WEEKLY BRIEFING · 19 MAY – 25 MAY 2025 · UTC
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Week 21 sources
Microsoft published 1 Windows KB release (1 out-of-band). No new MSRC release that week. 1 roadmap change, led by Teams (1). 124 Azure updates, including 1 retirement. 2 Windows and security articles from Microsoft blogs.
1Windows KB release
1Roadmap change across 1 product
2Windows and security articles
Windows releases1
Windows and security news2
Product news13
Microsoft Graph · 9
- Teamwork and communications (beta): 3 API change passages22 May
- Device and app management (beta): 1 API change passage22 May
- Education (beta): 2 API change passages21 May
6 more
Azure CLI · 1
- Azure CLI 2.73.019 May
Azure Kubernetes Service · 1
- Release 2025-05-1924 May
Exchange Online PowerShell · 1
Ubiquiti UniFi · 1
Azure updates124
- Generally Available: Inbound Private Endpoint Support for Azure API Management Standard v223 May
- Generally Available: Import from Azure AI Foundry to Azure API Management’s AI Gateway23 May
- Generally Available: Support for AWS Bedrock API in AI Gateway Capabilities in Azure API Management23 May
- Generally Available: Workspace Gateway Autoscaling in Azure API Management23 May
- Public Preview: Applications in Azure API Management23 May
119 more
- Public Preview: New Free Tier in Azure API Center23 May
- Public Preview: Premium v2 Tier for Azure API Management23 May
- Generally Available: Model Context Protocol support in Azure API Management and Azure API Center23 May
- Generally Available: Federated Logging in Azure API Management23 May
- Generally Available: LLM Logging in AI Gateway Capabilities in Azure API Management23 May
- Generally Available: Session Aware Load Balancing in Azure API Management23 May
- Generally Available: Workspace Gateway Metrics in Azure API Management23 May
- Generally Available: Change streams for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore)23 May
- Generally Available: Cross-cloud data governance with Unity Catalog on Azure Databricks23 May
- Generally Available: Versionless customer managed keys in Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server23 May
- Generally Available: Azure Logic Apps Rules Engine22 May
- Public Preview: Build Agentic Business Processes with the Agent Loop in Azure Logic Apps22 May
- Public Preview: Native Integration of Azure Logic Apps with Azure AI Search for RAG Workflows22 May
- Public Preview: New Monitoring and Alerting Capabilities in Azure Integration Environment22 May
- Public Preview: Streamlined Document Ingestion into Azure Cosmos DB with Azure Logic Apps22 May
- Public Preview: Automated Testing Framework for Azure Logic Apps (Standard)22 May
- Generally Available: Microsoft Foundry Agent Service22 May
- Generally Available: New fine-tuning capabilities in Microsoft Foundry22 May
- Retirement: MICROSOFT AZURE OPERATED BY 21VIANET - Action required to migrate to Azure China North 3 region by July 1, 2026 due to China North 1 and China East 1 region retirement22 May
- Generally Available: Azure Traffic Manager SLA raised to 100%21 May
- Generally Available: Natural Language App Code Generation21 May
- Public Preview: GitHub Copilot app modernization capabilities for Java and .NET21 May
- Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-May 202521 May
- Generally Available: GitHub Copilot for Azure21 May
- Generally Available: GRS and CRR support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup availability in more regions21 May
- Generally Available: Improved free Azure SQL Managed Instance offer21 May
- Generally Available: Connected registry in Azure Container Registry (ACR)21 May
- Generally Available: Every AKS version is now long term support (LTS) compatible21 May
- Generally Available: Smart VM defaults in AKS21 May
- Public Preview: Automated deployments support in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager21 May
- Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager now supports DNS-based public load balancing21 May
- Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager now supports placement drift detection and takeover21 May
- Public Preview: Registry-agnostic agentless runtime container vulnerability assessment (Microsoft Defender for Cloud)21 May
- Generally Available: Track AKS supported Kubernetes version regional updates in AKS release tracker21 May
- Public Preview: AI-powered actionable insights in Azure Load Testing21 May
- Public Preview: Recommended services in Azure Portal21 May
- Generally Available: Automated deployments in AKS now supports Azure DevOps (ADO), AKS-ready templates and service connectors21 May
- Generally Available: Core Kubernetes extensions for AKS21 May
