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2025 (12)

December (3)

azure: Update: The retirement date for default outbound access has been extended to March 31, 2026.

Azure Updates

2025-12-12

The retirement date for default outbound access has been extended to March 31, 2026. This change aligns with the broader Azure Virtual Network (VNet) update and replaces the previously communicated September 30, 2025 date. The provided excerpt is truncated before describing what starts on March 31, 2026.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Sphere OS version 25.12 is now available for evaluation

Azure Updates

2025-12-11

Azure Sphere OS version 25.12 is now available for evaluation in the Retail Eval feed. The release contains no customer-facing changes but includes significant under-the-hood build system modifications and is provided for evaluation and testing.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Update pg_squeeze to version 1.9.1 in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Azure Updates

2025-12-03

The pg_squeeze extension is now generally available at version 1.9.1 for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server, and you can upgrade your instance to this version.

November (6)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Windows Server 2025 on AKS

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) has announced a public preview for Windows Server 2025 on AKS to help customers modernize Windows-based workloads as older Windows Server versions near end-of-support.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Custom error pages on Azure App Service

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure App Service now generally supports custom error pages, allowing apps to show user-defined error pages instead of the default ones.

azure: [Launched] Announcing: API Center Standard now included at no additional cost for linked Azure API Management Standard and Premium tiers

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced that API Center Standard, previously a separately billed offering, is now included at no additional cost for Azure API Management Standard and Premium customers when an API Center instance is linked to the corresponding API Management service.

vscode: October 2025 (version 1.106)

Visual Studio Code

2025-11-12

Announcement page for the Visual Studio Code October 2025 release (version 1.106) pointing readers to the full release notes.

github: Pull request “Files changed” public preview and merge experience – November 6 updates

GitHub

2025-11-07

GitHub updated the public preview of the new pull request 'Files changed' page (Nov 6). Highlights include the ability to apply suggested changes in batch, new options to collapse parts of the page for easier navigation, and improvements to the merge experience.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: ExpressRoute resiliency validation

Azure Updates

2025-11-05

Azure has made ExpressRoute Resiliency Validation generally available. The feature lets you perform site failovers for your Virtual Network Gateway to assess and validate network connectivity resiliency for ExpressRoute-enabled workloads.

October (3)

github: Copilot CLI: Multiline input, new MCP enhancements, and Haiku 4.5

GitHub

2025-10-17

GitHub announced daily improvements to Copilot CLI, highlighting multiline input support, a set of new MCP enhancements, and the Haiku 4.5 update. The changelog credits developer feedback—bug reports, feature requests, and discussions—for driving these ongoing improvements.

github: GPT-4.1 Copilot code completion model — October update

GitHub

2025-10-17

GitHub updated the GPT-4.1 Copilot code completion model (October update) to better infer developer intent from surrounding code, resulting in more accurate code completion suggestions in GitHub Copilot.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: New Health Check infrastructure for Azure Traffic Manager

Azure Updates

2025-10-02

Azure Traffic Manager's new health check infrastructure is now generally available. The update improves the service's resiliency and scalability, and Microsoft is migrating customers to the new probing infrastructure as the rollout progresses.