Azure

October 2026

• Thu 8 Oct Issues and security Service incident · Azure: Active -Azure Data Factory – Pipeline/Activity Failures, Delays & Timeouts – UK South
• Thu 8 Oct Issues and security Service incident · Azure: Active -Azure Data Factory – Pipeline/Activity Failures and Timeouts – UK South
• Thu 8 Oct Issues and security Service incident · Azure: Active -Azure Data Factory – Pipeline/Activity Failures and Timeouts – UK South
• Thu 8 Oct Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Microsoft Dev Box will be retired on September 18, 2028
• Thu 8 Oct Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Azure Deployment Environments will be retired on February 22, 2027
• Thu 8 Oct New and changed features Azure update · Announcing: Multiparty private offers in Microsoft Marketplace expands to Hong Kong
• Thu 8 Oct New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in East US 3
• Thu 8 Oct New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Agent 365 integration with Azure API Management
• Thu 8 Oct New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Exceptions in WAF for Azure Application Gateway and Azure Front Door
• Thu 8 Oct New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Managed StandardV2 NAT Gateway for AKS
• Thu 8 Oct New and changed features Product news · A closer look at noise reduction in Stacks What-If
• Thu 8 Oct New and changed features Product news · Azure Key Vault and BYOK: Lessons Learned
• Wed 7 Oct New and changed features Azure service tags published · Publication 421: 55 tags changed
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.australiaeast
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.belgiumcentral
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.canadaeast
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.centralindia
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.centralus
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.centraluseuap
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.eastasia
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.eastus2
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.eastus3
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.eastus
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.germanywc
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.indiasouthcentral
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.israelcentral
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.malaysiawest
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.newzealandnorth
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.northcentralus
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.polandcentral
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.southcentralus2
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.southcentralus
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.southeastus
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.southwestus
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.spaincentral
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.swedencentral
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.switzerlandn
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.uksouth
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.usstagee
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.westcentralus
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.westeurope
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud.westus2
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureCloud
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureFrontDoor.Backend
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureFrontDoor.Frontend
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureMonitor.CentralUS
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureMonitor.EastUS2
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureMonitor.EastUS
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureMonitor.WestUS2
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureMonitor
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · AzureSentinel
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · DataFactory.WestEurope
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · DataFactory
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · DataFactoryManagement
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · PowerBI.AustriaEast
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · PowerBI.BelgiumCentral
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · PowerBI.ChileCentral
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · PowerBI.DenmarkEast
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · PowerBI.EastUS2EUAP
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · PowerBI.MalaysiaWest
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · PowerBI.NorwayWest
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · PowerBI.SwedenCentral
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · PowerBI.TaiwanNorthwest
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · PowerBI.WestUS2
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · PowerBI
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · Storage.AustraliaEast
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · Storage.SouthCentralUS2
• Wed 7 Oct Requirements and endpoints Azure service tag changed · Storage.SouthwestUS
• Wed 7 Oct New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Enabling the Bulk admin role for SQL Server on Linux
• Wed 7 Oct New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Anyscale on Azure
• Tue 6 Oct Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Azure App Service on Azure Stack Hub
• Tue 6 Oct Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Support for Java 8, 11 and 17 will end on September 1, 2027
• Tue 6 Oct Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Always Encrypted with Intel SGX Enclaves
• Tue 6 Oct Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Pod name dimension in AKS pod platform metrics
• Tue 6 Oct New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: AKS on bare metal now on Ubuntu
• Mon 5 Oct New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines in Azure Bleu
• Mon 5 Oct New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Azure HorizonDB expands to additional regions
• Mon 5 Oct New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Backup for PostgreSQL flexible server and elastic cluster (v2)
• Mon 5 Oct New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: IPv6 Support for Application Gateway WAF
• Mon 5 Oct New and changed features Azure update · Announcing: Table discovery in OneLake Catalog search
• Fri 2 Oct New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Major version upgrades (MVU) for Azure Database for PostgreSQL elastic clusters
• Thu 1 Oct Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on October 31, 2029
• Thu 1 Oct New and changed features Product news · Scaling distributed AI infrastructure with Azure’s ExpressRoute and AI Points of Presence (AI PoPs)
• Thu 1 Oct Issues and security Product Terms · Microsoft Azure — Product Terms

