Azure Updates - Latest from Azure Charts

SQL Server on Azure VMs in Malaysia West, Indonesia Central

Wed, 20 May 2026 23:15:14 Z

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines is now generally available in the Malaysia West and Indonesia Central Azure regions. With this regional expansion, you can deploy and manage SQL Server workloads closer to your users while helping meet data residency r
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features

Golden Image Refresh for Virtual Machines and VM Scale Sets: Driving Consistency at Scale

Wed, 20 May 2026 02:56:00 Z

Overview: A golden image is a prebuilt, approved system template that represents the ideal baseline for deployment. It includes: Hardened operating system configuration (e.g., RHEL) Preinst...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Getting Started with OpenSearch on AKS with AKS AVM and Helm

Mon, 18 May 2026 08:27:00 Z

A starter blueprint for running OpenSearch on Azure Kubernetes Service using an AVM-based baseline, separate Helm releases for manager and data tiers, internal-only Dashboards, and keyless snapshots ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Public Preview: Migrate your regional virtual machines to availability zones

Thu, 07 May 2026 21:33:00 Z

This new capability enables you to move your existing regional (nonzonal) VMs and VMSS Flex deployments into specific availability zones while preserving the VM names, data disks, and other stateful ...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Azure Dl/D/E v7 Virtual Machines

Thu, 07 May 2026 18:00:38 Z

Azure has announced the general availability of the new Dl/D/E v7 Virtual Machines, powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® 6 (Granite Rapids) processors. These general‑purpose and memory‑optimized VMs deliver up to 20% better general compute performance compa
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Pricing & Offerings

Announcing General Availability of Azure Dl/D/Esv7-series VMs based on Intel Xeon 6 processors

Thu, 07 May 2026 16:08:00 Z

We’re excited to announce the general availability of the latest Azure Dlsv7, Dsv7, and Esv7 General Purpose and Memory Optimized Virtual Machines (VMs) powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® 6 processor...
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Bulk Restore for Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Backup

Wed, 06 May 2026 19:45:54 Z

Azure Backup now supports ‘Bulk Restore’ for Azure virtual machines (VMs), enabling customers to restore multiple VMs (upto 100) in a single operation. This feature simplifies large-scale recovery scenarios while preserving control and granularity at an i
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Backup, Categories: Features, Management

Public Preview: Migrate Availability Sets to Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Tue, 05 May 2026 22:30:00 Z

We're excited to announce the public preview of availability set to Virtual Machine Scale Set migration for Azure Virtual Machines. This new capability enables you to move your existing VMs from avai...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Azure Reserved Virtual Machines Instances for select VM series

Tue, 05 May 2026 20:00:13 Z

Starting July 1, 2026, purchases and renewals will no longer be available for one-year Azure Reserved VM Instances for the Av2, Amv2, Bv1, D, Ds, Dv2, Dsv2, F, Fs, Fsv2, G, Gs, Ls, and Lsv2 VM series. Additionally, one-year and three-year reserved instanc
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Pricing & Offerings, Retirements

Retired Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances Transition Guide

Mon, 04 May 2026 15:59:00 Z

Summary This guide is designed for customers with Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances (RIs) that will no longer be available for new purchase or renewal starting July 1, 2026 for select VM ser...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Azure Reserved VM Instances for select VM series will no longer be available starting July 1, 2026

Mon, 04 May 2026 15:59:00 Z

Summary Starting July 1, 2026, Azure will no longer offer new purchases or renewals of certain Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances (RIs) for select VM series. This change affects only the abil...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

AI-Accelerated AVM Refactoring: Modernizing Legacy IaC Safely and Swiftly

Fri, 01 May 2026 12:14:00 Z

Why AVM refactoring is harder in brownfield Greenfield AVM adoption is straightforward: pick the module, deploy, and iterate. Brownfield is different. You’re refactoring *live* infrastructure — whe...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Migrating Splunk Logs to Azure Application Insights on VMs

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:35:00 Z

Phase 0 – Understanding the Current Environment Before touching any code or agents, map out the existing architecture. Current setup: Applications write logs via log4net → local log files on ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Monitor, Categories:

Connect to Elastic SAN from Windows VM via VM Extension

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:30:56 Z

Azure Elastic SAN now supports volume connectivity for Windows Virtual Machines using the Elastic SAN VM extension, directly from the Azure Portal. This capability enables customers to connect Elastic SAN volumes during virtual machine deployment, simplif
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Elastic SAN, Categories: Features

Entra ID Login via Azure Bastion Fails After VM Recreation

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:08:00 Z

However, you may encounter a confusing scenario where: An Entra ID user attempts to sign in to a Windows VM through Azure Bastion The connection appears to succeed in the backend logs The ses...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Bastion, Categories:

Azure Arc adds SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines as a migration target

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:45:32 Z

Azure Arc migration now supports SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines as a migration target. You can migrate Arc-enabled SQL Server instances not only to Azure SQL Managed Instance but also to SQL Server running on Azure infrastructure—using the same unif
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, SQL Database, Azure Arc, Categories: Features

AI-Powered Downtime Investigation for Azure VMs: Automating Root Cause Analysis

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:34:00 Z

Co-authors: Jie Su, Abhinav Dua, Mukthar Ahmed, Dhruv Joshi In a previous post, we shared how Azure Automated VM Recovery works to minimize virtual machine downtime through a three-stage approach: ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

End of lift reminder of HBv2/HC-Series/NP-Series Azure Virtual Machine in Azure Batch Pool

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:30:33 Z

Microsoft Azure will retire support for HBv2-series, HC-series, and NP-series VMs in Azure Batch pools on May 31, 2027, including: HBv2-series: 120 AMD EPYC 7V12 vCPUs, 480 GB RAM, 200 Gb/s HDR InfiniBand HC-series: 44 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Batch, Categories: Retirements

Azure Site Recovery support for Windows Azure VMs with NVMe disk controllers.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:15:15 Z

Azure Site Recovery now supports replication and disaster recovery for Windows Azure Virtual Machines running on NVMe-enabled Generation 2 VM families, such as the Da/Ea/Fa v6-series and Ebsv5/Ebdsv5 in the Azure-to-Azure scenario. This enhancement allows
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Site Recovery, Categories: Features, Management

Enterprise-Scale Azure Subscription Vending Using Azure Verified Modules (AVM)

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:45:00 Z

Why Subscription Vending Is Critical at Scale Azure subscriptions define the security, governance, and billing boundary for workloads. In large organizations, manual subscription creation often lea...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Enterprise‑Scale Azure Subscription Vending Using Azure Verified Modules (AVM)

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:45:00 Z

Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in US Gov Arizona

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:30:51 Z

Azure Premium SSD v2 is now available in US Gov Arizona (a region without Availability Zone). Azure Premium SSD v2 disk, a next-generation general-purpose block storage option for Azure virtual machines, offers sub-millisecond latencies and exceptional p
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Managed Disks, Categories: Features, Services

Ephemeral OS Disk with full caching for VM/VMSS

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:45:47 Z

Ephemeral OS Disk with full caching is now available in public preview for Azure VM/VMSS, bringing significantly faster and more reliable OS disk performance to your workloads. By caching the entire OS disk image on local VM storage (cache disk, resource
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features

Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in South India

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:30:50 Z

Azure Premium SSD v2 is now available in South India (a region without Availability Zone).Azure Premium SSD v2 disk, a next-generation general-purpose block storage option for Azure virtual machines, offers sub-millisecond latencies and exceptional price
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Managed Disks, Categories: Features, Services

Public Preview: Ephemeral OS Disk with full caching for VM/VMSS

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:37:00 Z

Today, we’re excited to announce the public preview of Ephemeral OS disk with full caching, a new feature designed to significantly enhance performance and reliability by utilizing local storage. Thi...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

