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 29 2026
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Accelerate modern Linux workloads with Azure Files
Jun 24 2026
19:00:43 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Application Gateway for Containers - Inference gateway
Jun 22 2026
21:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
More resilient Spark jobs with Efficient Scaledown
Jun 22 2026
17:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Fabric Blog
Improve performance for Python UDFs and complex data types in Microsoft Fabrics Native Execution Engine
Jun 22 2026
16:30:01 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure VMware Solution AV36 Node Retirement now on September 30, 2028
Jun 22 2026
15:45:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Boost performance with NFS nconnect on Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution
Jun 22 2026
15:20:00 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
How Many Copies of Each Layer Does Your Container Registry Actually Need?
Jun 17 2026
18:00:18 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Migrate - GitHub Copilot Modernization integration for at scale code assessments
Jun 15 2026
07:37:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
From File Data to AI-Powered Knowledge Pipelines using Azure NetApp Files object REST API
Jun 15 2026
07:37:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
From Enterprise File Storage to an AI-Ready Data Foundation using Azure NetApp Files and OneLake
Jun 15 2026
07:37:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Bringing Enterprise File Data to Users with Azure NetApp Files, Microsoft Foundry, and M365 Copilot
Jun 15 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
Deploy Anyscale on Azure with Terraform: a step-by-step guide
Jun 11 2026
19:00:41 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
GPv1 and Legacy Blob storage account creation
Jun 11 2026
19:00:41 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
D-series, Ds-series, Dv2-series, Dsv2-series, and Ls-series Virtual Machines for Azure Batch pools
Jun 11 2026
19:00:41 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Av2-series, F-series, Fs-series, Fsv2-series, G-series, Gs-series, and Lsv2-series Virtual Machines for Azure Batch pools
Jun 11 2026
16:15:07 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Load Balancer Inbound NAT rule version 1 for Azure VMSS (aka Inbound NAT Pools)
Jun 10 2026
00:00:00 UTC
GA
AKS Engineering Blog
App Routing Gateway API is GA: Here's a Demo
Jun 08 2026
23:45:02 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Minimum billable object size for cooler storage tiers
Jun 08 2026
18:15:14 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure NC RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition v6 Series Virtual Machines
Jun 08 2026
18:00:23 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Premium SSD v2 disks now support non-zonal Azure Virtual Machines
Jun 08 2026
17:15:43 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Site Recovery support for Linux Azure VMs with NVMe disk controllers.
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 04 2026
19:15:11 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Microsoft Foundry IQ
Jun 03 2026
19:15:46 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Belgium Central
Jun 03 2026
18:15:04 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
Announcing: Confidential Live Migration for Intel TDX confidential VMs in Azure
Jun 03 2026
12:28:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
File share migrations simplified with Azure Copilot Migration Agent
Jun 02 2026
22:00:05 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Secure, Modern Access to Azure Files on macOS with MS Entra ID
Jun 02 2026
21:30:23 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
File share centric management model (Microsoft.FileShares) for Azure Files
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
20:56:00 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Anyscale on Azure: Powering Enterprise AI at Massive Scale on Azure Kubernetes Service
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
19:30:00 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
What's new in Azure Kubernetes Service at Microsoft Build 2026
Jun 02 2026
19:30:00 UTC
Preview
Apps on Azure Blog
Announcing Anyscale on Azure public preview: Powered by Ray on AKS
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
OmniVec, an open-source embedding toolkit for Azure
Jun 02 2026
19:00:47 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager for Arc-enabled clusters
Jun 02 2026
19:00:47 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Managed system node pools in AKS Automatic
Jun 02 2026
19:00:47 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Anyscale on Azure
Jun 02 2026
19:00:47 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Speech SDK 1.50 for Azure AI Speech
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
Image translation inside Office documents for batch document translation
Jun 02 2026
19:00:47 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Image file translation for batch document translation in Azure AI Translator
Jun 02 2026
19:00:47 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Improved PDF batch document translation in Azure AI Translator
Jun 02 2026
