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2025 (12)

September (2)

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 (10)

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.

azure: [Launched] Generally, Available: Search Job in Log Analytics - Now Supporting Up to 100 Million Results

Azure Updates

2025-08-21

Azure Log Analytics' Search Job feature is now generally available and supports returning up to 100 million results. It enables asynchronous queries across all workspace data, including long-term retention, with results delivered in Analytics tables for further analysis.

azure: [In preview] Private Preview: DCesv6 and ECesv6 series confidential VMs with Intel® TDX

Azure Updates

2025-08-20

Azure has introduced the DCesv6 and ECesv6 series Confidential VMs powered by 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors with Intel TDX for enhanced security.

azure: Retirement: Microsoft Sentinel Deprecation in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet Announcement

Azure Updates

2025-08-20

Microsoft Sentinel in Microsoft Azure operated by 21Vianet is being deprecated due to increasing infrastructure and operational complexity.

azure: Retirement: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Deprecation in Microsoft Azure Operated by 21Vianet Announcement

Azure Updates

2025-08-20

Microsoft is retiring Microsoft Defender for Cloud in the Azure operated by 21Vianet environment due to increasing infrastructure and operational complexity.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in Malaysia West

Azure Updates

2025-08-13

Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server is now generally available in the Malaysia West Azure region.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra v5.0

Azure Updates

2025-08-13

Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra now supports Cassandra 5.0 in public preview, enabling access to the latest features such as improved performance and new indexing capabilities without infrastructure management.