Azure DevOps & Cloud-Native Updates - November 2025

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Introduction

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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

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AI + machine learning

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• [In preview] Public Preview: Claude Opus 4.5 Available in Microsoft Foundry
• Retirement: Migrate to dedicated VM for your compute clusters
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Managed Redis integration with Microsoft Foundry
• [In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry data connection for Azure Databricks
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Databricks Genie in Copilot Studio
• [In preview] Public Preview: Claude in Microsoft Foundry
• [In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry Fine-Tuning Updates
• [In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry Control Plane & Entra Agent ID
• [Launched] Generally Available: Model Router in Microsoft Foundry
• [In development] Private Preview: Foundry Local Android support
• [In preview] Public Preview: Foundry Local updates
• [In preview] Public Preview: Foundry IQ by Azure AI Search
• [Launched] Generally Available: Foundry Tools (rebrand from Azure AI Services)
• [Launched] Generally Available: Content Understanding in Microsoft Foundry
• [In preview] Public Preview: Enrich agents with a unified catalog of prebuilt and custom tools in Microsoft Foundry
• [In preview] Public Preview: Built-in memory in Foundry Agent Service
• [In preview] Public Preview: Multi-agent workflows in Foundry Agent Service
• [In preview] Public Preview: Hosted agents in Foundry Agent Service
• [Launched] Generally Available: Observability in Foundry Control Plane
• [In preview] Public Preview: Enterprise MCP enhancements in Foundry Agent Service
• [In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry one-click deploy channels in Teams, M365 and non-Microsoft
• [In preview] Public Preview: LLM Speech in Microsoft Foundry
• [In preview] Public Preview: Bring Your Own AI Gateway to Foundry Agent Service
• [In preview] Announcing: Developer Training tier for low-cost fine-tuning training
• [Launched] Generally Available: Streamline IT governance, security, and cost management experiences with Microsoft Foundry
• [In preview] Public Preview: New granular controls for network and integration security in Microsoft Foundry
• [In preview] Public Preview: Agent mitigations and guardrail customization
• [In preview] Public Preview: New AI templates in Microsoft Foundry

Analytics

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• [Launched] Generally Available: SQL database in Microsoft Fabric

Compute

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• [In development] Private Preview: Azure Boost confidential device
• [In development] Private Preview: Azure Boost remote storage throughput and network bandwidth enhancements
• [Launched] Generally Available: Custom handler support in Azure Functions Flex consumption
• [In preview] Public Preview: Container network metrics filtering in Advanced Container Networking Services for (ACNS) for AKS
• [Launched] Generally Available: MCP support for AI toolchain operator add-on in AKS
• [Launched] Generally Available: Cluster-wide Cilium network policy with Azure CNI powered by Cilium for AKS
• [Launched] Generally Available: Local redirect policy in Azure CNI powered by Cilium for AKS
• [Launched] Generally Available: Layer 7 policy with Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS) for AKS
• [Launched] Generally Available: Trusted Launch is now supported for Arm64 Marketplace Images
• [In preview] Public Preview: Recommended alerts for Azure Monitor Workspace
• [In preview] Public Preview: Managed Instance on Azure App Service
• [In preview] Public Preview: NCv6 Virtual Machines
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Network Watcher Topology – AKS Visualization
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Service desktop
• [Launched] Generally Available: Pod sandboxing on AKS
• [Launched] Generally Available: Managed namespaces on AKS
• [In preview] Public Preview: Windows Server 2025 on AKS
• [Launched] Generally Available: AKS Automatic pod readiness SLA
• [In preview] Public Preview: AKS Automatic managed system node pools
• [In preview] Public Preview: Add durability to AI agents in Azure Functions using Microsoft Agent Framework
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Functions support for Node.js 24
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Functions support for Java 25
• [Launched] Generally Available: Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool trigger for Azure Functions
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions durable task scheduler Dedicated SKU (GA) & Consumption SKU (Public Preview)
• [In preview] Public Preview: Self-hosted remote MCP servers on Azure Functions
• [Launched] Announcing: Resources for migrating to Azure Functions Flex Consumption
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions enables OpenTelemetry support
• [Launched] Generally Available: Scheduled Actions
• [In preview] Public Preview: Industry-leading storage performance Ebsv6 VM series
• [Launched] Generally Available: Custom error pages on Azure App Service
• Retirement: Support for Python 3.10 ends on October 1st, 2026
• [In preview] Public Preview: Pod CIDR expansion in Azure CNI Overlay for AKS
• [In preview] Public Preview: eBPF host routing in Advanced Container Networking Services for AKS
• [In preview] Public Preview: Scheduler profile configuration for AKS
• [In preview] Public Preview: Agentic CLI for AKS
• [Launched] Generally Available: LocalDNS for AKS
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Linux OS Guard for AKS
• [In preview] Public Preview: Flatcar Container Linux for AKS

