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azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL update for early-May 2026

Azure Updates

2026-05-06

Azure SQL added a public preview update in early May 2026 for Business Critical Azure SQL Managed Instance. The change lets you right-size memory to improve performance without overprovisioning.

azure: Retirement: Azure Document Intelligence v3.0 API will be retired on March 30, 2029

Azure Updates

2026-05-06

Azure Document Intelligence v3.0 API will be retired on March 30, 2029. Users should migrate to the latest generally available v4.0 API before that date.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Bulk Restore for Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Backup

Azure Updates

2026-05-06

Azure Backup adds Bulk Restore for Azure Virtual Machines in public preview. Customers can restore up to 100 VMs in a single operation to simplify large-scale recovery.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files enable backup by default

Azure Updates

2026-05-06

Azure NetApp Files now enables backup by default for newly created volumes in public preview. Backups are provisioned automatically at volume creation to simplify setup and improve data protection.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Shell—your new command line for data workflows

Azure Updates

2026-05-06

Azure Cosmos DB Shell is in public preview. It adds a command-line interface for querying, exploring, and managing Cosmos DB data, with agentic capabilities powered by Model Context Protocol (MCP).

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB spherical quantization for improved vector search

Azure Updates

2026-05-06

Azure Cosmos DB now supports spherical quantization in public preview for vector search. It is intended to improve vector indexing speed while maintaining or improving recall and accuracy at scale.

azure: Retirement: Azure Reserved Virtual Machines Instances for select VM series

Azure Updates

2026-05-05

Azure will retire certain Reserved VM Instance options for select VM series starting July 1, 2026. One-year purchases and renewals will stop for listed series, and the notice also indicates broader retirement of one-year and three-year reserved instance offerings for those series.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Application Gateway for Containers managed add-on + AKS Automatic

Azure Updates

2026-05-05

Azure AKS Automatic now supports the managed Application Gateway for Containers add-on in public preview. The update removes a previous limitation that prevented Application Gateway for Containers from being used with AKS Automatic.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Single Volume Snapshots on Azure Elastic SAN

Azure Updates

2026-05-05

Azure Elastic SAN now supports single volume snapshots in general availability. The feature provides incremental, point-in-time backups for individual SAN volumes, storing snapshots within the SAN.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Elastic SAN support for AVS Gen2 Private Cloud

Azure Updates

2026-05-05

Azure Elastic SAN support is now generally available for AVS Gen2 Private Cloud. It simplifies datastore connectivity and configuration by removing the need for an ExpressRoute gateway and using a single Private Endpoint, while also improving performance.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: AVS Support for AV64 SKU on Azure Elastic SAN

Azure Updates

2026-05-05

Azure Elastic SAN datastores are now generally available with AV64 SKUs for Azure VMware Solution. This adds a higher-scale, higher-performance storage option for those deployments.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Cleanup legacy AlternateId usage to ensure continued service

Azure Updates

2026-05-04

Azure identified an issue affecting Teams Phone enablement for the Multi-line (Multiple Number Assignment) feature when customer implementations use ACS AlternateId. The guidance is to clean up legacy AlternateId usage to avoid continued service impact.