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2025 (12)

November (7)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: ORDER BY ST_DISTANCE in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL Geospatial Queries

Azure Updates

2025-11-05

Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL now generally supports ORDER BY ST_DISTANCE, allowing queries to be sorted by distance from a point or GeoJSON object directly in the database.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Monitor end-to-end ExpressRoute connectivity with Connection Monitor

Azure Updates

2025-11-05

Azure has made Connection Monitor integration generally available for ExpressRoute, allowing end-to-end connectivity monitoring to be enabled directly when creating or updating ExpressRoute connections.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: ExpressRoute resiliency insights

Azure Updates

2025-11-05

Azure has announced general availability of Resiliency Insights for ExpressRoute. This assessment capability measures network reliability for ExpressRoute workloads using a resiliency index — a percentage score calculated from factors such as route resilience (source content truncated).

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server now supports high availability with dedicated Azure Standard Load Balancer

Azure Updates

2025-11-05

Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server now generally availability (GA) supports a dedicated Azure Standard Load Balancer for servers configured with high availability, delivering a dedicated load-balancing option for HA-enabled deployments.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: ExpressRoute resiliency validation

Azure Updates

2025-11-05

Azure has made ExpressRoute Resiliency Validation generally available. The feature lets you perform site failovers for your Virtual Network Gateway to assess and validate network connectivity resiliency for ExpressRoute-enabled workloads.

azure: [Launched] Open Source: Announcing the DocumentDB Kubernetes Operator

Azure Updates

2025-11-05

Microsoft announced the open-source DocumentDB Kubernetes Operator, which lets you run DocumentDB (a MongoDB‑compatible, open-source document database built on PostgreSQL) on Kubernetes by extending the cluster with custom resource definitions (CRDs).

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Object REST API

Azure Updates

2025-11-03

Azure NetApp Files is offering a Public Preview of an Object REST API — an S3-compatible REST API that lets customers bridge traditional file-based storage and modern cloud services, enabling reuse of existing data and integration with Microsoft Fabric.

October (5)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: High Scale Private Endpoints

Azure Updates

2025-10-30

Azure announced General Availability for High Scale Private Endpoints (HSPE), letting customers raise the per‑Virtual Network limit on Azure Private Endpoints above the previous 1,000 endpoint cap. HSPE enables larger, production‑scale VNet designs that require many private endpoints while keeping the existing Private Endpoint connectivity model.

azure: Retirement: Support for Node.js 20 ends on April 30, 2026 – upgrade your apps to Node.js 22

Azure Updates

2025-10-30

Azure Functions will stop supporting Node.js 20 on April 30, 2026. Apps running on Node.js 20 will continue to run, but they will no longer receive security fixes or performance updates; you should plan and perform an upgrade to Node.js 22 beforehand.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Instant Access Snapshots for Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks Storage

Azure Updates

2025-10-30

Azure announced a Public Preview of Instant Access Snapshots for Premium SSD v2 (Pv2) and Ultra Disks, allowing immediate restore of new disks from snapshots and providing high-performance restore disks.

azure: Retirement: Remove dependency on these preview features before March 31, 2026

Azure Updates

2025-10-29

Microsoft will retire several preview features on March 31, 2026. Affected features include grouping multiple pipeline steps, pipeline job comparison for debugging, importing data into a data labeling project, and using v2 data. Customers should remove dependencies on these preview features before the retirement date.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure WAF CAPTCHA Challenge for Azure Front Door

Azure Updates

2025-10-28

Microsoft announced general availability of CAPTCHA protection for Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) when used with Azure Front Door to help defend modern web applications from automated threats.