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azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Blue-green agent pool upgrade in AKS

Azure Updates

2026-03-25

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now offers a public preview of blue-green agent pool upgrades. The feature creates a parallel node pool with the new configuration so you can validate it before moving workloads, reducing risk from in-place upgrades.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Fabric Mirroring integration for Azure Database for MySQL

Azure Updates

2026-03-25

Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server now has public preview support for Fabric Mirroring integration. It lets you replicate operational MySQL data into Microsoft Fabric in near real time without building or maintaining ETL pipelines.

azure: [Launched] Public Preview: Azure SQL Managed Instance change event streaming

Azure Updates

2026-03-25

Azure SQL Managed Instance now supports public preview of change event streaming (CES), which streams row-level inserts, updates, and deletes to Azure Event Hubs in near real time. Events are published as transactions commit to reduce latency.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: PostgreSQL migration service supports for Google AlloyDB into Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Updates

2026-03-25

Azure Database for PostgreSQL migration service now supports Google AlloyDB as a source. This enables migration and consolidation of PostgreSQL estates from AlloyDB into Azure using secure, reliable workflows.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: PostgreSQL migration service supports compatible EDB workloads into Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Updates

2026-03-25

Azure Database for PostgreSQL migration service now supports EDB PostgreSQL as a source, specifically EDB Postgres Extended Server. This enables migration and consolidation of compatible EDB PostgreSQL estates into Azure using secure, reliable workflows.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Online migration now uses the pgoutput plugin

Azure Updates

2026-03-25

Azure online PostgreSQL migrations now use the pgoutput plugin for generally available online (minimal-downtime) migration. The change is intended to improve reliability, performance, and compatibility with PostgreSQL logical replication.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Custom time zone support for pg_cron via cron.timezone in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Updates

2026-03-25

Azure Database for PostgreSQL now supports changing the cron.timezone server parameter for pg_cron. This lets scheduled jobs be evaluated and run in a specified time zone instead of the default.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Container network metrics filtering for AKS

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

Azure Container Networking Services (ACNS) for AKS now supports container network metrics filtering in general availability. This lets operators reduce metric volume and focus on operationally relevant data.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: AI Agent for container networking troubleshooting

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

Azure has a public preview of an AI Agent for container networking troubleshooting. It provides a lightweight web-based interface to help correlate logs and metrics for Kubernetes networking incidents.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Cross-cluster networking in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager is adding cross-cluster networking in public preview. The update targets networking across multiple Kubernetes clusters to improve global service discovery, performance, and observability in distributed microservice environments.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: AKS managed GPU metrics in Azure Monitor

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

AKS public preview adds managed GPU metrics for NVIDIA GPU-enabled node pools. The metrics are exposed automatically into managed Prometheus, giving teams GPU performance and utilization visibility alongside Kubernetes metrics.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Container network logs in AKS

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) container network logs are now generally available. The feature adds visibility into pod/network traffic to help diagnose Kubernetes networking issues and failures.