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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Logic Apps Standard Automated Test Framework

Azure Updates

2025-09-03

Microsoft announced the general availability of the Azure Logic Apps Standard Automated Test Framework, which enables developers and teams to build, test, and maintain enterprise-grade workflows by creating unit tests for workflow definitions.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Organizational Templates in Azure Logic Apps

Azure Updates

2025-09-03

Azure Logic Apps now has a public preview of Organizational Templates, enabling teams to create, share, and reuse automation patterns inside their organization to standardize integrations at scale.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Expanded support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in Azure API Management

Azure Updates

2025-09-03

Azure API Management is in public preview with expanded support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), adding MCP support in v2 SKUs and the ability to expose existing MCP-compliant servers to simplify connecting APIs and AI agents.

ai: What’s new in Azure AI Foundry | August 2025

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-09-03

August 2025 update for Azure AI Foundry: GPT-5 is available, Model Router adds GPT-5 support, Responses API reaches general availability, Browser Automation enters public preview, and there are additions and updates including Sora, Mistral Document AI, FLUX image models, OpenAI gpt-oss with Foundry Local, plus SDK and documentation improvements.

azure: Retirement: Confidential VM SKUs DCesv5, DCedsv5, ECesv5, ECedsv5 SKUs

Azure Updates

2025-09-02

Microsoft is retiring the Confidential VM SKUs DCesv5, DCedsv5, ECesv5, and ECedsv5. These SKUs will be succeeded by the next-generation DCesv6 and ECesv6 sizes, which were recently announced in public preview.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Ultra Disk Price Reduction in West US 2

Azure Updates

2025-09-02

Azure has launched a generally available price reduction for Ultra Disks in the West US 2 region. Ultra Disks are Azure's highest-performance block storage offering, providing consistent sub-millisecond latency and very high throughput/IOPS, and the price cut lowers storage costs for demanding enterprise workloads in that region.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Ultra Disk Price Reduction in Central US

Azure Updates

2025-09-02

Azure has made a price reduction for Ultra Disks in the Central US region generally available. Ultra Disks provide extremely high performance and sub-millisecond latency for demanding VM workloads, and the price cut reduces costs for those workloads in that region.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure App Service - New Premium v4 Offering

Azure Updates

2025-09-01

Azure App Service has launched the Premium v4 tier, featuring faster processors, NVMe local storage, and memory-optimized options on the latest Azure hardware. This tier supports both Windows and Linux with sizes starting at 1 vCPU and 4GB RAM.

August (4)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Schema migration is now available in Azure Database Migration Service (DMS)

Azure Updates

2025-08-27

Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) now supports schema migration for Azure SQL Database, allowing users to migrate missing schema objects along with data using a simple checkbox option.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Custom block response code and body for Application Gateway WAF

Azure Updates

2025-08-26

Azure Application Gateway WAF now publicly previews the ability to customize response status codes and bodies for blocked requests.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: CNI Overlay for Application Gateway for Containers and AGIC

Azure Updates

2025-08-26

Azure CNI Overlay for Application Gateway for Containers (AGIC) is now generally available. It allows AKS clusters to assign pod IPs from a separate CIDR, conserving VNet IP space and simplifying multi-cluster deployments.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Application Gateway adds MaxSurge support for zero-capacity-impact upgrades

Azure Updates

2025-08-21

Azure Application Gateway now supports MaxSurge, allowing new instances to be provisioned during rolling upgrades without taking existing instances offline. This feature enables zero-capacity-impact upgrades to newer gateway versions.