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azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Network egress controls for hosted agents in Microsoft Foundry

Azure Updates

2026-09-18

Microsoft Foundry public preview now supports network egress controls for hosted agents. Customers can define ordered outbound rules by destination host, including wildcard FQDNs like *.contoso.com, with allow or deny actions.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Publishing Microsoft Foundry agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams

Azure Updates

2026-09-18

Publishing Microsoft Foundry agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams is now generally available. This gives Foundry developers a native path to make agents operational in the Microsoft 365 surfaces where users work.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Logical replication slot sync status metric for Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2026-09-18

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now includes a new Azure Monitor metric, logical_replication_slot_sync_status, to track the synchronization status of logical replication slots. It is generally available and lets you monitor whether each logical replication slot is in sync.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: New and improved troubleshooting guides for Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Updates

2026-09-18

Updated troubleshooting guidance is now available for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. The documentation adds expanded diagnostics for high CPU, memory, IOPS, temporary file usage, and autovacuum issues to help identify root causes.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: PG18 support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL elastic clusters

Azure Updates

2026-09-18

Azure Database for PostgreSQL elastic clusters now support PostgreSQL 18. The update is available generally and is intended for new or existing distributed, cloud-scale workloads.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Payments HSM v2

Azure Updates

2026-09-17

Azure Payments HSM v2 is in public preview. It is a highly available, single-tenant payment HSM service for payment processing, credential issuance, PIN processing, key management, and authentication data protection, with exclusive administrative control retained by the customer.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: High-scale mesh in Azure Virtual Network Manager

Azure Updates

2026-09-17

High-scale mesh connectivity with connected groups in Azure Virtual Network Manager is now generally available. In supported regions, a single mesh connectivity configuration can connect up to 3,000 virtual networks by default, with higher scale IP connectivity available.

azure: Retirement Update: SAP container images removed October 14, 2026

Azure Updates

2026-09-16

SAP container images are scheduled for removal on October 14, 2026. The containerized SAP data connector retired on September 14, 2026 and is now unsupported and unmaintained, though existing TLS-compliant agents can still send logs through the retired HTTP Data Collector API.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-September 2026

Azure Updates

2026-09-16

Azure SQL added a public preview for soft delete on logical servers. When a logical server is deleted, it enters a soft-deleted state and can be restored within the configured window.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Red Hat OpenShift with hosted control planes

Azure Updates

2026-09-16

Azure Red Hat OpenShift with hosted control planes is now in public preview. This deployment option separates the OpenShift control plane into a fully managed service from the worker nodes that run customer workloads.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: PostgreSQL skills and MCP plugin for Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Updates

2026-09-16

Microsoft previewed PostgreSQL skills and an MCP plugin for Azure Database for PostgreSQL. The plugin is intended to make supported AI coding assistants context-aware for PostgreSQL and able to provide guidance and perform actions on a connected database.

azure: Announcing: New Windows App client-side endpoints for Azure Virtual Desktop

Azure Updates

2026-09-14

Windows App will start using three new wildcard FQDNs for client-side service traffic to Azure Virtual Desktop beginning in early October 2026. The domains are already part of the cloud-side connectivity requirements.