Azure Update Storyline

Update's chronological storyline revealing the context of the previous events related to the services referenced
Date Services Type / Source Event / Link
Apr 22 2026
20:45:32 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Arc adds SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines as a migration target
Apr 22 2026
18:34:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
AI-Powered Downtime Investigation for Azure VMs: Automating Root Cause Analysis
Apr 22 2026
11:00:00 UTC
GA
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Outbound access protection for Data Factory
Apr 21 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Introducing Azure Accelerate for Databases: Modernize your data for AI with experts and investments
Apr 20 2026
17:30:53 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor supports native OTLP ingestion using the Azure Monitor Agent
Apr 16 2026
16:08:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Arc Blog
Bringing AI to the Factory Floor with Foundry Local - Now in Public Preview on Azure Local
Apr 16 2026
15:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc Overview
Apr 15 2026
17:30:33 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
End of lift reminder of HBv2/HC-Series/NP-Series Azure Virtual Machine in Azure Batch Pool
Apr 15 2026
17:11:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
From fragmented sites to consistent governance: Azure Arc patterns for adaptive cloud strategy.
Apr 15 2026
15:57:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Networking Blog
Enabling fallback to internet for Azure Private DNS Zones in hybrid architectures
Apr 15 2026
10:30:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Networking Blog
A demonstration of Virtual Network TAP
Apr 14 2026
21:15:15 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Site Recovery support for Windows Azure VMs with NVMe disk controllers.
Apr 14 2026
17:54:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
Azure Arc Server Mar 2026 Forum Recap
Apr 13 2026
18:45:30 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Managed identity support for graphical session recording
Apr 13 2026
10:51:08 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Announcing Full Collation Support for SQL Databases in Microsoft Fabric
Apr 13 2026
06:53:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
Automating Arc-enabled SQL Server license type configuration with Azure Policy
Apr 09 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
AI Inference on AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Generative AI using Triton and TensorRT-LLM
Apr 09 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Microsoft named a Leader in The Forrester Wave for Sovereign Cloud Platforms
Apr 07 2026
23:40:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
Simplify Azure Arc Server Onboarding with Ansible and the New Onboarding Role
Apr 07 2026
19:30:53 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Red Hat OpenShift adds NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPU support
Apr 07 2026
00:01:03 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
AI Inference on AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Predictive AI using Triton and ResNet-50
Apr 07 2026
00:01:02 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
AI Inference on AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Generative AI with Open-Source LLM Server
Apr 07 2026
00:01:01 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
AI Inference on AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Series Introduction and Scope
Apr 07 2026
00:01:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
AI Inference on AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Bringing AI to the Edge and On-Premises
Apr 06 2026
11:54:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Gov. and Mgmt Blog
Announcing Public Preview for Essential Machine Management
Apr 03 2026
12:30:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Arc Blog
Run the latest Azure Arc agent with Automatic Agent Upgrade (Public Preview)
Apr 03 2026
04:48:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Demystifying On-Demand Capacity Reservations
Apr 03 2026
02:42:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Azure SQL Managed Instance as an AI-Enabled PaaS Platform
Apr 03 2026
02:42:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Azure SQL Managed Instance as an AI-Enabled PaaS Platform
Apr 02 2026
23:45:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Enterprise-Scale Azure Subscription Vending Using Azure Verified Modules (AVM)
Apr 02 2026
23:45:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Enterprise-Scale Azure Subscription Vending Using Azure Verified Modules (AVM)
Apr 01 2026
21:00:19 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Service Fabric support for Windows Server 2022 ends on March 31, 2027 - upgrade to Windows Server 2025
Apr 01 2026
20:30:41 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Service Fabric support for Windows Server 2019 ends on March 31, 2027 - upgrade to Windows Server 2025
