Azure Releases
Microsoft Azure updates and Terraform AzureRM provider. New features, breaking changes, security advisories and deprecations - each summarised in plain English and updated continuously.
Tracking 421 Azure releases · Updated
- Azure Updates observabilityazurepreviewengineer ·
Azure Monitor adds native OTLP ingestion preview
Azure Monitor now supports native ingestion of OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) signals through the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA). This allows telemetry to be sent directly from OpenTelemetry-instrumented applications to Azure Monitor. This feature is currently in public preview, enabling developers to streamline telemetry collection from their instrumented applications.
feature announcement - Azure Updates aiazuredatabricksgaengineer ·
Azure Databricks adds Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 via AI Model Serving
Azure Databricks now offers Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 through its AI Model Serving. This integration brings Anthropic's most capable hybrid reasoning model to Azure Databricks users, improving performance on complex extraction and agentic reasoning tasks. The model is now generally available for all Azure Databricks customers.
feature announcement - Azure Updates awsazuregapreviewengineer ·
Azure NetApp Files adds user/group quota reporting
Azure NetApp Files now offers user and group quota reporting, providing visibility into quota limits and used capacity for NFS, SMB, and dual-protocol volumes. This feature helps organizations manage capacity effectively on individual user and group quotas. The reporting capability is now generally available after a preview period.
feature announcement - Azure Updates azuredeprecationeolengineer ·
Azure Batch retiring HBv2, HC, and NP-series VMs
Azure Batch will retire support for HBv2, HC, and NP-series virtual machines on May 31, 2027. This impacts users who currently utilize these specific high-performance computing VM types within their Azure Batch pools. Engineers and architects running HPC workloads should plan to migrate to alternative VM series before the retirement date.
deprecation announcement - Azure Updates securityazuregaarchitectazure-entraazure-key-vault ·
Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks support cross-tenant CMK
Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks now support encryption with customer-managed keys (CMK) stored in a Key Vault in a different Microsoft Entra tenant, achieving general availability. This feature enhances security for organizations managing keys across multiple tenants. It is available for all users and requires no additional prerequisites beyond standard Azure Key Vault and managed disk configurations.
feature announcement - Azure Updates infraazurepreview ·
Azure Site Recovery adds NVMe disk controller support for Windows VMs
Azure Site Recovery now supports replication and disaster recovery for Windows Azure Virtual Machines utilizing NVMe-enabled Generation 2 VM families. This enhancement is critical for workloads that rely on high-performance storage, extending DR capabilities to newer VM series. The feature is currently in public preview and applies to the Azure-to-Azure scenario.
feature announcement - Azure Updates datainfraawsazureengineer ·
Azure Blob Storage: Minimum billable object size for cool tiers
Azure Blob and Data Lake Storage (ADLS) now have a minimum billable object size of 128KiB for cool, cold, and archive tiers. Objects smaller than this size will be billed as if they were 128KiB, potentially impacting costs for small object storage. This change applies to all users of these storage tiers.
announcement patch - Azure Updates dataazuregaengineer ·
Azure Blob/ADLS Smart Tier Now Generally Available
Azure Blob and Data Lake Storage Smart Tier has reached General Availability today. This feature automatically transitions data between hot and cool tiers to optimize costs. It is available in most public cloud regions, excluding Israel Central, Qatar Central, and UAE North. This launch benefits users looking to manage storage expenses more effectively.
feature announcement - Azure Updates infraazuregaengineer ·
Azure File Sync available in new regions
Azure File Sync is now generally available in Belgium Central, Malaysia West, and Indonesia Central. This expansion allows more organizations to leverage the service for hybrid cloud scenarios, including data tiering from on-premises Windows Servers to Azure Files. The service is now accessible to users in these new geographic locations.
