[Launched] Generally Available: Zonal placement for Azure file shares Azure Files Premium LRS in select regions. https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=541410

Update: The retirement date for default outbound access has been extended to March 31, 2026. https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=515484

[In preview] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files cross-zone-region replication (CZRR) https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=537106

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=536699

[In preview] Public Preview: Use Azure SRE Agent with Azure Cosmos DB https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=541813

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Blob-to-Blob migration made simple with Azure Storage Mover https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=542813

[In preview] Public Preview: Introducing SDK Stats to the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=529528

[Launched] Generally Available: Capacity guidance for Azure Site Recovery https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=530073

[In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Defender for Cloud + GitHub Advanced Security https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=526876

[In preview] Public Preview: Smart Tier account level tiering (Azure Blob Storage and ADLS) https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=526188

[In preview] Public Preview: Managed Instance on Azure App Service https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523623

[In preview] Public Preview: Entra-only identities support with Azure Files SMB https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=527713

[In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft HTTP DDoS Ruleset 1.0 on Application Gateway WAF v2 https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=530609

[In development] Private Preview: Azure Boost remote storage throughput and network bandwidth enhancements https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=530287

[Launched] Generally Available: Advanced sampling and richer data collection in Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=529519

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Network Watcher Topology – Agentless Connection Troubleshoot https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=527815

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Network Watcher Topology – AKS Visualization https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=527810

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure VNet Flow Log - Filtering https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=527805

[Launched] Generally Available: ExpressRoute Scalable Gateway https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=526729

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Container Registry Repository Permissions with Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC) https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=526644

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Service desktop https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=526242

[Launched] Generally Available: Pod sandboxing on AKS https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=526237

[Launched] Generally Available: Managed namespaces on AKS https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=526232

[Launched] Generally Available: AKS Automatic pod readiness SLA https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=526208

[In preview] Public Preview: AKS Automatic managed system node pools https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=526203

[In preview] Public Preview: Cross region pool association support for Azure Virtual Network Manager IP address management https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=526174

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager address overlap prevention in mesh https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=526169

[In preview] Public Preview: Application Gateway for Containers Istio Service Mesh integration https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=525874

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure DocumentDB high-performance storage https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=525549

[Launched] Generally Available: Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool trigger for Azure Functions https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=525523

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions durable task scheduler Dedicated SKU (GA) & Consumption SKU (Public Preview) https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=525518

[Launched] Announcing: Resources for migrating to Azure Functions Flex Consumption https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=525500

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions enables OpenTelemetry support https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=525479

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Container Apps introduces flexible workload profile https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=525465

[In preview] Public Preview: Standard V2 NAT Gateway and StandardV2 Public IPs https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=525405

[Launched] Generally Available: Fuzzy search in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL full-text search https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523809

[Launched] Generally Available: Vector indexing performance improvements in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523803

[In preview] Public Preview: Index Advisor for Azure DocumentDB https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523763

[Launched] Generally Available: Priority-based execution in Azure Cosmos DB https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523754

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Fleet Analytics https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523745

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB fleet pools https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523740

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure DocumentDB - an open-source, MongoDB-compatible document database service for hybrid and multicloud https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523735

[In preview] Public Preview: Dynamic data masking with Azure Cosmos DB https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523726

[In preview] Public Preview: Online and offline migrations in Azure DocumentDB Migration extension https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523721

[Launched] Generally Available: Online migration from Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB RU to Azure DocumentDB https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523716

[In preview] Public Preview: Oracle to PostgreSQL migration tooling in Visual Studio Code https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523593

[Launched] Generally Available: Elastic clusters on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523583

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL change event streaming https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523533

[Launched] Generally Available: PostgreSQL 18 with in-place upgrade on Azure Database for PostgreSQL https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523196

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL storage extension support for Parquet https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-4039694&id=523167