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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Multitenant Managed Logging in Container Insights

Azure Updates

2025-09-09

Azure announced general availability of Multitenant Managed Logging in Container Insights, letting customers with shared AKS clusters segregate container logs by team so teams can independently manage and access their logs.

azure: Retirement: Microsoft Playwright Testing (Preview) will be retired on March 8, 2026

Azure Updates

2025-09-09

Microsoft Playwright Testing (Preview) will be retired on March 8, 2026. Azure App Testing — introduced last August to unify Azure Load Testing and Microsoft Playwright Testing — is the consolidated testing service for running large-scale functional and performance tests.

azure: Retirement: Operating System (OS) Disks on Standard HDD will be retired on 08 September 2028

Azure Updates

2025-09-08

Microsoft Azure will retire OS disks on Standard HDD on 08 September 2028. The change is part of an effort to align disk offerings with current usage patterns and future investments in disk performance.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Graph Query Language (GQL) in KQL graph semantics

Azure Updates

2025-09-08

Microsoft announced public preview support for the ISO-aligned Graph Query Language (GQL) within KQL graph semantics, enabling GQL queries to run on Fabric Eventhouse and Azure Data Explorer to simplify working with graph data using an industry standard.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift Now Available in UAE Central and US Gov Texas

Azure Updates

2025-09-05

Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now generally available in UAE Central and US Gov Texas regions, expanding managed OpenShift services to the Middle East and southwestern US.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files migration assistant

Azure Updates

2025-09-05

Azure NetApp Files migration assistant (with SnapMirror) is now generally available, enabling efficient, cost-effective migrations to Azure NetApp Files using ONTAP's replication engine.

azure: Retirement: Azure CDN will be retired on December 1 2025 in China

Azure Updates

2025-09-05

Azure CDN will be retired in China on December 1, 2025. Customers should migrate to Azure Front to avoid service disruption; Microsoft will provide support during the transition.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Functions support for Python 3.13

Azure Updates

2025-09-05

Azure Functions now supports Python 3.13 in public preview, and introduces an opt-in runtime version control feature that lets you target specific Functions Python runtime versions when developing locally and deploying to Azure.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: .NET 10 Preview Now Available on Azure App Service

Azure Updates

2025-09-05

Microsoft announced the Public Preview of .NET 10 on Azure App Service for both Windows and Linux, enabling developers to run modern web workloads such as ASP.NET apps, Blazor, and Minimal APIs on the platform.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Multiple address prefixes for subnets in Azure Virtual Networks

Azure Updates

2025-09-04

Azure announced general availability of multiple address prefixes for subnets in Azure Virtual Networks. Subnets previously allowed only a single address prefix, which constrained scale for some applications when address space was exhausted. The GA feature lets subnets hold more than one prefix, enabling larger address ranges and greater flexibility for scaling and IP management.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Upgrade existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Gen2-Trusted launch

Azure Updates

2025-09-04

Azure announced general availability of the ability to upgrade existing Gen1 virtual machines to Gen2-Trusted Launch. The capability enables Trusted Launch on previously deployed Gen1 VMs to improve foundational VM security.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Near-zero-downtime maintenance in Azure Database for MySQL

Azure Updates

2025-09-04

Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server with High Availability (HA) now offers near-zero-downtime maintenance and this capability is generally available. The feature is supported by a new HA architecture and applies to Flexible Server deployments with HA enabled.