18:55:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Secure, Modern Access to Azure Files on macOS with MS Entra ID
Jun 02 2026
18:55:00 UTC
GA
Azure Storage Blog
Simpler, scalable file share management in Azure - now generally available
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 02 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
AKS Engineering Blog
Announcing the public preview of AKS on bare metal
Jun 02 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
Scaling multi-node LLM inference with NVIDIA Dynamo-Grove on AKS (Part 4)
Jun 01 2026
18:30:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Automatic OS Image Upgrades for VMSS Flex
Jun 01 2026
18:05:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Kubernetes Center: Security & LTS/Out-of-Support Version Insights Now Available
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 28 2026
05:30:31 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Application Gateway for Containers - Service Mesh integration with Istio
May 22 2026
15:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
From Scale to Breakthrough: Azure NetApp Files Sets a New Cloud Benchmark for EDA Performance
May 22 2026
10:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Powering multi-cluster workloads with seamless cross-cluster networking for Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager
May 22 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Powering multi-cluster workloads with seamless cross-cluster networking for Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager
May 21 2026
22:00:20 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Entra-only identities with Azure Files
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
21:54:00 UTC
Preview
Apps on Azure Blog
Announcing Public Preview of Argo CD extension in AKS Azure Portal Experience
May 20 2026
21:54:00 UTC
Preview
Apps on Azure Blog
Announcing Public Preview of Argo CD extension on AKS Azure Portal experience
May 20 2026
17:00:39 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Schedule one-time or recurring migrations with Azure Storage Mover
May 20 2026
17:00:39 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Storage Mover Blob-to-Blob migration
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
16:00:11 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Mock runs for Azure Storage Actions - Validate before you execute
May 19 2026
15:00:07 UTC
Notice
Azure SDK Blog
Eliminate LLM Cold starts: Load models up to 6x Faster with Azure Blob Storage and Run:AI Model Streamer
May 19 2026
10:08:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Rundeck - AWS Enterprise Rundeck Integration with Azure Runner
May 19 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure Files Entra-Only identities: Advancing cloud-native identity and security
May 18 2026
18:00:18 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Application Insights Auto-instrumentation for Azure Kubernetes Service apps
May 18 2026
08:27:00 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Getting Started with OpenSearch on AKS with AKS AVM and Helm
May 15 2026
18:15:26 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Blob Storage SDK for Rust
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
18:09:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Foundry Blog
NVIDIA Dynamo on AKS - Autoscaling LLM Inference
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
23:45:17 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor dashboards with Grafana in Public, Government (Fairfax) and China
May 12 2026
02:57:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Azure Arc AKS Explained: Run Kubernetes Beyond Azure Cloud
May 11 2026
20:42:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Action required: Kerberos RC4 hardening may affect Azure Files Active Directory Domain Services
May 11 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
Apply Copy Fail and DirtyFrag CVE mitigations at-scale using Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager
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
15:30:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Arc Blog
Introducing cert-manager for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes: now in Public Preview
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
17:30:03 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Application Gateway for Containers managed add-on + AKS Automatic
May 05 2026
16:00:38 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
AVS Support for AV64 SKU on Azure Elastic SAN
May 05 2026
16:00:00 UTC
Notice
Microsoft Sentinel Blog
Extending Sentinel Data Integration: Azure Blob Storage Support for CCF Connectors
May 04 2026
17:45:58 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Functions durable task scheduler Consumption SKU
May 04 2026
16:05:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Modernizing Azure Virtual Desktop with Nerdio and Azure Files
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
20:29:00 UTC
GA
Azure Networking Blog
Metrics Filtering and Log Aggregation Now GA for Advanced Container Networking Services
May 01 2026
20:29:00 UTC
GA
Azure Networking Blog
High-Fidelity Network Observability at Scale- ACNS Metrics Filtering and Log Aggregation Now GA
May 01 2026
12:14:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
AI-Accelerated AVM Refactoring: Modernizing Legacy IaC Safely and Swiftly
May 01 2026