Containers

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• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Container Registry Repository Permissions with Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC)
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager for Arc-enabled clusters
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Container Apps adds support for agentic Docker Compose
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Container Apps introduces flexible workload profile
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Container Apps serverless GPUs in additional regions
• [In preview] Public Preview: Confidential computing in Azure Container Apps
• [In preview] Public Preview: Dynamic sessions shell environment and MCP support in Azure Container Apps
• [In preview] Public Preview: Deployment labels in Azure Container Apps
• [Launched] Generally Available: Rule-based routing in Azure Container Apps
• [Launched] Generally Available: Premium Ingress in Azure Container Apps
• [Launched] Generally Available: OpenShift Virtualization now available on Azure Red Hat OpenShift

Databases

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• [Launched] Generally Available: SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22
• [Launched] Generally Available: SQL Server 2025
• [Launched] Generally Available: Regex support in T-SQL
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure MCP Server for Azure Database for MySQL
• [In development] Private Preview: Azure HorizonDB
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure DocumentDB high-performance storage
• [In preview] Public Preview: Support for Italian and Portuguese in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL full-text search
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB MCP ToolKit for Microsoft Foundry Agent Service
• [Launched] Generally Available: Fuzzy search in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL full-text search
• [Launched] Generally Available: Vector indexing performance improvements in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
• [Launched] Generally Available: Float16 data type for vector indexes in Azure Cosmos DB
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB for Visual Studio Code
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric
• [Launched] Generally Available: Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric
• [In preview] Public Preview: Index Advisor for Azure DocumentDB
• [Launched] Generally Available: Priority-based execution in Azure Cosmos DB
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Fleet Analytics
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB fleet pools
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure DocumentDB - an open-source, MongoDB-compatible document database service for hybrid and multicloud
• [In preview] Public Preview: Dynamic data masking with Azure Cosmos DB
• [In preview] Public Preview: Online and offline migrations in Azure DocumentDB Migration extension
• [Launched] Generally Available: Online migration from Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB RU to Azure DocumentDB
• [In preview] Public Preview: Oracle to PostgreSQL migration tooling in Visual Studio Code
• [Launched] Generally Available: 2025 REST API for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• [Launched] Generally Available: Elastic clusters on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
• [In preview] Public Preview: Native Microsoft Foundry support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server anon extension
• [Launched] Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server v6 series VMs and AMD v6 Confidential Compute
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server pg_duckdb extension
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL change event streaming
• [Launched] Generally Available: PostgreSQL 18 with in-place upgrade on Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• [Launched] Generally Available: PostgreSQL extension for Visual Studio Code with GitHub Copilot
• [Launched] Generally Available: Mirroring in Fabric for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL storage extension support for Parquet
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-gen General Purpose service tier
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL Database DiskANN vector indexing
• [In preview] Generally Available: MSSQL extension integration with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL Database long-term retention (LTR) backup immutability
• [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Python driver for SQL Server
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for November 2025
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for November 2025
• [In preview] Public Preview: Online container copy in Azure Cosmos DB
• [Launched] General Availability: Server Parameters support for lower_case_table_names in Azure Database for MySQL- Flexible Server
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for MySQL Triggers for Azure Functions

DevOps

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• [Launched] Generally Available: Advanced sampling and richer data collection in Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Copilot observability agent
• [In preview] Public Preview: OpenTelemetry visualizations and enhanced monitoring experience in Azure Monitor for Azure VMs and Arc Servers
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Monitor unified onboarding experience for AKS and VMs
• [In preview] Public Preview: Dynamic threshold for Log search alerts
• [In preview] Public Preview: Query-based metric alerts in Azure Monitor
• [In preview] Public Preview: Introducing SDK Stats to the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro

Developer tools

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• [In preview] Public Preview: New integration and extensibility capabilities to Azure SRE Agent
• [Launched] Generally Available: GitHub Copilot app modernization expanded capabilities
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Load Testing in Italy North
• [Launched] Generally Available: Private Marketplace for VS Code
• [Launched] Generally Available: Visual Studio 2026
• [Launched] Generally Available: .NET 10

Features

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• [In preview] Public Preview: GitHub Copilot app modernization expanded capabilities

