Azure DevOps & Cloud-Native Updates - September 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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• Retirement: Entity Linking from Azure AI Language
• [In preview] Public Preview: Databricks One in Azure Databricks
• Retirement: Azure Databricks Standard tier will retire by October 2026
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks automatic identity management

Analytics

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• [In preview] Public Preview: Graph Query Language (GQL) in KQL graph semantics

Compute

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• Azure VMware Solution AV36 Node Retirement on June 30, 2028
• Retirement: The Linux Consumption hosting plan of Azure Functions will be retired on September 30, 2028. Migrate to Flex Consumption.
• Retirement: Azure App Service on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
• Retirement: Azure Disk Encryption
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Managed Service for Prometheus now includes native Grafana dashboards within the Azure portal
• Retirement: Licensing changes for future Azure VMware Solution subscriptions starting October 16, 2025.
• [Launched] Generally Available: DCa/ECa v6 series AMD based confidential virtual machines (VMs)
• [Launched] Generally Available: Distributed tracing for Durable Functions
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Functions .NET 10 support
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure File Sync in Poland Central and Spain Central
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure HBv5-series VMs
• [Launched] Generally Available: AKS Automatic
• Retirement: Azure Linux 2.0 on AKS
• [Launched] Generally Available: Bring Your Own License (BYOL) Support for JBoss EAP on Azure App Service
• [In development] Private Preview: Azure AMD-based Dasv7, Easv7, and Fasv7-series Virtual Machines
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Functions support for Python 3.13
• [In preview] Public Preview: .NET 10 Preview Now Available on Azure App Service
• [Launched] Generally Available: Upgrade existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Gen2-Trusted launch
• Retirement: Confidential VM SKUs DCesv5, DCedsv5, ECesv5, ECedsv5 SKUs
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure App Service - New Premium v4 Offering

Containers

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• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager – auto-upgrade target Kubernetes version channel
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager – update run approval gates
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Container Storage v2.0.0 now with NVMe performance boost, open source, and no service fees
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift Now Available in UAE Central and US Gov Texas

Databases

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• [In preview] Public Preview: Discover and assess PostgreSQL in Azure Migrate
• [Launched] Generally Available: Delete on-demand backup in Azure DB for MySQL - Flexible Server
• [Launched] Generally Available: Confidential computing for Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL hub experience in Azure portal
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) same-region replica cluster
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in Austria East and Chile Central
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure MySQL Self Heal
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure MySQL Extended Support
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for MySQL 8.4
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) encryption with customer-managed key
• [Launched] Generally Available: Near-zero-downtime maintenance in Azure Database for MySQL

DevOps

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• [Launched] Generally Available: Visualize New Azure Resource Manager Metrics through Azure Monitor
• Retirement: The Insights blade in AKS is now called Monitor
• [Launched] Generally Available: High Scale mode for Azure Monitor – Container Insights
• [Launched] Generally Available: Multitenant Managed Logging in Container Insights

Developer tools

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• Retirement: Microsoft Playwright Testing (Preview) will be retired on March 8, 2026
• [Launched] Generally Available: Playwright Workspaces in Azure App Testing

Features

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• [Launched] Generally Available: GitHub Copilot app modernization capabilities for Java and .NET are now available

Integration

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• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Logic Apps Standard Automated Test Framework
• [Launched] Generally Available: Custom Code support in Azure Logic Apps Standard with .NET 8
• [Launched] Generally Available: Business Process Tracking in Azure Logic Apps (Standard)
• [Launched] Generally Available: Gateway level metrics and native autoscaling for Azure API Management v2 tiers
• [Launched] Generally Available: Logic Apps Hybrid Deployment Model
• [In preview] Public Preview: Organizational Templates in Azure Logic Apps
• [In preview] Public Preview: Confluent Kafka Connector in Azure Logic Apps (Standard)
• [Launched] Generally Available: Workspaces and workspace gateways in the Premium v2 tier of Azure API Management
• [In preview] Public Preview: Expanded support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in Azure API Management
• [Launched] Generally Available: Enhanced Data Mapper Experience in Logic Apps (Standard)

Management and governance

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• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Site Recovery Support for Virtual Machines with Premium SSD v2 disks
• [Launched] Generally Available: Vaulted backup for Azure Files (Premium)

Media

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• Retirement: Azure CDN will be retired on December 1 2025 in China

Migration

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• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Data Box Next Gen is now generally available in additional regions

Networking

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• [Launched] Generally Available: Using Server-sent events with Application Gateway
• [Launched] Generally Available: Introducing the new Network Security Hub experience
• [Launched] Generally Available: Enabling dedicated connections to backends in Azure Application Gateway
• [Launched] Generally Available: Backend TLS validation controls in Azure Application Gateway
• [Launched] Generally Available: Multiple address prefixes for subnets in Azure Virtual Networks
• Retirement: Azure CDN – Migrate to Azure Front Door on December 1, 2025
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Front Door Standard and Premium are now available in Azure China.

Pricing & Offerings

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• [Launched] Generally Available: At-cost data transfer between Azure and an external endpoint

Retirements

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• Retirement: NVv3-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on September 30 ,2026
• Retirement: Azure Kubernetes Service on VMware will be retired on March 16, 2026 - Replace with Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Local

Security

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• Retirement: hsmPlatform 1 Keys in Azure Key Vault

Services

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• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure D192 Sizes in the Azure Dsv6 and Ddsv6-series VM Families

Storage

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• Retirement: Upgrade BlobFuse v1 to latest version of Blobfuse v2
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files Flexible service level
• [In preview] Public Preview: File share centric management model (Microsoft.FileShares) for Azure Files
• Retirement: Operating System (OS) Disks on Standard HDD will be retired on 08 September 2028
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files migration assistant
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Ultra Disk Price Reduction in UK South
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Ultra Disk Price Reduction in Central US
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Ultra Disk Price Reduction in West US 2

Sources

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