Azure Update 10th July 2026
John Savill runs through a weekly set of Azure platform updates.
Overview
This update covers a set of Azure changes and announcements across compute, networking, storage, observability, resilience testing, identity, and AI.
Topics covered (from the video chapters)
- ASR 5x churn
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift: new region
- Azure WAF: exceptions
- Azure Blob Storage SFTP: Microsoft Entra ID support
- Azure Event Hubs Dedicated: Confidential Computing support
- Azure Event Hubs: Network Security Perimeter support
- Log Analytics Workspace (LAW): Export Jobs
- Azure Chaos Studio: Workspaces and Scenarios
- Azure Chaos Studio: CLI
- OpenAI / GPT update
- Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD): RDP Multipath with redundant TCP
- Microsoft Entra: Backup and Restore