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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Distributed tracing for Durable Functions

Azure Updates

2025-09-18

Azure announced General Availability of Distributed Tracing V2 for Durable Functions, a robust tracing model that lets developers correlate operations across orchestrations, activities, and durable entities to improve debugging and observability.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Functions .NET 10 support

Azure Updates

2025-09-17

Azure Functions now supports .NET 10 in Public Preview. To use it, change the Functions project's target framework and update Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Sdk to version 2.0.5 or later. The announcement also indicates .NET 10 projects can be deployed to app (source content truncated).

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Introducing the new Network Security Hub experience

Azure Updates

2025-09-17

Azure has made the expanded and rebranded Azure Firewall Manager generally available as the Network Security Hub — a centralized management experience that consolidates Azure Firewall, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and DDoS Protection to simplify policy, visibility, and protection across deployments.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Databricks One in Azure Databricks

Azure Updates

2025-09-17

Databricks One is available in Azure Databricks as a public preview offering a unified, simplified platform that combines data engineering, analytics, and AI development into a single, governed environment with integrated collaboration and enterprise governance.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Confidential computing for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server

Azure Updates

2025-09-17

Azure Database for PostgreSQL — Flexible Server now generally available with Confidential Computing support, using hardware-based trusted execution environments (TEEs) to protect data while it is being processed.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: At-cost data transfer between Azure and an external endpoint

Azure Updates

2025-09-16

Azure has made at-cost data transfer generally available in Europe, allowing customers and CSP partners to pay only the underlying cost for internet data transfers between Azure and external endpoints.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure HBv5-series VMs

Azure Updates

2025-09-16

Azure HBv5-series VMs are now available in Public Preview in the Azure South Central US region and are optimized for memory-bandwidth-intensive HPC workloads such as computational fluid dynamics, automotive and aerospace simulations, and weather modeling.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: AKS Automatic

Azure Updates

2025-09-16

Azure announced general availability of 'AKS Automatic', a managed AKS capability that automates routine cluster operations (provisioning, scaling, upgrades, patching and security) to reduce operational complexity and let teams focus on delivering applications.

ai: Announcing Computer Use tool (Preview) in Azure AI Foundry Agent Service

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-09-16

Microsoft announced the Computer Use tool (Preview) for the Azure AI Foundry Agent Service. The preview brings feature parity with the Azure OpenAI Responses API while offering seamless integration into the Foundry agent runtime and enterprise-grade security, allowing developers to build agents that reason and use tools within a secure environment.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Container Storage v2.0.0 now with NVMe performance boost, open source, and no service fees

Azure Updates

2025-09-16

Azure Container Storage (ACStor) v2.0.0 is now generally available, offering up to 7× higher IOPS and 4× lower latency on local NVMe compared to v1.3.1. The release positions ACStor as the fastest storage option for Azure Kubernetes Service, is open source, and carries no service fees.

azure: Retirement: hsmPlatform 1 Keys in Azure Key Vault

Azure Updates

2025-09-15

Microsoft will retire support for hsmPlatform 1 keys in Azure Key Vault on September 15, 2028. Customers are advised to transition their keys to supported alternatives to maintain security and functionality.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Enabling dedicated connections to backends in Azure Application Gateway

Azure Updates

2025-09-15

Azure Application Gateway V2 now generally available: customers can enable dedicated connections from the gateway to backend servers instead of using the default connection reuse behavior.