- Generally Available: Custom certificate authority support in AKS21 May
- Generally Available: Entity Tags (eTags) for Concurrency Control in AKS21 May
- Generally Available: HTTP proxy can now be enabled on an existing AKS cluster21 May
- Public Preview: AKS security dashboard (Microsoft Defender for Cloud)21 May
- Public Preview: Gating vulnerable deployments in AKS (Microsoft Defender for Cloud)21 May
- Public Preview: Onboarding of individual AKS clusters in Microsoft Defender for Cloud21 May
- Public Preview: Vulnerability assessment and malware detection for AKS nodes (Microsoft Defender for Cloud)21 May
- Generally Available: Send a Custom Event from the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro21 May
- Public Preview: Agentless runtime vulnerability assessment for AKS-owned images (Microsoft Defender for Cloud)21 May
- Public Preview: VM Network Troubleshooter21 May
- Generally Available: Azure Monitor Log Analytics UI query limit increased to 100K records21 May
- Generally Available: Azure Monitor Prometheus community recommended alerts for AKS21 May
- Generally Available: Log Analytics cross-regional Workspace Replication21 May
- Generally Available: Managed Prometheus visualizations and enhanced monitoring experience in Azure Monitor for AKS21 May
- Public Preview: Azure Monitor introduces Prometheus community recommended alerts for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes21 May
- Public Preview: Managed Prometheus visualizations in Azure Monitor for Arc-enabled Kubernetes clusters21 May
- Generally Available: Granular RBAC in Azure Monitor Log Analytics21 May
- Generally Available: Azure Arc enabled Azure Container Apps21 May
- Generally Available: Azure Functions integration with Azure AI Foundry Agent Service21 May
- Generally Available: Dedicated GPU in Azure Container Apps21 May
- Generally Available: Planned maintenance in Azure Container Apps21 May
- Generally Available: Private endpoint support in Azure Container Apps for workload profiles environments21 May
- Public Preview: Azure Container Apps serverless GPUs now support Azure AI Foundry models21 May
- Public Preview: Filtered Vector Search with DiskANN20 May
- Public Preview: Encryption in Transit for Azure Files NFS Shares20 May
- Public Preview: .NET Aspire support on Azure App Service20 May
- Generally Available: New Availability Zone Features for Azure App Service20 May
- Public Preview: Azure App Service - New Premium v4 Offering20 May
- Public Preview: Enhanced Azure Functions experience in Azure Container Apps20 May
- Public Preview: Smarter Troubleshooting in Azure Monitor with AI-powered Investigation20 May
- Private Preview: Customizable Email Subjects for Log Search Alerts V220 May
- Public Preview: Simple Log Alerts in Azure Monitor20 May
- Generally Available: Vaulted Backups by Azure Backup for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server in all regions20 May
- Generally Available: Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk are now available in Indonesia Central20 May
- Public Preview: Foundry Local for on-device AI20 May
- Public Preview: SQL Server 2025 enterprise AI-ready database from ground to cloud19 May
- Public Preview: Throughput buckets in Azure Cosmos DB19 May
- Public Preview: JSON Index19 May
- Public Preview: MSSQL Extension Integrates GitHub Copilot in VS Code19 May
- Public Preview: Per Partition Automatic Failover for Azure Cosmos DB19 May
- Public Preview: Copilot in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2119 May
- Public Preview: Document indexing with Azure Logic Apps and Azure Cosmos DB19 May
- Generally Available: Filtered vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore)19 May
- Generally Available: SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2119 May
- Public Preview: Aggregated diagnostics Logs for Azure Cosmos DB19 May
- Public Preview: At-scale Insights dashboard for Azure Cosmos DB19 May
- Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for mid-May 202519 May
- Public Preview: Network Optimized Azure Virtual Machines - Dnsv6, Dndsv6, Dnlsv6, Dnldsv6, Ensv6 and Endsv619 May
- Public Preview: Durable task scheduler support in Azure Container Apps19 May
- Public Preview: Azure Databricks Azure AI Foundry Connector19 May
- Generally Available: Availability Set support for Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage19 May
- Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB integration in Azure AI Agent Service19 May
- Generally Available: DiskANN in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB19 May
- Generally Available: Microsoft Entra ID for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore)19 May
