John Savill presents a detailed weekly Azure update, highlighting new infrastructure, security, and AI features, and enhancements for developers and administrators across Microsoft’s cloud platform.

Azure Weekly Update – 29th August 2025

Presented by John Savill’s Technical Training

Stay up-to-date with the latest features, improvements, and announcements across Microsoft Azure. This weekly roundup covers key service changes, including migrations, developer tooling, AI, security, and data services.

  • Azure Migrate ZRS Disk Support: Enhanced support for migrating zonal redundant storage disks, improving resilience in cloud migrations.

  • Azure Functions Node.js 22 Support: Now supports the latest Node.js runtime, bringing updated language features and performance.

  • Roslyn Analyzer for Durable Functions: Integrate Roslyn analysis to improve code quality and catch issues early in serverless workflows.

  • Azure CNI Overlay (AGC, AGIC): New networking overlays for better container networking with Application Gateway and Ingress Controller.

  • App Gateway WAF Custom Block Response: Advanced security—for Application Gateway you can now customize web application firewall block responses.

  • Azure NetApp Files (ANF) Short-Term Support: Added flexibility for enterprise storage in Azure environments.

  • Entra ID and RBAC for GetAccountInfo: Improved Azure identity management and permissions granularity for accessing account info.

  • Azure SQL DB and SQL Server Enhancements:
    • Replication lag metric for Azure SQL DB
    • Local container support for SQL workloads
    • New SQL schema tools and migrations via ADMS
    • SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc for US Gov
  • Database Innovations:
    • Cosmos DB (for MongoDB): New sharding/rebalancing features
    • PostgreSQL: Entra group login for identity-based access

  • New Azure Region: Austria is now available for regional deployments.

  • Azure AI and ML:
    • Provisioned spillover for Azure OpenAI
    • New voice models: MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview
  • Migration Enhancements:
    • VMware to Hyper-V migration improvements for streamlined cloud onboarding

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Author: John Savill’s Technical Training

This update provides actionable insights for IT professionals, cloud architects, and developers looking to maximize their use of Azure services and keep pace with rapid platform evolution.