check infrastructure to improve the resiliency and scalability of the service. This infrastructure is now available, and customers are being moved onto the new infrastructure. The rollout of the new probing More Information
Published: Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:36:44 Z

The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) now brings SQL database in Fabric directly into your development workflow. With the new Fabric connectivity option in the Connection Dialog, you can sign in using Microsoft Entra ID, browse your Fabric More Information
Published: Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:30:57 Z

On September 30, 2026, Azure Machine data labeling will be retired. Please transition to 3rd party data labeling providers by 30 September 2026. From today to September 30, 2026, you can continue to use data labelling without disruption. On September 30, More Information
Published: Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:30:57 Z

On September 30, 2028, we’ll end support for Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) on Linux nodes in AKS. To avoid disruptions, migrate AKS clusters running Linux nodes from NPM to Cilium Network Policy by that date.      Transitioning to Cilium Network Poli More Information
Published: Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:15:18 Z

In late September 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Protection from ransomware attacks to long-term retention (LTR) backups via immutability. Learn more. More Information
Published: Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:00:52 Z

The Soft Delete feature in Azure Compute Gallery lets you recover accidentally deleted images within a 7-day retention period. This grace period gives users time to restore any images that were mistakenly deleted. Learn more. More Information
Published: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:30:35 Z

Support for Service Connector (preview) on Azure Container Apps will end on March 30, 2026. After this date, Service Connector (preview) will no longer be supported on Azure Container Apps. If you created service connections using the Azure Portal, your e More Information
Published: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:30:02 Z

On September 30, 2026, Microsoft Azure will retire the Standard_NV4as_v4, Standard_NV4ahs_v4,Standard_NV8as_v4, Standard_NV8ahs_v4,Standard_NV16as_v4, Standard_NV16ahs_v4, Standard_NV32as_v4, and Standard_NV32ahs_v4 virtual machines (VMs) in the NVv4-seri More Information
Published: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:15:32 Z

Starting October 1, 2025, the Spark native connector will be officially retired. This decision is based on internal analysis indicating low usage, high maintenance costs, and potential security vulnerabilities. To ensure continued support and improved sec More Information
Published: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:45:49 Z

We are announcing that Azure Resource Manager now offers enhanced integration with Azure Monitor Metrics for your subscriptions! You can now have deeper visibility and more granular monitoring capabilities for your Resource Manager operations.You can acce More Information
Published: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:30:44 Z

Microsoft is announcing the retirement of the AV36 node type on June 30, 2028. The terms of your current AV36 Reserved Instance (RI) are not affected by this announcement. At this time, we recommend that you review your current AV36 RI expiration timeline More Information
Published: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:30:39 Z

Microsoft is announcing the planned retirement of Entity Linking from Azure AI Language. We recommend considering a replacement solution; Named Entity Recognition from Azure AI Language also supports entity identification. Microsoft will provide full supp More Information
Published: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 22:00:37 Z

The Azure Functions Linux Consumption hosting plan is being retired. Customers are advised to migrate to the Flex Consumption plan, which offers faster scaling, advanced networking, cold start mitigation, and concurrency control. To identify affected reso More Information
Published: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:30:29 Z

We recommend upgrading from BlobFuse v1 to BlobFuse v2,as all future enhancements and innovations related to Azure Blob Storage file system access will be focused exclusively on BlobFuse v2. Please note that support for BlobFuse v1 will be discontinued ef More Information
Published: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:00:55 Z

Beginning on September 30th 2025, Azure App Service on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes will be retired, and customers will no longer be able to install the extension.To continue to host your application workloads, we request you migrate to other solutions su More Information
Published: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:45:02 Z

Flexible service level allows you to independently configure storage capacity and throughput, optimizing costs and performance by right-sizing based on your needs. This new service level avoids overprovisioning by supporting a customizable throughput whic More Information
Published: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:00:08 Z

The Insights blade in AKS has been renamed to Monitor and relocated from the Monitoring section to the top level of the table of contents for increased visibility. You’ll continue to have access to the same monitoring data and features—there are no change More Information
Published: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:00:02 Z

Planning the next move for your PostgreSQL workloads just got easier. Azure Migrate now enables you to discover and assess PostgreSQL resources across VMware, Hyper‑V, physical servers, and other cloud environments. Azure Migrate provides a centralized hu More Information
Published: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:00:24 Z

You can now manually trigger on-demand backups in Azure DB for MySQL - Flexible Server instead of solely relying on the system-initiated automated backups and schedule. As part of August 2025 release, you can delete on-demand backups that are no longer ne More Information
Published: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:00:24 Z

Azure Disk Encryption will be retired on September 15, 2028 and we recommend you transition to Encryption at Host by that date. Alternate disk encryption solutions such as Encryption At Host and CVM OS disk encryption offer broader operating system supp More Information
Published: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:45:14 Z

Announcing the General Availability of Azure Site Recovery (ASR) for Virtual Machines with Premium SSD v2 disks. ASR provides seamless disaster recovery for Virtual Machines across Azure Regions and from on-premises to Azure, helping organizations maintai More Information
Published: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:30:13 Z

