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
Jun 05 2026
20:30:12 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Guest RDMA on Azure Boost
Jun 04 2026
21:45:11 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Files assessments are now available worldwide using Azure Migrate
Jun 03 2026
18:15:04 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Announcing: Confidential Live Migration for Intel TDX confidential VMs in Azure
Jun 02 2026
21:00:30 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Preview: Azure Cobalt 200 Arm-based Dpsv7, Dplsv7, Epsv7, Mpsv4, and Lpsv5-series Virtual Machines
Jun 02 2026
19:30:20 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Storage optimized Lasv5 and Laosv5 Azure VM series
Jun 02 2026
19:30:20 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Container Linux (ACL) now generally available on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Jun 02 2026
19:30:20 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Linux 4.0 for Azure Virtual Machines and VM Scale Sets
Jun 02 2026
19:30:20 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
OpenTelemetry Metrics, Visualizations, and Enhanced Monitoring in Azure Monitor for Azure VMs and Arc Servers
Jun 02 2026
19:30:20 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Automatic OS Image Upgrades for VMSS Flex
Jun 02 2026
19:15:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing Preview of Guest RDMA for Azure Boost
Jun 02 2026
19:15:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing Preview of new Azure Lasv5 and Laosv5 VMs based on the AMD EPYC Turin processor
Jun 02 2026
19:00:47 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Jun 02 2026
19:00:47 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Serverless agents runtime for Azure Functions
Jun 02 2026
19:00:47 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Connector Namespace
Jun 02 2026
19:00:47 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Hosted Agents in Microsoft Foundry Agent Service
Jun 02 2026
19:00:47 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Managed virtual network for evaluations in Microsoft Foundry
Jun 02 2026
15:54:00 UTC
Preview
Apps on Azure Blog
VNet integration for Azure SRE Agent (preview)
Jun 02 2026
15:15:36 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Snapshot backup for SQL Server in Azure VMs
Jun 02 2026
13:00:06 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure VMware Solution AV36 node End of Support on September 30, 2027
Jun 01 2026
18:30:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Automatic OS Image Upgrades for VMSS Flex
May 31 2026
06:18:28 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Foundry Blog
Whats new in Microsoft Foundry | May 2026
May 29 2026
15:15:43 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Site Recovery Support for Performance Plus Managed Disks
May 28 2026
23:33:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Gov. and Mgmt Blog
[Preview] CIS Benchmarks on Azure; Now for Windows Server
May 26 2026
20:44:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Networking Blog
Simplify Virtual WAN Spoke Connectivity at Scale with Azure Virtual Network Manager
May 26 2026
18:00:01 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Virtual Network Manager integration with Virtual WAN
May 26 2026
16:45:10 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Virtual network flow logs connector with Microsoft Sentinel
May 21 2026
17:29:00 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
You Can Build a Framework-Agnostic AI Gateway on Azure App Service - Here's How
May 20 2026
23:15:14 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
SQL Server on Azure VMs in Malaysia West, Indonesia Central
May 20 2026
19:10:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Networking Blog
Summarized Gateway Prefixes for Route Advertisement in Azure Virtual Networks
May 20 2026
16:45:53 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Summarized advertised gateway prefixes for route advertisement
May 20 2026
02:56:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Golden Image Refresh for Virtual Machines and VM Scale Sets: Driving Consistency at Scale
May 19 2026
22:51:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Networking Blog
Deploy with Confidence: Using Rule Impact Analyzer in Azure Virtual Network Manager
May 19 2026
16:45:42 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Virtual Network updates - default limits increased for NSGs and route tables
May 19 2026
10:08:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Rundeck - AWS Enterprise Rundeck Integration with Azure Runner
May 18 2026
08:27:00 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Getting Started with OpenSearch on AKS with AKS AVM and Helm
May 18 2026
07:15:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Networking Blog
Understanding and building an Azure Hybrid Meshed Hub-Spoke Topology
May 14 2026
18:00:48 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Support for workloads with large files in Azure NetApp Files
May 14 2026
17:30:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Managed Identity Support for Azure Files SMB Is now GA
May 13 2026
17:14:00 UTC
GA
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing the general availability of Azure Integrated Hardware Security Module
May 13 2026
03:11:00 UTC
GA
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing the General Availability of the Next Generation of Azure Boost
May 12 2026
17:30:34 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Virtual Network Manager rule impact analyzer
May 08 2026
16:02:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Safely Migrating Terraform Managed Disks on Azure Using Stable Keys and Copilot
May 07 2026
21:33:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Migrate your regional virtual machines to availability zones
May 07 2026
18:15:17 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in all three available zones in Japan West
May 07 2026
18:00:38 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Dl/D/E v7 Virtual Machines
May 07 2026
16:08:00 UTC
GA
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing General Availability of Azure Dl/D/Esv7-series VMs based on Intel Xeon 6 processors
May 06 2026
19:45:54 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Bulk Restore for Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Backup
May 06 2026
05:23:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Operationalizing Responsible AI in Microsoft Foundry within Enterprise Network Boundaries
May 05 2026
22:30:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Migrate Availability Sets to Virtual Machine Scale Sets
May 05 2026
20:00:13 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Reserved Virtual Machines Instances for select VM series
May 05 2026
16:00:38 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
AVS Support for AV64 SKU on Azure Elastic SAN
May 04 2026
15:59:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
Azure Reserved VM Instances for select VM series will no longer be available starting July 1, 2026
May 04 2026
15:59:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Compute Blog
Retired Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances Transition Guide
May 01 2026
12:14:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
AI-Accelerated AVM Refactoring: Modernizing Legacy IaC Safely and Swiftly
Apr 30 2026
14:05:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Network Security Blog
Managed Identity support for graphical session recording
Apr 30 2026
04:38:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Architecture Blog
Running Diffusion Models at Scale on AKS
Apr 29 2026
11:35:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Migrating Splunk Logs to Azure Application Insights on VMs
Apr 28 2026
20:30:56 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Connect to Elastic SAN from Windows VM via VM Extension
Apr 28 2026