Apr 01 2026
14:01:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Arc Blog
Announcing Deploy Ansible Playbooks using Azure Policy via Machine Configuration
Apr 01 2026
07:01:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Migrating Azure SQL Database Across Tenants Using Subscription Transfer
Mar 31 2026
20:00:35 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
External Data Import & Data Connections in Azure Machine Learning will be retired on September 30, 2026
Mar 31 2026
16:30:51 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in US Gov Arizona
Mar 30 2026
21:45:47 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Ephemeral OS Disk with full caching for VM/VMSS
Mar 30 2026
16:30:50 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in South India
Mar 30 2026
12:37:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Ephemeral OS Disk with full caching for VM/VMSS
Mar 30 2026
00:59:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
From Toil to Trust: How Azure SRE Agent Is Redefining Cloud Operations
Mar 26 2026
16:00:10 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for late-March 2026
Mar 26 2026
11:00:00 UTC
GA
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Customer-managed keys (CMK) in Fabric SQL Database
Mar 25 2026
17:30:45 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure SQL Managed Instance change event streaming
Mar 24 2026
17:30:29 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor Prometheus community recommended alerts for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes
Mar 24 2026
01:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Arc Blog
Announcing Public Preview of Argo CD extension on AKS and Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes clusters
Mar 20 2026
19:15:35 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for mid-March 2026
Mar 20 2026
19:00:50 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure SQL Elastic query - Shard_Map_Manager mode
Mar 19 2026
16:30:27 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
NP-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on May 31, 2027
Mar 19 2026
16:30:27 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
HBv2-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on May 31, 2027
Mar 19 2026
16:30:27 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
HC-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on May 31, 2027
Mar 18 2026
20:08:00 UTC
GA
Azure HPC Blog
Azure NCv6 Virtual Machines: Enhancements and GA Transition
Mar 18 2026
18:30:05 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for mid-March 2026
Mar 18 2026
18:15:04 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
SQL MCP Server
Mar 18 2026
18:15:04 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Database DevOps in SSMS powered by SQL projects
Mar 18 2026
18:15:04 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
GitHub Copilot integration in Schema Designer for the MSSQL extension
Mar 18 2026
17:00:05 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Data API builder with built-in GitHub Copilot in MSSQL extension
Mar 18 2026
17:00:05 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Versionless key support for transparent data encryption in Azure SQL Database
Mar 18 2026
11:53:00 UTC
Preview
Azure SQL Blog
Announcing Preview of 160 and 192vCore Premium-series Options for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale
Mar 18 2026
06:23:00 UTC
GA
Azure SQL Blog
Versionless keys for Transparent Data Encryption in Azure SQL Database (Generally Available)
Mar 18 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single data platform
Mar 17 2026
17:30:11 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure VMware Solution AV36P and AV52 node retirement on June 30, 2029
Mar 16 2026
18:45:11 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Migration of Azure Batch Low-Priority VMs to Spot VMs in early March
Mar 16 2026
18:30:34 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
End of life reminder of NVv3 and NVv4-series Azure virtual machine in Azure Batch pools
Mar 16 2026
13:08:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
Building Microsofts Sovereign AI on Azure Local with NVIDIA RTX PRO and Next Gen NVIDIA Rubin
Mar 12 2026
16:24:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
Azure Arc Server Feb 2026 Forum Recap
Mar 11 2026
18:00:35 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Terraform, Bicep, Ansible support for elastic clusters on Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Mar 11 2026
17:45:49 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Query Profiler in MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code
Mar 11 2026
14:00:09 UTC
GA
Azure Gov Blog
Announcing general availability of Azure Confidential Computing (ACC) virtual machines for U.S. government environments
Mar 09 2026
07:16:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
Upcoming Compute API Change: Always return non-null securityType
Mar 03 2026
14:12:00 UTC
GA
Azure Arc Blog
Announcing the General Availability of the Azure Arc Gateway for Arc-enabled Kubernetes!