On September 30, 2026, Microsoft Azure will retire the Standard_NV12s_v3, Standard_NV12hs_v3, Standard_NV24s_v3, Standard_NV24ms_v3, Standard_NV32ms_v3, and Standard_NV48s_v3 virtual machines (VMs) in the NVv3-series virtual machines (VMs). To avoid any d More Information
Published: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:00:30 Z

App modernization is essential for enterprises to stay secure, scalable and innovative—but traditionally it requires a lot of effort that can be redundant and complex. With GitHub Copilot app modernization, developers can now stay focused on innovation wh More Information
Published: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:00:40 Z

Azure Application Gateway supports use of Server-sent events in general availability, enabling real-time data streaming from server to client. Server-sent events utilize server push technology on a persistent HTTP connection for seamless updates to the cl More Information
Published: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:00:22 Z

Announcing the General availability of vaulted backup for Azure Files shares premium! Azure Backup brings vaulted protection to Azure Files shares premium, to ensure business continuity and compliance, even in the face of accidental deletion, malicious a More Information
Published: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:15:14 Z

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager has a new auto-upgrade channel that allows you to set a target Kubernetes minor version. Using this channel means clusters on the target Kubernetes minor continue to receive only patch updates until the minor reaches the end More Information
Published: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:30:11 Z

Container Insights is Azure Monitor’s solution for collecting logs from your Azure Kubernetes Service clusters. Announcing the general availability of High scale mode in Container Insights to help customers achieve a higher log collection throughput fr More Information
Published: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:30:10 Z

Announcing the Azure Managed Service for Prometheus now includes native Grafana dashboards within the Azure portal at no additional cost. This integration marks a major milestone in our mission to simplify observability reducing the administrative overhea More Information
Published: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:00:39 Z

Azure Data Box Next Gen is now Generally Available in NEW regions including: India, Qatar, South Africa and Korea. With this new addition, we now have: Both Azure Data box 120TB and 525 TB generally available (GA) in the US, UK, Europe, US Gov, More Information
Published: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:00:46 Z

Broadcom announced changes to their VMware licensing policies. The change now requires new customers to bring their own portable VCF subscriptions when using hyperscaler platforms. Our current Azure VMware Solution (AVS) customers can continue to operate More Information
Published: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:45:29 Z

Microsoft is announcing the general availability of the new DCa/ECa v6 series AMD based confidential virtual machines (VMs) in the UAE North and Korea Central regions with 4th generation AMD EPYC™ processors. Featuring Secure Encrypted Virtualization – Se More Information
Published: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:00:07 Z

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager update runs now support approval gates. Gates can be placed before and after update groups and stages and provide additional control over the flow of the update run. Gates allow you to either manually approve the update run More Information
Published: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:30:18 Z

Distributed tracing V2 for Durable Functions introduces a robust and comprehensive tracing model that enables developers to correlate operations in orchestrations, activities, and durable entities. This capability is particularly useful for Durable Functi More Information
Published: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:00:27 Z

Azure Functions now supports .NET 10 in Public Preview. To use .NET 10, adjust the target framework in your Functions project, and update references to Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Sdk to version 2.0.5 or later. .NET 10 projects can be deployed to app More Information
Published: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:15:04 Z

The Azure Firewall Manager experience has been expanded and rebranded as the Network Security Hub—a centralized interface that brings together Azure Firewall, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and DDoS Protection. This change is part of a broader effort to More Information
Published: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:30:45 Z

Databricks One in Azure Databricks delivers a unified, simplified experience that brings together data engineering, analytics, and AI development in a single, governed platform. By integrating collaborative workflows, enterprise-grade governance, and perf More Information
Published: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:30:45 Z

Announcing support for confidential computing in Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. Azure Confidential Computing encrypts data in hardware-based trusted execution environments (TEEs), processing data only when the cloud environment has been ve More Information
Published: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:45:39 Z

We support customer choice, including the choice to transfer your data between Azure and environments outside of Azure. Azure now offers at-cost data transfer for customers and CSP partners in Europe transferring data via the internet between Azure to ano More Information
Published: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:30:32 Z

Azure Kubernetes Service on VMware (preview) will be retired on March 16, 2026. Please transition to a supported Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local by that date if needed. We encourage you to transition to Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local befo More Information
Published: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:45:51 Z

Azure File Sync enables seamless tiering of data from on-premises Windows Servers to Azure Files for hybrid use cases and simplified migration. It also enables you to leverage the performance, flexibility and compatibility of your on-premises File Server More Information
Published: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:45:04 Z

Azure HBv5-series VM are now available in Preview in the Azure South Central US region. HBv5 VMs are optimized for memory bandwidth-intensive HPC applications, such as computational fluid dynamics, automotive and aerospace simulations, weather modeling, e More Information
Published: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:45:04 Z

Kubernetes is a game-changer for modern apps, but it’s often slowed by operational complexity and a steep learning curve. Many teams spend too much time managing clusters, tuning infrastructure, and troubleshooting security or reliability risks when they’ More Information
Published: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:30:21 Z