17:45:04 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Cross-region IPAM pool association in Azure Virtual Network Manager
Apr 23 2026
04:08:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Entra ID Login via Azure Bastion Fails After VM Recreation
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
19:09:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Networking Blog
Private subnets by default in Azure Virtual Networks: What changed and how to use NAT Gateway
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
17:30:14 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Migrating from virtual network-integrated to Private Endpoint-capable network configuration
Apr 22 2026
16:30:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Networking Blog
Azure VNet Data Gateway for Secure Power BI & Power Platform Access in Enterprises
Apr 20 2026
17:30:53 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor supports native OTLP ingestion using the Azure Monitor Agent
Apr 19 2026
18:40:00 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Network Connectivity Check APIs for Logic App Standard
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
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 13 2026
18:45:30 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Managed identity support for graphical session recording
Apr 13 2026
16:00:36 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
StandardV2 NAT Gateway as an outbound type for AKS
Apr 07 2026
19:30:53 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Red Hat OpenShift adds NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPU support
Apr 06 2026
18:00:04 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Network Security Perimeter for Azure Service Bus
Apr 06 2026
11:54:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Gov. and Mgmt Blog
Announcing Public Preview for Essential Machine Management
Apr 03 2026
04:48:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Demystifying On-Demand Capacity Reservations
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
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 23 2026
11:00:00 UTC
GA
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Certificate and Proxy Support for VNET Data Gateway
Mar 23 2026
09:00:00 UTC
GA
Microsoft Fabric Blog
PowerShell Module for Gateways with Expanded Automation Capabilities
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 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 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 02 2026
19:15:14 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Databricks update workspace network configuration
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 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 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
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
Navigating Capacity Challenges on AKS with Node Auto Provisioning or Virtual Machine Node Pools
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 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 12 2026
16:22:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Architecture Blog
Static Egress Gateway in AKS: The Native Way to Control Multiple Outbound IPs
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 12 2025
11:30:27 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
The retirement date for default outbound access has been extended to March 31, 2026.
Dec 11 2025
22:01:00 UTC
Preview
Azure HPC Blog
Azure Managed Prometheus on VM / VMSS
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 21 2025
18:45:18 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Migrate to dedicated VM for your compute clusters
Nov 20 2025
20:22:00 UTC
GA
Azure Networking Blog
Announcing Azure DNS security policy with Threat Intelligence feed general availability
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 19 2025
11:36:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
Introducing Metadata Security Protocol (MSP): Elevating Platform Security for Azure VMs
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
17:01:02 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
Azure Virtual Network Manager address overlap prevention in mesh
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Cross region pool association support for Azure Virtual Network Manager IP address management
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Windows Server 2025 on AKS
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
Azure VNet Flow Log - Filtering
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Network Watcher Topology - AKS Visualization
Nov 18 2025
17:01:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Network Watcher Topology - Agentless Connection Troubleshoot
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
16:00:16 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor unified onboarding experience for AKS and VMs
Nov 18 2025
16:00:16 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
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
Streamline IT governance, security, and cost management experiences with Microsoft Foundry
Nov 18 2025
16:00:16 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Content Understanding in Microsoft Foundry
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
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
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
14:09:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Networking Blog
Azure Virtual Network Manager + Azure Virtual WAN
Nov 13 2025
18:30:39 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Virtual Network Manager UseExisting Mode for UDR management
Nov 13 2025
17:00:24 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Virtual Network Manager peering compliance
Nov 13 2025
17:00:24 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Virtual Network Manager IP Address Management Pool Association Recommendation
Nov 08 2025
08:29:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Azure VNet Flow Logs with Terraform: The Complete Migration and Traffic Analytics Guide
Nov 05 2025
17:00:26 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
ExpressRoute resiliency insights
Nov 05 2025
16:30:07 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
ExpressRoute resiliency validation
Nov 05 2025
12:00:29 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure HBv5-series VMs
Oct 30 2025
16:30:43 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
High Scale Private Endpoints
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 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 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 07 2025
16:30:20 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Firewall Updates - IP Group limit increased to 600 per Firewall Policy
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
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
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 30 2025
13:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Secure Your Data Movement with Copy Job and Virtual Network Data Gateway
Sep 29 2025
13:00:00 UTC
GA
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Virtual Network Data Gateway Support for Fabric Pipeline, Dataflow Gen2 Fast Copy, and Copy Job
Sep 27 2025
00:30:39 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure VMware Solution AV36 Node Retirement on June 30, 2028
Sep 25 2025
17:10:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
Microsoft Azure Introduces Azure Integrated HSM: A Key Cache for Virtual Machines
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 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 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 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
21:00:07 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Multiple address prefixes for subnets in Azure Virtual Networks
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
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Increase security for Azure VMs: Trusted launch in-place upgrade support now available!