00:49:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
AHEAD helps us launch the Strategic Azure Storage Services Partner Program
Apr 30 2026
18:00:11 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Prefix-scoped access for User Delegation SAS
Apr 30 2026
17:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Storage Blog
Prefix-scoped access for User Delegation SAS is now generally available for Azure Blob Storage
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
16:58:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Building an Enterprise-Grade SQL Platform on Kubernetes using Crossplane and Azure PostgreSQL
Apr 29 2026
11:35:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Migrating Splunk Logs to Azure Application Insights on VMs
Apr 28 2026
21:30:30 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Container Network Insights Agent
Apr 28 2026
20:30:56 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Connect to Elastic SAN from Windows VM via VM Extension
Apr 28 2026
12:23:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Istio-Based Weighted Traffic Management on AKS for Enterprise Workloads
Apr 24 2026
18:15:17 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
WireGuard In-Transit Encryption for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Apr 23 2026
16:45:55 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes with OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift
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
18:34:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Compute Blog
AI-Powered Downtime Investigation for Azure VMs: Automating Root Cause Analysis
Apr 22 2026
07:31:00 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
NFS Permission Denied in Azure App Service on Linux: What It Means and What to Do
Apr 22 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
Securing Argo CD with Microsoft Entra ID: A Step-by-Step Guide
Apr 20 2026
17:57:00 UTC
GA
Azure Storage Blog
Secure, Keyless Application Access with Managed Identities - Now GA in Azure Files SMB
Apr 20 2026
17:30:53 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor supports native OTLP ingestion using the Azure Monitor Agent
Apr 20 2026
09:49:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Simplify On-prem File share Migration to Azure: Discover & assess suitability using Azure Migrate
Apr 19 2026
18:25:00 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
AKS App Routing's Next Chapter: Gateway API with Istio
Apr 17 2026
20:31:00 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Autonomous AKS Incident Response with Azure SRE Agent: From Alert to Verified Recovery in Minutes
Apr 17 2026
17:15:04 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Configure AKS backup using a single Azure CLI command
Apr 17 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
Control AI spend with per-application token rate limiting using Application Network and agentgateway
Apr 16 2026
21:05:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Networking Blog
Introducing the Container Network Insights Agent for AKS: Now in Public Preview
Apr 16 2026
20:30:13 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Kubernetes Service support for Ubuntu 22.04
Apr 16 2026
07:50:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Gov. and Mgmt Blog
Announcing One-Command Backup Configuration for AKS with Azure Backup
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
17:15:38 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Encrypt Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks with Cross Tenant Customer Managed Keys
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
17:15:47 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Smart tier (Azure Blob and Data Lake Storage)
Apr 14 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Optimize object storage costs automatically with smart tier-now generally available
Apr 13 2026
23:45:31 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure File Sync in Belgium Central, Malaysia West, and Indonesia Central
Apr 13 2026
18:45:30 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Managed identity support for graphical session recording
Apr 13 2026
18:00:56 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Storage Mover now available in Azure Government (US)
Apr 13 2026
17:45:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Granular Encryption-in-Transit Controls for SMB and NFS on Azure Files
Apr 13 2026
17:45:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Monitor AKS applications with OpenTelemetry and Azure Monitor
Apr 13 2026
16:00:36 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
StandardV2 NAT Gateway as an outbound type for AKS
Apr 10 2026
16:37:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Service Mesh-Aware Request Tracing in AKS with Istio and Application Insights
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 08 2026
17:30:02 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Files assessments are now available using Azure Migrate
Apr 08 2026
17:30:02 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Observability in AKS Namespace and Workload Views
Apr 08 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
Turn your agents into AKS experts: Agent Skills for AKS
Apr 08 2026
00:00:00 UTC
GA
AKS Engineering Blog
Azure Container Storage v2.1.0: Now GA with Elastic SAN
Apr 07 2026