Azure Container Storage (ACStor) v2.0.0 is now generally available. This release delivers up to 7× higher IOPS and 4× lower latency on local NVMe compared to v1.3.1, making Container Storage v2.0.0 the fastest storage available for Azure Kubernetes Servic More Information
Published: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:30:41 Z

We are announcing the retirement of Azure Databricks Standard Tier. Azure subscriptions will no longer support creation of Azure Databricks Standard Tier workspaces after April 1st, 2026. Starting October 1st, 2026, all Azure Databricks Standard tier wo More Information
Published: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:15:32 Z

As part of our ongoing commitment to improving security and performance, we will be retiring support for hsmPlatform 1 keys, effective September 15, 2028. To ensure the continued security and functionality of your operations, we recommend transitioning to More Information
Published: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:30:04 Z

Azure Application Gateway V2 now supports enabling dedicated connections from Application Gateway to backend server. By default, Application Gateway reuses the idle backend connections to optimize the resource usage of TCP connections helping both the gat More Information
Published: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:45:57 Z

Azure Application Gateway V2 announces general availability of customer-controlled backend TLS validations. When the HTTPS protocol is selected in the Backend Settings of Azure Application Gateway, by default, it performs all validations in the TLS handsh More Information
Published: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:30:18 Z

Choosing the right Azure SQL service can be challenging. To make this easier, you can now visit the Azure SQL hub, a new home for everything related to Azure SQL in the Azure portal. Whether you’re new to Azure SQL or an experienced user, the hub helps yo More Information
Published: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:30:18 Z

Azure Linux 2.0 on AKS will be retired on November 30, 2025, please transition to Azure Linux 3.0 by that date. Azure Linux 2.0 has been replaced by the newer supported version Azure Linux 3.0. We encourage you to transition to Azure Linux 3.0 prior to More Information
Published: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:45:52 Z

Announcong that Azure App Service now supports Bring Your Own License (BYOL) for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP), enabling enterprise customers to deploy Java workloads with greater flexibility and cost efficiency.If you’ve evaluated Azure App More Information
Published: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:30:17 Z

You can now create a replica cluster of your Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) in the same region where the primary cluster is hosted. This replica is continuously synchronized with the primary (read-write) cluster, ensuring data consistency. Same-regio More Information
Published: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:45:05 Z

Now you can streamline identity lifecycle operations using Azure Databricks automatic identity management. With this new, generally available capability, you can automate user provisioning and deprovisioning through native integration with Microsoft Entra More Information
Published: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:30:10 Z

Now you can deploy Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in the Austria East and Chile Central regions. Learn more. More Information
Published: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:30:10 Z

You can now use self-healing tools to proactively resolve common server issues—without opening a support case. The new Self-Heal feature in Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server, is now available in Public Preview. Whether your server is unresponsive More Information
Published: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:30:10 Z

To help you manage your MySQL upgrade timelines with greater flexibility, we’re introducing Extended Support for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server, starting in spring 2026. If your server is running on a MySQL version that has reached the end of More Information
Published: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:30:10 Z

Announcing the general availability of Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server version 8.4. With this release, you can now create new MySQL 8.4 servers for your production workloads and benefit from the latest features, performance enhancements, and se More Information
Published: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:30:10 Z

Data stored in your Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) cluster is automatically and seamlessly encrypted with keys managed by Microsoft. Now, in addition to this service-managed key encryption (SMK), you have the option to add another layer of security b More Information
Published: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:30:10 Z

To simplify the experience of creating and managing file shares in Azure, Azure Files now supports a file share-centric management model offered by the Microsoft.FileShares resource provider. With this update, file shares become top-level resources in Azu More Information
Published: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:30:42 Z

Announcing the addition of the D192 size to the Azure Dsv6 and Ddsv6-series Virtual Machines families, powered by the 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) processor. Dsv6-series virtual machines use Azure managed disks only, while D More Information
Published: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:15:43 Z

The general purpose Dasv7 and Dalsv7, memory-optimized Easv7, and compute-optimized Fasv7, Falsv7, Famsv7 VMs, are now available in preview with and without local disk support. These VMs are now available in the East US 2, North Europe, and West US 3 regi More Information
Published: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 20:45:15 Z

The Multitenant Managed Logging feature in Container Insights is now generally available, offering customers who operate shared AKS clusters the ability to segregate container logs by team. This functionality enables teams to independently manage and acce More Information
Published: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:30:49 Z

Last August, we introduced Azure App Testing, a unified testing service that brings together two powerful testing capabilities—Azure Load Testing and Microsoft Playwright Testing—to help developers and QA teams run large-scale functional and performance t More Information
Published: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:15:09 Z

As part of our ongoing commitment to improve customer experience, we continuously evaluate our product portfolio to ensure it meets the evolving needs of our customers. To better align with current usage patterns and future investments in disk performance More Information
Published: Mon, 08 Sep 2025 21:00:36 Z

We’re adding Graph Query Language (GQL) support to KQL graph semantics, aligned with the ISO standard. This update allows you to run GQL queries on any Fabric Eventhouse or Azure Data Explorer, making it easier to work with graph data using an industry-st More Information
Published: Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:00:02 Z

Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now generally available in two new regions: UAE Central and US Gov Texas, bringing enterprise-grade managed OpenShift capabilities to customers in the Middle East and southwestern United States. These expansions provide local de More Information
Published: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 21:15:48 Z

Azure NetApp Files migration assistant (with SnapMirror) provides efficient and cost-effective data migration leveraging ONTAP's built-in replication engine for seamless transition from on-premises or CVO/other cloud providers to Azure NetApp Files (ANF). More Information
Published: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:45:57 Z

Azure CDN will be retired on December 1, 2025 in China. We recognize that this change may affect your operations, and we are committed to supporting you throughout the transition. Required action: To avoid service disruption: Please migrate to Azure Front More Information
Published: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:45:50 Z

You can now develop functions using Python 3.13 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions. Starting with Python 3.13, Functions introduces runtime version control, a new opt-in feature that lets you target specific versions of the Functions Python runti More Information
Published: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:15:38 Z

Announcing .NET 10 Preview is now available on Azure App Service for both Windows and Linux! Whether you’re building modern web apps with ASP.NET, experimenting with Blazor, or exploring the simplicity of Minimal APIs, you can now take advantage of the la More Information
Published: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:15:34 Z

Support for multiple address prefixes in a subnet is now generally available in Azure Virtual Networks. Azure Virtual Network subnets supported only a single address prefix, which limited the scale out for certain applications when the address space was e More Information
Published: Thu, 04 Sep 2025 21:00:07 Z

Announcing general availability support to enable Trusted launch on existing Azure Gen1 VMs by upgrading the Gen1 VM to Gen2-Trusted launch. This will help improve the foundational security of existing Azure VMs. Trusted Launch VMs provide foundational co More Information
Published: Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:15:11 Z

You can now take advantage of near-zero-downtime maintenance for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server with high availability (HA) enabled. This capability is now generally available and is supported by our new HA architecture based on a dedicated Az More Information
Published: Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:30:46 Z

Announcing the general availability of the Azure Logic Apps Standard Automated Test Framework, enabling developers to build, test, and maintain enterprise-grade workflows with confidence. The framework allows teams to create unit tests for workflow defini More Information
Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:15:04 Z

Announcing the general availability of Custom Code support in Azure Logic Apps Standard with .NET 8. This release enables developers to embed .NET 8 code directly in workflows, unlocking advanced logic scenarios, code reuse, and seamless integration with More Information
Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:15:04 Z

Announcing the general availability of Business Process Tracking in Azure Logic Apps (Standard). This capability provides business stakeholders with timely insights by tracking key data properties throughout your workflows in production environments. With More Information
Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:15:04 Z

Announcing gateway-level metrics and native autoscaling for Azure API Management v2 tiers: Basic v2, Standard v2, and Premium v2. These updates give you deeper visibility into gateway performance and enable automatic scaling based on real-time usage. Gate More Information
Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:15:04 Z

Announcing the general availability of the Logic Apps Hybrid Deployment Model, offering customers unprecedented flexibility and control over where their integration workloads run. You can now host Logic Apps on customer-managed infrastructure, including o More Information
Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:15:04 Z

Announcing the public preview of Organizational Templates in Azure Logic Apps. This feature empowers teams to author, share, and reuse automation patterns within their own organization, helping standardize integration practices at scale. Organizational Te More Information
Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:15:04 Z

Announcing the public preview of the Confluent Kafka Connector in Azure Logic Apps (Standard). This new connector allows you to both send and receive messages between Logic Apps and Confluent Kafka. Confluent Kafka is a distributed streaming platform wide More Information
Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:15:04 Z

Announcing the general availability of workspaces and workspace gateways in the Premium v2 tier of Azure API Management. (Note: Premium v2 remains in preview at the time of this announcement.) Workspaces enable organizations to manage and govern APIs at s More Information
Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:15:04 Z

We’re announcing expanded support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in Azure API Management with two new capabilities: MCP in v2 SKUs and the ability to expose existing MCP-compliant servers. These updates make it easier to connect APIs and AI agents w More Information
Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:15:04 Z

Introducing the redesigned Data Mapper UX in the Azure Logic Apps (Standard) extension for Visual Studio Code is now generally available. The new experience, which was in public preview, becomes the default for creating and editing maps. This release is a More Information
Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:15:04 Z

Microsoft is announcing the retirement of Confidential VM SKUs DCesv5, DCedsv5, ECesv5, ECedsv5 SKUs, which will be succeeded by the DCesv6 and ECesv6 SKUs.  We recently announced the public preview of our next-generation Confidential VM sizes: DCesv6 and More Information
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:45:30 Z

Azure CDN which is currently provided in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet (“Azure China”) will be retired on December 1, 2025. This change affects all customers currently using Azure CDN in China. Azure CDN is built on top of local CDN providers’ POPs More Information
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:00:44 Z

Playwright Workspaces capability in Azure App Testing is now generally available. Playwright Workspaces enables you to run end-to-end tests with high parallelization across multiple browsers and devices, to validate the functionality of your applications More Information
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:00:13 Z