HC-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on May 31, 2027

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:30:27 Z

On May 31, 2027, Microsoft Azure will retire the following HC-series virtual machine (VMs) sizes: Standard_HC44rs, Standard_HC44-16rs, and Standard_HC44-32rs. To ensure continuity and improved performance, we recommend transitioning to one of the current‑
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Retirements

HBv2-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on May 31, 2027

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:30:27 Z

On May 31, 2027, Microsoft Azure will retire the following HBv2-series virtual machine (VMs) sizes: Standard_HB120rs_v2, Standard_HB120-96rs_v2, Standard_HB120-64rs_v2, Standard_HB120-32rs_v2, and Standard_HB120-16rs_v2. To ensure continuity and improved
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Retirements

NP-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on May 31, 2027

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:30:27 Z

On May 31, 2027, Microsoft Azure will retire the follow NP-series virtual machine (VMs) sizes: Standard_NP10s, Standard_NP20s, and Standard_NP40s. To ensure continuity and optimal performance, we recommend transitioning to one of the following Azure GPU V
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Machine Learning, Virtual Machines, Categories: Retirements

Azure NCv6 Virtual Machines: Enhancements and GA Transition

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:08:00 Z

NCv6 Virtual Machines are Azure's flexible, next generation platform enabling both leading-edge graphics and generative AI compute workloads. Featuring NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition ...
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Azure VMware Solution AV36P and AV52 node retirement on June 30, 2029

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:30:11 Z

Microsoft is announcing the retirement of the AV36P and AV52 Nodes on June 30, 2029. The terms of your current AV36P and AV52 Reserved Instance (RI) are not affected by this announcement. At this time, we recommend that you review your current RI expirati
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Categories: Retirements

Migration of Azure Batch Low-Priority VMs to Spot VMs in early March

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:45:11 Z

Azure Batch had retired Low-Priority VMs on September 30, 2025 and will begin a system-initiated migration to Spot VMs beginning March 1, 2026. This change aligns Batch with the broader Azure Spot infrastructure and simplifies the platform’s VM offering.
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Batch, Categories: Retirements

End of life reminder of NVv3 and NVv4-series Azure virtual machine in Azure Batch pools

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:30:34 Z

Microsoft Azure will retire support for NVv3 or NVv4-series VMs on September 30th, 2026, including NVv3 Series (NVIDIA Tesla M60 GPU): Standard_NV12s_v3, Standard_NV12hs_v3, Standard_NV24s_v3, Standard_NV24ms_v3, Standard_NV32ms_v3, Standard_NV48s_v3 NVv4
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Batch, Categories: Features, Retirements

Announcing general availability of Azure Confidential Computing (ACC) virtual machines for U.S. government environments

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:00:09 Z

Government agencies have an increased need for secure, verifiable, and compliant cloud environments that adhere to data sovereignty regulations, operate in a Zero Trust framework, and help reduce exposure to insider threats. Today, Microsoft marks a major milestone in secure cloud innovation with the general availability of Azure Confidential Computing (ACC) for Secure Encrypted Virtualization […] The post Announcing general availability of Azure Confidential Computing (ACC) virtual machines for U.S. government environments appeared first on Azure Government.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

DCesv6, DCedsv6, ECesv6, and ECedsv6 confidential VMs

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:15:13 Z

The DCesv6, DCedsv6, ECesv6, and ECedsv6 series are Azure’s next generation of confidential Virtual Machines (VMs) based on 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors with Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (Intel® TDX). These new confidential VMs help organizations to
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features, Services

Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in Brazil Southeast, and in a third Availability Zone in Malaysia West and Indonesia Central

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:00:04 Z

Azure Premium SSD v2 is now available in Brazil Southeast (a region without Availability Zone), and in a third Availability Zone in Malaysia West and Indonesia Central.Azure Premium SSD v2 disk, a next-generation general-purpose block storage option for A
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Managed Disks, Categories: Features, Services, Regions & Datacenters

Public Preview: Automatic zone balance for Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:30:00 Z

We're excited to announce the public preview of automatic zone balance for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets. This new capability helps you maintain zone-resilient workloads with zero manual inter...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Announcing Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) support for Existing VM SKUs

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:45:00 Z

As a leader in cloud infrastructure, Microsoft ensures that Azure’s IaaS customers always have access to the latest hardware. Our goal is to consistently deliver technology to support business critic...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Announcing Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) support for Existing VM SKUs

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:04:00 Z

AMD v6 confidential VMs in new regions for January 2026

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:00:02 Z

DCa/ECa v6 series AMD based confidential virtual machines are now generally available in 11 new regions: Canada Central, Canada East, Norway East, Norway West, Italy North, Germany North, France South, Australia East, West US, West US 3, Germany West Cent
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Regions & Datacenters

Azure Automated Virtual Machine Recovery: Minimizing Downtime

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:23:00 Z

Co-authors: Mukhtar Ahmed, Shekhar Agrawal, Harish Luckshetty, Vinay Nagarajan, Jie Su, Sri Harsha Kanukuntla, David Maldonado, Shardul Dabholkar. Keeping virtual machines running smoothly is essen...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Navigating Capacity Challenges on AKS with Node Auto Provisioning or Virtual Machine Node Pools

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 Z

Learn how Node auto provisioning and virtual machine node pools can address common capacity constraints when scaling an AKS cluster. Also learn best practices for compute scaling in AKS.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories:

Azure AMD Turin Dasv7, Easv7, and Fasv7-series Virtual Machines

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:15:24 Z

The general purpose Dasv7 and Dalsv7, memory-optimized Easv7, and compute-optimized Fasv7, Falsv7, Famsv7 VMs, are now generally available with and without local disk support. These VMs are available in the following Azure regions: Australia East, Central
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

7th generation Intel-based VMs – Dlsv7/Dsv7/Esv7

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:00:06 Z

Announcing the preview of new Azure Dlsv7/Dsv7 General Purpose and Esv7 Memory Optimized Virtual Machines (VMs) powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® 6 processors (Granite Rapids). The latest Azure Intel-based v7 VMs are designed to power ever increasing com
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Azure Command Launcher for Java

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:00:07 Z

At Microsoft Ignite 2025, we announced the Public Preview of the Azure Command Launcher for Java, a new JVM launcher optimized specifically for Azure. This tool provides better default ergonomics for Java applications running in containers and virtual mac
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, App Service, Container Instances, Container Apps, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Categories: Services

Announcing General Availability of Azure Da/Ea/Fasv7-series VMs based on AMD ‘Turin’ processors

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:54:00 Z

Today, Microsoft is announcing the general availability of Azure’s new AMD based Virtual Machines (VMs) powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ (Turin) processors. These VMs include general-purpose (Dasv7, Dals...
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Announcing General Availability of Azure Da/Ea/Fasv7-series VMs based on AMD Turin processors

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:54:00 Z

Deploy PostgreSQL on Azure VMs with Azure NetApp Files: Production-Ready Infrastructure as Code

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:05:00 Z

PostgreSQL is a popular open‑source cloud database for modern web applications and AI/ML workloads, and deploying it on Azure VMs with high‑performance storage should be simple. In practice, however,...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Database for PostgreSQL, Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Private Preview: Azure Managed Prometheus on VM / VMSS

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:01:00 Z

Announcing private preview support for Azure Managed Prometheus on VM/VMSS, enabling unified monitoring with GPU, InfiniBand, and node-level metrics for HPC workloads.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Migrate to dedicated VM for your compute clusters

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:45:18 Z

On September 30, 2025, Low-Priority VM will reach end of life. However, you will continue to be supported on Azure Machine Learning until March 31, 2026.  To ensure that your clusters are not automatically scaled down it is recommended to migrate to dedic
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Machine Learning, Virtual Machines, Categories: Retirements