feature announcement - Azure Updates securityazurepreviewengineer ·
Azure Bastion adds managed identity support for graphical session recording (preview)
Azure Bastion now supports managed identities for graphical session recording, allowing write access to storage accounts via this authentication method. This enhancement simplifies secure storage configuration for session recordings. It is currently available as a public preview and applies to users managing Azure Bastion deployments.
feature announcement - Azure Updates azuregagovernment ·
Azure Storage Mover GA in Azure Government
Azure Storage Mover is now generally available in Azure Government (US), providing a managed service for migrating large-scale file data. This enables U.S. government customers and partners to securely move their data to Azure Government cloud environments. The service offers a fully managed solution for this migration process.
feature announcement - Azure Updates observabilityazurepreviewengineerazure-aks ·
Azure Monitor previews OpenTelemetry support for AKS applications
Azure Monitor now supports application monitoring on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using OpenTelemetry for instrumentation and data collection. This integration allows leveraging autoinstrumentation with the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry distro. This preview feature enables enhanced observability for Kubernetes workloads on Azure.
feature announcement - Azure Updates observabilityazuredeprecationengineer ·
Azure Managed Grafana Essential SKU to retire March 30, 2027
The Essential SKU for Azure Managed Grafana will be retired on March 30, 2027. Customers currently using this SKU are advised to migrate to the Standard SKU or Azure Monitor Dashboards with Grafana to maintain service continuity. This change impacts users of the Essential tier of the managed Grafana service.
deprecation announcement - Azure Updates infraazurepreviewengineerazure-aks ·
Azure AKS StandardV2 NAT Gateway now in public preview
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports StandardV2 NAT Gateway as an outbound type, enabling zone-redundant connectivity and up to 100 Gbps throughput. This feature is available in public preview for AKS managed or BYO VNets. It also adds IPv6 outbound support for AKS clusters, benefiting SREs and platform engineers managing highly available and performant outbound network traffic.
feature announcement - Azure Updates azurepreviewengineer ·
Azure Migrate adds Azure Files assessment preview
Azure Migrate now supports assessments for Azure Files in public preview, enabling users to plan migrations of on-premises SMB and NFS file shares to Azure Files. This feature helps discover file shares and provides visibility into migration readiness. It is available to customers and partners looking to migrate file storage.
feature announcement - Azure Updates aiazuregaengineer ·
Azure Red Hat OpenShift adds NVIDIA H100/H200 GPU support
Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) now generally available supports NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPU-based Azure Virtual Machine SKUs. This enables customers to run large-scale AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing workloads. The update enhances ARO's capabilities for demanding computational tasks.
feature announcement - Azure Updates networkingazuregaengineer ·
Azure Service Bus general availability of Network Security Perimeter
Network Security Perimeter support for Azure Service Bus has reached general availability. This feature establishes a network boundary around Service Bus namespaces and other Azure PaaS resources, enhancing security by blocking unauthorized public access. The functionality is now production-ready for all users.
feature announcement - Azure Updates infraazurepreviewengineer ·
Azure Network Watcher Rule Impact Analysis enters public preview
Azure Network Watcher now offers rule impact analysis in public preview, allowing users to preview the effects of security admin and NSG rules before deployment. This feature aids in validating rule behavior and identifying potential conflicts. It is available for environments using Network Watcher.
feature announcement - Azure Updates azuredeprecationengineerazure-functions ·
Azure App Service and Functions on Windows ending Python support in 2027
Python support for Azure App Service and Azure Functions running on Windows will be retired on March 31, 2027. After this date, applications using Python on these platforms will stop running, although configurations and content will remain. This change affects users hosting Python applications on Windows-based App Service and Functions instances.
deprecation announcement - Azure Updates azurepreviewdeprecationengineerazure-blob-storage ·
Azure DNS Zone endpoints for Blob storage to be retired March 2027
Azure DNS Zone endpoints for Blob storage, currently in preview, will be retired in March 2027. Customers using these endpoints must transition to Standard endpoints for their blob storage accounts. This change affects users who have deployed or will deploy blob storage with DNS Zone endpoints.
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