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December (3)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in Belgium Central

Azure Updates

2025-12-03

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server is now generally available in the Belgium Central region, enabling customers to deploy managed PostgreSQL Flexible Server instances in that Azure region.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Load Balancer bandwidth metrics now support Protocol dimension

Azure Updates

2025-12-03

Azure Load Balancer bandwidth metrics are now generally available with a new metric dimension named Protocol. Byte, Packet, and SYN Count metrics in the Azure portal include the Protocol dimension (TCP traffic shown as Protocol=6), enabling protocol-level metric views.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Perth - Azure Extended Zones

Azure Updates

2025-12-01

Microsoft announced general availability of the Perth Azure Extended Zone — a small-footprint Azure extension in the Perth metro area designed to support low-latency and data residency workloads.

November (9)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Managed Identity support in Network Watcher VNET flow log, traffic analytics and packet capture

Azure Updates

2025-11-25

Azure Network Watcher now has public preview support for using Managed Identities with VNET flow logs, Traffic Analytics, and packet capture, enabling identity-based authentication to store and analyze network traffic data without relying on storage account keys.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Claude Opus 4.5 Available in Microsoft Foundry

Azure Updates

2025-11-24

Claude Opus 4.5 is available in public preview on Microsoft Foundry for Azure customers, introducing improvements in coding, agentic workflows, and enterprise productivity with upgraded performance and versatility.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure File Sync in New Zealand North

Azure Updates

2025-11-24

Azure File Sync is now generally available in the New Zealand North region, enabling customers to tier data from on-premises Windows Servers to Azure Files for hybrid scenarios and simplified migration while preserving on-premises file server performance and compatibility.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Entra ID support for RDP connections

Azure Updates

2025-11-24

Azure Bastion now supports Microsoft Entra ID authentication for RDP connections to Windows VMs directly in the Azure portal (public preview). This allows users to authenticate with their Entra ID identity instead of using local VM credentials.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Regex support in T-SQL

Azure Updates

2025-11-24

Microsoft announced general availability of native regular expression (regex) support in T-SQL. The feature is available in Azure SQL and SQL Server 2025, enabling advanced pattern matching directly in queries to simplify code, improve maintainability, and reduce external dependencies.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure MCP Server for Azure Database for MySQL

Azure Updates

2025-11-24

Azure MCP Server is now generally available with support for Azure Database for MySQL, allowing AI agents and applications to interact with MySQL data using natural language via the open Model Context Protocol (MCP).

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

Azure Updates

2025-11-24

Azure Load Testing (part of Azure App Testing) is now generally available in the Italy North region, allowing customers there to run high-scale load tests and simulations to find performance bottlenecks.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Custom handler support in Azure Functions Flex consumption

Azure Updates

2025-11-21

Azure Functions now has generally available support for custom handlers on the Flex consumption plan, enabling lightweight HTTP-based handlers written in any language to receive events from the Functions host.

azure: Retirement: Migrate to dedicated VM for your compute clusters

Azure Updates

2025-11-21

Azure is retiring Low-Priority VMs on September 30, 2025. Azure Machine Learning will continue supporting them until March 31, 2026, and customers are advised to migrate their compute clusters to dedicated VMs to prevent automatic scale-down and service disruption.