Trusted Launch is now supported for Arm64 Marketplace Images

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:00:59 Z

Announcing that Trusted Launch supported Arm64 Images are now available in the Azure Marketplace. You can now get the dual benefit of cost and performance efficiencies of Arm64 in addition to the security benefits of Trusted Launch. Arm64 VMs bring cost
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Introducing Metadata Security Protocol (MSP): Elevating Platform Security for Azure VMs

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:36:00 Z

We are excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of Metadata Security Protocol (MSP), an industry-first innovation designed to mitigate vulnerabilities at the platform layer. Azure becomes th...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Security

Announcing the Preview of the new Azure Ebsv6 VMs based on the 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processor

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:35:00 Z

Authored by Misha Bansal, Product Manager, Azure Compute We are excited to announce the public preview of the new Azure Ebsv6 and Ebdsv6 Virtual Machines, powered by 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Pl...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Announcing General Availability of Scheduled Actions for Azure Virtual Machines

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:35:00 Z

Managing VMs at scale in Azure can be a pain. Subscription throttling can prevent your operations from being received, and having to track and retry intermittent failures adds extra overhead. Schedul...
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

NVv6 Virtual Machines

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

We are announcing the public preview of NCv6 RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition Virtual Machines, as the next enhancement of NC Series VMs available on Azure. Nvidia RTC PRO 6000 BSE GPUs are designed to accelerate a wide array of workloads including v
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server v6 series VMs and AMD v6 Confidential Compute

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:02 Z

Now you can deploy general purpose and memory-optimized v6-series Azure Virtual Machines with local NVMe storage in Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server. The v6 series is available with either Intel or AMD processor options. Learn more.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Database for PostgreSQL, Categories:

Scheduled Actions

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:16 Z

Schedule Actions gives the ability to manage the lifecycle of VMs at high scale on a periodic basis. Subscription throttling and retries due to transient errors are handled automatically to ensure that your operations succeed without additional overhead.W
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Industry-leading storage performance Ebsv6 VM series

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:16 Z

Announcing the public preview of the new Azure Ebsv6 VM series, powered by 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® processors. The Ebsv6 and Ebdsv6 VMs deliver up to and industry leading 800,000 IOPS and 14 GBps of remote disk storage throughput, providing high-perfo
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Managed Disks, Categories:

OpenTelemetry visualizations and enhanced monitoring experience in Azure Monitor for Azure VMs and Arc Servers

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:16 Z

OpenTelemetry based visualizations in Azure Monitor are in public preview, along with an enhanced, unified monitoring experience for Azure Virtual Machines and Arc Servers. This release consolidates key monitoring capabilities into a single view and intro
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Monitor, Categories: Management

Azure Monitor unified onboarding experience for AKS and VMs

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:16 Z

Azure Monitor now offers a unified, single-click onboarding experience for both Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters and virtual machines (VMs). This new experience simplifies setup by automatically deploying the latest Azure Monitor capabilities with
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Azure Monitor, Categories: Management

Announcing preview of new Azure Dlsv7, Dsv7, and Esv7 VMs based on Intel® Xeon® 6 processors

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:00 Z

We are excited to announce the preview of new Azure Dlsv7/Dsv7 General Purpose and Esv7 Memory Optimized Virtual Machines (VMs) powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® 6 processors (Granite Rapids). Thes...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Reimagining VM Application Management for an AI-Powered, Secure Future

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:00 Z

Discover how Azure VM Applications in Azure Compute Gallery transforms VM software management with AI-driven automation, secure deployments, and resilient operations—built for the modern cloud.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Management

Announcing preview of new Azure Dlsv7, Dsv7, and Esv7 VMs based on Intel® Xeon® 6 Granite Rapids

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:00 Z

Announcing the Preview of the new Azure Ebsv6 VMs based on the 5th Gen Intel Xeon processor

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:35:00 Z

Handle Scale for Power State Operations using Scheduled Actions for Azure Virtual Machines.

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:36:00 Z

Schedule Actions gives the ability to manage the lifecycle of VMs at high scale on a periodic basis. Subscription throttling and retries due to transient errors are handled automatically to ensure th...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Azure HBv5-series VMs

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:00:29 Z

Azure HBv5-series VM is now generally availalbe in the Azure South Central US region. HBv5 VMs are optimized for memory bandwidth-intensive HPC applications, such as computational fluid dynamics, automotive and aerospace simulations, weather modeling, ene
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Services

Streamline Cloud Spend with Azure Reserved VM Instances

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:26:00 Z

Cloud costs can feel like a runaway train, especially if you’re running GPU-heavy workloads for AI. Every hour of compute adds up, and before long, your forecasted budget is looking off. This is wh...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

VM vCore customization features disabling simultaneous multi-threading (SMT/HT) and constrained cores

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:15:22 Z

Azure announces the public preview of VM Customization features, a new capability that gives customers greater control over virtual CPU configurations to optimize performance and licensing costs. This feature introduces two powerful options: Disable Simul
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features

Sharing Capacity Reservation Groups

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:15:20 Z

The ability to share Capacity Reservation Groups (CRGs) with subscriptions is now in Public Preview. Previously, customers could deploy VMs in a Capacity Reservation Group within the same subscription only. On-demand Capacity Reservation Group (CRG) can
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features, Services, Pricing & Offerings

Announcing Public Preview of VM Customization in Azure: Disable Multithreading & Constrained Cores

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:52:00 Z

Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of VM Customization feature in Azure introducing two powerful new capabilities: Disable Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT/HT) and Constrained Core...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

The F, Fs, Fsv2, Lsv2, G, Gs, Av2, Amv2, and B series VMs are retiring in 2028

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:15:01 Z

The F, Fs, Fsv2, Lsv2, G, Gs, Av2, Amv2, and B series of Azure Virtual Machines will retire on November 15th, 2028. These VMs will no longer be able to be used or purchased after this date.   To ensure any applications and workloads running on these VMs w
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Retirements

Spot Placement Score

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:00:50 Z

Today, we are announcing the general availability of Azure Spot Placement Score, a feature that allows you to assess the likelihood of deployment success for your Spot virtual machines. Spot availability can vary across different combinations of Azure loc
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features

Soft Delete feature in Azure Compute Gallery

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:30:35 Z

The Soft Delete feature in Azure Compute Gallery lets you recover accidentally deleted images within a 7-day retention period. This grace period gives users time to restore any images that were mistakenly deleted. Learn more.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features, Services

NVv4-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on September 30, 2026

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:15:32 Z

On September 30, 2026, Microsoft Azure will retire the Standard_NV4as_v4, Standard_NV4ahs_v4,Standard_NV8as_v4, Standard_NV8ahs_v4,Standard_NV16as_v4, Standard_NV16ahs_v4, Standard_NV32as_v4, and Standard_NV32ahs_v4 virtual machines (VMs) in the NVv4-seri
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Retirements

Azure VMware Solution AV36 Node Retirement on June 30, 2028

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:30:39 Z

Microsoft is announcing the retirement of the AV36 node type on June 30, 2028. The terms of your current AV36 Reserved Instance (RI) are not affected by this announcement. At this time, we recommend that you review your current AV36 RI expiration timeline
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Categories: Retirements

Microsoft Azure Introduces Azure Integrated HSM: A Key Cache for Virtual Machines

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:10:00 Z

Today we are excited to release the public preview support for Azure Integrated HSM for AMD v7 Trusted Launch Virtual Machines. As announced last year at Ignite, Azure Integrated HSM is hardware secu...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Azure Disk Encryption

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:45:14 Z

Azure Disk Encryption will be retired on September 15, 2028 and we recommend you transition to Encryption at Host by that date. Alternate disk encryption solutions such as Encryption At Host and CVM OS disk encryption offer broader operating system supp
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Retirements

Azure Site Recovery Support for Virtual Machines with Premium SSD v2 disks

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:30:13 Z

Announcing the General Availability of Azure Site Recovery (ASR) for Virtual Machines with Premium SSD v2 disks. ASR provides seamless disaster recovery for Virtual Machines across Azure Regions and from on-premises to Azure, helping organizations maintai
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Site Recovery, Managed Disks, Categories: Features, Management

NVv3-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on September 30,2026

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:00:30 Z

On September 30, 2026, Microsoft Azure will retire the Standard_NV12s_v3, Standard_NV12hs_v3, Standard_NV24s_v3, Standard_NV24ms_v3, Standard_NV32ms_v3, and Standard_NV48s_v3 virtual machines (VMs) in the NVv3-series virtual machines (VMs). To avoid any d
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Retirements

Licensing changes for future Azure VMware Solution subscriptions starting October 16, 2025.

