Azure Updates
2026-02-13
AKS now generally supports Kubernetes v1.34. The upstream v1.34 release includes 58 enhancements across feature maturity levels.
2026-02-11
Mid-February 2026 Azure SQL preview adds new Visual Studio Code publishing support for SQL Projects and introduces a Connections Migration dialog to import existing workflows.
2026-02-10
Azure Front Door Premium (public preview) now supports configuring Azure Private Link-enabled origins in the UAE North region.
Azure Databricks Supervisor Agent is now generally available as part of the Azure Databricks Agent Bricks Platform.
2026-02-09
Azure announced a public preview AKS managed add-on for Application Gateway for Containers that automates deployment and lifecycle management of the gateway and its ALB Controller.
2026-02-06
Azure Disk Backup is adding a private preview feature called Vaulted Backups for Azure Disk. It extends current disk protection beyond in-subscription operational snapshots toward storing backups in a vault tier.
Azure Monitor pipeline data transformations is now in public preview, allowing telemetry to be transformed before ingestion into Azure Monitor.
Azure Databricks added support for Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 via Mosaic AI Model Serving.
Microsoft intends to establish a new Azure datacenter region in Thailand called Thailand South, currently in private preview.
Azure DCa/ECa v6 AMD-based confidential VMs are now generally available in 11 additional regions.
2026-02-05
Azure introduced a public preview of the Azure Virtual Network routing appliance for providing private connectivity across virtual networks using a dedicated routing appliance.
Microsoft Foundry now offers Claude Opus 4.6 in public preview, making Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 model available on Azure for enterprise use.