Ultra Disks are the most performant block storage option for Azure virtual machines offering consistent low sub-millisecond latency, extremely high performance. This makes Ultra disk ideal for a broad spectrum of the most demanding enterprise production w More Information
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:00:13 Z

Ultra Disks are the most performant block storage option for Azure virtual machines offering consistent low sub-millisecond latency, extremely high performance. This makes Ultra disk ideal for a broad spectrum of the most demanding enterprise production w More Information
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:00:13 Z

Ultra Disks are the most performant block storage option for Azure virtual machines offering consistent low sub-millisecond latency, extremely high performance. This makes Ultra disk ideal for a broad spectrum of the most demanding enterprise production w More Information
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:00:13 Z

The new Premium v4 offering provides faster processors, NVMe local storage, and memory-optimized options, running on the latest Azure hardware. Premium v4 is available for both Windows and Linux customers, and includes sizes starting from 1 vCPU and 4GB o More Information
Published: Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:00:58 Z

Azure Front Door Standard and Premium are now generally available in the Azure China regions (China North 3 and China East 3), operated by 21Vianet. With this release, customers in China can deliver secure, reliable, and high-performance applications usin More Information
Published: Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:00:54 Z

The public preview of Entra ID group login using user credentials, now available on newly provisioned servers. This anticipated feature simplifies user management and improves security within the Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server environments. More Information
Published: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:45:15 Z

In late August 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL and SQL Server: Easily spin up local SQL Server containers. Now generally available, the local SQL Server container enables container creation in the MSSQL extension for V More Information
Published: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:45:15 Z

In late August 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Azure SQL Database now offers a replication lag metric, providing real-time visibility into the recovery point objective (RPO) when Geo-DR is enabled. Learn more. More Information
Published: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:00:53 Z

Announcing that Azure DMS now supports schema migration for Azure SQL Database—making your cloud migration journey smoother and more efficient than ever. With just a single checkbox, you can now migrate missing schema objects along with your data. This i More Information
Published: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:00:53 Z

Now you can add physical shards as your Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) clusters grow. Thanks to the elasticity of compute and storage configurations in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore), a single physical shard (node) typically delivers the desired More Information
Published: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:00:53 Z

To align with security best practices, Entra ID and RBAC support is now generally available for the following APIs for Azure Storage: Get Account InformationGet Container ACLSet Container ACLGet Queue ACLSet Queue ACLGet Table ACLSet Table ACL To learn mo More Information
Published: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:45:29 Z

Announcing the public preview of custom block response code and body for WAF integrated with Application Gateway.Azure WAF integrated with Application Gateway now supports customizable response status codes and bodies for blocked requests, enabling greate More Information
Published: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:00:18 Z

Azure CNI Overlay with Application Gateway for Containers and AGIC is now generally available.Azure CNI Overlay enables AKS clusters to use pod IPs from a separate CIDR, conserving VNet IP space and simplifying multi-cluster deployments. Paired with Appli More Information
Published: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:00:15 Z

Azure NetApp Files short-term clones enable space-efficient, instant read/write access to data by creating temporary thin clones from existing volume snapshots, eliminating the need for full data copies and enabling capacity savings. Ideal for software de More Information
Published: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:00:15 Z

Durable Functions running in the .NET isolated model now has support for the Roslyn Analyzer, a real-time code analyzer that helps developers adhere to durable orchestrations’ coding constraints. This analyzer is enabled by default to analyze Durable Func More Information
Published: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:00:39 Z

Microsoft announces the opening of its cloud region in Austria to accelerate digital transformation and AI innovation. The cloud region will enable companies and public administration in Austria to store and process their data securely, in compliance with More Information
Published: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:00:07 Z

Azure Functions support for Node.js 22 is now Generally Available. You can now develop functions using Node.js 22 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.Learn more. More Information
Published: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:45:29 Z

Azure Migrate now supports migration to Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) disks. With the introduction of this new feature in Azure Migrate, you can now select ZRS as the redundancy option during server migration. This automatically provisions a disk with ZRS More Information
Published: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:00:33 Z

Azure Application Gateway now performs upgrades without any degradation in performance. During an upgrade, it automatically provisions new gateway instances to maintain the same pre-upgrade capacity. This ensures: No impact on performance Full traffic More Information
Published: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:00:04 Z

Search Job lets you run asynchronous queries across all your workspace data, including long-term retention, and delivers results in new Analytics tables for further exploration.We’re excited to announce that the maximum number of records returned by a Sea More Information
Published: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:45:10 Z

Azure NetApp Files file access logs feature is now generally available, delivering enterprise-grade visibility into file-level operations across SMB, NFSv4.1, and dual-protocol volumes. This feature empowers organizations to enhance their security posture More Information
Published: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:30:27 Z

Azure Functions now allows you to choose 512 MB in addition to 2048 MB and 4096 MB as the memory instance size for your Flex Consumption apps. This enables you to further cost optimize your apps that require less resources, and allows your apps to scale o More Information
Published: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:30:02 Z