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:45:29 Z

Broadcom announced changes to their VMware licensing policies. The change now requires new customers to bring their own portable VCF subscriptions when using hyperscaler platforms. Our current Azure VMware Solution (AVS) customers can continue to operate
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Categories: Retirements

DCa/ECa v6 series AMD based confidential virtual machines (VMs)

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:00:07 Z

Microsoft is announcing the general availability of the new DCa/ECa v6 series AMD based confidential virtual machines (VMs) in the UAE North, Korea Central, West Central US, South Africa North, Switzerland North and UK South regions with 4th generation AM
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features

Azure Kubernetes Service on VMware will be retired on March 16, 2026 - Replace with Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:45:51 Z

Azure Kubernetes Service on VMware (preview) will be retired on March 16, 2026. Please transition to a supported Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local by that date if needed. We encourage you to transition to Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local befo
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Azure Arc, Categories: Services, Retirements

Azure Container Storage v2.0.0 now with NVMe performance boost, open source, and no service fees

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:30:41 Z

Azure Container Storage (ACStor) v2.0.0 is now generally available. This release delivers up to 7× higher IOPS and 4× lower latency on local NVMe compared to v1.3.1, making Container Storage v2.0.0 the fastest storage available for Azure Kubernetes Servic
Update Type: GA, Services: Container Storage, Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Database for PostgreSQL, Categories: Features, Services, Open Source

Private Preview: Azure AMD-based Dasv7, Easv7, and Fasv7-series Virtual Machines

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 20:45:15 Z

The general purpose Dasv7 and Dalsv7, memory-optimized Easv7, and compute-optimized Fasv7, Falsv7, Famsv7 VMs, are now available in preview with and without local disk support. These VMs are now available in the East US 2, North Europe, and West US 3 regi
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Services, Pricing & Offerings

Announcing preview of new Azure Dasv7, Easv7, Fasv7-series VMs based on AMD EPYC™ ‘Turin’ processor

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:36:00 Z

Today, Microsoft is announcing preview of the new Azure AMD-based Virtual Machines (VMs), powered by 5th Generation AMD EPYC™ (Turin) processors. The preview includes general purpose (Dasv7 & Dalsv7 ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Announcing General Availability of Azure D192 Sizes in the Azure Dsv6 and Ddsv6-series VM Families

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:49:00 Z

Authored by Sarah Zhou, Product Manager We’re excited to announce the addition of the D192 size to the Azure Dsv6 and Ddsv6-series Virtual Machines families, powered by the 5th Generation Intel® Xe...
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Upgrade existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Gen2-Trusted launch

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:15:11 Z

Announcing general availability support to enable Trusted launch on existing Azure Gen1 VMs by upgrading the Gen1 VM to Gen2-Trusted launch. This will help improve the foundational security of existing Azure VMs. Trusted Launch VMs provide foundational co
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features, Compliance, Security

Increase security for Azure VMs: Trusted launch in-place upgrade support now available!

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 05:50:00 Z

Introduction We’re excited to announce that Trusted Launch in-place upgrade support is now available to help you strengthen the security of your Azure virtual machines and scale set resources—witho...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Confidential VM SKUs DCesv5, DCedsv5, ECesv5, ECedsv5 SKUs

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:45:30 Z

Microsoft is announcing the retirement of Confidential VM SKUs DCesv5, DCedsv5, ECesv5, ECedsv5 SKUs, which will be succeeded by the DCesv6 and ECesv6 SKUs.  We recently announced the public preview of our next-generation Confidential VM sizes: DCesv6 and
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Services, Retirements

Announcing more Azure VMware Solution enhancements

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:50:00 Z

Greetings from Las Vegas! I’m writing today from VMware Explore, where my team and I are thrilled to present the latest updates for Azure VMware Solution (AVS). We’re hosting breakout sessions, sho...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Categories:

Azure Machine Learning now supports Large-Scale AI Training and Inference with ND H200 v5 VMs

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:20:00 Z

TL;DR: Azure Machine Learning now offers ND H200 v5 VMs accelerated by NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPUs, purpose‑built to train and serve modern generative AI more efficiently at cloud scale. With ma...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Virtual Machines, Categories:

Private Preview: DCesv6 and ECesv6 series confidential VMs with Intel® TDX

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:45:09 Z

The DCesv6 and ECesv6 series are Azure’s next generation of Confidential Virtual Machines powered by the 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors (code-named Emerald Rapids) with Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (Intel® TDX). This will help to enable organizations t
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Azure 128 & 192 vCPU sizes for the Esv6 and Edsv6 series VMs

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:00:43 Z

These new VM sizes offer up to 192 vCPUs and 1832 GiB of RAM, making them ideal for enterprise-scale applications such as in-memory analytics, large relational databases, and in-memory cache workloads. With Intel® Total Memory Encryption (Intel TME) and N
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features

Announcing General Availability of Azure E128 & E192 Sizes in the Esv6 and Edsv6-series VM Families

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:21:00 Z

Authored by Misha Bansal, Product Manager We’re excited to announce the addition of two new sizes, E128 and E192, in the Azure Esv6 and Edsv6-series Virtual Machine families, powered by the 5th Gen...
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Live Resize for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra NVMe Disks

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:15:08 Z

Announcing the General Availability of Live Resize for Premium SSD v2 (Pv2) and Ultra NVMe Disks. This feature allows you to dynamically expand the storage capacity of your disks without any disruption to your applications. To optimize costs, you can star
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Managed Disks, Categories: Features

Azure VMware Solution now available in Spain Central

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 18:15:00 Z

We are pleased to announce that Azure VMware Solution is now available in Spain Central. Now in 35 Azure regions, Azure VMware Solution empowers you to seamlessly extend or migrate existing VMware wo...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Categories:

GRS and CRR support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup availability in Norway and Japan

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:15:19 Z

Premium SSD v2 delivers high-performance block storage with sub-millisecond latency, high IOPS, and throughput—at a low cost. With Geo Redundant Storage (GRS) and Cross-Region Restore (CRR) support, you can safeguard VMs against data loss and perform on-d
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Backup, Categories: Features

Virtual Machines node pools support in AKS

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:00:35 Z

Virtual Machines node pools support in AKS is now generally available. With Virtual Machines node pools, Azure Kubernetes Services directly manages the provisioning and bootstrapping of every single node. When deploying a workload onto Azure Kubernetes
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Migrate Azure VM backups from standard to enhanced policy

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:30:24 Z

Azure Backup now supports migration to the enhanced policy for Azure VM backups using standard policy. The migration of VM backups to enhanced policy enables you to schedule multiple backups per day (up to every 4 hours), retain snapshots for longer durat
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Backup, Categories: Features, Management

Private Preview: Enable Trusted launch on existing Virtual machine Flex scale set

