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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan support for Azure tables and plan switching

Azure Updates

2026-09-01

Azure Monitor Logs Auxiliary table plan now supports Azure tables and switching plans, and both capabilities are generally available. The plan is intended for high-volume, low-query logs used for compliance and auditing.

August (11)

k8s: Kubernetes v1.37: Storage Version Migration Enabled by Default

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-08-31

Kubernetes v1.37 makes built-in StorageVersionMigration (storagemigration.k8s.io/v1) GA and enabled by default in all clusters. It lets administrators and CRD authors declaratively rewrite stored objects to the current storage version, replacing manual re-write scripts or the out-of-tree migrator.

k8s: Kubernetes v1.37: Pod Certificates and Cluster Trust Bundles

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-08-28

Kubernetes 1.37 graduates Pod Certificates and Cluster Trust Bundles to GA, adding built-in support for workload X.509 identity and trust bundle distribution. The feature uses Kubelet, PodCertificateRequest objects, and signer controllers to issue and rotate certificates for TLS/mTLS while keeping key material on the node filesystem.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure VM Image Builder in sovereign and air-gapped clouds

Azure Updates

2026-08-28

Azure VM Image Builder is now generally available in Azure Government, China North 3, Azure Government Secret, and Azure Government Top Secret. The service can be used across these sovereign and air-gapped environments with the same managed image-building experience.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Bastion shareable link expiration

Azure Updates

2026-08-26

Azure Bastion shareable links now support an administrator-defined expiration date and time. After expiration, the link can no longer be used to connect.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Connect to AKS clusters using Azure Bastion

Azure Updates

2026-08-26

Azure Bastion integration with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available. It lets customers create a secure tunnel from a local machine through Azure Bastion to an AKS cluster API server.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SRE Agent VNet Integration

Azure Updates

2026-08-26

Azure SRE Agent VNet Integration is now generally available. It lets the agent operate within existing network controls such as NSGs, private DNS, and firewall policies.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SRE Agent 30-Day Trial

Azure Updates

2026-08-26

Azure SRE Agent is now generally available with a 30-day trial for new customers. The trial lets users create agents, connect operational tools and data sources, and evaluate the product at their own pace.

github: GitHub Copilot app Customize tab is generally available

GitHub

2026-08-25

GitHub Copilot’s new Customize tab in the Copilot app is now generally available. It is meant to connect Copilot with a team’s existing tools, knowledge, and workflows, including MCP.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure 248 and 372 vCPU sizes for D/E v7 series VMs

Azure Updates

2026-08-25

Azure has generally available 248- and 372-vCPU D/E v7 VM sizes in the Dlsv7, Dsv7, Elsv7, and Esv7 families, powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors. Microsoft says these sizes provide up to 20% better compute performance than prior Intel-based v6 VMs.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: eBPF host routing in Advanced Container Networking Services for AKS

Azure Updates

2026-08-24

eBPF Host Routing for Advanced Container Networking Services in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available. It moves packet forwarding and routing decisions into the Linux kernel to improve Kubernetes networking performance.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Custom block response code and body for Application Gateway WAF

Azure Updates

2026-08-24

Azure WAF on Application Gateway is now generally available with support for custom block response status codes and response bodies for blocked requests. This lets you define the HTTP response returned when WAF blocks a request.