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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Firewall Updates - IP Group limit increased to 600 per Firewall Policy

Azure Updates

2025-10-07

Azure Firewall Policy now generally available supports up to 600 IP Groups per policy (previously 200), allowing administrators to simplify and better organize firewall rules by using more IP Groups instead of long IP lists.

azure: [Launched] Generally Avaialbe: Azure NetApp Files short-term clones

Azure Updates

2025-10-07

Azure NetApp Files short-term clones are now generally available. They create temporary thin clones from existing volume snapshots to provide space-efficient, instant read/write access without making full data copies, reducing capacity usage and speeding workflows.

azure: Retirement: Legacy Authentication in Azure Monitor - Container Insights will be retired on September 30, 2026.

Azure Updates

2025-10-07

Azure will retire legacy authentication for Azure Monitor - Container Insights on September 30, 2026; customers should migrate to Managed Identity authentication.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: AI toolchain operator add-on (KAITO) for AKS

Azure Updates

2025-10-07

Microsoft announced general availability of the AI toolchain operator add-on (KAITO) for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). KAITO streamlines deployment of AI inference and fine-tuning workflows using popular open-source frameworks, with vLLM set as the default inference engine to simplify management and scaling of model serving.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-10-06

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now generally supports PostgreSQL minor versions 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, 13.22 and 18 Beta 3; minor-version upgrades are applied automatically during monthly planned maintenance.

azure: Retirement: Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance will be retired on Sep 30, 2026

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance will be retired on September 30, 2026; customers will no longer be able to access the service after that date. Microsoft recommends transitioning to Operations Manager on-premises to continue monitoring on-premises workloads and consulting the retirement documentation for details.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: CLI command for migration from Availability Sets and basic load balancer on AKS

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now provides a generally available Azure CLI command to automatically migrate clusters using Availability Sets and the basic load balancer to the new Virtual Machines node pool and perform the required upgrade. Availability Sets and the basic load balancer are deprecated on September 30, 2025.

azure: Retirement: Azure Static Web Apps database connection feature

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Azure Static Web Apps' database connections feature (currently in public preview) will be deprecated effective November 30, 2025 due to changes in underlying infrastructure. Customers should refactor deployments using this feature to avoid deployment issues.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Cross-tenant customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Azure NetApp Files now generally supports cross-tenant customer-managed keys (CMK) for volume encryption, letting customers use and control their own encryption keys across different Azure tenancies to increase control and flexibility.

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.