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Microsoft Azure updates and Terraform AzureRM provider.
- Azure Updates observabilityazuregaengineergovernment ·
Azure Monitor dashboards with Grafana generally available
Azure Monitor dashboards with Grafana are now generally available, integrating Grafana's visualization platform into the Azure portal. This allows developers and operators to create, edit, and share Grafana dashboards directly within Azure, streamlining observability workflows.
feature - Azure Updates securityazuregaengineer ·
Azure Service Bus Premium Confidential Computing GA
Confidential computing for Azure Service Bus Premium is now generally available in Korea Central and UAE North. This feature allows Service Bus to process messages within hardware-based trusted execution environments (TEEs), enhancing data protection for sensitive workloads.
feature - Azure Updates infraazuregaengineer ·
Azure Virtual Network Manager rule impact analyzer now GA
Azure Virtual Network Manager rule impact analyzer is now generally available, allowing users to simulate security rule impacts on virtual networks before deployment. This feature helps prevent unintended consequences and streamlines security rule management for network administrators.
feature patch - Azure Updates securityazuregaengineer ·
Azure Sentinel TI GA: Improved pattern parsing and revoke reliability
Azure Sentinel TI is now Generally Available with two key improvements: a fix for unreliable revoke actions and enhanced pattern parsing. These updates improve accuracy and control for users working with pattern-based workflows.
feature patch - Terraform AzureRM Provider Releases terraforminfraazureengineer ·
Terraform Provider Azure Resource Manager v4.72.0 Adds New Subnet Resource
Terraform Provider Azure Resource Manager v4.72.0 introduces a new resource for managing Azure Subnets, alongside several enhancements and bug fixes. These updates improve configuration options for services like Frontdoor and Log Analytics, enhance security by marking sensitive fields, and migrate Cosmos resources to the go-azure-sdk. These changes benefit engineers and architects managing Azure infrastructure via Terraform.
feature patch - Azure Updates infraazuregaengineer ·
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk now available in Japan West
Azure Premium SSD v2 disks, offering sub-millisecond latencies, are now available in all three availability zones in Japan West. This next-generation storage option is ideal for general-purpose block storage needs for Azure virtual machines.
feature patch - Azure Updates azuregaengineer ·
Azure DL/D/E v7 VMs with Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids Processors Generally Available
Azure announces the general availability of its new DL/D/E v7 Virtual Machines. These VMs are powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 (Granite Rapids) processors, offering up to 20% improved general compute performance. This update benefits users seeking enhanced general-purpose and memory-optimized virtual machine capabilities.
feature patch - Azure Updates azurepreviewengineer ·
Azure SQL Managed Instance: Memory right-sizing in preview
Azure SQL Managed Instance now supports memory right-sizing for Business Critical tiers in preview. This feature allows for improved performance by allocating memory more precisely, avoiding overprovisioning.
feature - Azure Updates azuregadeprecationengineer ·
Azure Document Intelligence v3.0 API Retirement
The Azure Document Intelligence v3.0 API will be retired on March 30, 2029. Users must migrate to the latest generally available v4.0 API before this date. After the retirement date, the v3.0 API will no longer be accessible.
deprecation - Azure Updates infraazurepreviewengineer ·
Azure Backup adds public preview for bulk VM restore
Azure Backup now offers a public preview feature to restore up to 100 Azure virtual machines in a single operation. This enhancement aims to simplify large-scale disaster recovery scenarios for users managing multiple VMs.
feature - Azure Updates aiazurepreviewengineer ·
Azure Cosmos DB Shell in public preview
Azure Cosmos DB Shell is now available in public preview, offering a new command-line experience. This new shell leverages agentic capabilities via Model Context Protocol (MCP) to improve efficiency in querying, exploring, and managing data.
feature - Azure Updates aiazurepreviewengineer ·
Azure Cosmos DB: Public preview of spherical quantization for vector search
Azure Cosmos DB has introduced spherical quantization in public preview, a new vector compression technique that accelerates vector indexing while maintaining high recall and accuracy at scale. This feature benefits users who rely on efficient and accurate vector search for their applications.
feature - Google Cloud release notes aiazuregcpgapreviewdeprecationengineermedia ·
BigQuery multi-region sharing, Gemini Enterprise updates, and Cloud Trace
BigQuery now supports multi-region sharing for datasets and linked replicas, reaching general availability. Gemini Enterprise introduces new data stores in public preview and fixes an audio track extraction issue. Cloud Trace automatically generates spans for agentic applications, enhancing behavior analysis. A breaking change will affect BigQuery Data Transfer Service connectors for Google Ads, Search Ads 360, and GA4 starting June 1, 2026, due to Google Ads data retention policies.
feature patch breaking deprecation announcement - Azure Updates infraazuredeprecationengineer ·
Azure Reserved VM Instances for select VM series retiring July 2026
Azure is retiring one-year Reserved Virtual Machines Instances for several VM series, including Av2, Amv2, Bv1, D, F, G, and Lsv2, starting July 1, 2026. Purchases and renewals for these specific instances will cease on this date. This impacts users relying on these older reservation types for cost savings on specific VM series, prompting a need to migrate to newer instance types or reservation options.
deprecation - Azure Updates infraazurepreviewengineer ·
Application Gateway for Containers managed add-on now in Azure AKS public preview
Application Gateway for Containers managed add-on for AKS is now in public preview. This update removes a previous limitation by allowing the add-on to be managed. This enhancement is relevant for AKS users who need advanced ingress management capabilities.
feature - Azure Updates infraazuregaengineer ·
Azure Elastic SAN now supports AV64 SKU for AVS
Azure Elastic SAN datastores now support the AV64 SKU. This update provides higher-scale and higher-performance storage options for Azure VMware Solution (AVS) deployments, benefiting organizations running demanding workloads on AVS.
feature - Azure Updates dataazuregaengineer ·
Azure Elastic SAN adds single volume snapshots
Azure Elastic SAN now supports single volume snapshots for incremental, point-in-time backups of individual SAN volumes. This feature enables faster recovery and more efficient storage utilization by capturing only changes since the last snapshot, benefiting users who manage large datasets and require robust backup solutions.
feature - Azure Updates awsazuregaengineer ·
Azure Elastic SAN supports AVS Gen2 Private Cloud
Azure Elastic SAN now offers support for AVS Gen2 Private Cloud, simplifying connectivity and improving performance. This new integration eliminates the need for an ExpressRoute gateway and requires only a single Private Endpoint for configuration.
feature patch - Google Cloud release notes infraawsazuregcppreviewengineergovernment ·
Google Cloud Config Connector 1.149.1, VMware Engine, and SecOps updates
Google Cloud released Config Connector version 1.149.1 with new alpha resources for load balancing and parameter management, alongside updates for GKE Data Cache and controlled CR reconciliation. Additionally, the VMware Engine ve2 node type is now available in Europe, and Google SecOps has updated its list of supported default parsers. These updates affect users managing Google Cloud resources via Config Connector, those utilizing VMware Engine, and SecOps users integrating various security log sources.
feature patch announcement - Azure Updates infraazuregaengineer ·
Azure Functions Durable Task Scheduler Consumption SKU is GA
The Durable Task Scheduler Consumption SKU for Azure Functions is now generally available. This enables running durable workflows and AI agent orchestrations with pay-per-use pricing, eliminating the need for storage management, capacity planning, and avoiding idle costs. This release is relevant for developers and architects building serverless, stateful applications on Azure.
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