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2026 (12)

March (8)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL dashboards with Grafana

Azure Updates

2026-03-11

Azure Database for PostgreSQL now has built-in Grafana dashboards in the Azure portal. The integration uses Azure Monitor, so you do not need a separate Grafana instance to view metrics.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Customer‑managed encryption keys now supported on Premium SSD v2 disks for Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Azure Updates

2026-03-11

Azure Database for PostgreSQL now supports customer-managed keys (CMKs) with Premium SSD v2 disks in public preview. This lets you control encryption of data at rest for workloads using these disks.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SRE Agent with new capabilities

Azure Updates

2026-03-11

Azure SRE Agent is now generally available. The GA release adds new capabilities focused on incident diagnosis, automated response workflows, and improving uptime while reducing operational toil.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Query Profiler in MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code

Azure Updates

2026-03-11

The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code now has Query Profiler in public preview. It lets you capture query and database activity and view it in real time within VS Code.

azure: Retirement: Azure Policy faster enforcement and retirement of login/logout workaround

Azure Updates

2026-03-04

Azure Policy now enforces new and updated Resource Manager mode policy assignments within 5 minutes. As a result, the previously recommended login/logout workaround (used to refresh cached policy state) is being retired.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Draft & Deploy on Azure Firewall

Azure Updates

2026-03-03

Azure Firewall Policy adds a Draft & Deploy workflow that separates editing from deployment to reduce deployment time and operational disruption when updating policies.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks update workspace network configuration

Azure Updates

2026-03-02

Azure Databricks now generally supports updating an existing workspace’s network configuration.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks Lakebase

Azure Updates

2026-03-02

Azure Databricks Lakebase is now generally available as a managed PostgreSQL service designed for OLTP with separated storage and compute.

February (4)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: DCesv6, DCedsv6, ECesv6, and ECedsv6 confidential VMs

Azure Updates

2026-02-27

Azure announced general availability of the DCesv6, DCedsv6, ECesv6, and ECedsv6 confidential VM series based on 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors with Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX).

azure: [Launched] Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in a third Availability Zone in New Zealan North

Azure Updates

2026-02-27

Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in a third Availability Zone in the New Zealand North region.

azure: Retirement: Managed NGINX Ingress with Application Routing Add-on Retiring November 2026

Azure Updates

2026-02-27

Microsoft will retire the Managed NGINX Ingress used by the AKS Application Routing add-on in November 2026 due to the upstream Ingress-NGINX project deprecating and ending updates after March 2026. Microsoft will provide only critical security patches until 30 Nov 2026, after which the controller is unsupported.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now available in Malaysia West, New Zealand North, and Mexico Central

Azure Updates

2026-02-27

Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) is now generally available in three additional Azure regions: Malaysia West, New Zealand North, and Mexico Central.