September 2026

• Wed 30 Sep Issues and security Service incident · Azure: Active - Multiple services experiencing connectivity issues in multiple regions
• Wed 30 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: SQL performance monitoring for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
• Wed 30 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Dv3, Dsv3, Ev3, and Esv3 Azure VMs
• Wed 30 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Ubuntu 26.04 support in AKS
• Wed 30 Sep New and changed features Azure update · Announcing: Azure canvases for GitHub Copilot
• Wed 30 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: NVv3-series Azure Virtual Machines
• Wed 30 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: NVv4-series Azure Virtual Machines
• Wed 30 Sep Issues and security Incident review · Mitigated- Multiple services experiencing connectivity issues in multiple regions
• Tue 29 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Azure IoT Central will be retired on September 20, 2029
• Tue 29 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Microsoft HPC Pack
• Tue 29 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Azure Arc enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager will be retired September 30, 2029
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server in Germany West Central
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server Available in Italy North
• Tue 29 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Functions on Azure Container Apps V1
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Automatic Zone Placement for Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for late-September 2026
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server supports cross-tenant customer-managed keys (CMK)
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Migrate directly from Azure Arc to Azure SQL Database, including Hyperscale
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public preview: Script-based deployment for SQL Server on Linux Azure VM
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: SQL Server on Azure Local Disconnected (ALDO)
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: SQL Server support on Azure Local connected mode
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-September 2026
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Database DevOps in SSMS powered by SQL projects
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Serverless auto-pause and auto-resume
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: SQL Performance Monitoring for Azure SQL Database
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: SQL Formatter
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: SQL Migration Agent Skills for assessment, migration, and validation
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Performance monitoring for Azure Arc–enabled SQL Server
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Ultra Disk
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Long-term retention (LTR) v2 for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Storage optimized Lasv5 and Laosv5 Azure VM series
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft SQL Agent Skills
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Support for large volume breakthrough mode
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Storage with cool access enhancement
• Tue 29 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview : Microsoft entra kerberos authentication for Azure NetApp Files
• Tue 29 Sep Issues and security Incident review · Mitigated - Intermittent request failures and increased latency across Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, and Cognitive Services
• Mon 28 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL Managed Instance updates for late-September 2026
• Mon 28 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Vector search and vector indexes in Azure SQL
• Mon 28 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Luxembourg - Azure Extended Zones
• Mon 28 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL Dev Hub
• Mon 28 Sep New and changed features Product news · Open Sourcing the Azure Policy Linter!
• Fri 25 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Azure HorizonDB supports PostgreSQL 18
• Fri 25 Sep New and changed features Windows news · CoreDNS in AKS: service discovery, upstream DNS, and failover
• Thu 24 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Azure Communication Services (ACS) standalone services will be retired on September 30, 2028
• Thu 24 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Instant Access for VM restore points
• Wed 23 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Support for PowerShell 7.4 ends on November 10, 2026
• Wed 23 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Support for .NET 8 and .NET 9 ends on November 10, 2026—upgrade your apps to .NET 10
• Wed 23 Sep New and changed features Product news · Catalyst: Frontier stories of AI Infrastructure innovation
• Tue 22 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Flex Nodes for AKS
• Tue 22 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Support for Node.js 22 ends on April 30, 2027
• Tue 22 Sep New and changed features Product news · Azure Local Storage: Choose the Architecture That Fits Your Business
• Tue 22 Sep New and changed features Product news · Expanding access to specialized GPU infrastructure through Dapple and Azure
• Mon 21 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Introducing a Guided Copilot Experience for Building Azure Apps in VS Code
• Mon 21 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7.6
• Mon 21 Sep Install and upgrade Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Sphere OS version 26.09 is now available
• Fri 18 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Foundry Routines in Foundry Agent Service
• Fri 18 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Logical replication slot sync status metric for Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server
• Fri 18 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: New and improved troubleshooting guides for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Fri 18 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: PG18 support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL elastic clusters
• Fri 18 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Mdsv4 and Msv4 Series Virtual Machines for SAP
• Fri 18 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Publishing Microsoft Foundry agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams
• Fri 18 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Network egress controls for hosted agents in Microsoft Foundry
• Fri 18 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Enable and disable controls for Microsoft Foundry agents in Agent 365
• Fri 18 Sep New and changed features Product news · Automating Azure VM Image Baking and Validation with Packer and Azure DevOps
• Fri 18 Sep New and changed features Product news · FinOps-Ready Azure Landing Zone - Part 2
• Thu 17 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Payments HSM v2
• Thu 17 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: High-scale mesh in Azure Virtual Network Manager
• Thu 17 Sep New and changed features Product news · Automating Private Endpoint DNS Across Azure Tenants with Azure Policy and Azure Lighthouse
• Wed 16 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement Update: SAP container images removed October 14, 2026
• Wed 16 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: PostgreSQL skills and MCP plugin for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Wed 16 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-September 2026
• Wed 16 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Red Hat OpenShift with hosted control planes
• Wed 16 Sep New and changed features Product news · Deploying Custom Images and Implementing CI/CD for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Tue 15 Sep New and changed features Product news · Public Preview Annoucement: Azure Policy Custom Policy Versioning!
• Mon 14 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: HTTP/3 over QUIC support in Azure Application Gateway
• Mon 14 Sep New and changed features Azure update · Announcing: New Windows App client-side endpoints for Azure Virtual Desktop
• Fri 11 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Agentless migration of on-premises SMB file shares to Azure Files (SMB)
• Fri 11 Sep Retirements and dates Azure update · Retirement: Azure Linux with OS Guard in Azure Kubernetes Service
• Thu 10 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: TLS/SSL certificate and end-to-end TLS encryption support for Azure Functions Flex Consumption
• Thu 10 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Copilot Troubleshooting Agent
• Thu 10 Sep New and changed features Product news · Workload Orchestration in the Azure portal is now available: Deploy in minutes, scale with ease
• Wed 9 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: User-bound user delegation SAS for Azure Storage
• Wed 9 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Ephemeral OS Disk with full caching for VM/VMSS
• Tue 8 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Developer CLI (azd) Extension Framework
• Tue 8 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Playwright Workspaces in Australia East, Japan East, and Switzerland North
• Thu 3 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager IPAM in additional Azure regions
• Wed 2 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Reader Endpoint for Azure Database for MySQL
• Wed 2 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Front Door profile and route level WAF policies
• Wed 2 Sep New and changed features Product news · Automating Compliance Scope Enforcement with Azure Policy
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Purchase order mapping available in Microsoft Marketplace
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan in Azure Government and China regions
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan support for Azure tables and plan switching
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Windows Server 2025 on AKS
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Artifact Streaming on AKS
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Confidential VMs for Azure Linux
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Copilot Observability Agent supports Basic and Auxiliary table plans
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Defender for Cloud support for Azure Container Apps (Serverless Containers Posture)
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Firewall auto-learn SNAT routes
• Tue 1 Sep New and changed features Product news · Active Directory Domain Services modules on Microsoft Learn
• Tue 1 Sep Issues and security Product Terms · Microsoft Azure — Product Terms