19:30:53 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Red Hat OpenShift adds NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPU support
Apr 07 2026
17:45:41 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Disable HTTP proxy in AKS
Apr 07 2026
17:00:23 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Pod CIDR expansion in AKS
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
12:15:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Architecture Blog
Secure HTTP-Only AKS Ingress with Azure Front Door Premium, Firewall DNAT, and Private AGIC
Apr 03 2026
04:48:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Demystifying On-Demand Capacity Reservations
Apr 03 2026
03:46:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
DevSecOps on AKS: Governance Gates That Actually Prevent Incidents
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 02 2026
17:34:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Architecture Blog
AKS cluster with AGIC hits the Azure Application Gateway backend pool limit (100)
Apr 02 2026
16:30:09 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
AzureDnsEndpoints for Azure storage accounts will be retired March 2027
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
09:57:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
Unlocking AI-Ready Unstructured Data at Scale with Komprise and Azure
Apr 01 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
Optimizing RDMA performance for AI workloads on AKS with DRANET
Mar 31 2026
17:30:08 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Event Grid provides new capabilities for smarter, more secure event-driven architectures
Mar 31 2026
17:30:08 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
User delegation SAS for Azure Tables, Azure Files, and Azure Queues
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
21:30:50 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Deprecation of sidecar for remote-write for Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus
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 30 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
AKS Control Plane Enhancements
Mar 30 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
Control where your pods land on AKS with NAP
Mar 27 2026
00:33:00 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Unit Testing Helm Charts with Terratest: A Pattern Guide for Type-Safe Validation
Mar 25 2026
20:00:39 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Blue-green agent pool upgrade in AKS
Mar 24 2026
23:00:18 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Container network metrics filtering for AKS
Mar 24 2026
21:45:26 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
AI Agent for container networking troubleshooting
Mar 24 2026
18:30:36 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Cross-cluster networking in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager
Mar 24 2026
18:30:36 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
AKS managed GPU metrics in Azure Monitor
Mar 24 2026
18:15:48 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Container network logs in AKS
Mar 24 2026
18:15:48 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Container Storage v2.1.0 now with Elastic SAN integration and on demand installation
Mar 24 2026
17:30:29 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Application Network
Mar 24 2026
17:30:29 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Application routing with meshless Istio in AKS
Mar 24 2026
17:30:29 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Monitor Prometheus community recommended alerts for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes
Mar 24 2026
01:27:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Infrastructure Blog
Synchronizing Azure Storage Across Isolated Private Endpoint Networks
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 22 2026
18:50:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Networking Blog
Announcing public preview: Cilium mTLS encryption for Azure Kubernetes Service
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
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
AKS Engineering Blog
Announcing Gateway API support for App Routing (preview)
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
18:30:34 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Entra ID-Based Access for Azure Blob Storage SFTP
Mar 16 2026
18:15:54 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Flatcar Container Linux for AKS (preview)
Mar 16 2026
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
AKS Engineering Blog
Scaling multi-node LLM inference with NVIDIA Dynamo and NVIDIA GPUs on AKS (Part 3)
Mar 13 2026
03:37:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Storage Blog
Enterprise Identity Meets Secure File Transfer: Entra ID Public Preview on Azure Blob Storage SFTP
Mar 12 2026
21:15:25 UTC
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Azure Updates
Azure Storage Mover enables private data transfers from AWS S3 to Azure Blob
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
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Azure Compute Blog
Upcoming Compute API Change: Always return non-null securityType
Mar 08 2026
19:19:00 UTC
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Azure Architecture Blog
Stop Burning Money in Azure Storage
Mar 06 2026
00:00:00 UTC
