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azure: [Launched] Generally Available: SAP Business Data Cloud Connect to Azure Databricks

Azure Updates

2025-10-15

SAP Business Data Cloud Connect to Azure Databricks is now generally available, providing secure, bi-directional, zero-copy data sharing between SAP BDC and Azure Databricks via Delta Sharing so teams can unify SAP and external data for analytics.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Locations API Update for UK Azure Regions

Azure Updates

2025-10-15

Azure has updated the Locations API metadata for UK-based regions by changing the geographyGroup and regionalDisplayName fields to meet evolving compliance and regulatory requirements. The changes are in effect October 2025.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Open-Source - Containerization Assist MCP Server

Azure Updates

2025-10-13

Microsoft announced the general availability of the open-source Containerization Assist MCP Server, a full containerization platform that automates Dockerfile creation and Kubernetes manifest generation to reduce manual, error-prone work. The service is built on the proven AKS Draft technology and aims to be more than a basic AI coding tool by providing end-to-end containerization support.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Entra ID token refresh code samples in Python and .NET

Azure Updates

2025-10-13

Microsoft made generally available Python and .NET code samples demonstrating Entra ID token refresh for Azure Database for PostgreSQL to help securely manage authentication tokens when connecting with Entra ID.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Custom port support for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-10-09

Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server now generally supports configuring a custom server port (25001–26000) at creation for both public and private access-enabled servers, making it easier to integrate with existing applications and meet security requirements (default MySQL port remains 3306).

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Firewall updates - Customer provided public IP address support in secured hubs

Azure Updates

2025-10-09

Azure Firewall in Virtual WAN secured hubs is now generally available with support for customer-provided public IP addresses, allowing organizations to bring their own public IPs when deploying Azure Firewall in a secured Virtual WAN hub.

ai: What’s new in Azure AI Foundry | September 2025

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-10-08

Azure AI Foundry’s September 2025 update announces GA for GPT-5-Codex and Voice Live, previews for Sora video-to-video, Browser Automation, and Key Vault, the release of Grok 4 Fast, and new knowledge sources for Azure AI Search.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-10-06

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now generally supports PostgreSQL minor versions 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, 13.22 and 18 Beta 3; minor-version upgrades are applied automatically during monthly planned maintenance.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: CLI command for migration from Availability Sets and basic load balancer on AKS

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now provides a generally available Azure CLI command to automatically migrate clusters using Availability Sets and the basic load balancer to the new Virtual Machines node pool and perform the required upgrade. Availability Sets and the basic load balancer are deprecated on September 30, 2025.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Cross-tenant customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption

Azure Updates

2025-10-03

Azure NetApp Files now generally supports cross-tenant customer-managed keys (CMK) for volume encryption, letting customers use and control their own encryption keys across different Azure tenancies to increase control and flexibility.

September (2)

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.

github: GitHub Copilot app modernization is now generally available for Java and .NET

GitHub

2025-09-23

GitHub Copilot app modernization is now generally available for Java and .NET projects. The feature helps teams assess applications, apply automated code transformations, patch builds, and containerize services quickly—reducing modernization work to days.