Timeline

Earliest end-of-support target for Java 25 builds, subject to extension by Microsoft.

Earliest end-of-support target for Java 21 builds, subject to extension by Microsoft.

Support for Java 8, 11, and 17 ends; existing applications continue running without related runtime updates or support.

Support ends for Java 8, 11, and 17 on Azure App Service.

Support for Java 8, 11, and 17 ends; existing applications continue running without related runtime updates or support.

Support ends for Java 8, 11, and 17 on Azure Functions.

Earliest end-of-support target for Java 11 and 17 builds, subject to extension by Microsoft.

September 2027 is the earliest end-of-support target for Java 11 and 17; the dates may be extended.

Database watcher stops collecting performance data, and stopped watcher resources cannot be restarted.

Foundry Local on Azure Local is expected to reach general availability at Microsoft Ignite.

Microsoft Ignite takes place November 16–20 in San Francisco, with further Azure AI infrastructure updates.

ARM PUT support enables direct creation and updates of resources and resource groups through MCP.

Experimental skills provide SKILL.md workflows through the remote server and require explicit client opt-in.

Advanced load balancing enters public preview with weighted or priority-based pool selection and per-pool server algorithms.

Advanced routing rules enter public preview, supporting matching on request attributes and regular expressions.

Azure Container Apps becomes a target workload for assessing discovered web applications in Azure Migrate.

Auto-scale for ingestion limits in Azure Monitor workspace enters public preview.

Plan-level start/stop enters public preview for Premium v4 and Premium memory-optimized v4 plans.

The ACL CIS Benchmark becomes generally available as a baseline for assessing node OS security.

ACL adds hardware-backed data-in-use protection on Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP platforms.

ACL introduces confidential VM images for workloads requiring FIPS-mode cryptography.

.NET 11 support becomes generally available through the isolated worker model.

Support ends for the Azure Functions in-process model.

A global MCP endpoint becomes available for querying Azure telemetry and updating saved dashboards under the signed-in user's permissions.

Microsoft announces the preview of HDv2 virtual machines for AI data processing, HPC, and agentic workloads.

Azure Policy for AKS adds independent selection of enforcement actions and enforcement points.

Creating new watcher resources and editing existing watcher resources will be blocked.

Logic Apps Standard custom code gains .NET 10 support through the Visual Studio Code extension.

Private preview enables Connected Registry synchronization using a user-assigned managed identity on supported Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes distributions.

The Microsoft Foundry extension bundle reaches version 1.0 and becomes generally available.

SQL Server migration supports Arc-registered instances without requiring deployment of the Arc agent.

Vaulted backup protection extends to Azure Files NFS shares in preview.

Revert Snapshot enters public preview for in-place SMB share recovery.

NAS share discovery and assessment becomes available in public preview for Dell PowerScale/Isilon and NetApp ONTAP clusters.

Azure Files-to-Azure Files copy becomes available in preview for SMB shares.

Geo-Replication becomes generally available on partitioned Azure Service Bus Premium namespaces.

Cross-cluster networking becomes generally available for connecting workloads across AKS clusters without managing gateways or proxies.

Managed DRANET support for RDMA networking becomes generally available for AI training and HPC workloads.

Multi-NIC pods enter public preview, enabling multiple network interfaces for nodes and workloads.

Automatic Agent Upgrade becomes generally available for Azure Arc-enabled servers.

The Cosmos DB library for Rust reaches its first stable release alongside its Client Driver and SDK Macros crates.

The Logic Apps Standard Azure CLI extension enters public preview for local workflow development and diagnostics.

Microsoft announces database watcher retirement for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance.

An out-of-tree MANA driver enables use on supported Linux LTS kernels without upgrading the kernel.

Oracle announces plans to obtain FedRAMP Class D certification for deployment in Azure Government.

Proximity placement group integration becomes generally available for Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure.

The Oracle Azure Resource Provider adds EU Data Boundary support.

SLB agile reservoir modeling on Azure Data Manager for Energy becomes generally available.

Azure Container Registry introduces operation-level and regional traffic metrics for transactions and outbound data transfer.

Database Hub alerts for Azure SQL Database enter public preview, powered by Fabric Activator.

Enhanced Feature Flags enter public preview with a dedicated resource model for feature flags.

Azure Local 2609 introduces recurring control plane backups for disconnected operations.

Modern Query Editor becomes generally available with a multi-tab workspace, database exploration, and interactive query results.

Advanced capacity insights enter preview, adding granular analysis of storage access, age, tier, composition, object size, and retention.

Safe Key Rotation is generally available, exposing account key usage timestamps to support safer credential changes.

Confidential virtual machines become generally available on Azure Local.

DCE private IP endpoint compression becomes available in controlled preview for allowlisted subscriptions.

GPU-accelerated query acceleration for Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse enters public preview.

Data Transfer and Transactions platform metrics become generally available for all registries.

External Key Management becomes generally available, supporting root key custody in customer-operated external HSMs.

Confidential virtual machines become generally available on Azure Local.

Public preview enables rehoming Azure-connected infrastructure and workloads to disconnected Azure Local environments.

Advanced platform metrics become generally available, starting with Azure Storage container-level metrics.

Foundry Local expands into agentic AI scenarios on Azure Local in public preview.

Registry egress becomes visible by operation, including GetBlob downloads redirected to Azure Storage.

Metrics usage insights for Azure Monitor workspace becomes generally available.

The Data Collection API was deprecated; Azure Optimization Engine now uses a Data Collection Rule and Ingestion API.

Graceful failovers are generally available for controlled, zero-data-loss region switches in Azure DocumentDB.

Multi-Node Change Streams enter public preview for change capture across sharded clusters.

Service-Managed Failover is generally available across Azure regions supporting Azure DocumentDB.

The Azure Classic administrators endpoint was deprecated; Azure Optimization Engine RBAC assignment exports now skip it.

mssql-python adds pyformat named parameters alongside existing qmark positional parameters for SQL Server and Azure SQL applications.