With this release, you can now establish a secure tunnel from your local machine—via Azure Bastion—directly to your AKS API server using your standard Kubernetes tooling. This enables seamless access to both private clusters and public clusters with API s More Information
Published: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:45:19 Z

Flexible service level in Azure NetApp Files allows customers to independently configure storage capacity and throughput, making it ideal for workloads with unique performance and sizing requirements—such as high-capacity volumes with low throughput or lo More Information
Published: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:30:35 Z

The DCesv6 and ECesv6 series are Azure’s next generation of Confidential Virtual Machines powered by the 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors (code-named Emerald Rapids) with Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (Intel® TDX). This will help to enable organizations t More Information
Published: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:45:09 Z

We continuously assess our services to uphold the high standards of protection and reliability for our customers. After a thorough evaluation, we have determined that due to increasing infrastructure and operational complexity, it is no longer feasible to More Information
Published: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:30:32 Z

We continuously assess our services to uphold the high standards of protection and reliability for our customers. After a thorough evaluation, we have determined that due to increasing infrastructure and operational complexity, it is no longer feasible to More Information
Published: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:30:32 Z

The Archive access tier for Azure Blob Storage is now generally available in the Malaysia West region.With this regional expansion, customers in Malaysia can now store infrequently accessed data in the cost-effective Archive tier, while meeting data resid More Information
Published: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:00:19 Z

Azure Files now supports the provisioned v2 billing model on the SSD (premium) media tier. Provisioned v2 enables independent provisioning of storage, IOPS, and throughput, allowing you to create a file share that meets your exact storage and performance More Information
Published: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:30:50 Z

Azure Databricks connector for Power Platform is now generally available. You can easily connect Azure Databricks with Microsoft Power Apps in several new ways. The new connector enables you to: Support real-time data access without the need for data cop More Information
Published: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:00:43 Z

You can now use Cassandra 5.0 in Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, available in public preview. This release gives you access to the latest Cassandra features—like better performance and new indexing—without the hassle of managing infrastructur More Information
Published: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:00:27 Z

Now you can deploy Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in the Malaysia West Azure region. Learn more. More Information
Published: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:00:27 Z

Data stored in your Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) cluster is automatically and seamlessly encrypted with keys managed by Microsoft. Now, in addition to this service-managed key encryption (SMK), you have the option to add another layer of security b More Information
Published: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:00:27 Z

After a brief hiatus, Azure Automation is resuming deployments of the revised Service and Subscription limits from August 11, 2025. This update will ensure fair distribution of cloud resources across all customers and further improve reliability and perfo More Information
Published: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:15:34 Z

Introducing Tenant-Level Service Health Alerts - a new preview capability in Azure Monitor that enables customers to receive proactive notifications about service health issues impacting their entire tenant, not just individual subscriptions. With this fe More Information
Published: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:00:08 Z

Azure App Testing now enables developers and QA teams to run large-scale functional and performance tests to pinpoint issues in their applications, across frameworks like Playwright, JMeter, or Locust. It brings together two powerful testing capabilities— More Information
Published: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:00:31 Z

Inbound IPv6 support on public multi-tenant App Service is now generally available across all public Azure regions for multi-tenant apps on all Basic, Standard, and Premium SKUs, Functions Consumption, Functions Elastic Premium, and Logic Apps Standard. L More Information
Published: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:00:31 Z

Announcing the general availability of the Upsert method and Script activity support in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics when using Azure Database for PostgreSQL. This enhancement enables you to perform efficient, scalable, and declarative d More Information
Published: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:15:03 Z

Application Gateway v2 is announcing general availability of Private Application Gateway, which is a collection of new capabilities to the Application Gateway v2 SKU to further enhance control over network exposure.The following capabilities are now gener More Information
Published: Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:00:36 Z

These new VM sizes offer up to 192 vCPUs and 1832 GiB of RAM, making them ideal for enterprise-scale applications such as in-memory analytics, large relational databases, and in-memory cache workloads. With Intel® Total Memory Encryption (Intel TME) and N More Information
Published: Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:00:43 Z

Azure Data Box Next Gen is now Generally Available in NEW regions including Australia, Japan, Singapore, Brazil, Hong Kong, UAE, Switzerland and Norway.With these new additions, we now have Both - Azure Data box 120TB and 525 TB generally available (GA) i More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:00:45 Z

Azure Storage Discovery provides enterprise-wide visibility into your Azure Storage data estate. Insights that weren’t available before are now at your fingertips. Deeply analyze used capacity and activity, optimize costs, enhance security, and drive oper More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:00:18 Z

The Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) team is introducing a new agentic AI-powered CLI experience through the “az aks agent” command. This feature brings the intelligence of agentic reasoning directly into the Azure CLI, enabling developers and operators to More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Managed namespaces for AKS allows users to get a list of namespaces they have access to across a subscription, resource group, and cluster, and then retrieve credentials that will give them the ability to deploy to those namespaces. Users can configure ma More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

