Azure DevOps & Cloud-Native Updates - July 2025#
Introduction#
Welcome to our Monthly Azure DevOps and Cloud Tech Updates Series!
Welcome to my monthly blog series where we bring you a concise roundup of significant Azure updates pertinent to DevOps, keeping you in the loop with the latest advancements.
Let’s check what’s new!
Updates#
AI + machine learning#
Analytics#
- [Launched] Generally Available: Geo-Replication for Azure Event Hubs Premium and Dedicated
- Retirement: Azure HDInsight – Enterprise Security Package
Compute#
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure CNI static block allocation for pod subnet
- [In preview] Public Preview: CLI command for migration from Availability Sets and Basic load balancer on AKS
- [Launched] Generally Available: Virtual Machines node pools support in AKS
- [In preview] Public Preview: Max blocked nodes allowed support in AKS
- [Launched] Generally Available: Cluster Extension Manager move to AKS control plane
- [Launched] Generally Available: Node auto-provisioning support in AKS
- [Launched] Generally Available: Durable Functions PowerShell SDK as a standalone module
- [In preview] Public Preview: Orchestration versioning for Durable Functions and durable task SDKs
- [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Functions Kafka trigger support in Consumption plan
- [In development] Private Preview: Enable Trusted launch on existing Virtual machine Flex scale set
- [Launched] Generally Available: Enable Trusted launch on existing Virtual machine Uniform scale set
- [In preview] Public Preview: Trusted launch default for new Gen2 VMs & Scale sets
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure App Service on Azure Stack Hub 25R1
Databases#
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for late-July 2025
- [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL cascading read replica
- [Launched] Generally Available: Accelerated logs now available for General Purpose tier in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
- [Launched] Generally Available: Configure backup interval for Azure Database for MySQL automated backups
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Entra authentication for Power BI Desktop
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server: Indonesia Central
- [In preview] Public Preview: Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric
- [Launched] Generally Available: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server
- [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for early-July 2025
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for early-July 2025
DevOps#
- [Launched] Generally Available: Search Job Enhancements in Log Analytics
- [Launched] Generally Available: Log Analytics Summary rules
- Retirement: VM Insights Map and Dependency Agent are being on June 30, 2028
Features#
- [In preview] Public Preview: New SQL Server database migration in Azure Arc
- [Launched] Generally Available: GRS and CRR support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup availability in Norway and Japan
- [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Azure Cloud HSM
Hybrid + multicloud#
- [Launched] Generally Available: Customer-controlled maintenance
- [Launched] Generally Available: ExpressRoute - Auto-assigned Public IP for ExpressRoute Gateways
Management and governance#
- [Launched] Public Preview: Modernizing Azure Resource Manager Throttling for Sovereign Clouds
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Backup standard policies support for Trusted Launch virtual Machines
- [Launched] Generally Available: Migrate Azure VM backups from standard to enhanced policy
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.4 & Python 3.10 runbooks and Runtime environment
Networking#
- Retirement: Azure Front Door (classic) and Azure CDN from Microsoft Classic SKU ending CNAME based domain validation and new domain/profile creations by August 15, 2025
- [In preview] Public Preview: Web Application Firewall (WAF) running on Application Gateway for Containers
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Firewall now supports ingestion-time transformation in Log Analytics for flexible, cost-efficient logging
- [Launched] Generally Available: Customer controlled maintenance for Azure Firewall
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure DNS security policy
Storage#
- [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Managed Lustre now supports VNet Encryption for in-transit data protection
- [In preview] Public Preview: AZNFS (3.0) for BlobNFS with FUSE for superior performance
- [Launched] Generally Available: Granular Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for Azure File Sync
- [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Storage Mover adds free, direct AWS S3-to-Azure Blob migration
Sources#
https://azure.microsoft.com/ Microsoft Dev Blog Azure Website