Mar 03 2026
09:05:00 UTC
Preview
Azure SQL Blog
Managed Identity Support for Azure SQL Database Import & Export services (preview)
Mar 02 2026
22:54:00 UTC
GA
Azure SQL Blog
GA of update policy SQL Server 2025 for Azure SQL Managed Instance
Feb 27 2026
23:15:13 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
DCesv6, DCedsv6, ECesv6, and ECedsv6 confidential VMs
Feb 27 2026
23:15:13 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in a third Availability Zone in New Zealan North
Feb 25 2026
19:00:32 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for late-February 2026
Feb 25 2026
18:45:40 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for late-February 2026
Feb 20 2026
19:00:04 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in Brazil Southeast, and in a third Availability Zone in Malaysia West and Indonesia Central
Feb 17 2026
09:30:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Automatic zone balance for Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Feb 11 2026
23:15:55 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for mid-February 2026
Feb 09 2026
19:43:00 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Azure Arc Jumpstart Template for Hybrid Logic Apps Deployment
Feb 06 2026
23:00:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Vaulted Backups for Azure Disk
Feb 06 2026
15:45:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Announcing Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) support for Existing VM SKUs
Feb 06 2026
15:04:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Announcing Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) support for Existing VM SKUs
Feb 06 2026
01:00:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
AMD v6 confidential VMs in new regions for January 2026
Feb 06 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
Deploying KubeVirt on AKS
Feb 05 2026
21:45:03 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure virtual network routing appliance
Feb 04 2026
20:00:42 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure NetApp Files Elastic zone-redundant service level
Feb 04 2026
11:23:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
Azure Automated Virtual Machine Recovery: Minimizing Downtime
Jan 30 2026
18:30:02 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
"Send data to Event Hubs & Storage (Preview)" retiring July 31, 2026
Jan 30 2026
08:52:00 UTC
Preview
Azure SQL Blog
Multiple secondaries for failover groups is now in public preview
Jan 30 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
Navigating Capacity Challenges on AKS with Node Auto Provisioning or Virtual Machine Node Pools
Jan 29 2026
15:00:00 UTC
Preview
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Workspace Outbound Access Protection for Data Factoryand OneLake Shortcuts
Jan 28 2026
19:15:24 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure AMD Turin Dasv7, Easv7, and Fasv7-series Virtual Machines
Jan 27 2026
17:00:06 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
7th generation Intel-based VMs - Dlsv7/Dsv7/Esv7
Jan 27 2026
17:00:06 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure NetApp Files support in OpenShift Virtualization
Jan 27 2026
14:00:07 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Command Launcher for Java
Jan 27 2026
13:54:00 UTC
GA
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing General Availability of Azure Da/Ea/Fasv7-series VMs based on AMD Turin processors
Jan 27 2026
13:54:00 UTC
GA
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing General Availability of Azure Da/Ea/Fasv7-series VMs based on AMD Turin processors
Jan 26 2026
21:34:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Architecture Blog
Azure Arc for SQL Server: Executive Summary for Enterprise Clients
Jan 20 2026
10:51:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
Azure Arc Server Jan 2026 Forum Recap
Jan 16 2026
10:02:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Azure File Sync: Azure Arc Integration, Additional Regions, and Secure Syncing
Jan 15 2026
16:05:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Architecture Blog
Deploy PostgreSQL on Azure VMs with Azure NetApp Files: Production-Ready Infrastructure as Code
Jan 15 2026
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
How the Microsoft SQL team is investing in SQL tools and experiences
Dec 31 2025
20:45:49 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in Austria East and in a second Availability Zone in Japan West
Dec 18 2025
07:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
2025 Year in Review: Whats new across SQL Server, Azure SQL and SQL database in Fabric
Dec 17 2025
18:30:05 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Generally Avaailable: Azure SQL updates for early December 2025
Dec 17 2025
17:55:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
Azure Arc Monthly Forum Recap - November 2025
Dec 17 2025
09:55:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
Azure Arc Monthly Forum Recap - November 2025
Dec 11 2025
22:01:00 UTC
Preview
Azure HPC Blog
Azure Managed Prometheus on VM / VMSS
Dec 08 2025
22:58:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
Azure Arc Server Forum: 2026 Updates
Dec 07 2025
07:26:00 UTC
Preview
Azure SQL Blog
Windows Authentication for Cloud-Native Identities: Modernizing Azure SQL Managed Instance (Preview)
Dec 01 2025
17:30:38 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Perth - Azure Extended Zones
Nov 25 2025
16:45:50 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Managed Identity support in Network Watcher VNET flow log, traffic analytics and packet capture
Nov 24 2025
20:15:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Network Security Blog
Entra ID support for RDP connections in portal
Nov 24 2025
17:15:03 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Entra ID support for RDP connections
