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azure: Retirement: Microsoft Sentinel Deprecation in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet Announcement

Azure Updates

2025-08-20

Microsoft Sentinel in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet is being deprecated due to increasing infrastructure and operational complexity.

azure: Retirement: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Deprecation in Microsoft Azure Operated by 21Vianet Announcement

Azure Updates

2025-08-20

Microsoft is retiring Microsoft Defender for Cloud in the Azure operated by 21Vianet environment due to increasing infrastructure and operational complexity.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Blob Storage Archive Tier Now in Malaysia West

Azure Updates

2025-08-18

The Azure Blob Storage Archive access tier is now generally available in the Malaysia West region, enabling cost-effective storage of infrequently accessed data locally.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Files provisioned v2 billing model for SSD (premium)

Azure Updates

2025-08-15

Azure Files has introduced the provisioned v2 billing model for its SSD (premium) tier, allowing separate provisioning of storage, IOPS, and throughput.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks connector for Microsoft Power Platform

Azure Updates

2025-08-14

The Azure Databricks connector for Microsoft Power Platform is now generally available, enabling seamless integration between Azure Databricks and Power Apps.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in Malaysia West

Azure Updates

2025-08-13

Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server is now generally available in the Malaysia West Azure region.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra v5.0

Azure Updates

2025-08-13

Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra now supports Cassandra 5.0 in public preview, enabling access to the latest features such as improved performance and new indexing capabilities without infrastructure management.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) encryption with customer-managed key

Azure Updates

2025-08-13

Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) now supports encryption with customer-managed keys in public preview, adding to the existing service-managed key encryption.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Deployment resumption - Azure Automation revised Service and Subscription limits

Azure Updates

2025-08-13

Azure Automation will resume deploying revised Service and Subscription limits starting August 11, 2025, to ensure fair resource distribution and improve reliability and performance.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Announcing Tenant-Level Service Health Alerts in Azure Monitor

Azure Updates

2025-08-11

Azure Monitor now offers Tenant-Level Service Health Alerts in preview, allowing notifications for service health issues affecting the entire tenant rather than single subscriptions.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: App Service Inbound IPv6 Support

Azure Updates

2025-08-11

Azure App Service now generally supports inbound IPv6 for multi-tenant apps across all public regions on Basic, Standard, Premium SKUs, Functions Consumption, Functions Elastic Premium, and Logic Apps Standard.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Introducing Azure App Testing: Scalable End-to-end App Validation

Azure Updates

2025-08-11

Azure App Testing is now in public preview, allowing developers and QA teams to perform large-scale functional and performance tests across frameworks such as Playwright, JMeter, and Locust.