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Azure Updates – Number 126, November 19, 2025

Special Microsoft Ignite San Francisco Edition!

Azure News Technical Update
This summary delivers a focused snapshot of recent developments across Microsoft’s cloud and security ecosystem. It highlights key announcements, technical articles, and feature releases related to Azure, Architecture, Compute, and Security, including updates from Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR. The goal is to provide a quick, actionable view of what’s new without the need to sift through multiple sources.

Over the past two weeks, Microsoft has introduced previews, general availability features, and best-practice guidance aimed at improving scalability, resilience, and threat protection. These updates reflect ongoing innovation in cloud infrastructure and security operations, helping organizations optimize workloads while strengthening defenses against evolving threats.

Book of Ignite!

This year the Book of News from Ignite is released earlier than usual! This is very exciting so that we can all focus on enjoying and learning from the many industry discussions, sessions, and new product announcements that happen during Ignite. Check out -> https://news.microsoft.com/ignite-2025-book-of-news/

Microsoft Sentinel Blog

New Compliance Solutions in Microsoft Sentinel: HIPAA & GDPR Reports
Ignite 2025: New Microsoft Sentinel Connectors Announcement
Detect more, spend less: the future of threat intelligence correlation
Operationalizing the Sentinel data lake: A Practitioner’s Guide
Automating IOC hunts in Microsoft Sentinel data lake
Microsoft Sentinel for SAP Agentless connector GA

