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azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Route-Maps for Azure Route Server

Azure Updates

2026-07-31

Route maps for Azure Route Server are in public preview. They let customers control inbound and outbound routing on hybrid connections by managing routes advertised to and from Azure Route Server BGP peerings.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-July

Azure Updates

2026-07-31

Azure SQL added a public preview of regex-based dynamic data masking. It extends built-in DDM with pattern-based masking for sensitive data such as emails, phone numbers, and identifiers.

github: Enterprise teams model policy targeting in public preview

GitHub

2026-07-31

GitHub has added user-based model policy targeting for enterprise teams in public preview. It is available to GitHub Enterprise customers with Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise licenses and lets AI administrators set a baseline policy.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Symmetric keys on Azure Key Vault Premium

Azure Updates

2026-07-30

Azure Key Vault Premium now supports symmetric keys in public preview. The preview lets customers and partners evaluate symmetric encryption using oct-HSM keys and AES.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Support for SMB Opportunistic Locking (Oplocks) configuration

Azure Updates

2026-07-30

Azure NetApp Files public preview adds configurable SMB opportunistic locking (oplocks) for SMB and dual-protocol volumes. Oplocks remain enabled by default and can be set on new volumes or updated on existing ones.

github: Stacked pull requests are now in public preview

GitHub

2026-07-30

GitHub has put stacked pull requests into public preview. The feature lets users split a larger change into an ordered series of smaller, reviewable pull requests.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Monitor Logs mirroring into Microsoft Fabric

Azure Updates

2026-07-29

Azure Monitor Logs can now be mirrored from Log Analytics workspaces into Microsoft Fabric in public preview. The telemetry is available in OneLake as Delta Parquet with near real-time availability and no data duplication.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Enclave

Azure Updates

2026-07-28

Azure Enclave is now in public preview for Microsoft Azure, Azure Government, Azure Government Secret, and Azure Government Top Secret. It is intended to simplify deployment and management of isolated cloud environments for sensitive workloads.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Prepared Image Specification

Azure Updates

2026-07-28

Azure announces a public preview of Prepared Image Specification for AKS workloads that need faster node startup. The feature is aimed at reducing delays caused by repeated container image downloads and initialization on new nodes.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: AI Gateway in Azure API Management

Azure Updates

2026-07-27

Azure API Management now has an AI Gateway tier in public preview. It is a dedicated tier designed for AI workloads, extending AI gateway capabilities already available in other API Management tiers.

github: Multi-select fields for Projects and Issues in public preview

GitHub

2026-07-23

GitHub Projects and Issue fields now support multi-select fields in public preview, allowing a single field to store multiple values. This lets you tag an item with all relevant labels or categories instead of choosing just one.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure DDoS Protection custom policy

Azure Updates

2026-07-23

Azure DDoS Protection custom policy is in public preview. It lets customers set per-resource DDoS mitigation thresholds for protected Standard Load Balancer frontend IP configurations.