Azure Updates – Number 123 – October 18, 2025
A summary update on Azure News that includes updates released from Microsoft Azure related to Azure, Architecture, Compute, and Sentinel topics. Every update is linked to it’s original Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Sentinel or other blog source. Hopefully this will save you some time digging around to find recent releases and changes.
Updates include preview and general availability announcements, news, and technical articles published in the listed topic areas for the previous 2 week snapshot. Presented is a subset of news that is highlighted here, visit Azure Blog, Sentinel Blog, or the Microsoft Security Copilot Blog to see all the updates.
Microsoft Sentinel Blog
Azure Updates
[In development] Private Preview: New planned datacenter region in Malaysia (Southeast Asia 3) [Launched] Generally Available: New OS SKU enum to migrate to Azure Linux 3.0 [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions support for Python 3.13 [Launched] Generally Available: Prescaling in Azure Firewall Retirement: Confidential Containers preview on AKS is Closing Down [Launched] Generally Available: Observed capacity metric in Azure Firewall [Launched] Generally Available: PowerShell, Az cmdlets, and Python SDK for Azure Database Migration Service [Launched] Generally Available: Availability Zones and network restricted Key Vault and App Configuration references for Flex Consumption [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Storage Discovery [Launched] Generally Available: SAP Business Data Cloud Connect to Azure Databricks [In preview] Public Preview: Private Link Service Direct Connect Retirement: The F, Fs, Fsv2, Lsv2, G, Gs, Av2, Amv2, and B series VMs are retiring in 2028 [Launched] Generally Available: Locations API Update for UK Azure Regions [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Event Grid new capabilities [Launched] Generally Available: Spot Placement Score [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Site Recovery support for Ultra Disks [In preview] Public Preview: Environmental sustainability features in Azure API Management [In preview] Public Preview: PostgreSQL 18 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL ? Flexible Server Retirement: Azure Custom Vision will be retired on September 25, 2028 [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Integrated HSM [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Entra ID token refresh code samples in Python and .NET [Launched] Generally Available: Custom port support for Azure Database for MySQL ? Flexible Server [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Firewall updates – Customer provided public IP address support in secured hubs [Launched] Generally Available: Firmware analysis enabled by Azure Arc Retirement: Azure AI Health Insights and related models [In preview] Public Preview: Introducing Vaulted Backup for Azure Data Lake Storage Retirement: Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise is retiring on March 30, 2027 Retirement: Azure Cache for Redis is retiring on September 30, 2028 Retirement: Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) for Windows nodes on AKS to Be Retired by September 30, 2026 [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Firewall Updates – IP Group limit increased to 600 per Firewall Policy [Launched] Generally Avaialbe: Azure NetApp Files short-term clones Retirement: Legacy Authentication in Azure Monitor – Container Insights will be retired on September 30, 2026. [Launched] Generally Available: AI toolchain operator add-on (KAITO) for AKS [Launched] Generally Available: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL ? Flexible Server?
Microsoft Security Copilot Blog
