Instant Access for application-consistent restore points on virtual machines (that have Premium v2 or Ultra disks as data disks) is now generally available. With Instant Access, you can begin restoring a disk from a restore point as soon as the snapshot i

Support for PowerShell 7.4 will end on November 10, 2026, please transition to PowerShell 7.6. Your Azure Function apps will continue to run, but security patches and updates will no longer be provided and customer support for PowerShell 7.4 will be disco

Support for .NET 8 and .NET 9 will end on November 10, 2026. Please transition to .NET 10 by that date. Your Azure Function Apps will continue to operate, but security updates will no longer be provided, and support for .NET 8 and .NET 9 on Azure Function

Support for Node.js 22 will end on April 30, 2027, please transition to Node.js 24 by that date. Your Azure Function apps will continue to run, but security patches and updates will no longer be provided and customer support for Node.js 22 will be discont

Flex Nodes for AKS is a deployment option for application and platform teams to use hybrid and edge infrastructure as connected worker nodes to an AKS control plane in Azure. Flex Nodes provide a consistent Kubernetes control plane while enabling teams to

Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7.6 is now generally available. You can now develop apps using PowerShell 7.6 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions plans. Learn more: Updating your app to PowerShell 7.6 What's new in PowerShell 7.6? Azure

The Mdsv4 and Msv4 Series are memory-optimized virtual machine series built on 6th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and enhanced with advanced security capabilities and the latest Azure Boost technologies. Designed for demanding memory-intensiv

Beginning in early October 2026, Windows App will begin using three new wildcard fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) for client-side service traffic to Azure Virtual Desktop. These domains are already included in the cloud-side connectivity requirements.

Azure Functions Flex Consumption support for TLS/SSL certificates is now generally available through a new site-scoped certificate model. Each function app can hold up to 3 private (.pfx) and 3 public (.cer) certificates uploaded directly, imported from A

Azure Ephemeral OS Disk with full caching is now generally available for new virtual machines and Virtual Machine Scale Sets. The capability caches the complete OS image on a VM’s local storage, eliminating remote-storage reads after caching finishes. Thi

The Azure Developer CLI (azd) Extension Framework is now generally available. The framework enables developers, teams, and partners to extend Azure Developer CLI with custom capabilities that support their preferred application development workflows.With

Organizations running Windows-based workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) face increasing pressure to modernize as support timelines for older Windows Server versions approach retirement. To help customers prepare, AKS now offers GA support for Wind

You can now accelerate your containerized workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using Azure Container Registry (ACR) with Artifact streaming. Artifact streaming will allow you to scale your workloads without having to fully wait for images to be pul

Confidential Virtual Machines (CVM) offer strong security and confidentiality for tenants. CVM for Azure Linux in AKS is now generally available and enables node pools with CVM to target the migration of highly sensitive container workloads to AKS without

The Azure Files Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports workload identity for pod-level authentication to SMB file shares. Previously, managed identity support in AKS enabled workloads to mount Azure Files w

Overview:Azure VM Image Builder is now generally available in Azure Government, China North 3, Azure Government Secret, and Azure Government Top Secret.You can now use the same managed image-building service across your sovereign and air-gapped environmen

Azure Bastion integration with Azure Kubernetes Service is now generally available. Customers can establish a secure tunnel from their local machine through Azure Bastion to an AKS cluster API server. The integration enables customers to use standard Kube

Azure announces the general availability of 248 and 372 vCPU Dl/D/E v7 VM sizes, powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 processors. These general-purpose and memory-optimized VMs deliver up to 20% better compute performance than prior-generation Intel-based v6 VMs, wi

eBPF Host Routing in Advanced Container Networking Services for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available. eBPF Host Routing improves Kubernetes networking performance by moving packet forwarding and routing decisions directly into the Lin

On April 30 2027, support for Node 22 LTS will end. Your apps that are hosted on App Service will continue to run, but security updates will no longer be available, and we’ll no longer provide customer service for Node 22 LTS. Required action: To avoid po