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azure: Retirement: Azure VPN Gateway support for SSTP Protocol will be retired on March 31, 2027

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Azure VPN Gateway will retire support for the SSTP protocol on March 31, 2027. Microsoft cites limited scalability and suboptimal performance and advises customers to migrate to IKEv2 or OpenVPN, which offer significantly improved capabilities (including support for up to 10,000 connections).

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Support for OpenLDAP, FreeIPA, and Red Hat Directory Server LDAP services

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Azure NetApp Files is in public preview for integration with FreeIPA, OpenLDAP, and Red Hat Directory Server, providing secure LDAP over TLS connectivity for NFSv3 and NFSv4.1 volumes so enterprises can use these directory services for identity management.

azure: Retirement: General Purpose v1 (GPv1) and legacy blob storage accounts

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Microsoft announced the retirement of all General purpose v1 (GPv1) storage accounts — including legacy blob storage accounts — as part of efforts to streamline the Azure Storage portfolio and improve performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: New Health Check infrastructure for Azure Traffic Manager

Azure Updates

2025-10-02

Azure Traffic Manager's new health check infrastructure is now generally available. The update improves the service's resiliency and scalability, and Microsoft is migrating customers to the new probing infrastructure as the rollout progresses.

azure: Retirement: Azure Machine Learning - Data labeling Deprecation

Azure Updates

2025-10-01

Azure Machine Learning's built-in data labeling capability will be retired on September 30, 2026. Customers can continue to use the service until that date but should plan to transition to third‑party data labeling providers before the retirement.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: MSSQL extension integration with Microsoft Fabric

Azure Updates

2025-10-01

The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code is available in public preview with built-in connectivity to Microsoft Fabric SQL databases. A new Fabric option in the Connection Dialog lets developers sign in with Microsoft Entra ID and access Fabric resources directly from VS Code, bringing Fabric SQL into the development workflow.

azure: Retirement: Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) for Linux nodes on AKS to Be Retired by September 30, 2028

Azure Updates

2025-10-01

Azure will retire Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) on Linux nodes in AKS on September 30, 2028. Customers must migrate AKS clusters using NPM to Cilium Network Policy before that date to avoid disruptions.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late September 2025

Azure Updates

2025-10-01

In late September 2025 Azure SQL announced a Public Preview feature that adds immutability to long-term retention (LTR) backups to protect backups from ransomware and tampering.

September (4)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Soft Delete feature in Azure Compute Gallery

Azure Updates

2025-09-30

Azure Compute Gallery now has a Public Preview of a Soft Delete feature that lets you recover accidentally deleted images within a 7-day retention period.

azure: Retirement: Support for Service Connector (preview) on Azure Container Apps will end on March 30th, 2026

Azure Updates

2025-09-30

Microsoft will end support for Service Connector (preview) on Azure Container Apps on March 30, 2026. After that date the preview Service Connector will no longer be supported on Azure Container Apps; consult the original update for details and next steps.

azure: Retirement: NVv4-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on September 30, 2026

Azure Updates

2025-09-30

Microsoft Azure will retire the NVv4-series virtual machines (listed SKUs) on September 30, 2026.

azure: Retirement: Spark Native Connector for Semantic Link

Azure Updates

2025-09-30

Microsoft announces the retirement of the Spark native connector effective October 1, 2025, citing low usage, high maintenance costs, and potential security vulnerabilities; source text is truncated before completing the stated goal.