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Microsoft Azure updates and Terraform AzureRM provider.
- Azure Updates datainfraazuregaengineer ·
Azure Elastic SAN Adds CRC32C Checksum Protection
Azure Elastic SAN now supports CRC-32C checksum verification for client connections to Elastic SAN volumes. This feature enhances data integrity by detecting corruption during transit. It can be enabled at volume creation or on existing Elastic SANs, impacting users who require robust data protection.
feature patch - Azure Updates infraazuregaengineer ·
Azure Elastic SAN Capacity Autoscaling GA
Capacity Autoscaling is now generally available for Azure Elastic SAN. This feature allows users to automatically expand SAN capacity based on usage, eliminating the need for manual capacity management and overprovisioning.
feature patch - Terraform AzureRM Provider Releases terraforminfraazurepreviewengineer ·
Terraform Provider AzureRM v4.70.0 Adds Storage Mover Resources
Terraform Provider AzureRM v4.70.0 introduces new resources for managing Azure Storage Movers, including agents and endpoints. Enhancements focus on API version updates for Synapse and Cosmos DB, improved SDK integrations, and added properties for various services like backup policies, bots, dashboards, and NAT gateways. This release also includes fixes for storage account SAS permissions and container app environment stability, impacting engineers managing Azure infrastructure via Terraform.
feature patch - Azure Updates observabilityazuregaengineer ·
Azure Monitor for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes GA
Azure Monitor is now generally available for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes, including support for OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift. This integration enhances monitoring capabilities for hybrid and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments, providing deeper insights into infrastructure and application performance.
feature patch - Azure Updates azurepreviewengineer ·
Azure Arc adds SQL Server on Azure VMs as migration target (preview)
Azure Arc migration now supports SQL Server running on Azure Virtual Machines as a target. This expands migration options beyond Azure SQL Managed Instance, allowing users to move Arc-enabled SQL Server instances to Azure infrastructure using a unified approach.
feature - Azure Updates observabilityazurepreview ·
Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server: Logical replication slot sync status metric (preview)
Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server now offers a public preview of the logical_replication_slot_sync_status metric. This new Azure Monitor metric allows users to track the synchronization status of their logical replication slots, providing better visibility into replication health.
feature patch - Azure Updates dataazuregaengineer ·
Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server now available in Denmark East
Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server is now generally available in the Denmark East region. This expansion provides users in Northern Europe with a new regional option for deploying managed PostgreSQL databases.
feature announcement - Azure Updates securityazuregaengineer ·
Azure Cosmos DB Dynamic Data Masking GA
Azure Cosmos DB's Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) is now generally available. This server-side feature uses policies to dynamically mask sensitive data for non-privileged users, enhancing data protection against unauthorized access.
feature patch - Azure Updates infraazuregaengineer ·
Azure Database for PostgreSQL GA's Premium SSD v2
Premium SSD v2 is now generally available for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. This update offers up to four times higher IOPS and significantly lower latency, providing better price-performance for I/O-intensive workloads. The feature impacts users of Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server requiring enhanced storage performance.
feature patch - Azure Updates networkingazurepreviewengineer ·
Azure Database for PostgreSQL: Migrate to Private Endpoint support
Azure Database for PostgreSQL now supports migrating servers from virtual network-integrated to Private Endpoint-capable configurations. This enables enhanced network security and private connectivity for your PostgreSQL instances, benefiting developers and architects managing sensitive data.
feature - Azure Updates dataazuregaengineer ·
Azure Database for PostgreSQL mirroring now GA in Microsoft Fabric
Enhanced mirroring for Azure Database for PostgreSQL is now generally available in Microsoft Fabric. This feature allows mirroring of native PostgreSQL data types, enabling users to operate workloads at scale with confidence.
feature - Azure Updates observabilityinfraazuregaengineer ·
Azure Monitor pipeline reaches General Availability
Azure Monitor pipeline is now generally available, offering a centralized control point for telemetry ingestion and transformation. This feature is designed for secure, high-throughput, enterprise-scale scenarios and is built on open-source components.
feature patch - Azure Updates securityazuregapreviewengineer ·
Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection now generally available
Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection (ANF ARP) has moved to General Availability. This feature aids organizations in detecting, responding to, and recovering from ransomware attacks targeting cloud volumes by monitoring Azure NetApp Files.
feature patch - Azure Updates observabilityazurepreviewengineer ·
Azure Monitor supports OTLP ingestion via Azure Monitor Agent (preview)
Azure Monitor now supports native ingestion of OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) signals. This allows telemetry to be sent directly from OpenTelemetry-instrumented applications using the Azure Monitor Agent, simplifying data collection into Azure Monitor.
feature - Azure Updates aiazuredatabricksgadata-scientist ·
Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 available on Azure Databricks AI Model Serving
Azure Databricks has launched support for Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 via its AI Model Serving. This integration makes Anthropic's advanced hybrid reasoning model accessible for complex extraction and agentic tasks, benefiting data scientists and engineers working with LLMs on the platform.
feature - Azure Updates infraazuredeprecation ·
Azure Functions runtime v3 on Linux Consumption retired Sep 30, 2026
Azure Functions runtime v3 on Linux Consumption will stop running on September 30, 2026. This enforcement is part of Azure's effort to reduce reliance on legacy infrastructure and focus investments on supported platforms. Function App owners currently using this runtime should migrate to a supported version before the enforcement date.
deprecation - Azure Updates infraazuregaengineer ·
Azure CLI simplifies AKS backup configuration
Azure Backup now supports configuring backups for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters with a single Azure CLI command, reducing manual setup steps. This feature streamlines the process for administrators managing AKS deployments and their backup strategies.
feature patch - Azure Updates infraazuredeprecationengineer ·
Azure Kubernetes Service to retire Ubuntu 22.04 support June 30, 2027
Azure Kubernetes Service will retire support for Ubuntu 22.04 on June 30, 2027. Users must transition to Ubuntu 24.04 or later by this date to avoid service disruptions. Newer versions offer improved kernel updates and security enhancements.
deprecation - Azure Updates azuregapreviewengineer ·
Azure NetApp Files: User and group quota reports now generally available
Azure NetApp Files introduces user and group quota reporting, now generally available after a preview period. This feature provides visibility into capacity management for NFS, SMB, and dual-protocol volumes, benefiting organizations that use individual user and group quotas.
feature patch - Terraform AzureRM Provider Releases terraforminfraazureengineer ·
Terraform Provider AzureRM v4.69.0 adds new resources and enhancements
This release of the Terraform AzureRM provider introduces several new resources including Traffic Manager Profile, Web PubSub, Automation Runtime Environment Package, and Container App Environment Managed Certificate. Enhancements include updated dependencies, exported properties for Kubernetes node pools and storage shares, and expanded permissions for storage account SAS. Bug fixes address parsing inconsistencies for virtual machine disks and properties for private DNS resolver inbound endpoints.
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