| Placement polices now generally available for Azure VMware Solution | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault is now in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure SQL—General availability updates for December 2021 | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Windows Server guest licensing offer for Azure Stack HCI | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: UI Library for Azure Communication Services | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Service configuration management with GitOps | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Cosmos DB: Python SDK async IO support in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Stream Analytics jobs to write to Azure Database for PostgreSQL in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): New toolkit certifications generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Microsoft Defender for Containers adds new capabilities for Kubernetes | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Cache for Redis: Diagnostics for connected clients is generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure HPC Cache now generally available in Germany West Central and US West 3 | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure HPC – CycleCloud 8.2.1 is now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Storage: Secure access to storage account from a virtual network/subnet in any region now in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Storage: Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC) conditions with principal attributes now in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure Communication Services interoperability with Microsoft Teams | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure HDInsight 2018-06-01 preview API will be retired on 30 November 2024 | Azure Updates | – | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Immutable storage with versioning for Blob Storage is now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Monitor containers insights preview version for Azure Red Hat OpenShift v4.x will be retired by 31 May 2022 | Azure Updates | – Retirement | 31 May 2022 | | 1 |
| Azure Machine Learning – December 2021 general availability | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| India Central Availability Zones now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview availability of Virtual Machine restore points | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud: General availability updates for November 2021 | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Public preview updates for November 2021 | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview: FSLogix profiles support for Azure AD-joined VMs for Azure Virtual Desktop | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Measure product effectiveness with new user analytics experience in Application Insights | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| IaaS Agent extension full mode no restart for SQL VMs generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| SQL Server IaaS Agent extension for Linux SQL VMs generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Azure Monitor action rules are now 'alert processing rules' | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Audit Logs of Azure Monitor log queries | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Create AKS clusters without local user accounts | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: AKS auto-certificate rotation | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: AKS node image auto-upgrade | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Communication Services: Short code functionality for SMS now available in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: New capabilities in Network Watcher Diagnostic tools to evaluate AVNM Security rules | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Azure NetApp Files application volume group for SAP HANA | Azure Updates | In preview | November 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | November 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Load Testing now available in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | November 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server: Geo-redundant backup and restore in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | November 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure HDInsight API version updated | Azure Updates | Launched | November 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Data transformation at Export in Azure IoT Central | Azure Updates | Launched | November 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Secure Data Egress via Managed Identity in Azure IoT Central | Azure Updates | Launched | November 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: VPN Gateway NAT | Azure Updates | Launched | November 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Wildcard listener on Application Gateways | Azure Updates | Launched | November 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview refresh: Azure IoT Central REST API new and updated endpoints | Azure Updates | In preview | November 2021 | | 1 |
| Private preview: Root cause analysis, new telemetry, & alerts for SAP NetWeaver in AMS | Azure Updates | In preview | November 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview: New SAP HANA telemetry in AMS | Azure Updates | In preview | November 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability of custom OpenID providers in App Service and Azure Functions | Azure Updates | Launched | November 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Scheduler will be retired on 31 January 2022 | Azure Updates | – Retirement | 31 January 2022 | | 1 |
| In development: New planned datacenter region in Belgium (Belgium Central) | Azure Updates | In development | November 2021 | | 1 |