Azure Updates

[Launched] Generally Available: Claude in Microsoft Foundry
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Copilot agents – a closer look at the deployment agent
[In development] Private Preview: Azure HorizonDB
[Launched] Generally Available: Private Marketplace for VS Code
[In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Defender for Cloud + GitHub Advanced Security
[In preview] Public Preview: Smart Tier account level tiering (Azure Blob Storage and ADLS)
[In preview] Public Preview: Managed Instance on Azure App Service
[In preview] Public Preview: Entra-only identities support with Azure Files SMB
[In development] Private Preview: Azure Boost confidential device
[In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft HTTP DDoS Ruleset 1.0 on Application Gateway WAF v2
[In development] Private Preview: Azure Boost remote storage throughput and network bandwidth enhancements
[In preview] Public Preview: NCv6 Virtual Machines
[In preview] Public Preview: New integration and extensibility capabilities to Azure SRE Agent
[Launched] Generally Available: Advanced sampling and richer data collection in Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Network Watcher Topology – Agentless Connection Troubleshoot
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Network Watcher Topology – AKS Visualization
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure VNet Flow Log – Filtering
[Launched] Generally Available: ExpressRoute Scalable Gateway
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Container Registry Repository Permissions with Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC)
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Service desktop
[Launched] Generally Available: Pod sandboxing on AKS
[Launched] Generally Available: Managed namespaces on AKS
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager for Arc-enabled clusters
[In preview] Public Preview: Windows Server 2025 on AKS
[Launched] Generally Available: AKS Automatic pod readiness SLA
[In preview] Public Preview: AKS Automatic managed system node pools
[In preview] Public Preview: Add durability to AI agents in Azure Functions using Microsoft Agent Framework
[In preview] Public Preview: Cross region pool association support for Azure Virtual Network Manager IP address management
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager address overlap prevention in mesh
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Functions support for Node.js 24
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Functions support for Java 25
[Launched] Generally Available: Application Gateway for Containers – Slow start
[In preview] Public Preview: Application Gateway for Containers Istio Service Mesh integration
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure DocumentDB high-performance storage
[Launched] Generally Available: Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool trigger for Azure Functions
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions durable task scheduler Dedicated SKU (GA) & Consumption SKU (Public Preview)
[In preview] Public Preview: Self-hosted remote MCP servers on Azure Functions
[Launched] Announcing: Resources for migrating to Azure Functions Flex Consumption
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions enables OpenTelemetry support
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Container Apps adds support for agentic Docker Compose
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Container Apps introduces flexible workload profile
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Container Apps serverless GPUs in additional regions
[In preview] Public Preview: Confidential computing in Azure Container Apps
[In preview] Public Preview: Standard V2 NAT Gateway and StandardV2 Public IPs
[Launched] Generally Available: SQL database in Microsoft Fabric
[In preview] Public Preview: Support for Italian and Portuguese in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL full-text search
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB MCP ToolKit for Microsoft Foundry Agent Service
[Launched] Generally Available: Fuzzy search in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL full-text search
[Launched] Generally Available: Vector indexing performance improvements in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
[Launched] Generally Available: Float16 data type for vector indexes in Azure Cosmos DB
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB for Visual Studio Code
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric
[Launched] Generally Available: Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric
[In preview] Public Preview: Index Advisor for Azure DocumentDB
[Launched] Generally Available: Priority-based execution in Azure Cosmos DB
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Fleet Analytics
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB fleet pools
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure DocumentDB – an open-source, MongoDB-compatible document database service for hybrid and multicloud
[In preview] Public Preview: Dynamic data masking with Azure Cosmos DB
[In preview] Public Preview: Online and offline migrations in Azure DocumentDB Migration extension
[Launched] Generally Available: Online migration from Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB RU to Azure DocumentDB
[In preview] Public Preview: Oracle to PostgreSQL migration tooling in Visual Studio Code
[Launched] Generally Available: 2025 REST API for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
[Launched] Generally Available: Elastic clusters on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
[In preview] Public Preview: Native Microsoft Foundry support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server anon extension
[Launched] Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server v6 series VMs and AMD v6 Confidential Compute
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server pg_duckdb extension
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL change event streaming
[Launched] Generally Available: PostgreSQL 18 with in-place upgrade on Azure Database for PostgreSQL
[Launched] Generally Available: PostgreSQL extension for Visual Studio Code with GitHub Copilot
[Launched] Generally Available: Mirroring in Fabric for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL storage extension support for Parquet
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose service tier
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL Database DiskANN vector indexing
[In preview] Generally Available: MSSQL extension integration with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL Database long-term retention (LTR) backup immutability
[Launched] Generally Available: SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22
[Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Python driver for SQL Server
[Launched] Generally Available: New SQL Server migration in Azure Arc
[Launched] Generally Availabe: SQL Server 2025
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for November 2025
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for November 2025
[In preview] Public Preview: Dynamic sessions shell environment and MCP support in Azure Container Apps
[In preview] Public Preview: Deployment labels in Azure Container Apps
[Launched] Generally Available: Rule-based routing in Azure Container Apps
[Launched] Generally Available: Premium Ingress in Azure Container Apps
[In preview] Public Preview: JWT Validation in Azure Application Gateway
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Application Gateway mTLS passthrough support
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Copilot observability agent
[In development] Private Preview: ActiveMQ and JMS connector for Azure Logic Apps
[In preview] Public Preview: New healthcare connectors for Azure Logic Apps
[Launched] Generally Available: Scheduled Actions
[Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Marketplace
[Launched] Generally Available: Resale enabled offers through Microsoft Marketplace
[In preview] Public Preview: GitHub Copilot app modernization expanded capabilities
[In preview] Public Preview: Industry-leading storage performance Ebsv6 VM series
[In development] Public Preview: User and group quota reports in Azure NetApp Files
[Launched] Generally Available: New Hybrid Integration Connectors for Azure Logic Apps
[In preview] Public Preview: Redesigned designer experience for Azure Logic Apps [Standard]
[In preview] Public Preview: New Agent Loop capabilities in Azure Logic Apps
[In preview] Public Preview: Agent Loop in Azure Logic Apps [Consumption]
[Launched] Generally Available: Agent Loop in Azure Logic Apps [Standard]
[Launched] Generally Available: Automated Testing Framework for Logic Apps [Standard]
[Launched] Generally Available: Govern Model Context Protocol (MCP) endpoints using Azure API Management
[Launched] Announcing: API Center Standard now included at no additional cost for linked Azure API Management Standard and Premium tiers
[Launched] Generally Available: Premium v2 tier in Azure API Management
[Launched] Generally Available: OpenShift Virtualization now available on Azure Red Hat OpenShift
[In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry Fine-Tuning Updates
[In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry Control Plane & Entra Agent ID
[Launched] Generally Available: GitHub Copilot app modernization expanded capabilities
[Launched] Generally Available: Model Router in Microsoft Foundry
[In development] Private Preview: Foundry Local Android support
[In preview] Public Preview: Foundry Local updates
[In preview] Public Preview: Foundry IQ by Azure AI Search
[Launched] Generally Available: Foundry Tools (rebrand from Azure AI Services)
[Launched] Generally Available: Content Understanding in Microsoft Foundry
[In preview] Public Preview: Enrich agents with a unified catalog of prebuilt and custom tools in Microsoft Foundry
[In preview] Public Preview: Built-in memory in Foundry Agent Service
[In preview] Public Preview: Multi-agent workflows in Foundry Agent Service
[In preview] Public Preview: Hosted agents in Foundry Agent Service
[Launched] Generally Available: Observability in Foundry Control Plane
[In preview] Public Preview: Enterprise MCP enhancements in Foundry Agent Service
[In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry one-click deploy channels in Teams, M365 and non-Microsoft
[In preview] Public Preview: LLM Speech in Microsoft Foundry
[In preview] Public Preview: Bring Your Own AI Gateway to Foundry Agent Service
[In preview] Announcing: Developer Training tier for low-cost fine-tuning training
[Launched] Generally Available: Streamline IT governance, security, and cost management experiences with Microsoft Foundry
[In preview] Public Preview: New granular controls for network and integration security in Microsoft Foundry
[In preview] Public Preview: Agent mitigations and guardrail customization
[In preview] Public Preview: OpenTelemetry visualizations and enhanced monitoring experience in Azure Monitor for Azure VMs and Arc Servers
[In development] Public Preview: Large volumes up to 7.2 PiB
[In preview] Public Preview: Built-in CIS benchmarks for Azure endorsed Linux distros in Machine Config
[In preview] Public Preview: New AI templates in Microsoft Foundry
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor unified onboarding experience for AKS and VMs
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Copilot brings new intelligent agents to support end-to-end lifecycle management of workloads
[In preview] Public Preview: Dynamic threshold for Log search alerts
[Launched] Generally Available: Custom error pages on Azure App Service
[In preview] Public Preview: Online container copy in Azure Cosmos DB
[Launched] Generally Available: The Archive access tier for Azure Blob Storage is now generally available in the Taiwan North region
[In preview] Public preview: Support for large volume breakthrough mode
[In preview] Public Preview: Threat Detection in Azure Backup powered by MDC
[In preview] Public Preview: Query-based metric alerts in Azure Monitor
[In preview] Public Preview: Introducing SDK Stats to the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro
[Launched] Generally Available: Visual Studio 2026
[Launched] Generally Available: Seamless failback for HyperV-to-Azure: Managed Disk support in Azure Site Recovery
[In preview] Public Preview: Support for Linux major OS upgrades with Azure Site Recovery
[In preview] Public Preview: Support 5x churn in Azure Site Recovery
[Launched] Generally Available: Capacity guidance for Azure Site Recovery
Retirement: Support for Python 3.10 ends on October 1st, 2026
Retirement: Windows Server 2022 on Azure Kubernetes Service enabled by Azure Arc
[In preview] Public Preview: Pod CIDR expansion in Azure CNI Overlay for AKS
[In preview] Public Preview: eBPF host routing in Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS) for AKS
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager UseExisting Mode for UDR management
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager IP Address Management Pool Association Recommendation
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager peering compliance
[Launched] Generally Available: .NET 10
[Launched] General Availability: Server Parameters support for lower_case_table_names in Azure Database for MySQL- Flexible Server
[In preview] Public Preview: Scheduler profile configuration for AKS
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for MySQL Triggers for Azure Functions
[In preview] Public Preview: Agentic CLI for AKS
[Launched] Generally Available: LocalDNS for AKS
[In preview] Public Preview: Insights in Azure Migrate
[Launched] Generally Available: Vaulted Backup for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)
[Launched] Generally Available: DNS flow trace logs for Azure Firewall
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Linux OS Guard for AKS
[In preview] Public Preview: Flatcar Container Linux for AKS
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure WAF JavaScript challenge on Azure Front Door
[Launched] Generally Available: Object Replication Priority Replication for Azure Blob
[Launched] Generally Available: Geo Priority Replication for Azure Blob
[Launched] Generally Available: Troubleshoot Azure Firewall using packet capture
[Launched] Generally Available: Application Gateway for Containers with Web Application Firewall (WAF)
[In preview] Public Preview: openCypher support for KQL graph semantics
[Launched] Generally Available: labels() function in KQL graph semantics
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server availability zones expansion in Japan West
[Launched] Generally Available: Ultra Disk’s new flexible provisioning model
[Launched] Generally Available: Object Replication Metrics
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure MCP Server
[In preview] Public Preview: GitHub Copilot in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for early November 2025
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL read replicas with Premium SSD v2
[Launched] Generally Available: Planned Failover for Azure Storage
[Launched] Generally Available: Monitor end-to-end ExpressRoute connectivity with Connection Monitor
[Launched] Generally Available: ExpressRoute resiliency insights
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server now supports high availability with dedicated Azure Standard Load Balancer
[Launched] Generally Available: Query Advisor in Azure Cosmos DB
[Launched] Generally Available: ORDER BY ST_DISTANCE in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL Geospatial Queries
[Launched] Generally Available: ExpressRoute resiliency validation
[Launched] Open Source: Announcing the DocumentDB Kubernetes Operator