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:45:50 Z

Announcing preview support to enable Trusted launch on existing Virtual machine Flex scale set by upgrading the scale set resource to Gen2-Trusted launch. This will help improve the foundational security of existing Azure Virtual machine Flex scale set re
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Enable Trusted launch on existing Virtual machine Uniform scale set

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:45:50 Z

Announcing general availability of support to enable Trusted launch on existing Virtual machine Uniform scale sets by upgrading the scale set resource to Gen2-Trusted launch. This will help improve the foundational security of existing Azure Virtual machi
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Trusted launch default for new Gen2 VMs & Scale sets

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:45:50 Z

Announcing public preview for key security enhancement in Azure: Trusted Launch as default (TLaD) for new deployments of Gen2 Virtual Machines (VMs), Virtual Machine Scale Sets (Scale set) and Azure Compute Gallery (ACG) resources. This will help enhance
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features, Security, Services

VM Insights Map and Dependency Agent are being on June 30, 2028

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:15:12 Z

Dependency Agent and VM Insights Map will be retired on June 30, 2028 and no longer be supported. With this retirement, all functionality associated with the VM Insights Map and the Dependency Agent will be completely retired. After this date, customer
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Monitor, Categories: Management, Retirements

Azure FXv2-series Virtual Machines

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:45:52 Z

Microsoft has announced the General Availability of Azure FXv2-series Virtual Machines (VMs), which are powered by the 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8573C processor. These VMs offer significant improvements in CPU performance, memory capacity, and
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features

Azure Advisor VM Right-Sizing Update – Expanded SKU support and series coverage

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:30:54 Z

Azure Advisor has improved its VM right-sizing recommendations by extending coverage for newer VM series. This broader SKU coverage across the D, E, and F VM families enables a more comprehensive evaluation of CPU performance, providing your teams with re
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Advisor, Categories: Features, Management

General Available: Increased Disk Capacity for Azure VM Backup

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:00:51 Z

Announcing the expansion of Azure VM Backup disk capacity. VMs can now be protected with individual disks up to 64 TB and a total of 512 TB per VM. This enables large disk support for business continuity and recovery from disasters or ransomware attacks.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Backup, Categories: Features, Management

Azure Site Recovery Support for Virtual Machines with Ultra disks

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:00:51 Z

Announcing the Public Preview of Azure Site Recovery (ASR) for Virtual Machines with Ultra disks. ASR provides seamless disaster recovery for Virtual Machines across Azure Regions and from on-premises to Azure, helping organizations maintain business con
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Site Recovery, Azure Storage, Categories: Features, Management

Default outbound access for VMs in Azure will be retired— transition to a new method of internet access

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:15:05 Z

After September 30, 2025, new virtual networks will default to requiring explicit outbound connectivity methods instead of having a fallback to default outbound access connectivity.  All virtual machines that require public endpoint access will need to us
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Load Balancer, Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Categories: Retirements

Continuous Performance Diagnostics for Linux VMs to Enhance VM Troubleshooting

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:00:04 Z

Azure Monitor, Microsoft’s comprehensive solution for monitoring and optimizing cloud resources, is expanding its integrated diagnostics capabilities with the Public Preview of Continuous Performance Diagnostics for Linux VMs. On-demand Performance Dia
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Monitor, Categories: Features, Management

DCsv2-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on June 30, 2026

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:15:03 Z

On June 30, 2026, DCsv2-series Azure virtual machines (VMs) will be retired. After that date, they will no longer be available for use. Please migrate your workloads before June 30, 2026. Options: To continue using the enclave-based Intel SGX technolog
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Container Instances, Categories: Retirements

New storage optimized Laosv4, Lasv4, and Lsv4 Azure VM series

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:00:35 Z

The Laosv4 series and Lasv4 storage optimized VMs, based on the 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ processor (Genoa), and the Lsv4-series VMs, based on the 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processor (Emerald Rapids), are now generally available. Laosv4 VMs have sizes ranging from 2
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features, Services

Azure Site Recovery Support for Azure Trusted Launch VMs Running Linux OS

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:45:48 Z

Azure Site Recovery support for Azure Trusted Launch VMs running Linux OS is Generally Available. Azure Trusted Launch VMs provide foundational compute security to Azure Generation 2 VMs by enabling Secure Boot and vTPM capabilities. This Generally Availa
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Site Recovery, Categories: Features, Compliance, Security, Management

Private Preview: Announcing Azure Command Launcher for Java

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:30:59 Z

Announcing the private preview of jaz, a new JVM launcher optimized specifically for Azure. This tool provides better default ergonomics for Java applications running in containers and virtual machines, ensuring more efficient use of resources right from
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Container Apps, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Categories: Features, Services

SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances retirement extended to 31st Dec 2025 - transition to Virtual Machines

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:00:18 Z

In September 2022, we announced the upcoming retirement of SAP HANA Large Instance (Gen4 and Gen4.5) products on Azure, initially scheduled for 30 June 2025. Based on your valuable feedback and to provide additional time for your migration planning, we ar
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Retirements

Azure VMware Solution now available in Korea Central

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:12:00 Z

We are pleased to announce that Azure VMware Solution is now available in Korea Central. Now in 34 Azure regions, Azure VMware Solution empowers you to seamlessly extend or migrate existing VMware wo...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Categories:

General Availability: Custom Metrics for Rolling Upgrades on Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:27:00 Z

We’re excited to announce the general availability of custom metrics for rolling upgrades on Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS). This feature allows you to use the application health extension to emit...
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Azure Site Recovery Support for Virtual Machines with Premium SSD v2 disks

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:45:38 Z

Announcing the Public Preview of Azure Site Recovery (ASR) for Virtual Machines with Premium SSD v2 disks. ASR provides seamless disaster recovery for Virtual Machines across Azure Regions and from on-premises to Azure, helping organizations maintain busi
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Site Recovery, Managed Disks, Categories: Features, Management

Azure Quota Groups

Fri, 30 May 2025 17:45:01 Z

Azure Quota Groups is now generally available, offering improved flexibility and control for Enterprise Agreement (EA) and internal customers. This feature enables quota sharing across a group of subscriptions, reducing the number of individual quota tran
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features

Announcing the General Availability of Azure FXv2-series Virtual Machines

Wed, 21 May 2025 20:15:00 Z

Today, Microsoft is excited to announce the General Availability of the new Azure FXv2-series Virtual Machines (VMs), powered by the 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) proces...
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

GRS and CRR support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup availability in more regions

Wed, 21 May 2025 16:45:21 Z

Smart VM defaults in AKS

Wed, 21 May 2025 13:15:08 Z

Smart VM defaults are now generally available in AKS. Smart VM defaults automatically select the optimal default VM SKU based on available capacity and quota. This feature ensures that deployments are matched with the best possible SKU, enhancing performa
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

VM Network Troubleshooter

Wed, 21 May 2025 12:00:10 Z

Customers can identify blocked ports faster with the Azure Portal's latest enhancement. The VM Overview blade in the Azure Portal has a new troubleshooter tool allowing users to run network diagnostics and check for common ports being blocked. This greatl
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Monitor, Network Watcher, Categories: Features, Management

Azure Migrate: Migration to Confidential Virtual Machines (CVMs)

Wed, 21 May 2025 06:56:00 Z

Azure Migrate now supports the migration of both Generation 1 and Generation 2 virtual machines (VMs) from on-premises or other cloud platforms to Azure Confidential Virtual machine (CVM) in Private ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Migrate, Categories:

Network Optimized Azure Virtual Machines - Dnsv6, Dndsv6, Dnlsv6, Dnldsv6, Ensv6 and Endsv6

Mon, 19 May 2025 20:30:01 Z

Azure announces the public preview of our very first Network Optimized VMs built on the new 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8537C (Emerald Rapids) offering unparalleled performance and flexibility. These Intel-based VMs come with three different memory-to-c
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Announcing Preview of New Azure Dnl/Dn/En v6 VMs powered by Intel 5th Gen processor & Azure Boost

