Cloud
Azure: what changed
In the last 90 days, 142 summarized changes: 3 security advisories, 5 end-of-life notices, 134 changes. Stackdiff reads Azure's own feeds (azure.microsoft.com) and writes two sentences per change with a link to the source; it never republishes release notes. Sources last checked .
Needs attention
Breaking changes, security advisories, end-of-life and license changes from the last 90 days, worst first.
Securitymedium
[In preview] Public Preview: Perimeter link feature in network security perimeter
Securitymedium
[Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Defender security assessments for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Securitymedium
[Launched] Generally Available: Network Security Perimeter support for Azure Event Hubs
1.34End of lifehigh
Azure Kubernetes Service 1.34 reaches end of life on 2026-11-30
ActionPlan the upgrade before the date.
End of lifehigh
Retirement: Azure VMware Solution License-included service will be retired August 30, 2027
10.4End of lifehigh
Announcing: Azure Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS will reach end of life on November 1, 2026
End of lifehigh
Retirement: Nested confidential (cc_v5) VMs will be retired on September 1, 2026
2.7End of lifehigh
Retirement: Support for Python-2.7; 3.8 and PowerShell- 7.1; 7.2 will be retired on September 30, 2026
End of life
Support windows from endoflife.date. An entry appears the day a date enters the 120-day horizon.
Latest changes
Newest first, every type. Releases and fixes sit below anything that can hurt you in the weekly brief; here they are in order.
Changed
Retirement: Azure Linux with OS Guard in Azure Kubernetes Service
Changed
[In preview] Public Preview: Agentless migration of on-premises SMB file shares to Azure Files (SMB)
1.34End of lifehigh
Azure Kubernetes Service 1.34 reaches end of life on 2026-11-30
ActionPlan the upgrade before the date.
Changed
[Launched] Generally Available: TLS/SSL certificate and end-to-end TLS encryption support for Azure Functions Flex Consumption
Changed
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Copilot Troubleshooting Agent
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[Launched] Generally Available: User-bound user delegation SAS for Azure Storage
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[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Ephemeral OS Disk with full caching for VM/VMSS
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[Launched] Generally Available: Playwright Workspaces in Australia East, Japan East, and Switzerland North
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[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Developer CLI (azd) Extension Framework
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[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager IPAM in additional Azure regions
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[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Front Door profile and route level WAF policies
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[In development] Private Preview: Reader Endpoint for Azure Database for MySQL
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[Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Defender for Cloud support for Azure Container Apps (Serverless Containers Posture)
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[Launched] Generally Available: Windows Server 2025 on AKS
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[Launched] Generally Available: Artifact Streaming on AKS
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[Launched] Generally Available: Confidential VMs for Azure Linux
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[Launched] Generally Available: Purchase order mapping available in Microsoft Marketplace
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[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Firewall auto-learn SNAT routes
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[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Copilot Observability Agent supports Basic and Auxiliary table plans
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[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan in Azure Government and China regions
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[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan support for Azure tables and plan switching
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[In preview] Public Preview: Per-disk resiliency for Azure VMs
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[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Multicloud Interconnect
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[Launched] Generally Available: Workload identity support for Azure Files CSI driver (SMB) in Azure
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[Launched] Generally Available: Azure VM Image Builder in sovereign and air-gapped clouds
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[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Bastion shareable link expiration
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[In preview] Public Preview: IPv6 dual-stack support for Azure Bastion
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[Launched] Generally Available: Connect to AKS clusters using Azure Bastion
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[In preview] Public Preview: Introducing Live Reports for Azure SRE Agent
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[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SRE Agent VNet Integration
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