Microsoft Security Copilot Blog

Azure Copilot Migration Agent – Bringing Agentic Migration and Modernization to life
Microsoft 365 Copilot Business : $ 21 /Month
Build and connect Microsoft Foundry agents to MongoDB Atlas with new native integrations
General Availability: Granular RBAC in Azure Monitor Logs
Windows 10 is officially dead as final mainstream OS update arrives
All of these PCs are getting disposed of because of the end of Windows 10
Enterprise Strategy for Secure Agentic AI: From Compliance to Implementation
Can you download music from spotify to usb for listening on my car
Microsoft Sentinel Graph with Microsoft Security Solutions
Get VoiceRoutingPolicy of a resource account
Enabling Private Connectivity for Microsoft Fabric: A Practical Guide
Leadership of Outlook Newsletter
Enable Moderation and Administrative Oversight for Outlook Newsletter
Introducing Microsoft’s Network Operations Agent – A Telco framework for Autonomous Networks
Reimagining Network Operations: How Microsoft NetAI Tackles Hyperscale Challenges
Azure ND GB300 v6 now Generally Available – Hyper-optimized for Generative and Agentic AI workloads
Announcing Deployment capabilities (preview) in Azure Copilot
Microsoft Foundry on Windows Server
Accelerating Enterprise AI with Microsoft Foundry
SQL Server 2025 Integration Services General Availability

Microsoft Defender XDR Blog

Ignite 2025: What’s new in Microsoft Defender?
Security Copilot for SOC: bringing agentic AI to every defender
Enhancing visibility into your identity fabric with Microsoft Defender
Detect more, spend less: the future of threat intelligence correlation