Mon, 19 May 2025 16:00:00 Z

We are thrilled to announce the public preview of Azure's first Network Optimized VMs powered by the latest 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processor offering unparalleled performance and flexibility. The netwo...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Public Preview: Hibernated VMs in Standby Pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Wed, 14 May 2025 18:00:00 Z

We’re excited to announce the public preview of hibernated virtual machines in standby pools for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS)—a new capability designed to reduce scale-out latency while op...
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Network Redundancy from On-Premises to Azure VMware and VNETs

Fri, 09 May 2025 22:19:00 Z

Establishing redundant network connectivity is vital to ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of workloads operating in hybrid and cloud environments. Proper planning and implementa...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Categories:

Network Redundancy from On-Premises to Azure VMware and VNETs in a Single-Region Design

Fri, 09 May 2025 22:19:00 Z

By shruthi_nair Mays_Algebary Establishing redundant network connectivity is vital to ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of workloads operating in hybrid and cloud env...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Categories:

Improve the security of Generation 2 VMs via Trusted Launch in Azure DevTest Labs

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:00:25 Z

To improve the security of Generation 2 (Gen2) virtual machines (VMs) in Azure DevTest Labs, we’re excited to introduce Trusted Launch for Gen2 VMs, now in public preview. Trusted Launch protects against advanced and persistent attack techniques and is co
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, DevTest Labs, Categories: Features, Security

Generally Avaialble: Azure NVads V710 v5-series virtual machines

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:00:08 Z

The NVads V710 v5-series virtual machines are designed for lightweight AI inferencing and graphics-intensive applications that demand cost-effective, high-performance GPUs with more memory and faster CPUs. Powered by AMD Radeon™ Pro V710 GPUs and 4th gen
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Desktop, Categories: Services, Pricing & Offerings

Introducing NVads V710 v5 series VMs

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:59:00 Z

Cost-optimized AI inference, virtual workstations, and cloud gaming. AI inferencing and graphics-intensive applications continue to demand cost-effective, low power, high performance GPUs with more...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

General Availability: Instance Mix for Virtual Machine Scale Sets with Flexible Orchestration Mode

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:02:00 Z

Instance mix for Virtual Machine Scale Sets using Flexible Orchestration Mode is now Generally Available.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Instance Mix for Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:30:32 Z

We are excited to announce the general availability of instance mix, a new feature designed to optimize your Virtual Machine Scale Set deployments. Instance mix allows you to specify multiple VM sizes within a single Virtual Machine Scale Set, providing
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features

Best Practices for Securing Access to VMs

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:08:00 Z

Azure Bastion and Microsoft Entra PIM work together to secure VM access by eliminating the need for public IPs, enabling identity-based authentication, and enforcing Just-In-Time (JIT) access. Bastio...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Bastion, Categories:

Private Preview: New storage optimized Lsv4 and Lasv4 Azure VM series

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:00:24 Z

The Lsv4-series VMs, based on the 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processor (Emerald Rapids), and Lasv4-series VMs, based on the 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ processor (Genoa), are now in preview. These new local storage optimized L-series VMs offer high capacity, high perform
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Services

New storage optimized Laosv4 Azure VM series

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:00:24 Z

The Laosv4 series storage optimized VMs, based on the 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ processor (Genoa), are now generally available in North Europe, West Europe, East US, East US 2, Central US, and UK South, with other regions coming soon. Compared to the previous ge
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Services

Azure VMware Solution now available in the new AV48 node size in Japan East.

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 03:12:00 Z

Today we're announcing the availability of the AVS AV48 SKU in Japan East. This SKU modernizes the CPU to the Intel Sapphire Rapids architecture and increases the deployed cores and memory per serve...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Categories:

I/O Performance Analysis—SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:00:07 Z

We’re excited to announce that I/O Analysis for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines is now generally available. This powerful feature, accessible in the Azure portal, helps you optimize your SQL Server workloads by identifying I/O performance bottlenecks
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features

D, Ds, Dv2, Dsv2, and Ls Series Virtual Machines to Be Retired on May 1, 2028

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:00:02 Z

D, Ds, Dv2, Dsv2, and Ls series Azure Virtual Machines will retire on May 1st, 2028. These VMs will no longer be able to be used or purchased after this date. To ensure any applications and workloads running on these VMs will be operating in the future,
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Retirements

A guide to Azure Storage and Virtual Machines cost optimization

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:00:00 Z

In this blog, we will explore various techniques to optimize costs for Azure storage accounts and virtual machines, while also highlighting some important caveats to keep in mind. Where do we begi...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Categories:

Support for Desired State Configuration Extension for Azure Virtual Machines to Be Retired on March 31, 2028

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:30:31 Z

Desired State Configuration Extension for Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on March 31, 2028, please transition to Azure Machine Configuration by that date. We encourage you to transition to Azure Machine Configuration prior to the retirement date t
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Policy, Categories: Management, Retirements

Running PowerShell Scripts on Azure VMs with Domain User Authentication using Azure Functions

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 04:57:00 Z

Azure Functions provides a powerful platform for automating various tasks within your Azure environment. In this specific scenario, we’ll use Azure Functions to run commands remotely on a VM whil...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Functions, Categories:

Enhancing VM security: Azure's approach to safer connectivity for all users

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 22:04:00 Z

When it comes to cloud security, one of the most critical aspects is managing connectivity to your virtual machines (VMs) without exposing them to unnecessary risks. To help you with this, Azure prov...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

VM Hibernation on GPU VMs

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:45:35 Z

VM hibernation is now generally available for GPU Virtual Machines, providing a cost-efficient way to pause workloads while preserving in-memory state. This feature is supported on select sizes in the NVv4 and NVadsA10v5 VM series and is available on both
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features

Windows Support for Virtual Machines Node Pools in AKS

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 20:00:05 Z

Windows support for Virtual Machines Node Pools is now available in Azure Kubernetes Services. With Virtual Machines node pools, Azure Kubernetes Services directly manages the provisioning and bootstrapping of every single node. When deploying a workload
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Features, Services

Capture a JVM heap dump for Java apps running on Azure Container Apps

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 02:01:00 Z

Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Container Apps, Categories:

Azure Site Recovery Support for Azure Trusted Launch VMs Running Linux OS

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:00:04 Z

Azure Site Recovery support for Azure Trusted Launch VMs running Linux OS is in public preview. Azure Trusted Launch VMs provide foundational compute security to Azure Generation 2 VMs by enabling Secure Boot and vTPM capabilities. This public preview is
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Site Recovery, Categories: Features, Compliance, Security, Management

Custom Secure Boot UEFI Keys for Azure Trusted Launch VM

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:45:34 Z

Trusted Launch VM now supports customizing secure boot UEFI keys. One or more of the secure boot keys and/or databases (PK, KEK, DB, or DBX) can be fully replaced or updated. This allows additional flexibility to further secure workloads using Trusted Lau
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features, Compliance, Security

6th Generation Intel-based VMs - Dv6/Ev6

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:00:25 Z

Azure announces the general availability of the D and E family VMs built on the new 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8537C (Emerald Rapids) processor. These Intel-based VMs come with three different memory-to-core ratios and offer options with and without lo
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features

Upgrade Existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Gen2-Trusted Launch

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:45:30 Z

We are excited to announce preview support to enable Trusted launch on existing Azure Gen1 VMs by upgrading the Gen1 VM to Gen2-Trusted launch. This will help improve the foundational security of existing Azure VMs. Trusted Launch VMs provide foundationa
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Modernization Advisor for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:30:38 Z

