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2026 (6)

March (1)

azure: Retirement: End of life reminder of NVv3 and NVv4-series Azure virtual machine in Azure Batch pools

Azure Updates

2026-03-16

Microsoft Azure will end support for NVv3 and NVv4-series virtual machines in Azure Batch pools on September 30, 2026. The notice lists affected NVv3 sizes, including Standard_NV12s_v3, NV12hs_v3, NV24s_v3, NV24ms_v3, NV32ms_v3, and NV48s_v3.

February (1)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: DCesv6, DCedsv6, ECesv6, and ECedsv6 confidential VMs

Azure Updates

2026-02-27

Azure announced general availability of the DCesv6, DCedsv6, ECesv6, and ECedsv6 confidential VM series based on 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors with Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX).

January (4)

azure: Retirement: "Send data to Event Hubs & Storage (Preview)" retiring July 31, 2026

Azure Updates

2026-01-30

Microsoft will retire the preview feature “Send virtual machine client data to Event Hubs and Storage (Preview)” on July 31, 2026. After that date the feature will no longer be supported and you will not be able to create new data collection rules that use it.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure AMD Turin Dasv7, Easv7, and Fasv7-series Virtual Machines

Azure Updates

2026-01-28

Azure announced general availability of AMD Turin–based VM series: general-purpose Dasv7/Dalsv7, memory-optimized Easv7, and compute-optimized Fasv7/Falsv7/Famsv7. These VMs are offered with and without local disk support and are available in Azure regions including Australia East and Australia Central.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: 7th generation Intel-based VMs – Dlsv7/Dsv7/Esv7

Azure Updates

2026-01-27

Microsoft announced the public preview of 7th generation Intel-based Azure VMs: Dlsv7, Dsv7 (General Purpose) and Esv7 (Memory Optimized). These v7 instances are powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 (Granite Rapids) processors and are intended to address increasing compute and memory demands on Azure.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Command Launcher for Java

Azure Updates

2026-01-27

Microsoft announced the Public Preview of the Azure Command Launcher for Java at Microsoft Ignite 2025. The launcher is a new JVM launcher optimized for Azure that provides better default ergonomics for Java applications running in containers and virtual machines.

2025 (6)

November (4)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Trusted Launch is now supported for Arm64 Marketplace Images

Azure Updates

2025-11-20

Azure Marketplace now offers Arm64 images that support Trusted Launch, enabling customers to run Arm64 virtual machines with Trusted Launch security features. This combines Arm64 cost and performance efficiencies with the integrity and protection benefits of Trusted Launch.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: NVv6 Virtual Machines

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure announced the public preview of NCv6/NC Series virtual machines featuring Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs to provide hardware acceleration for a wide array of workloads.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Scheduled Actions

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Scheduled Actions is now generally available in Azure. It enables periodic, large-scale lifecycle management of virtual machines with built-in handling for subscription throttling and automatic retries to reduce operational overhead.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor unified onboarding experience for AKS and VMs

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure Monitor now provides a unified, single-click onboarding experience for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters and virtual machines (VMs), now generally available. The new experience simplifies setup by automatically deploying the latest Azure Monitor capabilities.

October (2)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: VM vCore customization features disabling simultaneous multi-threading (SMT/HT) and constrained cores

Azure Updates

2025-10-22

Azure announced a public preview of VM vCore customization that gives customers greater control over virtual CPU configuration. The preview introduces two capabilities: disabling simultaneous multithreading (SMT/Hyper‑Threading) on vCPUs, and constraining the number of cores exposed to the guest. These options help optimize single‑threaded workload performance, reduce license costs by limiting visible cores, and improve CPU isolation and predictable performance. The features are available in public preview and can be configured through Azure management interfaces.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Sharing Capacity Reservation Groups

Azure Updates

2025-10-20

Azure announced Public Preview support for sharing Capacity Reservation Groups (CRGs) with subscriptions, allowing CRGs to be used beyond the subscription where they were created. Previously, VMs could only be deployed into a CRG within the same subscription.