Nov 24 2025
17:00:10 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Regex support in T-SQL
Nov 24 2025
10:00:00 UTC
Preview
Microsoft Fabric Blog
OPENROWSET and External Tables for Fabric SQL Databases
Nov 21 2025
18:45:18 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Migrate to dedicated VM for your compute clusters
Nov 21 2025
08:00:00 UTC
Preview
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Auditing for Fabric SQL database
Nov 20 2025
15:00:59 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Trusted Launch is now supported for Arm64 Marketplace Images
Nov 20 2025
12:00:00 UTC
Preview
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Azure Monitor to Fabric Eventhouse
Nov 20 2025
10:30:00 UTC
GA
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Copilot and Query Editor in SQL database in Fabric
Nov 20 2025
08:00:32 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes with OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift
Nov 19 2025
16:36:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
AKS enabled by Azure Arc: Powering AI Applications from Cloud to Edge [Ignite 2025]
Nov 19 2025
11:36:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
Introducing Metadata Security Protocol (MSP): Elevating Platform Security for Azure VMs
Nov 19 2025
10:33:00 UTC
GA
Azure SQL Blog
Azure SQL Database LTR Backup Immutability is now Generally Available
Nov 19 2025
08:00:00 UTC
Preview
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Customer-managed keys in Fabric SQL Database
Nov 19 2025
01:13:00 UTC
GA
Azure HPC Blog
Azure ND GB300 v6 now Generally Available - Hyper-optimized for Generative and Agentic AI workloads
Nov 18 2025
18:00:28 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Managed Instance on Azure App Service
Nov 18 2025
17:35:00 UTC
GA
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing General Availability of Scheduled Actions for Azure Virtual Machines
Nov 18 2025
17:35:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing the Preview of the new Azure Ebsv6 VMs based on the 5th Gen Intel Xeon processor
Nov 18 2025
17:33:00 UTC
Preview
Azure SQL Blog
Announcing Auditing for Fabric SQL Database
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for November 2025
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for November 2025
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
New SQL Server migration in Azure Arc
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Microsoft Python driver for SQL Server
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure SQL Database long-term retention (LTR) backup immutability
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
MSSQL extension integration with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure SQL Database DiskANN vector indexing
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose service tier
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure SQL change event streaming
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server v6 series VMs and AMD v6 Confidential Compute
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
SQL database in Microsoft Fabric
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Windows Server 2025 on AKS
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager for Arc-enabled clusters
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Pod sandboxing on AKS
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
ExpressRoute Scalable Gateway
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
NVv6 Virtual Machines
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Boost remote storage throughput and network bandwidth enhancements
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Boost confidential device
Nov 18 2025
16:30:36 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Copilot observability agent
Nov 18 2025
16:27:00 UTC
GA
Azure SQL Blog
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose
Nov 18 2025
16:26:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
Expanding Azure Arc for Hybrid and Multicloud Management
Nov 18 2025
16:23:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Arc Blog
Accelerate your cloud migration journey with Azure Arc resource discovery in Azure Migrate (preview)
Nov 18 2025
16:05:00 UTC
GA
Azure SQL Blog
General Availability Announcement: Regex Support in SQL Server 2025 & Azure SQL
Nov 18 2025
16:05:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
Whats new in Azure Local: Cloud infrastructure for distributed locations enabled by Azure Arc
Nov 18 2025
16:00:16 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor unified onboarding experience for AKS and VMs
Nov 18 2025
16:00:16 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Built-in CIS benchmarks for Azure endorsed Linux distros in Machine Config
Nov 18 2025
16:00:16 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
OpenTelemetry visualizations and enhanced monitoring experience in Azure Monitor for Azure VMs and Arc Servers
Nov 18 2025
16:00:16 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
OpenShift Virtualization now available on Azure Red Hat OpenShift
Nov 18 2025
16:00:16 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Industry-leading storage performance Ebsv6 VM series
Nov 18 2025
16:00:16 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Scheduled Actions
Nov 18 2025
16:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing preview of new Azure Dlsv7, Dsv7, and Esv7 VMs based on Intel Xeon 6 processors
Nov 18 2025
16:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Arc Blog
Announcing General Availability of the Azure Key Vault Secret Store Extension
Nov 18 2025
16:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Arc Blog
Workload Identity support for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters now Generally Available!