Modernization Advisor helps you modernize your SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines workloads using fully managed PaaS by identifying suitable configurations and price points of Azure SQL Managed Instance. Modernizing with Azure SQL Managed Instance helps
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, SQL Database, Categories: Features

Transition from Azure Data Studio to Visual Studio Code

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:30:07 Z

Azure Data Studio (ADS) will be officially retired on February 28, 2026, to streamline development efforts and improve the user experience in Visual Studio Code (VS Code). VS Code will become the recommended cross-platform tool for developers building bac
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Cosmos DB, SQL Database, Database for PostgreSQL, Categories: Retirements

Azure Monitor Integrates Performance Diagnostics for Enhanced VM Troubleshooting

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:15:34 Z

Azure Monitor, Microsoft’s comprehensive solution for monitoring and optimizing cloud resources, is enhancing the troubleshooting of VM performance issues with the integration of Performance Diagnostics within your Azure Monitor workflow.This integration
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Monitor, Categories: Features

Introducing enhanced support for Generation 2 VMs in Azure DevTest Labs

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:00:19 Z

We are excited to announce enhanced support for Generation 2 VMs on Azure DevTest labs. You can now choose between Generation 1 and Generation 2 versions of the same marketplace image while creating a VM in Azure DevTest Labs. Generation 2 VMs support key
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, DevTest Labs, Categories: Features

Changes to instance size flexibility ratios for Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances for M-series

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:00:44 Z

As we continue to offer a wide selection of SKUs for M-series Virtual Machines, we updated the instance size flexibility ratios for this product to optimize reservation discount within instance size flexibility groups and their respective SKUs. This updat
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Pricing & Offerings

Notice: Changes to instance size flexibility ratios for Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances for M-series

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:00:42 Z

As we continue to offer a wide selection of SKUs for M-series Virtual Machines, we updated the instance size flexibility ratios for this product to optimize reservation discount within instance size flexibility groups and their respective SKUs. This updat
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Pricing & Offerings

Using Microsoft Copilot in Azure to find the best VM size for you

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 18:04:00 Z

Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Copilot in Azure, Categories:

Enhancements on Elastic SAN on resiliency, scalability, and integration with Azure VMWare Solution

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:15:04 Z

We have published an availability Service Level Agreement (SLA). The SLA can be found here, and will provide peace of mind for those of you running mission critical workloads on Elastic SAN. Additionally, we have enabled CRC protection to help customers
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure NetApp Files, Azure VMware Solution, Azure Elastic SAN, Categories: Features, Services, Pricing & Offerings

Azure Change Tracking & Inventory: Simplified onboarding to manage in-guest changes on Azure Arc VMs

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 07:51:00 Z

Explore new Azure native few clicks onboarding experience for Change Tracking & Inventory on Azure Arc servers, streamlining in-guest change management operations, while strengthening your adaptive c...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Arc, Categories:

Generally Available: Trusted Launch for Azure VMware Solution

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 05:47:00 Z

Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Categories:

New Da/Ea/Fav6 VMs with increased performance and Azure Boost are now generally available

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:21:00 Z

Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Da/Ea/Fav6 series AMD based Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:30:38 Z

Microsoft is announcing the general availability of the new Da/Ea/Fav6 series AMD based virtual machines (VMs). These VMs consist of our new general purpose Dasv6-series and Dalsv6-series, our new memory optimized Easv6-series VM series, and our new compu
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features, Services, Pricing & Offerings

Public Preview: Resilient Create and Delete on Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:17:00 Z

Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

New: Attribute-based VM selection for Azure Compute Fleet

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:30:00 Z

Update Type: Announcement, Services: Compute Fleet, Virtual Machines, Categories:

Optimizing Spot VM availability with Azure Spot placement scores

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:30:00 Z

Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

General Availability Announcement: VMSS Zonal Expansion

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:30:00 Z

Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Spot Placement Score

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:30:02 Z

Today, we are announcing the public preview of Azure Spot Placement Score, a feature designed to help you assess the likelihood of success for your Spot VM deployments. Given that Spot availability can fluctuate based on SKU size, location, availability
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features

VMSS Zonal Expansion

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:00:35 Z

We are pleased to announce that the Azure VMSS Zonal Expansion feature is now generally available. This significant enhancement allows customers to transition their virtual machine scale sets from a regional to zonal resiliency strategy or add additional
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features

Resilient create and delete on Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:00:35 Z

We’re excited to announce our new feature that increases virtual machine create and delete success in your scale sets. Resilient create and delete initiates auto-recovery from failed create and deletes by performing retries of those operations on your beh
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features

Custom metrics for rolling upgrades on Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:00:35 Z

Custom metrics for rolling upgrades enables you to utilize the application health extension to emit custom metrics to your Virtual Machine Scale Set. These custom metrics can be used to tell the scale set the order in which virtual machines should be upda
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features

MaxSurge on Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:00:35 Z

Rolling upgrades with MaxSurge for Virtual Machine Scale Sets is now generally available. Rolling upgrades with MaxSurge can help improve service uptime during upgrade events. With MaxSurge enabled, new instances are created in batches using the latest s
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features

Upgrade Policies on Virtual Machine Scale Sets with Flexible Orchestration

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:00:35 Z

Upgrade policies allow for more granular control over the upgrade process, ensuring that your services remain available and responsive during updates. The available upgrade policies are: Automatic, Manual, and Rolling. Automatic upgrade policy: the scale
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Services

Private Preview: DCa/ECa v6 series AMD based confidential virtual machines (VMs)

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:00:37 Z

Microsoft is announcing the preview of the new DCa/ECa v6 series AMD based confidential virtual machines (VMs) running on 4th generation AMD EPYC™ processors with Secure Encrypted Virtualization – Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP) security features. These VM
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features, Security, Services

Announcing Azure HBv5 Virtual Machines: A Breakthrough in Memory Bandwidth for HPC

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:48:00 Z

Discover the new Azure HBv5 Virtual Machines, unveiled at Microsoft Ignite, designed for high-performance computing applications. With up to 7 TB/s of memory bandwidth and custom 4th Generation EPYC ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

General Availability: MaxSurge for Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:30:00 Z

Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Public Preview: Custom metrics for rolling upgrades on Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:30:00 Z

Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

General Availability: Standby Pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets with Flexible Orchestration

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:30:00 Z

Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

General Availability: Upgrade Policies on Virtual Machine Scale Sets with Flexible Orchestration

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:30:00 Z

Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Da/Ea/Fav6 series AMD based Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:30:04 Z

Standby Pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets with Flexible Orchestration

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:30:07 Z

Standby Pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets with Flexible Orchestration is now generally available. Standby pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets enables you to increase scaling performance by creating a pool of pre-provisioned virtual machines. The virt
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Features

VMSS- Reimage-Activity logs analysis

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:44:00 Z

VMSS- Reimage-Activity logs analysis
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Generally Available: Enhancements on Elastic SAN on resiliency, security, scalability, and integration with Azure VMWare Solution

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Elastic SAN has released new features around improving data integrity, simplifying the management experience of a SAN, improving cost-effectiveness for AVS, and published a Service Level Agreement (SLA).
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Elastic SAN, Categories: Features, Services, Pricing & Offerings

VMware Explore Barcelona 2024: Announcing more Azure VMware Solution enhancements

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 Z

Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Categories:

Upcoming Changes to Instance Size Flexibility Ratios for Reserved VM Instances for M-series

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 Z

Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories:

Breaking Change for VM & VMSS PowerShell/CLI Customers

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

Starting November 2023, Trusted Launch will be set as default security type for new VMs, VMSS and OS disks created using Azure PowerShell and CLI.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories:

