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December (11)

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.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Blob Storage SFTP - Resumable Uploads

Azure Updates

2025-12-04

Azure Storage Blob SFTP now generally available with resumable uploads, allowing interrupted or partially transferred files to be reopened and the remaining content appended so transfers can continue without restarting from zero.

azure: Retirement: Remove dependency on these Azure ML SDKs before June 30, 2026

Azure Updates

2025-12-03

AzureML SDK V1 will reach end of life on June 30, 2026. The SDKs that operate with V1 — azureml-train-core, azureml-pipeline, azureml-pipeline-core, azureml-pipeline-internal, and azureml-pipeline-steps — will also be retired and should be removed as dependencies before that date.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Update pg_squeeze to version 1.9.1 in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-12-03

The pg_squeeze extension is now generally available at version 1.9.1 for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server, and you can upgrade your instance to this version.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: The ip4r extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-12-03

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now supports the ip4r extension (Generally Available). ip4r provides efficient storage and indexing for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and ranges and can be installed on Flexible Server instances.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: The credcheck extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-12-03

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now supports the credcheck extension (general availability), which enforces password and credential validation policies directly within PostgreSQL.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in Belgium Central

Azure Updates

2025-12-03

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server is now generally available in the Belgium Central region, enabling customers to deploy managed PostgreSQL Flexible Server instances in that Azure region.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Load Balancer bandwidth metrics now support Protocol dimension

Azure Updates

2025-12-03

Azure Load Balancer bandwidth metrics are now generally available with a new metric dimension named Protocol. Byte, Packet, and SYN Count metrics in the Azure portal include the Protocol dimension (TCP traffic shown as Protocol=6), enabling protocol-level metric views.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Perth - Azure Extended Zones

Azure Updates

2025-12-01

Microsoft announced general availability of the Perth Azure Extended Zone — a small-footprint Azure extension in the Perth metro area designed to support low-latency and data residency workloads.

November (1)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Managed Identity support in Network Watcher VNET flow log, traffic analytics and packet capture

Azure Updates

2025-11-25

Azure Network Watcher now has public preview support for using Managed Identities with VNET flow logs, Traffic Analytics, and packet capture, enabling identity-based authentication to store and analyze network traffic data without relying on storage account keys.