Azure Updates – Number 127 – November 29, 2025

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This roundup provides a streamlined view of the most important updates emerging across Microsoft’s cloud, security, and architecture ecosystem. It consolidates the latest announcements, feature releases, and expert insights from Azure, Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, and supporting platform services—so you can quickly understand what’s new without digging through multiple sources.

Over the past two weeks, Microsoft has shipped a wave of previews, GA features, and architectural guidance designed to enhance scalability, resilience, and threat detection. These advancements underscore Microsoft’s continued investment in modern cloud operations and security engineering, helping organizations optimize performance, strengthen their security posture, and stay ahead of evolving threats.

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Azure Updates

[In preview] Public Preview: Managed Identity support in Network Watcher VNET flow log, traffic analytics and packet capture

[In preview] Public Preview: Claude Opus 4.5 Available in Microsoft Foundry

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure File Sync in New Zealand North

[In preview] Public Preview: Entra ID support for RDP connections

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Load Testing in Italy North

[Launched] Generally Available: Regex support in T-SQL

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure MCP Server for Azure Database for MySQL

[Launched] Generally Available: Custom handler support in Azure Functions Flex consumption

Retirement: Migrate to dedicated VM for your compute clusters

[In preview] Public Preview: Container network metrics filtering in Advanced Container Networking Services for (ACNS) for AKS

[Launched] Generally Available: MCP support for AI toolchain operator add-on in AKS

[Launched] Generally Available: Cluster-wide Cilium network policy with Azure CNI powered by Cilium for AKS

[Launched] Generally Available: Local redirect policy in Azure CNI powered by Cilium for AKS

[Launched] Generally Available: Layer 7 policy with Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS) for AKS

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files single file restore from backup

[Launched] Generally Available: DNS security policy Threat Intelligence feed

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Sphere OS version 25.10 is now available

[Launched] Generally Available: Trusted Launch is now supported for Arm64 Marketplace Images

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files migration assistant (portal support)

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files cache volumes

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Monitor for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes with OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Managed Lustre Support for Azure MCP Server

[Launched] Generally Available: CSI Dynamic Provisioning for Azure Managed Lustre

[In preview] Public Preview: 20 MB/s/TiB Performance Tier for Azure Managed Lustre

[In preview] Public Preview: Auto-import for Azure Managed Lustre

[In preview] Public Preview: Recommended alerts for Azure Monitor Workspace

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Managed Redis integration with Microsoft Foundry

[Launched] Generally Available: TLS and TCP termination on Azure Application Gateway

[In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry data connection for Azure Databricks

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Databricks Genie in Copilot Studio

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure API Management adds support for A2A Agent APIs

[In preview] Public Preview: 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 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 – 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

Microsoft Security Copilot Blog

Revolutionizing Data in Motion with Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric

Developing WCAG-Compliant Power BI Reports

DP-600 Prep – Fabric Dev Days Edition – Session 04

Securing Confidential VM Backups with Azure Recovery Services Vault and Private Endpoints

IdentityLogonEvents – IsNtlmV1

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Replace your VPN — Global Secure Access in Microsoft Entra

Addressing .Net EOL installations for Windows Admins

Exchange database dismounted due to NTFS file extent limit reached – unexpected outage

Dynamic graphs and charts

Exchange Online Archive

Azure App Service AI Scenarios: Complete Sample with AI Foundry Integration

Function Calling with Small Language Models

Upcoming Live Stream: Building AI Agents with the AI Toolkit & Microsoft Foundry

Help I don’t know how to get my Windows 10

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Windows 11 22H2 Upgrade from Windows 10

MCT for downloading Windows 11 is broken when using Windows 10

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