This page gathers verified, published Microsoft changes linked to Microsoft Azure.
50 published change(s).
Retirement: Av2-series, F-series, Fs-series, Fsv2-series, G-series, Gs-series, and Lsv2-series Virtual Machines for Azure Batch pools
Microsoft Azure
: 2028-11-15
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
Retirement: D-series, Ds-series, Dv2-series, Dsv2-series, and Ls-series Virtual Machines for Azure Batch pools
Microsoft Azure
: 2028-05-01
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
Retirement: Azure Load Balancer Inbound NAT rule version 1 for Azure VMSS (aka Inbound NAT Pools)
Microsoft Azure
: 2027-09-30
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
Retirement: Azure VMware Solution License-included service will be retired August 30, 2027
Microsoft Azure
: 2027-08-30
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
Retirement: Migrate from Azure Blueprints by January 31, 2027
Microsoft Azure
: 2027-01-31
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
Announcing: Azure Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS will reach end of life on November 1, 2026
Microsoft Azure
: 2026-11-01
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
Retirement: Azure VPN Client for Linux (Preview) will be retired on August 31, 2026
Microsoft Azure
: 2026-08-31
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Advanced platform metrics in Azure Monitor
Microsoft Azure
: 2026-07-15
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Backup for Cosmos DB
Microsoft Azure
: 2026-07-01
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
Retirement: Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL
Microsoft Azure
: 2026-03-31
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Incremental SharePoint permissions sync for Azure AI Search and Foundry IQ
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Neural HD voice update (HDv2.5) in Azure AI Speech
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Serverless indexers in Azure AI Search
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Purview sensitivity labels in Azure AI Search knowledge sources
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Purview admin access auditing for sensitivity-labeled content in Azure AI Search
Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Database PostgreSQL - Flexible Server cross-tenant customer-managed keys
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Defender security assessments for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Pre-upgrade validation checks for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: OneLake catalog integration for Azure AI Search knowledge sources
Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Teams
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: Image file translation for batch document translation in Azure AI Translator
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: Improved PDF batch document translation in Azure AI Translator
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In development] Private Preview: Storage optimized Lasv5 and Laosv5 Azure VM series
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Azure Container Linux (ACL) now generally available on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public preview: Azure Linux 4.0 for Azure Virtual Machines and VM Scale Sets
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: OpenTelemetry Metrics, Visualizations, and Enhanced Monitoring in Azure Monitor for Azure VMs and Arc Servers
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Policy Coverage for Model Router in Foundry Models
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure API Management introduces a Unified Model API for multi-model AI applications.
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In development] Preview: Azure Cobalt 200 Arm-based Dpsv7, Dplsv7, Epsv7, Mpsv4, and Lpsv5-series Virtual Machines
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: File share centric management model (Microsoft.FileShares) for Azure Files
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Secure, Modern Access to Azure Files on macOS with MS Entra ID
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: Agent kit for Azure Cosmos DB
Microsoft Azure, GitHub Copilot
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: Simple log alerts in Azure Monitor
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Infrastructure Resiliency Manager
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In development] Announcing: Confidential Live Migration for Intel TDX confidential VMs in Azure
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Observability developer experience in Azure Developer CLI (azd)
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Belgium Central
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: Text Analytics for Health NextGen Playground in Azure AI Language
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] General Availability: Backup your ledger files for audit with Azure confidential ledger’s new tool
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor Service Level Indicators (SLI)
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Content Understanding chunking and image verbalization in Azure AI Search
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: Private Connectivity for Azure AI Search and Foundry Knowledge Bases
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL as a knowledge source in Foundry IQ
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: APIM Support for Foundry Models in Azure AI Search
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: Ingest OTLP signals into Azure Monitor with the OpenTelemetry Collector
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: AI pipelines in Azure HorizonDB
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Files assessments are now available worldwide using Azure Migrate
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In development] Private Preview: Guest RDMA on Azure Boost
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Managed Redis now supports Entra ID based RBAC for data management
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
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Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[Launched] Generally Available: Maintenance control for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - reschedule, apply on demand, view and download
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Site Recovery support for Linux Azure VMs with NVMe disk controllers.
Microsoft Azure
: Date not published
: Affected
Action: Review affected accounts with the customer using the official announcement.