Azure AI & App Innovation Updates - May 2026#
By Lionel Gurret.
Introduction#
This article lists Azure updates for May 2026.

Updates#
AI + machine learning#
Containers#
- [In preview]: Public Preview: Evaluate feature rollouts with Azure App Configuration Scorecards
- [In preview]: Public Preview: Azure Container Apps Express
DevOps#
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Application Insights Auto-instrumentation for Azure Kubernetes Service apps
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure Monitor dashboards with Grafana in Public, Government (Fairfax) and China
Compute#
- [In preview]: Public Preview: TLS/SSL certificate support for Azure Functions Flex Consumption
- [Launched]: Generally Available: SQL Server on Azure VMs in Malaysia West, Indonesia Central
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in all three available zones in Japan West
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure Dl/D/E v7 Virtual Machines
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure Functions durable task scheduler Consumption SKU
Networking#
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Application Gateway for Containers – Service Mesh integration with Istio
- [In preview]: Public Preview: Azure Virtual Network Manager integration with Virtual WAN
- [Launched]: Generally Available: User Groups and IP address pools for P2S connections
- [Launched]: Generally Available: site-to-site VPN connections with certificate authentication
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network Manager rule impact analyzer
- [In preview]: Public Preview: Application Gateway for Containers managed add-on + AKS Automatic
Management and governance#
- [In preview]: Public Preview: Azure Site Recovery Support for Performance Plus Managed Disks
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Virtual network flow logs connector with Microsoft Sentinel
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Network Watcher rule impact analyser
- [In preview]: Public Preview: Bulk Restore for Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Backup
Features#
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Multiparty private offers in Microsoft Marketplace expand to 30 countries in Europe
- [In preview]: Public Preview: Azure Event Grid Subscription Identifiers
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure Virtual Network updates – default limits increased for NSGs and route tables
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Auto activation for SaaS subscriptions in Microsoft Marketplace
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure Front Door WebSocket
Storage#
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Entra-only identities with Azure Files
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files object REST API
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files cache volumes
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Mock runs for Azure Storage Actions – Validate before you execute
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure Blob Storage SDK for Rust
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Support for workloads with large files in Azure NetApp Files
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Managed Identity Support for Azure Files SMB Is now GA
- [In preview]: Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files enable backup by default
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure Elastic SAN support for AVS Gen2 Private Cloud
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Single Volume Snapshots on Azure Elastic SAN
- [Launched]: Generally Available: AVS Support for AV64 SKU on Azure Elastic SAN
Mobile#
- [Launched]: Retirement: TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 in Azure App Service, Azure Functions, and Azure Logic Apps
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Cleanup legacy AlternateId usage to ensure continued service
Databases#
- [In preview]: Update: Microsoft Entra ID token refresh support for Python, .NET, and JavaScript in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
- [Launched]: Generally Available: langchain-azure-cosmosdb python package for Azure Cosmos DB
- [In preview]: Public Preview: Azure SQL update for early-May 2026
- [In preview]: Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Shell—your new command line for data workflows
- [In preview]: Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB spherical quantization for improved vector search
Migration#
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure Storage Mover Blob-to-Blob migration
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Schedule one-time or recurring migrations with Azure Storage Mover
Hybrid + multicloud#
- [In preview]: Public Preview: Summarized advertised gateway prefixes for route advertisement
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Sentinel TI - improved pattern parsing & revoke reliability
Integration#
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Azure Event Grid releases for April 2026
- [Launched]: Update: 99.99% uptime for all Azure Service Bus Premium namespaces in Availability Zone regions
- [Launched]: Generally Available: Confidential computing for Azure Service Bus Premium
Azure AI Document Intelligence#
Virtual Machines#
Management#
Sources#
https://azure.microsoft.com/ Microsoft Dev Blog Azure Website