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AKS Engineering Blog
Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) with NVIDIA virtualized GPU (vGPU) on AKS
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
00:00:00 UTC
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AKS Engineering Blog
Running more with less: Multi-instance GPU (MIG) with Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) on AKS
Mar 02 2026
00:00:00 UTC
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Announcements Blog
Instant access incremental snapshots: Restore without waiting
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 27 2026
21:45:03 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Managed NGINX Ingress with Application Routing Add-on Retiring November 2026
Feb 27 2026
17:30:41 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now available in Malaysia West, New Zealand North, and Mexico Central
Feb 26 2026
19:45:06 UTC
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Azure Updates
Restrict usage of user delegation SAS to an Entra ID identity
Feb 26 2026
07:15:00 UTC
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Azure Storage Blog
Restrict usage of user delegation SAS to an Entra ID identity
Feb 26 2026
00:30:50 UTC
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Azure Updates
Secure ingestion and pod placement for Azure Monitor pipeline
Feb 25 2026
20:31:00 UTC
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Integration on Azure Blog
How to Access a Shared OneDrive Folder in Azure Logic Apps
Feb 23 2026
18:15:17 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Windows Server Annual Channel (preview)
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 20 2026
16:06:00 UTC
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Apps on Azure Blog
Regional Endpoints for Geo-Replicated Azure Container Registries (Private Preview)
Feb 20 2026
01:37:00 UTC
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Apps on Azure Blog
Seamless Migrations From Self Hosted Nginx Ingress To The AKS App Routing Add-On
Feb 18 2026
18:00:55 UTC
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Azure Updates
Cluster mode for the agentic CLI for AKS
Feb 18 2026
18:00:55 UTC
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Azure Updates
Unified tooling in the AKS MCP server
Feb 18 2026
17:15:17 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Node auto-provisioning support in Azure government and private cloud
Feb 18 2026
16:45:58 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Node auto-provisioning enabled clusters in AKS now support LocalDNS
Feb 18 2026
16:30:06 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Encryption at host & disk encryption sets support in node auto-provisioning
Feb 18 2026
09:22:00 UTC
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Azure Storage Blog
Azure Migrate: Now Supporting Premium SSD V2, Ultra and ZRS Disks as Targets
Feb 17 2026
17:00:32 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Instant access support for incremental snapshots of Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk
Feb 17 2026
09:30:00 UTC
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Azure Compute Blog
Automatic zone balance for Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Feb 13 2026
00:30:15 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
AKS support for Kubernetes version 1.34
Feb 13 2026
00:00:00 UTC
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AKS Engineering Blog
Scaling Anyscale Ray Workloads on AKS
Feb 11 2026
15:29:00 UTC
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Apps on Azure Blog
Beyond iptables: Scaling AKS Networking with nftables and Project Calico
Feb 09 2026
19:45:45 UTC
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Azure Updates
Application Gateway for Containers - AKS managed add-on
Feb 09 2026
19:43:00 UTC
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Integration on Azure Blog
Azure Arc Jumpstart Template for Hybrid Logic Apps Deployment
Feb 06 2026
23:00:02 UTC
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Azure Updates
Vaulted Backups for Azure Disk
Feb 06 2026
15:45:00 UTC
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Azure Infrastructure Blog
Announcing Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) support for Existing VM SKUs
Feb 06 2026
15:04:00 UTC
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Azure Infrastructure Blog
Announcing Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) support for Existing VM SKUs
Feb 06 2026
09:25:00 UTC
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Azure Infrastructure Blog
Azure Blob Tiering: Clarity, Truths, and Practical Guidance for Architects
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
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AKS Engineering Blog
Deploying KubeVirt on AKS
Feb 05 2026
21:45:03 UTC
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Azure Updates
Azure virtual network routing appliance
Feb 05 2026
03:11:00 UTC
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Azure Infrastructure Blog
AKS Tenant Migration: Considerations and Approach
Feb 04 2026
20:00:42 UTC
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Azure Updates
Azure NetApp Files Elastic zone-redundant service level
Feb 04 2026
11:23:00 UTC
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Azure Compute Blog
Azure Automated Virtual Machine Recovery: Minimizing Downtime