Nov 18 2025
16:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Arc Blog
Ignite 2025: Preview - Intelligent Real-Time Video Insights and Agents with Azure AI Video Indexer
Nov 18 2025
16:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing preview of new Azure Dlsv7, Dsv7, and Esv7 VMs based on Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids
Nov 18 2025
16:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
Reimagining VM Application Management for an AI-Powered, Secure Future
Nov 18 2025
13:45:04 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Threat Detection in Azure Backup powered by MDC
Nov 18 2025
09:35:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing the Preview of the new Azure Ebsv6 VMs based on the 5th Gen Intel Xeon processor
Nov 18 2025
08:00:28 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Query-based metric alerts in Azure Monitor
Nov 17 2025
21:18:00 UTC
Retirement
Apps on Azure Blog
Windows Server 2019 Retirement on AKS enabled by Azure Arc
Nov 17 2025
16:30:12 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Capacity guidance for Azure Site Recovery
Nov 17 2025
16:30:12 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Support 5x churn in Azure Site Recovery
Nov 17 2025
16:30:12 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Seamless failback for HyperV-to-Azure: Managed Disk support in Azure Site Recovery
Nov 17 2025
13:36:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
Handle Scale for Power State Operations using Scheduled Actions for Azure Virtual Machines.
Nov 14 2025
18:00:13 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Windows Server 2022 on Azure Kubernetes Service enabled by Azure Arc
Nov 07 2025
18:03:00 UTC
GA
Azure SQL Blog
General Availability Announcement: Regex Support in SQL Server 2025 & Azure SQL
Nov 06 2025
16:24:00 UTC
GA
Azure Arc Blog
Announcing General Availability of Software Defined Networking (SDN) on Azure Local
Nov 06 2025
15:45:17 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for early November 2025
Nov 06 2025
15:45:17 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
GitHub Copilot in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Nov 05 2025
12:00:29 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure HBv5-series VMs
Oct 29 2025
17:26:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
Streamline Cloud Spend with Azure Reserved VM Instances
Oct 22 2025
17:15:22 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
VM vCore customization features disabling simultaneous multi-threading (SMT/HT) and constrained cores
Oct 22 2025
16:30:07 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for mid-October 2025
Oct 21 2025
00:53:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Arc Blog
Audit and Enable Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) for Azure Arc-enabled Servers
Oct 20 2025
17:15:20 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Sharing Capacity Reservation Groups
Oct 17 2025
21:52:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing Preview of vCore Customization: Disable Multithreading & Configurable Constrained Cores
Oct 17 2025
21:52:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing Public Preview of VM Customization in Azure: Disable Multithreading & Constrained Cores
Oct 17 2025
14:50:00 UTC
Preview
Azure SQL Blog
Multiple geo-replicas for Azure SQL Hyperscale is now in public preview
Oct 15 2025
22:43:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Public Preview for Sharing Capacity Reservation Groups - now available
Oct 15 2025
16:15:01 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
The F, Fs, Fsv2, Lsv2, G, Gs, Av2, Amv2, and B series VMs are retiring in 2028
Oct 14 2025
15:00:50 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Spot Placement Score
Oct 14 2025
10:30:39 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Site Recovery support for Ultra Disks
Oct 13 2025
15:30:40 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Integrated HSM
Oct 09 2025
14:15:20 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Firmware analysis enabled by Azure Arc
Oct 06 2025
20:45:03 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure unmanaged disks will be retired on 31 March 2026 (formerly 30 September 2025)
Oct 06 2025
14:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Arc Blog
Addressing Air Gap Requirements through Secure Azure Arc Onboarding
Oct 06 2025
10:12:54 UTC
Preview
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Spark Connector for SQL databases
Oct 03 2025
18:15:20 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance will be retired on Sep 30, 2026
Oct 03 2025
16:45:25 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
CLI command for migration from Availability Sets and basic load balancer on AKS
Oct 02 2025
11:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Extending Point-in-Time Retention in Fabric SQL DB: From 7 to 35 Days
Oct 01 2025
17:30:57 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
MSSQL extension integration with Microsoft Fabric
Oct 01 2025
16:00:52 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for late September 2025
Oct 01 2025
15:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Memory consumption metrics in Fabric SQL Database
Sep 30 2025
20:54:00 UTC
Preview
Azure SQL Blog
Backup Immutability for Azure SQL Database LTR Backups
Sep 30 2025
19:30:35 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Soft Delete feature in Azure Compute Gallery
Sep 30 2025
17:15:32 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
NVv4-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on September 30, 2026
Sep 29 2025
11:00:00 UTC
GA
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Fabric Mirroring for Azure SQL Managed Instance
Sep 27 2025
00:30:39 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure VMware Solution AV36 Node Retirement on June 30, 2028
Sep 26 2025
11:45:02 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure App Service on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
Sep 25 2025
17:10:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
Microsoft Azure Introduces Azure Integrated HSM: A Key Cache for Virtual Machines
Sep 25 2025
13:15:00 UTC
GA
Azure Arc Blog
Announcing the General Availability of Arc Gateway for Azure Local
Sep 25 2025
13:12:00 UTC
GA
Azure Arc Blog
Announcing the General Availability of the Azure Arc Gateway for Arc-enabled Servers!