August 2026

• Mon 31 Aug New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Per-disk resiliency for Azure VMs
• Mon 31 Aug New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Multicloud Interconnect
• Mon 31 Aug Issues and security Security news · One SOC, Many Tenants: Centralizing Microsoft Sentinel with Azure Lighthouse
• Sun 30 Aug New and changed features Product news · Advanced Windows Firewall
• Fri 28 Aug New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure VM Image Builder in sovereign and air-gapped clouds
• Fri 28 Aug New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Workload identity support for Azure Files CSI driver (SMB) in Azure
• Wed 26 Aug New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: Introducing Live Reports for Azure SRE Agent
• Wed 26 Aug New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SRE Agent VNet Integration
• Wed 26 Aug New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SRE Agent 30-Day Trial
• Wed 26 Aug New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Bastion shareable link expiration
• Wed 26 Aug New and changed features Azure update · [In preview] Public Preview: IPv6 dual-stack support for Azure Bastion
• Wed 26 Aug New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Connect to AKS clusters using Azure Bastion
• Wed 26 Aug New and changed features Product news · Maia 200: Software-defined dataflow and all-Ethernet networking for efficient inference on Azure
• Tue 25 Aug New and changed features Azure update · [Launched] Generally Available: Azure 248 and 372 vCPU sizes for D/E v7 series VMs
• Tue 25 Aug New and changed features Azure update · Announcing: Aspire 13.5 has shipped
• Tue 25 Aug New and changed features Product news · Azure Copilot Introduces Direct Access to Agents

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