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2026 (3)

November (1)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Storage Actions adds automatic task updates, execution controls, and case-sensitive matching

Azure Updates

2026-11-02

Azure Storage Actions now automatically propagates task definition updates, adds more execution control, and supports case-sensitive matching for automated data operations across Azure Blob and Data Lake Storage.

October (2)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Support database-level managed identity (including FIC) in Create Database Scoped Credential T-SQL

Azure Updates

2026-10-30

Azure SQL Database public preview adds database-level managed identity support, including federated identity credentials (FIC), for creating database scoped credentials in T-SQL. This lets each database use a user-assigned managed identity to access Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 via external tables and OPENROWSET.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Higher limit of Azure Blob Storage accounts per region per subscription

Azure Updates

2026-10-27

Azure Blob Storage account quotas are now generally available at up to 1,000 standard-endpoint storage accounts per region per subscription, increased from the default 250. This allows more storage accounts to be managed within a single subscription.