The AKS Security Dashboard provides a centralized view of security posture and runtime threat protection for your AKS cluster within the Azure Portal. It highlights software vulnerabilities, critical security issues, compliance gaps, and active threats, h More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Azure Virtual Network Verifier for AKS, now in public preview and available through the Azure Portal, is a tool which allows you to detect and troubleshoot outbound connectivity issues in your AKS cluster. You can use the Virtual Network Verifier featur More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

AKS now supports multiple Standard Load Balancers (SLBs) per cluster in public preview. This feature allows customers to scale beyond the 300 inbound rule limit per node NIC and isolate traffic by assigning different SLBs to different agent pools and work More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Static egress gateway public prefix support in AKS is now generally available. This feature allows AKS customers to create a dedicated gateway node pool that routes outbound traffic from annotated pods through a static public IP prefix (/28 to /31). It en More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Azure Monitor workspaces have default limits and quotas for ingestion. Customers can now request for an increase in quota for ingestion of Managed Prometheus metrics into Azure Monitor Workspace using an Azure Resource Manager API. The API supports reques More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

LocalDNS for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now available in public preview.With LocalDNS, a DNS proxy is deployed on each node, which enables faster, more reliable DNS resolution. It removes DNS bottlenecks in large clusters, lowers query latency via More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Azure Bastion integration for AKS is now available in public preview. This integration enables continuous secure access to private AKS clusters and also applies to AKS public clusters with API server authorized IP ranges. This integration introduces a sea More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AKS is now available as an open source release. This foundational component enables AI agents to interact with AKS clusters and simplifies cluster management. AKS MCP server offers a standardized interface to orche More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

We are making improvements to API server resiliency per Kubernetes Enhancement Proposal (KEP) 5116 – Streaming Encoding for LIST Responses. This enhancement significantly reduces API server memory usage by approximately 10x during large LIST calls to the More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Application Gateway for Containers now supports Web Application Firewall (WAF) policy in public preview. Using WAF’s Default Ruleset, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) administrators and developers can protect their workloads against malicious attacks and ex More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Misconfigurations during Kubernetes development can lead to bugs and deployment issues. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now offers generally available deployment safeguards to help prevent these problems by enforcing Kubernetes best practices. These safe More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports Encryption in Transit (EiT) for Azure Files NFS v4.1 volumes via the Azure File CSI driver. This builds on the recent General Availability (GA) of EiT for Azure Files NFS shares in June, which introduced TLS 1. More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Confidential Virtual Machines (CVM) offer strong security and confidentiality for tenants. Now generally available, CVM for Ubuntu 24.04 in AKS enables node pools with CVM to target the migration of highly sensitive container workloads to AKS without any More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Confidential Virtual Machines (CVM) offer strong security and confidentiality for tenants. CVM for Azure Linux in AKS is now in public preview and enables node pools with CVM to target the migration of highly sensitive container workloads to AKS without a More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

The HTTP proxy feature adds HTTP proxy support to AKS clusters, exposing a straightforward interface that you can use to secure AKS-required network traffic in proxy-dependent environments. With this feature, both AKS nodes and pods are configured to use More Information
Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:30:15 Z

Network security perimeter allows organizations to define a logical network isolation boundary for PaaS resources (for example, Azure Storage account and SQL Database server) that are deployed outside your organization’s virtual networks. It restricts pub More Information
Published: Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:00:21 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager mesh connectivity is now in public preview, enabling you to group up to 5,000 virtual networks in supported regions. A mesh topology creates bi‑directional connectivity between every virtual network in a mesh connectivity con More Information
Published: Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:00:50 Z

Announcing the general availability of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for Azure DNS Public Zones in US Gov and China regions. With this release you can now enable DNSSEC on all existing and new public DNS Zones hosted on Azure DNS. This s More Information
Published: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:00:01 Z

Azure Storage Actions is now available in several more Azure regions, enabling expanded global access and greater data residency options. This includes regions where the service was previously in preview. Additional regions where the service is now genera More Information
Published: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 16:00:40 Z

Azure File Sync Arc Extension is now generally available, enabling seamless deployment and management of Azure File Sync on Arc-enabled Windows Servers. This extension brings hybrid file sync capabilities to a broader range of on-premises and multi-cloud More Information
Published: Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:45:04 Z

Azure Backup support for agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups for Azure Virtual Machines is now Generally Available.Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups for Azure VM allows you to take VM backups without installing additional software li More Information
Published: Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:00:17 Z

Microsoft is announcing the planned retirement of Azure Dedicated HSM, which will be succeeded by the Azure Cloud HSM service. Microsoft will provide full support for all existing Azure Dedicated HSM customers until July 31, 2028. During this support wind More Information
Published: Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:15:51 Z

Announcing the General Availability of Live Resize for Premium SSD v2 (Pv2) and Ultra NVMe Disks. This feature allows you to dynamically expand the storage capacity of your disks without any disruption to your applications. To optimize costs, you can star More Information
Published: Thu, 29 May 2025 17:00:19 Z

Azure Virtual Network Manager is now generally available in Azure US Government Cloud, providing unified control for connectivity, security, and routing across subscriptions, regions, and tenants. By automating configurations, it guarantees consistent pol More Information
Published: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:00:19 Z

