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azure: Retirement: NVv4-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on September 30, 2026

Azure Updates

2025-09-30

Microsoft Azure will retire the NVv4-series virtual machines (listed SKUs) on September 30, 2026.

azure: Retirement: Spark Native Connector for Semantic Link

Azure Updates

2025-09-30

Microsoft announces the retirement of the Spark native connector effective October 1, 2025, citing low usage, high maintenance costs, and potential security vulnerabilities; source text is truncated before completing the stated goal.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Visualize New Azure Resource Manager Metrics through Azure Monitor

Azure Updates

2025-09-29

Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is generally available with enhanced integration into Azure Monitor Metrics, enabling subscription-level visualization of new ARM metrics for deeper visibility and more granular monitoring of Resource Manager operations.

azure: Azure VMware Solution AV36 Node Retirement on June 30, 2028

Azure Updates

2025-09-27

Microsoft will retire the AV36 node type for Azure VMware Solution on June 30, 2028. Current AV36 Reserved Instance (RI) terms are not affected, and customers are advised to review their RI expiration timelines.

azure: Retirement: Entity Linking from Azure AI Language

Azure Updates

2025-09-26

Microsoft announced the planned retirement of the Entity Linking feature in Azure AI Language and recommends considering replacement solutions; Named Entity Recognition (NER) in Azure AI Language is suggested as an alternative for entity identification. The provided article content is truncated and lacks full details.

azure: Retirement: Upgrade BlobFuse v1 to latest version of Blobfuse v2

Azure Updates

2025-09-26

Azure recommends upgrading from BlobFuse v1 to BlobFuse v2 because future enhancements and innovations for Azure Blob Storage file system access will be focused exclusively on BlobFuse v2 and support for BlobFuse v1 will be discontinued.

azure: Retirement: Azure App Service on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes

Azure Updates

2025-09-26

Azure App Service on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes will be retired beginning September 30, 2025. After that date customers will no longer be able to install the extension; Microsoft requests customers migrate to other solutions to continue hosting application workloads.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files Flexible service level

Azure Updates

2025-09-25

Azure NetApp Files Flexible service level is now generally available. It lets you independently configure storage capacity and throughput so you can right-size performance and cost, avoiding overprovisioning by using customizable throughput settings separate from capacity.

azure: Retirement: The Insights blade in AKS is now called Monitor

Azure Updates

2025-09-25

The Insights blade in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) has been renamed to Monitor and moved from the Monitoring section to the top-level navigation; monitoring data and features remain unchanged.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Delete on-demand backup in Azure DB for MySQL - Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-09-24

Azure DB for MySQL - Flexible Server now supports deleting on-demand backups. As of the August 2025 release this capability is generally available, complementing the existing ability to manually trigger on-demand backups and the system automated backups.

azure: Retirement: Azure Disk Encryption

Azure Updates

2025-09-24

Azure Disk Encryption will be retired on September 15, 2028; customers are advised to transition to Encryption at Host (or other supported OS-disk encryption solutions such as CVM OS disk encryption) before that date.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Site Recovery Support for Virtual Machines with Premium SSD v2 disks

Azure Updates

2025-09-23

Azure Site Recovery (ASR) now generally available for Virtual Machines using Premium SSD v2 disks, enabling seamless disaster recovery across Azure regions and from on-premises to Azure to help maintain business continuity.