Sep 24 2025
17:00:24 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Discover and assess PostgreSQL in Azure Migrate
Sep 24 2025
11:45:14 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Disk Encryption
Sep 23 2025
17:30:13 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Site Recovery Support for Virtual Machines with Premium SSD v2 disks
Sep 23 2025
16:00:30 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
NVv3-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on September 30,2026
Sep 23 2025
13:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Unlocking Enterprise ready SQL database in Microsoft Fabric: ALM, Backup, Copilot & more
Sep 23 2025
11:00:00 UTC
Preview
Microsoft Fabric Blog
MSSQL Extension for VS Code: Fabric Integration (Preview)
Sep 23 2025
10:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Mirroring: New Sources and Capabilities to Support Zero -ETL Data Unification
Sep 19 2025
12:00:46 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Data Box Next Gen is now generally available in additional regions
Sep 18 2025
20:45:29 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Licensing changes for future Azure VMware Solution subscriptions starting October 16, 2025.
Sep 18 2025
19:00:07 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
DCa/ECa v6 series AMD based confidential virtual machines (VMs)
Sep 17 2025
21:50:00 UTC
Notice
Azure SQL Blog
Introducing new update policy for Azure SQL Managed Instance
Sep 16 2025
19:45:51 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Kubernetes Service on VMware will be retired on March 16, 2026 - Replace with Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local
Sep 16 2025
14:30:41 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Container Storage v2.0.0 now with NVMe performance boost, open source, and no service fees
Sep 15 2025
16:30:18 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure SQL hub experience in Azure portal
Sep 15 2025
13:08:00 UTC
Notice
Azure SQL Blog
Introducing the Azure SQL hub: A simpler, guided entry into Azure SQL
Sep 10 2025
15:15:43 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure D192 Sizes in the Azure Dsv6 and Ddsv6-series VM Families
Sep 09 2025
20:45:15 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure AMD-based Dasv7, Easv7, and Fasv7-series Virtual Machines
Sep 09 2025
13:36:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing preview of new Azure Dasv7, Easv7, Fasv7-series VMs based on AMD EPYC Turin processor
Sep 08 2025
23:49:00 UTC
GA
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing General Availability of Azure D192 Sizes in the Azure Dsv6 and Ddsv6-series VM Families
Sep 08 2025
21:00:36 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Operating System (OS) Disks on Standard HDD will be retired on 08 September 2028
Sep 04 2025
18:15:11 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Upgrade existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Gen2-Trusted launch
Sep 04 2025
05:50:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
Increase security for Azure VMs: Trusted launch in-place upgrade support now available!
Sep 02 2025
18:45:30 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Confidential VM SKUs DCesv5, DCedsv5, ECesv5, ECedsv5 SKUs
Sep 02 2025
17:00:13 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Ultra Disk Price Reduction in West US 2
Sep 02 2025
17:00:13 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Ultra Disk Price Reduction in Central US
Sep 02 2025
17:00:13 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Ultra Disk Price Reduction in UK South
Sep 01 2025
15:00:58 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure App Service - New Premium v4 Offering
Aug 28 2025
14:45:15 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for late-August 2025
Aug 27 2025
16:00:53 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Schema migration is now available in Azure Database Migration Service (DMS)
Aug 27 2025
16:00:53 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure SQL updates for late-August 2025
Aug 27 2025
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure SQL Blog
Replication lag metric for Azure SQL DB is now in public preview
Aug 25 2025
20:30:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Gov. and Mgmt Blog
Designing for Certainty: How Azure Capacity Reservations Safeguard Mission-Critical Workloads
Aug 25 2025
16:50:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Migration Blog
Announcing more Azure VMware Solution enhancements
Aug 22 2025
19:20:00 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Azure Machine Learning now supports Large-Scale AI Training and Inference with ND H200 v5 VMs
Aug 22 2025
11:00:33 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Migrate now supports migration to disks with Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) redundancy