Tags in Azure confidential ledger serve as secondary keys that enhance data organization and retrieval within collections. By allowing users to assign up to five tags per transaction, these tags provide an additional layer of categorization, making it eas More Information
Published: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:00:19 Z

Azure Storage’s SAS expiration policy (validity interval) allows you to set an upper limit for the period for validity of SAS tokens. Up until now, administrators could set how long a SAS should be valid through the SAS expiration policy, however, it was More Information
Published: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:00:19 Z

You can now streamline the entire SQL Server migration journey—from assessment to provisioning to cutover—within a single Azure portal experience. The new Azure Arc migration experience powered by Azure Database Migration service gives you a centralized, More Information
Published: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:00:36 Z

In late-July, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Use the UNISTR intrinsic function to define Unicode string literals using Unicode encoding values in a string. Use the ANSI SQL concatenation operator (||) to concatenate charac More Information
Published: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:00:36 Z

You can now use cascading read replicas in Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server, available in Public Preview. With this new capability, you can create additional read replicas from an existing one. A read replica can act as the source for new rep More Information
Published: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:00:36 Z

Now available for the General Purpose tier, accelerated logs in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server give you the performance benefits previously available only in the Business Critical tier. Accelerated logs boost performance for a broader range More Information
Published: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:00:36 Z

Azure Database for MySQL now enables you to configure the backup interval for the automatic backups taken by the system to improve restore speed. This new feature optimizes the process by introducing more frequent snapshots, thereby reducing the number of More Information
Published: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:00:36 Z

You can now use Microsoft Entra ID authentication to connect to Azure Database for PostgreSQL from Power BI Desktop. This update simplifies access management, enhances security, and helps you support your organization’s broader Entra-based authentication More Information
Published: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:00:44 Z

Customers can use configurable maintenance windows to schedule gateway maintenance for Point-to-Site VPN Gateway (P2S VPN) in Virtual WAN Service. With P2S VPN in Virtual WAN service now being generally available, customers can now configure maintenance w More Information
Published: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:00:48 Z

Starting August 15, 2025, Azure Front Door (classic) and Azure CDN from Microsoft Classic SKUs will no longer support new domain onboarding or profile creation. Additionally, DigiCert is deprecating CNAME-based Domain Control Validation (DCV) on the same More Information
Published: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:45:46 Z

All newly deployed ExpressRoute Virtual Network Gateways will use auto-assigned Public IPs. This change simplifies gateway configuration by removing the requirement to explicitly assign a Public IP address. This model streamlines deployment and improves More Information
Published: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:00:47 Z

Following our 2024 announcement to modernize Azure Resource Manager throttling, we are announcing that Azure Resource Manager will be bringing parity between public and sovereign clouds by the end of 2026. This update will ensure that the same throttling More Information
Published: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:30:26 Z

A Search Job is an asynchronous query that runs on any data in your Log Analytics workspace, including data from the long-term retention period, making the results available for further queries in a new Analytics table within your workspace. We’ve recent More Information
Published: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 06:30:03 Z

Kubernetes network solutions are challenging to plan due to rapidly evolving business needs. AKS users often face difficulties balancing simplicity, security, and scalability, while environmental changes further increase management costs. Many AKS users n More Information
Published: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:00:59 Z

Announcing the general availability of Summary rules in Log Analytics. Summary rules let you summarize high-ingestion-rate streams across Analytics, Basic, or Auxiliary plans, providing robust analysis, dashboarding, and long-term reporting experiences on More Information
Published: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:15:02 Z

Azure Managed Lustre now supports Virtual Network (VNet) Encryption, enabling encryption of data in transit between Azure Managed Lustre and client virtual machines. This feature helps customers meet compliance requirements for data confidentiality in reg More Information
Published: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:45:55 Z

Application Gateway for Containers, Azure’s application (layer 7) load balancing and dynamic traffic management solution for workloads running in a Kubernetes cluster, now supports Web Application Firewall (WAF) in public preview. Application Gateway for More Information
Published: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:00:45 Z

Azure Firewall now supports ingestion-time transformation of logs in Log Analytics, enabling selective logging and advanced filtering. Why it matters: For customers using Log Analytics to analyse firewall logs, the cost of log ingestion and storage itself More Information
Published: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:45:54 Z

Premium SSD v2 delivers high-performance block storage with sub-millisecond latency, high IOPS, and throughput—at a low cost. With Geo Redundant Storage (GRS) and Cross-Region Restore (CRR) support, you can safeguard VMs against data loss and perform on-d More Information
Published: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:15:19 Z

The Geo-Replication feature for Azure Event Hubs in the premium and dedicated tier is now generally available. The Event Hubs Geo-Replication feature is one of the options to insulate Azure Event Hubs client applications against outages and disasters, pro More Information
Published: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:15:19 Z

Availability Sets and the Basic load balancer are being deprecated on September 30 2025. AKS now supports, in public preview, a simple Azure CLI command that will automatically migrate your AKS cluster from Availability Sets to the new Virtual Machines no More Information
Published: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:00:35 Z