| New Azure Batch capabilities | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Monitor for containers now support monitoring of Network configurations with Network Policy Manager (Preview) | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Bing Search APIs will transition from Azure Cognitive Services to Azure Marketplace on 31 October 2023 | Azure Updates | –
Retirement | 31 October 2023 | | 1 |
| Action Required: Migrate to Data Science Virtual Machine Ubuntu 18.04 | Azure Updates | –
Retirement | 1 April 2021 | | 1 |
| Soft delete for Azure file shares is now generally available in all regions | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Automation is now available in Switzerland North region | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Public Preview: Application Insight in Australia Central, Brazil Southeast and Norway East | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Sphere 20.10 Update 1 is now available for compatibility testing | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare is now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Public Preview: Azure Log Analytics in Brazil Southeast and Norway East | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Up to 10 read replicas for MySQL - Flexible Server | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| New region for MySQL - Single Server in Brazil Southeast | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| We’re retiring Azure SQL DB Import-Export Direct Endpoints on 31 October 2023 | Azure Updates | –
Retirement | 31 October 2023 | | 1 |
| Register Your Azure SQL Virtual Machines with SQL Server IaaS Agent extension today | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Single Server now available in Brazil Southeast | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Auditing of Microsoft support operations in Azure SQL DB and Azure SQL MI | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Generate a new function app from an OpenAPI specification | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| General Availability: Azure Spot on Azure Kubernetes Service | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| General Availability: Azure Kubernetes Service support for proximity placement groups | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| App Service extending Dev/Test discounts to Premium SKUs | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Preview: Azure Monitor for containers now support capacity monitoring of Persistent Volume (PV) | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Databricks now available in Switzerland North | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Legacy developer portal in Azure API Management will retire on 31 October 2023 | Azure Updates | –
Retirement | 31 October 2023 | | 1 |
| Community support for PHP 7.4 is ending on 28 November 2022 | Azure Updates | –
Retirement | 28 November 2022 | | 1 |
| Azure Red Hat OpenShift 3.11 will be retired on 30 June 2022 | Azure Updates | –
Retirement | 30 June 2022 | | 1 |
| Action Required: Update to Data Science Virtual Machine Ubuntu 18.04 | Azure Updates | –
Retirement | 31 October 2023 | | 1 |
| Schema Registry for Azure Event Hubs public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Policy to control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Storage now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Microsoft to establish its first datacenter region in Taiwan | Azure Updates | In development | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Backup Price and Meter ID Change - ZA North and ZA West regions of South Africa | Azure Updates | – | October 2020 | | 1 |
| New VM series supported by Azure Batch | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Java 11 support for Azure Functions is now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Zone redundant configuration for Azure SQL DB general purpose tier | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Change in verification code SMS content | Azure Updates | In development | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Site Recovery update rollup 51 - October 2020 | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure API Management updates- October 2020 | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Log Analytics Linux Agent for Fall 2020 now available | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Increased functionalities to 1-click on Azure Data Explorer is now generally available | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Multiple new features for Azure VPN Gateway in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Microsoft plans to establish new cloud datacenter region in Austria | Azure Updates | In development | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Policy for Key Vault now supports keys, secrets, and certificates | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Blob storage lifecycle management now supports blob versions management | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Cognitive Services Translator — Canadian French language text translation now available | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Fluent Bit connector for Azure Storage to support Azure Data Explorer streaming | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure role-based access control (RBAC) for Azure Key Vault data plane authorization is now in preview | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Key Vault Event Grid integration is now available | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Generally available: Azure HPC – CycleCloud 8.1.0 | Azure Updates | – | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Windows Virtual Desktop is now generally available in the Azure Government cloud | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Sphere update 20.10 is now available for compatibility testing | Azure Updates | Launched | October 2020 | | 1 |
| Azure Monitor Log Analytics data export is in public preview | Azure Updates | In preview | October 2020 | | 1 |