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azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files support in OpenShift Virtualization

Azure Updates

2026-01-27

Azure NetApp Files is now available in Public Preview for OpenShift Virtualization, providing fast VM provisioning, instant cloning, live migration, and scalable storage with predictable performance and enterprise data management for VM workloads.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: 7th generation Intel-based VMs – Dlsv7/Dsv7/Esv7

Azure Updates

2026-01-27

Microsoft announced the public preview of 7th generation Intel-based Azure VMs: Dlsv7, Dsv7 (General Purpose) and Esv7 (Memory Optimized). These v7 instances are powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 (Granite Rapids) processors and are intended to address increasing compute and memory demands on Azure.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Command Launcher for Java

Azure Updates

2026-01-27

Microsoft announced the Public Preview of the Azure Command Launcher for Java at Microsoft Ignite 2025. The launcher is a new JVM launcher optimized for Azure that provides better default ergonomics for Java applications running in containers and virtual machines.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Deployment safeguards – pod security standard support in AKS

Azure Updates

2026-01-22

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now generally available: Pod Security Standards are supported in Deployment Safeguards, enabling centralized enforcement of pod security configurations across clusters.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: StandardV2 NAT Gateway with zone-redundancy and StandardV2 public IPs

Azure Updates

2026-01-22

Azure announces general availability of StandardV2 NAT Gateway with zone-redundancy, improved performance and dual‑stack support, plus GA for StandardV2 Public IP addresses and prefixes — all at the same price as the previous Standard SKU.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Reporting in Playwright Workspaces (part of Azure App Testing)

Azure Updates

2026-01-22

Azure App Testing has made reporting in Playwright Workspaces generally available, delivering an integrated, flexible and collaborative reporting experience to help teams debug Playwright tests more quickly and efficiently.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Load Testing in Switzerland North

Azure Updates

2026-01-22

Azure Load Testing (part of Azure App Testing) is now generally available in the Switzerland North region. The fully managed service lets customers generate high-scale load, run simulations, and more easily identify application performance issues without managing test infrastructure.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Application volume group for Oracle create data protection volume group (API)

Azure Updates

2026-01-22

Azure has made generally available an enhancement to the Application Volume Group for Oracle API that lets you create data protection volumes inside a volume group preserving the same anti-affinity layout as production volume groups, enabling protection copies that mirror production placement and isolation.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure File Sync in Israel Central

Azure Updates

2026-01-21

Azure File Sync is now generally available in the Israel Central region. It lets you tier data from on-premises Windows Servers to Azure Files to support hybrid scenarios and simplify migrations while preserving on-premises file server performance, flexibility, and compatibility.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Ubuntu 24.04 support in AKS

Azure Updates

2026-01-21

Ubuntu 24.04 is now generally available as a node OS on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) beginning with Kubernetes version 1.32. The Ubuntu 24.04 node image on AKS uses containerd 2.0 as the default container runtime. This gives customers a supported, modern OS option when planning OS upgrades for their clusters.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: User delegation SAS for Azure Tables, Azure Files, and Azure Queues

Azure Updates

2026-01-16

Microsoft has announced public preview of User Delegation SAS (user-delegation shared access signatures) for Azure Tables, Azure Files, and Azure Queues, extending support that was previously generally available only for blobs.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Ubuntu 24.04 support in AKS

Azure Updates

2026-01-14

Ubuntu 24.04 is now generally available on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for Kubernetes versions 1.32 and above. Containerd 2.0 is enabled by default, and Ubuntu 24.04 is the default when using the 'Ubuntu' OS SKU on Kubernetes 1.35 and later.