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azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Cluster mode for the agentic CLI for AKS

Azure Updates

2026-02-18

AKS agentic CLI adds a public preview “cluster mode” to run diagnostic agents with reduced inherited user permissions and avoid per-user deployments.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Node auto-provisioning support in Azure government and private cloud

Azure Updates

2026-02-18

AKS node auto-provisioning is now generally available in Azure Government and Azure private cloud environments.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Node auto-provisioning enabled clusters in AKS now support LocalDNS

Azure Updates

2026-02-18

AKS clusters using node auto-provisioning can now enable LocalDNS, removing a previous limitation where LocalDNS couldn’t be used with that cluster type.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Encryption at host & disk encryption sets support in node auto-provisioning

Azure Updates

2026-02-18

AKS node auto-provisioning now supports Encryption at Host and disk encryption sets, enabling use in clusters with stricter encryption requirements.

azure: [Launched] General Availability: Instant access support for incremental snapshots of Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk

Azure Updates

2026-02-17

Azure Disk Storage now generally supports instant access for incremental snapshots of Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks, enabling immediate restores to new disks after snapshot creation.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: AKS support for Kubernetes version 1.34

Azure Updates

2026-02-13

AKS now generally supports Kubernetes v1.34. The upstream v1.34 release includes 58 enhancements across feature maturity levels.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-February 2026

Azure Updates

2026-02-11

Mid-February 2026 Azure SQL preview adds new Visual Studio Code publishing support for SQL Projects and introduces a Connections Migration dialog to import existing workflows.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Front Door Premium now supports Azure Private Link origins in UAE North

Azure Updates

2026-02-10

Azure Front Door Premium (public preview) now supports configuring Azure Private Link-enabled origins in the UAE North region.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks Supervisor Agent

Azure Updates

2026-02-10

Azure Databricks Supervisor Agent is now generally available as part of the Azure Databricks Agent Bricks Platform.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Application Gateway for Containers - AKS managed add-on

Azure Updates

2026-02-09

Azure announced a public preview AKS managed add-on for Application Gateway for Containers that automates deployment and lifecycle management of the gateway and its ALB Controller.

azure: [In development] Private Preview: Vaulted Backups for Azure Disk

Azure Updates

2026-02-06

Azure Disk Backup is adding a private preview feature called Vaulted Backups for Azure Disk. It extends current disk protection beyond in-subscription operational snapshots toward storing backups in a vault tier.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Monitor pipeline data transformations

Azure Updates

2026-02-06

Azure Monitor pipeline data transformations is now in public preview, allowing telemetry to be transformed before ingestion into Azure Monitor.