Sep 02 2025
18:45:30 UTC
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Sep 02 2025
17:00:13 UTC
GA
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Azure Ultra Disk Price Reduction in West US 2
Sep 02 2025
17:00:13 UTC
GA
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Azure Ultra Disk Price Reduction in Central US
Sep 02 2025
17:00:13 UTC
GA
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Azure Ultra Disk Price Reduction in UK South
Sep 01 2025
15:00:58 UTC
GA
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Azure App Service - New Premium v4 Offering
Aug 31 2025
15:28:00 UTC
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Azure Infrastructure Blog
Container Networking with Azure Application Gateway for Containers (AGC): Overlay vs. Flat AKS
Aug 26 2025
16:00:15 UTC
GA
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CNI Overlay for Application Gateway for Containers and AGIC
Aug 25 2025
20:30:00 UTC
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Azure Gov. and Mgmt Blog
Designing for Certainty: How Azure Capacity Reservations Safeguard Mission-Critical Workloads
Aug 25 2025
16:50:00 UTC
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Announcing more Azure VMware Solution enhancements
Aug 22 2025
19:20:00 UTC
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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
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Azure Migrate now supports migration to disks with Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) redundancy
Aug 20 2025
16:45:09 UTC
Preview
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DCesv6 and ECesv6 series confidential VMs with Intel TDX
Aug 12 2025
13:36:00 UTC
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Apps on Azure Blog
Private Pod Subnets in AKS Without Overlay Networking
Aug 07 2025
16:00:43 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure 128 & 192 vCPU sizes for the Esv6 and Edsv6 series VMs
Aug 06 2025
16:00:45 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Data Box Next Gen is now generally available in additional regions
Aug 06 2025
03:30:15 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Confidential VMs for Azure Linux
Aug 06 2025
03:30:15 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Confidential VMs for Ubuntu 24.04 in AKS
Aug 06 2025
03:30:15 UTC
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Azure Updates
AKS Model Context Protocol (MCP) server
Aug 06 2025
03:30:15 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Virtual Network Verifier for AKS (VNV) for AKS
Aug 05 2025
16:00:50 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Virtual Network Manager mesh now supports 5,000 virtual networks
Aug 01 2025
21:21:00 UTC
GA
Azure Compute Blog
Announcing General Availability of Azure E128 & E192 Sizes in the Esv6 and Edsv6-series VM Families
Aug 01 2025
16:00:17 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backup for Azure VMs
Jul 31 2025
17:15:08 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Live Resize for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra NVMe Disks
Jul 31 2025
17:00:19 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Virtual Network Manager in Azure US Government Cloud
Jul 29 2025
17:00:48 UTC
GA
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Customer-controlled maintenance
Jul 25 2025
10:45:12 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
ExpressRoute - Auto-assigned Public IP for ExpressRoute Gateways
Jul 24 2025
16:46:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Networking Blog
Provide a Flat Network Scaling Solution to AKS - Azure CNI Pod Subnet - Static Block Allocation
Jul 24 2025
16:00:59 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure CNI static block allocation for pod subnet
Jul 23 2025
14:45:55 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Managed Lustre now supports VNet Encryption for in-transit data protection
Jul 22 2025
18:15:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Migration Blog
Azure VMware Solution now available in Spain Central
Jul 17 2025
20:15:19 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
GRS and CRR support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup availability in Norway and Japan
Jul 17 2025
18:00:35 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Virtual Machines node pools support in AKS
Jul 17 2025
18:00:35 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
CLI command for migration from Availability Sets and Basic load balancer on AKS
Jul 17 2025
17:00:17 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Node auto-provisioning support in AKS
Jul 16 2025
12:15:04 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Backup standard policies support for Trusted Launch virtual Machines
Jul 15 2025
16:15:41 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Microsoft Azure Cloud HSM
Jul 14 2025
16:20:00 UTC
GA
Azure Compute Blog
SSD storage account support for Ephemeral OS disks
Jul 11 2025
13:30:24 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Migrate Azure VM backups from standard to enhanced policy