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2026 (12)

October (1)

k8s: Scaling Kubernetes Workloads with Node Swap

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-10-05

Kubernetes node swap is now GA in v1.34, and this post reports that using fast NVMe Local SSDs for swap can raise pod density for memory-heavy workloads with little latency impact when active working sets remain in RAM.

September (11)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Storage optimized Lasv5 and Laosv5 Azure VM series

Azure Updates

2026-09-29

Azure has generally available Lasv5 and Laosv5 storage optimized VM series, based on 5th Gen AMD EPYC (Turin). The series offers 2–160 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory per vCPU, and 720 GB of local NVMe disk per vCPU.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server in Germany West Central

Azure Updates

2026-09-29

Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server is now generally available in Germany West Central. It lets you connect SQL Server instances to Azure Arc for inventory, governance, security, assessment, and license management.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server Available in Italy North

Azure Updates

2026-09-29

Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server is now generally available in the Italy North region. Customers can connect SQL Server instances to Azure Arc to use Azure-based inventory, governance, security, assessment, and license management features.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for late-September 2026

Azure Updates

2026-09-29

Azure SQL added larger Hyperscale Premium compute options in Azure SQL Database, including 160-vCore and 192-vCore SKUs. Microsoft says these provide up to 50% more compute capacity than the previous top tier.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server supports cross-tenant customer-managed keys (CMK)

Azure Updates

2026-09-29

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now supports cross-tenant customer-managed keys (CMK). Data can be encrypted with keys stored in an Azure Key Vault or Azure Managed HSM in a different Microsoft Entra tenant than the PostgreSQL server.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: SQL Server on Azure Local Disconnected (ALDO)

Azure Updates

2026-09-29

Azure Local Disconnected (ALDO) for SQL Server is now generally available. It extends SQL Server support to disconnected environments that cannot maintain continuous Azure connectivity, including regulated, secure, remote, and air-gapped deployments.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: SQL Migration Agent Skills for assessment, migration, and validation

Azure Updates

2026-09-29

SQL Migration Agent Skills are now generally available to help automate SQL Server to Azure migrations. They provide reusable AI-powered skills for assessment, target selection, migration execution, and post-migration validation.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Support for large volume breakthrough mode

Azure Updates

2026-09-29

Azure NetApp Files large volume breakthrough mode is now generally available. It adds support for volumes up to 2 PiB and throughput up to 80 GiB/s, depending on workload characteristics.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Storage with cool access enhancement

Azure Updates

2026-09-29

Azure NetApp Files now supports QoS updates with cool access enabled on Premium and Ultra service levels, improving how performance and cost are balanced for mixed hot and cool workloads. Throughput automatically adjusts as data moves to cool storage to maintain hot-tier performance behavior.

github: GPT-6.1 Sol in GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2026-09-29

GPT-6.1 Sol is now generally available and rolling out in GitHub Copilot. GitHub says it can be used for agentic coding and terminal workflows with strong multistep performance.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Vector search and vector indexes in Azure SQL

Azure Updates

2026-09-28

Vector search and vector indexes are now generally available in Azure SQL Database. The update adds CREATE VECTOR INDEX and VECTOR_SEARCH T-SQL support for efficient approximate nearest neighbor searches in AI scenarios.