Multi-disk crash-consistent restore points for Azure virtual machines with Premium SSD v2 and Ultra data disks are now available in public preview on VMs with SCSI disk controllers. You can use this to capture the agent-less crash consistent restore point of a VM. Azure update ID: 579162 Published: Nov 4, 2026 Status: In preview Timeline: …
Azure Updates
Azure Firewall now supports application rules in IPv6 Public Preview, enabling layer 7 filtering for IPv6 HTTP and HTTPS traffic. The enhancement extends application-level controls to IPv6 and dual-stack deployments, helping customers maintain consistent policies across IPv4 and IPv6 environments. Azure update ID: 579507 Published: Nov 4, 2026 Status: In preview Timeline: November 2026 Preview …
Route maps for Azure Route Server are now generally available in the Azure public cloud. Route maps provide fine-grained control over inbound and outbound routing across hybrid connections. Customers can manage routes advertised to and from Azure Route Server BGP peerings with Network Virtual Appliances (NVAs), ExpressRoute gateways, and VPN gateways in the same virtual …
The Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server REST API version 2026-10-01 is now generally available. This stable API release introduces expanded capabilities for maintenance management, immutable backups, multi-tenant encryption (cross-tenant customer-managed keys (**CMKs**), Federal Information Processing Standards (**FIPS**) configuration, network migration, Premium SSD v2 storage, and major version upgrade prechecks. It also enhances autonomous tuning …
This is the formal notice that Microsoft plans to deprecate the operational technology (OT) security component of Microsoft Defender for IoT. The service will be fully deprecated in October 2029, following a three-year transition period. This change applies only to Defender for IoT OT Security. Enterprise IoT capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint are not …
Azure Migrate now supports discovery and assessment for network-attached storage, allowing customers and partners to plan migrations of Dell PowerScale (OneFS) and NetApp ONTAP storage to Azure. The Azure Migrate appliance connects directly to your NAS clusters using read-only credentials, inventories every SMB, NFS, and S3 share, and evaluates each share against Azure Files, Azure …
Azure Storage Actions is introducing three enhancements to simplify task management and give you more control over automated data operations across Azure Blob and Data Lake Storage: Automatic propagation of task definition updates: When you update a storage task definition the changes now automatically apply to its existing assignments. Scheduled assignment runs use the updated …
On February 2, 2027, we will retire Azure Fluid Relay. After this date, Azure Fluid Relay will reach end of availability, and workloads that continue to depend on the service may experience disruption. The Fluid Framework remains available as an open-source framework for building distributed, real-time collaborative web applications. A self-hosted Fluid service solution is …
You now have greater flexibility in network design for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server workloads. Now you can change existing VNet-integrated servers from delegated-subnet networking to a private endpoint-capable configuration, enabling secure access over a private IP address through Azure Private Link. The migration retains existing backups; however, you should plan for a temporary …
You can now restart or fail over databases directly from the Azure portal, including single databases, Hyperscale databases, and databases in elastic pools, without writing scripts against the Rest API or contacting support. Azure update ID: 577992 Published: Nov 2, 2026 Status: Launched Timeline: October 2026 General Availability Product: Azure SQL Database Tag: Feature Category: …