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azure: [Launched] Generally Avaailable: Azure SQL updates for early December 2025

Azure Updates

2025-12-17

In mid-December 2025 Azure SQL introduced an Activity Log capability for Azure SQL Database serverless that identifies causes that auto-resume serverless workloads, helping customers troubleshoot and optimize access patterns.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Use Azure SRE Agent with Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Updates

2025-12-17

Microsoft has announced a public preview of the Azure Cosmos DB Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Agent. Built on the Azure SRE Agent platform, the agent is intended to simplify diagnosing and resolving issues for applications that use Azure Cosmos DB by streamlining telemetry and troubleshooting workflows.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection

Azure Updates

2025-12-16

Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection (ANF ARP) is now in Public Preview. ANF ARP is designed to help organizations proactively detect, respond to, and recover from ransomware threats on Azure NetApp Files cloud volumes by monitoring volumes.

azure: [In preview] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files cross-zone-region replication (CZRR)

Azure Updates

2025-12-16

Azure NetApp Files cross-zone-region replication (CZRR) is now generally available. CZRR builds on existing cross-region and cross-zone replication capabilities to let you replicate volumes both across Azure regions and across availability zones within a region, providing a combined solution for improved disaster recovery and resiliency.

azure: Update: The retirement date for default outbound access has been extended to March 31, 2026.

Azure Updates

2025-12-12

The retirement date for default outbound access has been extended to March 31, 2026. This change aligns with the broader Azure Virtual Network (VNet) update and replaces the previously communicated September 30, 2025 date. The provided excerpt is truncated before describing what starts on March 31, 2026.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Databricks Dashboard subscriptions now support Microsoft Teams

Azure Updates

2025-12-11

Azure Databricks dashboard subscriptions can now deliver insights directly into Microsoft Teams (Public Preview), bringing timely, actionable data into team workflows and reducing the need to separately check dashboards.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Sphere OS version 25.12 is now available for evaluation

Azure Updates

2025-12-11

Azure Sphere OS version 25.12 is now available for evaluation in the Retail Eval feed. The release contains no customer-facing changes but includes significant under-the-hood build system modifications and is provided for evaluation and testing.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: FIPS compliant mode for Application Gateway V2 SKUs

Azure Updates

2025-12-09

Azure Application Gateway V2 SKUs are now generally available with a FIPS 140-2 compliant mode, allowing customers to use FIPS-validated cryptographic modules to help meet US government and regulatory cryptography requirements.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Zonal placement for Azure file shares Azure Files Premium LRS in select regions.

Azure Updates

2025-12-05

Zonal Placement for Azure Files Premium LRS is now generally available in select regions, allowing you to pin storage accounts to a specific availability zone for explicit control over zone locality, improved high availability, fault isolation, and more predictable behavior.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Mistral Large 3 in Foundry

Azure Updates

2025-12-04

Mistral Large 3, a frontier-class open-weight model licensed under Apache 2.0, is now available in Microsoft Foundry on Azure in Public Preview, offering enterprise-grade reliability, long-context comprehension, and multimodal reasoning suitable for production use.

azure: [Launched] Generally Availaible: Azure MCP Server support for Azure confidential ledger

Azure Updates

2025-12-04

Azure has announced general availability of MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server support for Azure Confidential Ledger. The MCP Server enables streamlined management of Azure resources, including Confidential Ledger, via natural-language prompts, simplifying interactions and operational workflows.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Serverless workspaces in Azure Databricks

Azure Updates

2025-12-04

Azure Databricks now offers Serverless workspaces in Public Preview — a fully managed workspace option that includes preconfigured serverless compute and default storage to provide an enterprise-ready SaaS experience with minimal infrastructure management.