The containerized SAP data connector retired on September 14, 2026 and is unsupported and unmaintained. Existing TLS-compliant agents may continue sending logs through the retired HTTP Data Collector API. Container images will be removed on October 14, 20
In mid-September 2026, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL:Configure soft delete for the Azure SQL logical server. When the logical server is deleted, it goes into a soft deleted state and is self-restorable during the configured
Azure Red Hat OpenShift with hosted control planes is now in public preview. It is a new deployment option for Azure Red Hat OpenShift that runs the OpenShift control plane as a fully managed service, separate from the worker nodes that run customer appli
The PostgreSQL skills and MCP plugin turns supported AI coding assistants into context-aware PostgreSQL experts that can both provide guidance and act on a connected database. The bundled plugin combines expert-curated skills for PostgreSQL and Azure Data
Beginning in early October 2026, Windows App will begin using three new wildcard fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) for client-side service traffic to Azure Virtual Desktop. These domains are already included in the cloud-side connectivity requirements.
Announcing public preview support for HTTP/3 over QUIC on Azure Application Gateway. HTTP/3 is the next evolution of HTTP and uses QUIC to improve connection setup time, reduce latency, and provide better resiliency for modern web applications and APIs. W
Support for Azure Linux with OS Guard in Azure Kubernetes Service will end on December 10, 2026. Azure Container Linux is the replacement for Azure Linux with OS Guard (preview). Starting on December 10, 2026:Users won’t be able to create new Azure Linux
Azure Storage Mover now supports agentless migration of on-premises SMB file shares to Azure Files (SMB), in public preview. You can move file data from Windows Server or NAS shares into Azure without deploying, registering, or maintaining a migration age
Azure Functions Flex Consumption support for TLS/SSL certificates is now generally available through a new site-scoped certificate model. Each function app can hold up to 3 private (.pfx) and 3 public (.cer) certificates uploaded directly, imported from A
Azure Copilot Troubleshooting Agent is now generally available. Troubleshooting Agent is a unified, built-in Azure Copilot capability that helps customers investigate and resolve operational issues faster. Available through both Azure Copilot and Support
Announcing the addition of enhanced secure authentication in Azure Storage that combines the flexibility of user-delegation shared access signature (SAS) with the user-bound access of Entra ID. User-bound user delegation SAS is now generally available for
Azure Ephemeral OS Disk with full caching is now generally available for new virtual machines and Virtual Machine Scale Sets. The capability caches the complete OS image on a VM’s local storage, eliminating remote-storage reads after caching finishes. Thi
Playwright Workspaces in Azure App Testing is now generally available in Switzerland North, Japan East, and Australia East.Playwright Workspaces provides fully managed cloud-hosted browsers for running end-to-end Playwright tests at scale, with parallel e
The Azure Developer CLI (azd) Extension Framework is now generally available. The framework enables developers, teams, and partners to extend Azure Developer CLI with custom capabilities that support their preferred application development workflows.With
Azure Virtual Network Manager IP address management is now generally available in additional regions: US Gov Virginia, US Gov Texas and US Gov Arizona, and China North 3 and China East 3. In complex network environments, managing IP addresses effectively
Azure Front Door’s Web Application Firewall (WAF) now supports profile and route level WAF policy associations in public preview. This gives you more flexibility to apply broad baseline protection across an Azure Front Door profile while using targeted po
We’re happy to announce the public preview of reader endpoint support to simplify connection management when using multiple replicas in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server. A reader endpoint enables automatic load balancing of read-only connection
Customers can now bring Azure Container Apps environments into Microsoft Defender for Cloud’s Serverless Containers Posture experience, helping security teams extend posture management across more of their container estate from a single workflow. This mak
Organizations running Windows-based workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) face increasing pressure to modernize as support timelines for older Windows Server versions approach retirement. To help customers prepare, AKS now offers GA support for Wind
You can now accelerate your containerized workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using Azure Container Registry (ACR) with Artifact streaming. Artifact streaming will allow you to scale your workloads without having to fully wait for images to be pul
Confidential Virtual Machines (CVM) offer strong security and confidentiality for tenants. CVM for Azure Linux in AKS is now generally available and enables node pools with CVM to target the migration of highly sensitive container workloads to AKS without
Align Microsoft Marketplace purchases to your business's accounting needs. Purchase order mapping helps allocate your Microsoft invoice, including Marketplace purchases, making it easier to reconcile your organization's cloud and AI spend. Get supplementa
Azure Firewall’s auto-learn SNAT routes is now generally available, automatically learning registered and private destination prefixes periodically and applying them as No-SNAT ranges to preserve original source IPs and simplify SNAT management.Learn more
Azure Copilot Observability Agent, an AI-powered operational companion in Azure Monitor, is now covering Log Analytics data in Basic and Auxiliary table plans during interactive analysis and deep investigations. Teams can move high-volume telemetry - incl
The Auxiliary table plan in Azure Monitor Logs is a cost-effective option for ingesting and retaining high-volume, verbose logs used for compliance and auditing. Auxiliary Logs is now generally available in the sovereign clouds: Azure Government (Fairfax)
The Auxiliary table plan in Azure Monitor Logs gives you a cost-effective way to ingest and retain high-volume, verbose logs that you keep for compliance and auditing but rarely query. Two highly requested capabilities are now generally available.Auxiliar
Azure automatically recovers a VM when it loses access to an attached managed disk for an extended period. The VM is shut down and powered back on after disk connectivity is restored, with no customer action required. This remains the default behavior.Now
Announcing the public preview of Azure Multicloud Interconnect, a managed service that provides private connectivity between Azure and supported cloud providers, with Amazon Web Services (AWS) available as the first supported provider in preview. As organ
The Azure Files Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports workload identity for pod-level authentication to SMB file shares. Previously, managed identity support in AKS enabled workloads to mount Azure Files w
Overview:Azure VM Image Builder is now generally available in Azure Government, China North 3, Azure Government Secret, and Azure Government Top Secret.You can now use the same managed image-building service across your sovereign and air-gapped environmen