Hybrid + multicloud

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• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Monitor for Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes with OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift
• [In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft Defender for Cloud + GitHub Advanced Security
• [Launched] Generally Available: ExpressRoute Scalable Gateway
• [Launched] Generally Available: New SQL Server migration in Azure Arc

Identity

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

Integration

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• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure API Management adds support for A2A Agent APIs
• [In development] Private Preview: ActiveMQ and JMS connector for Azure Logic Apps
• [In preview] Public Preview: New healthcare connectors for Azure Logic Apps
• [Launched] Generally Available: New Hybrid Integration Connectors for Azure Logic Apps
• [In preview] Public Preview: Redesigned designer experience for Azure Logic Apps [Standard]
• [In preview] Public Preview: New Agent Loop capabilities in Azure Logic Apps
• [In preview] Public Preview: Agent Loop in Azure Logic Apps [Consumption]
• [Launched] Generally Available: Agent Loop in Azure Logic Apps [Standard]
• [Launched] Generally Available: Automated Testing Framework for Logic Apps [Standard]
• [Launched] Generally Available: Govern Model Context Protocol (MCP) endpoints using Azure API Management
• [Launched] Announcing: API Center Standard now included at no additional cost for linked Azure API Management Standard and Premium tiers
• [Launched] Generally Available: Premium v2 tier in Azure API Management

Internet of Things

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

Management and governance

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• [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Marketplace
• [Launched] Generally Available: Resale enabled offers through Microsoft Marketplace
• [In preview] Public Preview: Managed Identity support in Network Watcher VNET flow log, traffic analytics and packet capture
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Copilot agents - a closer look at the deployment agent
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Network Watcher – Agentless Connection Troubleshoot
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure VNet Flow Log - Filtering
• [In preview] Public Preview: Built-in CIS benchmarks for Azure endorsed Linux distros in Machine Config
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Copilot brings new intelligent agents to support end-to-end lifecycle management of workloads
• [In preview] Public Preview: Threat Detection in Azure Backup powered by MDC
• [Launched] Generally Available: Seamless failback for HyperV-to-Azure: Managed Disk support in Azure Site Recovery
• [In preview] Public Preview: Support for Linux major OS upgrades with Azure Site Recovery
• [In preview] Public Preview: Support 5x churn in Azure Site Recovery
• [Launched] Generally Available: Capacity guidance for Azure Site Recovery
• [In preview] Public Preview: Insights in Azure Migrate

Networking

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• [Launched] Generally Available: DNS security policy Threat Intelligence feed
• [Launched] Generally Available: TLS and TCP termination on Azure Application Gateway
• [In preview] Public Preview: Microsoft HTTP DDoS Ruleset 1.0 on Application Gateway WAF v2
• [In preview] Public Preview: Cross region pool association support for Azure Virtual Network Manager IP address management
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager address overlap prevention in mesh
• [Launched] Generally Available: Application Gateway for Containers – Slow start
• [In preview] Public Preview: Application Gateway for Containers Istio Service Mesh integration
• [In preview] Public Preview: Standard V2 NAT Gateway and StandardV2 Public IPs
• [In preview] Public Preview: JWT Validation in Azure Application Gateway
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Application Gateway mTLS passthrough support
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager UseExisting Mode for UDR management
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager IP Address Management Pool Association Recommendation
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager peering compliance
• [Launched] Generally Available: DNS flow trace logs for Azure Firewall
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure WAF JavaScript challenge on Azure Front Door

Retirements

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• Retirement: Windows Server 2022 on Azure Kubernetes Service enabled by Azure Arc

Storage

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• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure File Sync in New Zealand North
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files single file restore from backup
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files migration assistant (portal support)
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files cache volumes
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Managed Lustre Support for Azure MCP Server
• [Launched] Generally Available: CSI Dynamic Provisioning for Azure Managed Lustre
• [In preview] Public Preview: 20 MB/s/TiB Performance Tier for Azure Managed Lustre
• [In preview] Public Preview: Auto-import for Azure Managed Lustre
• [In preview] Public Preview: Smart Tier account level tiering (Azure Blob Storage and ADLS)
• [In development] Public Preview: User and group quota reports in Azure NetApp Files
• [In development] Public Preview: Large volumes up to 7.2 PiB
• [Launched] Generally Available: The Archive access tier for Azure Blob Storage is now generally available in the Taiwan North region
• [In preview] Public preview: Support for large volume breakthrough mode
• [Launched] Generally Available: Vaulted Backup for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)
• [Launched] Generally Available: Object Replication Priority Replication for Azure Blob

Sources

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https://azure.microsoft.com/ Microsoft Dev Blog Azure Website