Azure Updates

Azure previews, launches and retirements, most recently updated first. We keep each version of an update.

ChangeFeedStatusUpdatedVersions
Public Preview: JWT validation with Azure Front Door Auth PolicyAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Generally Available: Azure Front Door mutual TLS authenticationAzure UpdatesLaunched1
Public Preview: Auto scaling of ingestion limits in Azure Monitor workspaceAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Public Preview: SQL performance monitoring for Azure SQL Managed InstanceAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Public Preview: Rate limit grouping for Azure Front Door Premium WAFAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Public Preview: Distributed accelerator for cloud storage on AKSAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Generally Available: Azure Functions support for .NET 11Azure UpdatesLaunched1
Public Preview: Azure Front Door adds native gRPC supportAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Generally Available: Azure Front Door edge actionsAzure UpdatesLaunched1
Public Preview: Azure Route Server dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 supportAzure Updates–1
Retirement: Support for .NET 8 and .NET 9 on Static Web Apps is ending November 10, 2026Azure Updates–1
Public Preview: Modernize Arc-enabled Windows Servers with Azure File SyncAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Generally Available: Azure Front Door TLS key exchange policy with post-quantum supportAzure UpdatesLaunched1
Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL stable REST API version 2026-10-01Azure UpdatesLaunched1
Generally Available: Route maps for Azure Route ServerAzure Updates–1
Public Preview: Azure Firewall IPv6 now supports application rulesAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Retirement: Transition to Entra ID (formerly known as Azure AD) to query data from Azure Monitor application insights by March 31, 2027Azure Updates–1
Public Preview: Multi-disk crash-consistent VM restore points for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks on VMs with SCSI disk controllerAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Public Preview: JWT validation for Application Gateway for ContainersAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Public Preview: MCP gateway for Application Gateway for ContainersAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Public Preview: Private ingress for Application Gateway for ContainersAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Public Preview: Advanced capacity insights are now available in Azure Storage DiscoveryAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Public Preview: Extend immutability for PITR backups for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed InstanceAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Generally Available: Enhanced Azure Site Recovery support for VMSS FlexAzure UpdatesLaunched1
Public Preview: On-prem NAS share discovery and assessment are now available using Azure MigrateAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Retirement: OT security in Microsoft Defender for IoTAzure Updates–1
Generally Available: Change from virtual network integration to a private endpoint capable network configuration in Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible serverAzure UpdatesLaunched1
Retirement: Azure Fluid RelayAzure Updates–1
Generally Available: Azure Storage Actions adds automatic task updates, execution controls, and case-sensitive matchingAzure UpdatesLaunched1
Generally Available: Restart databases in Azure SQL DB via the Azure portalAzure UpdatesLaunched1
Generally Available: Geo-Replication on partitioned namespaces for Azure Service Bus PremiumAzure UpdatesLaunched1
Generally Available: Azure Site Recovery for Azure LocalAzure UpdatesLaunched1
Public Preview: Support database-level managed identity (including FIC) in Create Database Scoped Credential T-SQLAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Generally Available: Large OS Disk Encryption for Azure Confidential VM migrationsAzure UpdatesLaunched1
Generally Available: HTTP DDoS ruleset for Azure Front Door Premium WAFAzure UpdatesLaunched1
Generally Available: Azure MCP Server 3.0Azure UpdatesLaunched1
Announcing: Migrate Azure Container Apps logging destination from Log Analytics to Azure MonitorAzure Updates–1
Public Preview: Cross Tenant Restore with Azure BackupAzure UpdatesIn preview1
Generally Available: Marketplace private offer enhancementsAzure UpdatesLaunched1
Generally Available: Higher limit of Azure Blob Storage accounts per region per subscriptionAzure UpdatesLaunched1