- Generally Available: Migrate from Azure Cosmos DB Mongo DB RU-based to vCore-based via Azure portal19 May
- Generally Available: Phrase search in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL19 May
- Generally Available: Vector search in DocumentDB19 May
- Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB fleets19 May
- Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB global secondary index19 May
- Public Preview: Fuzzy text search in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL19 May
- Public Preview: Multiple-language full-text search in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL19 May
- Public Preview: Visual Studio Code extension for DocumentDB19 May
- Public Preview: Introducing Azure SRE Agent19 May
- Generally Available: Aspire Dashboard in Azure Container Apps19 May
- Generally Available: Azure Functions support for HTTP streams in Python19 May
- Generally Available: Durable functions v3 in Azure Functions19 May
- Generally Available: OpenTelemetry agent in Azure Container Apps19 May
- Generally Available: SDK type bindings for Azure Blob Storage with Azure Functions in Python19 May
- Public Preview: Azure Functions Flex Consumption now supports availability zones and 512 MB instances19 May
- Public Preview: Empower AI development with new features in Microsoft Dev Box19 May
- Public Preview: Premium Ingress in Azure Container Apps19 May
- Public Preview: SDK type bindings in Azure Functions for Azure Blob Storage, Azure Service Bus, Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Event Hubs19 May
- Generally Available: New regions for Azure Functions Flex consumption19 May
- Public Preview: Azure Functions MCP extension now supports additional capabilities19 May
- Public Preview: Azure Monitor dashboards with Grafana19 May
- Generally Available: Apache AGE extension for Azure Database for PostgreSQL19 May
- Generally Available: DiskANN on Azure Database for PostgreSQL19 May
- Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Azure AI extension managed identity support19 May
- Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Semantic Operators19 May
- Public Preview: Confidential computing for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server19 May
- Public Preview: PostgreSQL extension for Visual Studio Code with GitHub Copilot19 May
Microsoft 365 roadmap1
Teams · 1
Other public updates24
- Dynamics 365 Contact Center - NLU+ for Dynamics 365 Contact Center within Copilot Studio24 May
- Microsoft 365 admin center: Peer benchmark update in Adoption Score for Microsoft 36523 May
- Microsoft Teams: Wifi check-in: automatically update work location by connecting to a Wi-Fi network23 May
- Important Update to the Get-FederationInformation Cmdlet in Exchange Online23 May
- Microsoft Teams: New bilateral chat policy for restricting external group chats to a maximum of two organizations22 May
19 more
- Power Apps – Edit new and existing tables in Plan designer21 May
- Dynamics 365 Project Operations – Use the enhanced quote experience21 May
- New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Add custom sounds for new mail notifications, mail reactions, and Calendar reminders21 May
- Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft OneDrive: Apply watermark to PDFs21 May
- Microsoft Purview | Compliance portal: Timeline view of user activity (preview)21 May
- Microsoft Exchange admin center: New usage report for new Microsoft Outlook for Windows and classic Outlook for Windows21 May
- Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Enable number sequences in expense management21 May
- Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Use financial tags for project sales orders and journals21 May
- Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Edit per diem transaction date, exchange rate in expense management21 May
- Power Automate - Information regarding disablement of the 'How often do you want to look for new items?' setting21 May
- Dynamics 365 Project Operations - Post expenses on the expense report posting date21 May
- Dynamics 365 Project Management – Enhancements to the Expense Reports Re-Imagined feature21 May
- Microsoft OneDrive: New "View and upload" permission for Anyone links to folders20 May
- Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel20 May
- Microsoft Teams: Introducing the Network Strength Indicator19 May
- Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint: Use the table of contents in a PDF to navigate19 May
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: SIEM agents will retire19 May
- Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Custom account icons19 May
- Audit Log Update: Transitioning to Unified Fabric Platform Logging19 May
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