Changes Microsoft announces – page 68

New and changed items from the Microsoft 365 roadmap and Azure Updates.

ChangeListStatusKey dateMicrosoft updatedVersions
Public Preview: Azure Bastion now supports connectivity to private AKS clusters via tunnelingAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Flexible service level now supports cool accessAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Private Preview: DCesv6 and ECesv6 series confidential VMs with Intel® TDXAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20251
Retirement: Microsoft Sentinel Deprecation in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet AnnouncementAzure Updates–
Retirement
18 August 20261
Retirement: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Deprecation in Microsoft Azure Operated by 21Vianet AnnouncementAzure Updates–
Retirement
18 August 20261
Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - New Pulse customization optionsMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outAugust 20251
Microsoft Teams: Select camera in pre-join and during meetingMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outAugust 20251
Microsoft Purview compliance portal : Insider Risk Management – Bring your own detectionsMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentDecember 20251
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] View Index browser, schema and errors for Custom Connectors on MACMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentAugust 20251
Microsoft Teams: Support for PowerPoint live within Cloud Video Interop (CVI)Microsoft 365 roadmapRolling outAugust 20251
Generally Available: Azure Blob Storage Archive Tier Now in Malaysia WestAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Referenced sources are cited in drafted contentMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outAugust 20251
Generally Available: Azure Files provisioned v2 billing model for SSD (premium)Azure UpdatesLaunchedJuly 20251
Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Collection policies support in IRMMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentSeptember 20251
Generally Available: Azure Databricks connector for Microsoft Power PlatformAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Public Preview: Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra v5.0Azure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in Malaysia WestAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) encryption with customer-managed keyAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Generally Available: Deployment resumption - Azure Automation revised Service and Subscription limitsAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Microsoft Teams: SQL-like commands in the search barMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outAugust 20251
Public Preview: Announcing Tenant-Level Service Health Alerts in Azure MonitorAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Public Preview: Introducing Azure App Testing: Scalable End-to-end App ValidationAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Generally Available: App Service Inbound IPv6 SupportAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Generally Available: Upsert and Script Activity in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics for Azure Database for PostgreSQLAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Generally Available: Private Application Gateway on Azure Application Gateway v2Azure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Generally Available: Azure 128 & 192 vCPU sizes for the Esv6 and Edsv6 series VMsAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Generally Available: Azure Data Box Next Gen is now generally available in additional regionsAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Public Preview: Azure Storage DiscoveryAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Private Preview: Agentic experience for AKS in the Azure CLIAzure UpdatesIn developmentAugust 20251
Public Preview: Managed Namespaces in AKSAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Generally Available: AKS Security DashboardAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Public Preview: Azure Virtual Network Verifier for AKS (VNV) for AKSAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Public Preview: Multiple Standard Load Balancers support in AKSAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Generally Available: Static egress gateway public prefix support in AKSAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Public Preview: Increase ingestion quota for Azure Managed Prometheus with an ARM APIAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Public Preview: LocalDNS for AKSAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Public Preview : Azure Bastion integration with AKSAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Public Preview: AKS Model Context Protocol (MCP) serverAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Generally Available: Control Plane Improvements in AKSAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Public Preview: Web Application Firewall on Application Gateway for ContainersAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Generally Available: Deployment safeguards in AKSAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Public Preview: Encryption in Transit for Azure Files NFS shares in AKSAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Generally Available: Confidential VMs for Ubuntu 24.04 in AKSAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Public Preview: Confidential VMs for Azure LinuxAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Public Preview: Disable HTTP proxyAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Generally Available: Network security perimeterAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Public Preview: Azure Virtual Network Manager mesh now supports 5,000 virtual networksAzure UpdatesIn previewAugust 20251
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Update document sections from new sourcesMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentSeptember 20251
Generally Available: Azure DNS Public Zones DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is now available in our US Gov and China regionsAzure UpdatesLaunchedAugust 20251
Generally Available: Azure Storage Actions is now in 22 more regionsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20251

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