Announcing Public Preview of new attach/detach disks API for VMs/VMSS

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 09:47:35 Z

We are excited to announce the public preview of a new API that will make attaching and detaching disks to a VM faster and easier. The new API is designed to reduce the number of API calls and the latency involved in disk operations. It simplifies the inputs required to attach disks and allows multiple disks to be attached/detached in one request. The new API is compatible with single instance VMs, VMSS Uniform and VMSS Flex. The new API offers several advantages over the existing disk management API. Here are some of the benefits you can expect from using the new API: Faster and more efficient: The new API reduces the number of API calls and the latency involved in attaching and detaching disks. For example, you can mention only the disk that needs to be attached/detached and don’t need to mention the LUN number. It helps you avoid the GET API call required for getting the list of all disks & LUN numbers being used. Easier and more intuitive: The new API simplifies the disk management workflow by allowing you to attach and detach multiple disks in one request, and by reducing the input parameters. Separate Throttling limits – Currently, customers need to make Update VM API requests to attach/detach a disk and there is a limit of max 12 requests per VM per min. With this new API, customers will get additional quota of X requests per VM per min, in addition to the 12 requests already available for Update VM API. One of the most common tasks for cloud users is to manage their disk resources. Whether you need to add more storage, backup your data, or migrate to a different instance, you need to attach and detach disks from your virtual machines. This new API is designed to reduce the number of API calls and the latency involved in disk operations. The new API is available as a RESTful endpoint that you can access from any programming language or tool. Since API is in Public Preview, there are no SLA guarantees on the API. How to use the API? POST https:
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Management

GRS and CRR support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk in Azure Backup

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 07:00:00 Z

We are happy to announce the general availability of enabling Azure Backup on Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disk on GRS vaults. Premium SSD v2 offering provides the most advanced block storage solution designed for a broad range of IO-intensive
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Backup, Categories: Features

Azure Elastic SAN for Azure VMware Solution

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 07:00:00 Z

Azure Elastic SAN for Azure VMware Solution (AVS) is now generally available. Azure Elastic SAN offers AVS customers an Azure deployed, fully managed, VMware Certified storage area network (SAN) that can achieve massive scale, is easy to manage, and has r
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure VMware Solution, Azure Elastic SAN, Categories: Features, Services, Pricing & Offerings

Azure Cobalt 100 Arm-based Virtual Machines

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 07:00:00 Z

Microsoft is announcing the general availability of the new Cobalt 100 Arm-based virtual machines (VMs). The Cobalt 100 VMs consist of our new general purpose Dpsv6-series and Dplsv6-series and our memory optimized Epsv6-series VM series. They offer up to
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Pricing & Offerings

ED25519 SSH key support for Linux VMs

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 07:00:00 Z

Azure customers can now use the secure and smaller ED25519 SSH keys with their Linux VMs. Previously, customers only had the option of using RSA keys for SSH connections to their Linux VMs on Azure. Now customers can choose between RSA and ED25519 based k
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features

VM watch for Azure VMs

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 07:00:00 Z

Public Preview: VM watch – Enhancing VM Health Monitoring VM watch, now in preview, is a standardized, lightweight, and adaptable in-VM service offering for virtual machines and virtual machine scale sets. It runs health checks within the VM at configurab
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Categories: Pricing & Offerings

Generally Available: Azure Cobalt 100 Arm-based Virtual Machines

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Cobalt 100 Arm-based VMs are now generally available in over 20 regions in North America, Asia, and EMEA.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Pricing & Offerings

Public Preview: VM watch for Azure VMs

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

VM watch makes it easier to collect and transmit health signals from virtual machines and virtual machine scale sets.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Pricing & Offerings

Generally Available: GRS and CRR support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk in Azure Backup

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

You can now backup VMs using Premium SSDv2 and Ultra Disk with Azure Backup to GRS vaults to guard against disasters in the primary region. You can also enable cross-region to restore to test restored on-demand in the secondary region.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Backup, Categories: Features

Generally Available: Azure Elastic SAN for Azure VMware Solution

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Elastic SAN is now generally available as a VMware Certified datastore for Azure VMware Solution (AVS). Elastic SAN offers the cheapest per GiB storage for AVS, so you can optimize your storage and lower your costs.
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure VMware Solution, Azure Elastic SAN, Categories: Features, Services, Pricing & Offerings

Save up to 56% on the latest Linux VMs in most Azure regions for a limited time

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:00:00 Z

We are excited to announce the promotional offer for the latest Linux VMs in Azure. You can save 15 % in addition to the existing one-year Azure Reserved Virtual Machine (VM) Instances discount for latest Linux VMs for a limited period. This means you cou
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings, Regions & Datacenters, Open Source

End of life for NCv3-series VM family support in Azure Batch pools

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:00:00 Z

Microsoft Azure will retire support for NCv3-series VMs on September 30th, 2025 including Standard_NC24rs_v3, Standard_NC6s_v3, Standard_NC12s_v3, and Standard_NC24s_v3. Azure Batch will follow Microsoft Azure support retirement dates for NCv3-series VM s
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Batch, Categories: Features, Retirements

Azure NMads MA35D-Series virtual machines

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:00:00 Z

The Azure NMads MA35D-Series virtual machines (VM) are now in public preview in the East US region. This VM series is Azure's first SKU to offer specialized hardware (Xilinx MA35D “Supernova”) accelerated VM optimized for batch and real-time video transco
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Services, Regions & Datacenters

Azure NVads V710 v5-series virtual machines

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:00:00 Z

The NVads V710 v5-series virtual machines are powered by AMD Radeon™ Pro V710 GPUs and AMD EPYC 9V64 (Genoa) CPUs with a base frequency of of 3.95 GHz and max frequency of 4.3 GHz. VMs take advantage of the AMD Simultaneous Multithreading technology to as
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure AI Services, Virtual Machines, Categories: Services, Regions & Datacenters

Retirement: End of life for NCv3-series VM family support in Azure Batch pools

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

Support for NCv3-series VM family will be retired for Azure Batch pools on September 30th, 2025.
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Batch, Categories: Features, Retirements

Announcing the public preview of the new Azure FXv2-series Virtual Machines

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:50:00 Z

Today, Microsoft is announcing the public preview of the new Azure FXv2-series Virtual Machines (VMs), based on the 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) processor. The preview includes the Compute-optimized VMs FXmsv2-series and FXmdsv2-series. To request access to the preview, please fill out FXv2-series-Preview-Signup. The new Azure FXv2-series VMs offer several enhancements compared to previous generation (FXv1-series) VMs: up to 1.5x CPU performance 2x vCPUs, with 96 vCPU as the largest VM size 1.5x+ Network bandwidth, and offers up to 70Gbps up to 2x local storage (Read) IOPS and offers up to 5280 GiB local SSD capacity up to 2x IOPS and up to 5x throughput in remote storage performance up to 400k IOPS and up to 11 GBps throughput with Premium v2/ Ultra Disk support up to 1800 GiB memory FXv2-series VMs feature an all-core-turbo frequency up to 4.0 GHz. In addition to the standard sizes, FXv2-series VMs are available in constrained-core sizes, with vCPU count constrained to one-half or one-quarter of the original VM size, giving you the flexibility to select the core and memory configuration that best fits your workloads. These VMs support up to a 21:1 memory-to-vCPU ratio with the base sizes, and an even better ratio with the constrained-core sizes. You also have the option to choose between FXv2-series VMs with and without local disk. These VMs support NVMe interface for both local and remote disks. Additionally, improvements in Azure Boost enhance the networking, storage and overall CPU performance and security of FXv2-series VMs. Finally, these VMs have enhanced AI capabilities with Intel® Advanced Matrix Extension (AMX), delivering higher inference and training performance, and enhanced security capabilities with Total Memory Encryption (TME) technology. You can learn more about the new Azure FXv2-series VMs by visiting the specification pages at FXmdsv2-series and FXmsv2-series. Overall, the FXv2-series Azure V
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Categories: Security