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2026 (12)

November (8)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: On-prem NAS share discovery and assessment are now available using Azure Migrate

Azure Updates

2026-11-02

Azure Migrate added public preview support for discovering and assessing on-premises NAS shares. The feature helps plan migrations of Dell PowerScale (OneFS) and NetApp ONTAP storage to Azure.

azure: Retirement: OT security in Microsoft Defender for IoT

Azure Updates

2026-11-02

Microsoft plans to deprecate the OT security component of Microsoft Defender for IoT. The service will be fully deprecated in October 2029 after a three-year transition period.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Change from virtual network integration to a private endpoint capable network configuration in Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server

Azure Updates

2026-11-02

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now supports changing existing VNet-integrated servers from delegated-subnet networking to a private endpoint-capable network configuration. This gives more flexibility in network design for existing workloads.

azure: Retirement: Azure Fluid Relay

Azure Updates

2026-11-02

Azure Fluid Relay will be retired on February 2, 2027. After that date, the service will be unavailable and workloads depending on it may be disrupted; the Fluid Framework remains available as open source.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Storage Actions adds automatic task updates, execution controls, and case-sensitive matching

Azure Updates

2026-11-02

Azure Storage Actions now automatically propagates task definition updates, adds more execution control, and supports case-sensitive matching for automated data operations across Azure Blob and Data Lake Storage.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Restart databases in Azure SQL DB via the Azure portal

Azure Updates

2026-11-02

Azure SQL Database now supports restarting or failing over databases directly in the Azure portal. This applies to single databases, Hyperscale databases, and databases in elastic pools.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Geo-Replication on partitioned namespaces for Azure Service Bus Premium

Azure Updates

2026-11-02

Geo-Replication for partitioned Azure Service Bus Premium namespaces is now generally available. It lets you use partitioning for throughput while replicating messages and metadata to a secondary Azure region for resilience.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Site Recovery for Azure Local

Azure Updates

2026-11-02

Azure Site Recovery support for Azure Local is now generally available. It lets customers protect supported Windows and Linux virtual machines by replicating them for disaster recovery.

October (4)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Support database-level managed identity (including FIC) in Create Database Scoped Credential T-SQL

Azure Updates

2026-10-30

Azure SQL Database public preview adds database-level managed identity support, including federated identity credentials (FIC), for creating database scoped credentials in T-SQL. This lets each database use a user-assigned managed identity to access Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 via external tables and OPENROWSET.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Large OS Disk Encryption for Azure Confidential VM migrations

Azure Updates

2026-10-29

Large OS Disk Encryption (LOSDE) is now generally available for Azure Confidential VM migration scenarios. It enables migration of larger production workloads with the OS disk fully protected.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: HTTP DDoS ruleset for Azure Front Door Premium WAF

Azure Updates

2026-10-29

Microsoft announced general availability of the HTTP DDoS ruleset for Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) on Azure Front Door Premium. The update adds HTTP-layer DDoS protection to help reduce application downtime from volumetric web attacks.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure MCP Server 3.0

Azure Updates

2026-10-29

Azure MCP Server 3.0 is now generally available. The release expands Azure integration for AI agents and developer tools via the open Model Context Protocol (MCP), including new infrastructure-as-code support through Azure Terraform.