| Private preview: NVIDIA GPU Acceleration for Apache Spark™ in Azure Synapse Analytics | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Stack HCI now available in China | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Stack HCI 60-Day Free Trial Now Available | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure ExpressRoute: 5 New Peering Locations Available | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Public Preview: Azure Percept DK May (2105) software update is available | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Virtual Desktop web client to end support for Internet Explorer 11 on September 30, 2021 | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Generally available: Azure Health Bot adds new regions and languages for it’s systems checker | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Stream Analytics: 5 new regions are now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: IoT Hub service API support for Azure Active Directory based access control | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure Key Vault SLA raised to 99.99% | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Sphere 21.05 will not be released - 21.06 coming in June | Azure Updates | – | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Action Required: Migrate your Azure Blockchain Service data by 10 September 2021 | Azure Updates | – Retirement | 10 September 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview of Azure VPN Client for macOS | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: VNET peering support for Azure Bastion | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure API Management updates - May 2021 | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Purview now supports Private Endpoints in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Application Gateway Mutual Authentication | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Static Web Apps is now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Azure Database for MySQL– Flexible Server: Announcing SSL enforcement and minimum TLS version choice | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Zone redundant storage (ZRS) option for Azure managed disks in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| The public preview of Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supported in new regions | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server: PowerShell Module in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability | Azure NetApp Files : Application Consistent Snapshot tool (AzAcSnap) | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Announcing lower pricing for provisioned throughput on Azure Ultra Disks | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Capacity calculator with Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) managed PgBouncer in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server with managed PgBouncer in preview | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure DevOps updates for May 2021 | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure IoT Central new and updated features—April 2021 | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Enable Azure Site Recovery (ASR) while creating Azure Virtual Machines | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Storage — Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC) now available for preview | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Prevent Shared Key authorization for an Azure Storage account | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Append blob support in Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Multiple features for Azure VPN Gateway | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Custom Translator—May new features, improvements and bug fixes | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Backup: Operational backup for Azure Blobs is now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure Log Analytics UI updates May 2021 | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Data Share Preview API versions will no longer be supported starting August 1, 2021 | Azure Updates | – Retirement | 1 August 2021 | | 1 |
| New NPv1 virtual machines are now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview: AKS support for Secrets Store Container Storage Interface | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Blob storage—NFS 3.0 protocol support public preview now expands to all regions | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure Maps- new Gen2 pricing model available | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Security Center: General availability updates for April 2021 | Azure Updates | Launched | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for April 2021 | Azure Updates | In preview | May 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Sphere version 21.04 is now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | April 2021 | | 1 |
| Microsoft Azure Web PubSub service now in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | April 2021 | | 1 |
| Azure Site Recovery now supports Azure Policy in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | April 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure Site Recovery now supports cross-continental disaster recovery for 3 region pairs | Azure Updates | Launched | April 2021 | | 1 |
| General availability: Set up Azure Site Recovery with proximity placement groups across hybrid and cloud disaster recovery scenarios | Azure Updates | Launched | April 2021 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Application Insight in South India and West Central US | Azure Updates | In preview | April 2021 | | 1 |