General Availability - 3

2026 (10)

September (4)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Windows Server 2025 on AKS

Azure Updates

2026-09-01

AKS now supports Windows Server 2025 in general availability, giving customers a newer Windows node option for Windows-based Kubernetes workloads on Azure. This is intended to help with modernization as older Windows Server versions near retirement.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Confidential VMs for Azure Linux

Azure Updates

2026-09-01

Confidential Virtual Machines for Azure Linux in AKS are now generally available. This adds CVM node pool support for migrating highly sensitive container workloads to AKS.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan in Azure Government and China regions

Azure Updates

2026-09-01

Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan is now generally available in Azure Government (Fairfax) and China regions. The plan is intended for cost-effective ingestion and retention of high-volume, verbose logs for compliance and auditing.

github: Claude Fable 5.1 is generally available in GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2026-09-01

Claude Fable 5.1 from Anthropic is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. GitHub says it is intended for long-horizon, autonomous coding and knowledge-work tasks.

August (6)

github: Better label management on issues is generally available

GitHub

2026-08-27

GitHub says improved label management for issues is now generally available. The update is aimed at making labels easier to organize and find in repositories with large or growing label lists.

github: Rule insights dashboard generally available

GitHub

2026-08-25

The rule insights dashboard is now generally available for both repositories and organizations. It provides a visual, high-level view of how GitHub evaluates and enforces repository rules.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL Database provisioning in MSSQL extension

Azure Updates

2026-08-19

Azure SQL Database provisioning in the MSSQL extension is now generally available. Users can create and connect to a managed Azure SQL Database from their editor, with ARM, Bicep, and Terraform templates included.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: vCore Customization: Disable Multithreading and Configurable Constrained Cores

Azure Updates

2026-08-19

Azure Virtual Machines vCore Customization is now generally available. The update adds support for disabling SMT/Hyper-Threading and for configuring constrained core counts on supported VMs.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Managed Instance on Azure App Service

Azure Updates

2026-08-18

Managed Instance on Azure App Service is now generally available. It is intended to help migrate web applications from on-premises or virtual machines to Azure App Service with minimal configuration and no code changes.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Pre-upgrade validation checks for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2026-08-13

Pre-upgrade validation checks for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server are now generally available. They let you verify major version upgrade readiness before starting the upgrade.