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2026 (12)

September (2)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan in Azure Government and China regions

Azure Updates

2026-09-01

Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan is now generally available in Azure Government (Fairfax) and China regions. The plan is intended for cost-effective ingestion and retention of high-volume, verbose logs for compliance and auditing.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan support for Azure tables and plan switching

Azure Updates

2026-09-01

Azure Monitor Logs Auxiliary table plan now supports Azure tables and switching plans, and both capabilities are generally available. The plan is intended for high-volume, low-query logs used for compliance and auditing.

August (10)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Per-disk resiliency for Azure VMs

Azure Updates

2026-08-31

Azure VMs now have a public preview option for per-disk resiliency. By default, Azure still recovers a VM by shutting it down and powering it back on after managed disk connectivity is restored.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Multicloud Interconnect

Azure Updates

2026-08-31

Azure Multicloud Interconnect is now in public preview. It provides managed private connectivity between Azure and supported cloud providers, with AWS as the first provider available in preview.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Workload identity support for Azure Files CSI driver (SMB) in Azure

Azure Updates

2026-08-28

Azure Files CSI driver for AKS now supports workload identity for pod-level authentication to SMB file shares. This adds an alternative to managed identity for accessing Azure Files from pods.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure VM Image Builder in sovereign and air-gapped clouds

Azure Updates

2026-08-28

Azure VM Image Builder is now generally available in Azure Government, China North 3, Azure Government Secret, and Azure Government Top Secret. The service can be used across these sovereign and air-gapped environments with the same managed image-building experience.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Bastion shareable link expiration

Azure Updates

2026-08-26

Azure Bastion shareable links now support an administrator-defined expiration date and time. After expiration, the link can no longer be used to connect.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: IPv6 dual-stack support for Azure Bastion

Azure Updates

2026-08-26

Azure Bastion now supports IPv4 and IPv6 dual-stack configurations in public preview. New Bastion deployments can be configured with both IPv4 and IPv6 public IP addresses.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Connect to AKS clusters using Azure Bastion

Azure Updates

2026-08-26

Azure Bastion integration with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available. It lets customers create a secure tunnel from a local machine through Azure Bastion to an AKS cluster API server.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Introducing Live Reports for Azure SRE Agent

Azure Updates

2026-08-26

Live Reports are now in Public Preview for Azure SRE Agent. They let operations teams create dynamic operational views from SRE Agent conversations and keep them updated with the latest data.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SRE Agent VNet Integration

Azure Updates

2026-08-26

Azure SRE Agent VNet Integration is now generally available. It lets the agent operate within existing network controls such as NSGs, private DNS, and firewall policies.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SRE Agent 30-Day Trial

Azure Updates

2026-08-26

Azure SRE Agent is now generally available with a 30-day trial for new customers. The trial lets users create agents, connect operational tools and data sources, and evaluate the product at their own pace.