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2026 (12)

August (4)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Perimeter link feature in network security perimeter

Azure Updates

2026-08-04

Microsoft Azure added a public preview of Perimeter link (cross-perimeter connectivity) for network security perimeter. It lets trusted resources in different perimeters communicate securely using Managed Identity (MSI) without adding extra network access rules.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Private Link support over IPv6

Azure Updates

2026-08-04

Azure Private Link now supports IPv6 in public preview. IPv6 private endpoints can be used from IPv6 clients in an Azure virtual network to privately access Azure PaaS services such as Azure Storage and Azure SQL Database.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network routing appliance

Azure Updates

2026-08-04

Azure Virtual Network routing appliance is now generally available. It provides private connectivity across virtual networks using specialized hardware designed for low latency, high throughput, and improved performance versus virtual machines.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Trusted Launch as Default

Azure Updates

2026-08-03

Trusted Launch as Default is now generally available for new Azure Gen2 virtual machines and virtual machine scale sets. It automatically enables Secure Boot and vTPM for supported deployments.

July (8)

azure: Announcing: Reservation exchanges for Azure services supported by savings plans will no longer be available starting February 1, 2027

Azure Updates

2026-07-30

Azure will stop allowing reservation exchanges for services covered by savings plans starting February 1, 2027. At announcement time, this applies to Azure Virtual Machine compute reservations.

github: GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — July update

GitHub

2026-07-30

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio’s July 2026 update adds a new agent built on the Copilot SDK, plus built-in expertise from the .NET and Azure teams. It also adds more options to tailor Copilot to individual workflows.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Enclave

Azure Updates

2026-07-28

Azure Enclave is now in public preview for Microsoft Azure, Azure Government, Azure Government Secret, and Azure Government Top Secret. It is intended to simplify deployment and management of isolated cloud environments for sensitive workloads.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: NAT64 on StandardV2 NAT Gateway

Azure Updates

2026-07-28

StandardV2 NAT Gateway now supports NAT64. This lets IPv6 workloads reach IPv4-only internet destinations by translating synthesized outbound IPv6 traffic to IPv4, using a DNS64-capable resolver.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Prepared Image Specification

Azure Updates

2026-07-28

Azure announces a public preview of Prepared Image Specification for AKS workloads that need faster node startup. The feature is aimed at reducing delays caused by repeated container image downloads and initialization on new nodes.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: AI Gateway in Azure API Management

Azure Updates

2026-07-27

Azure API Management now has an AI Gateway tier in public preview. It is a dedicated tier designed for AI workloads, extending AI gateway capabilities already available in other API Management tiers.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure DDoS Protection custom policy

Azure Updates

2026-07-23

Azure DDoS Protection custom policy is in public preview. It lets customers set per-resource DDoS mitigation thresholds for protected Standard Load Balancer frontend IP configurations.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Standard service endpoint

Azure Updates

2026-07-22

Standard service endpoint is in public preview. It provides a more scalable and secure way to connect IaaS workloads to Azure PaaS services within the Private Link family, addressing scale and management limits of earlier approaches.