Azure Update - 15th August 2025
John Savill's Technical Training delivers the August 15th, 2025 Azure Update, highlighting new features and changes across App Service, Data Factory, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB, and tools useful for cloud engineers.
Azure Update - 15th August 2025
Author: John Savill's Technical Training
This Azure update provides a practical roundup of the most important new features, enhancements, and fixes across Microsoft's cloud platform as of August 15, 2025. Covered in this week's episode:
Key Updates
- App Service IPv6 inbound: Azure App Service now supports IPv6 inbound traffic, enhancing compatibility and network reach.
- Private App Gateway v2: Introduction of the new Private App Gateway version 2, offering improved security and performance for private application delivery.
- ADF Upsert & Scripting for Azure PostgreSQL: Azure Data Factory adds support for upsert operations and new scripting capabilities targeting Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
- Managed Cassandra v5.0: Managed Cassandra on Azure receives its 5.0 update, bringing feature parity and optimizations for distributed database workloads.
- **Cosmos DB for MongoDB (Customer-Managed Keys)😗* Cosmos DB for MongoDB can now use customer-managed keys for added data protection.
- Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Servers Regional Expansion: Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Servers now available in additional Azure regions, improving data residency and latency options.
- Power Platform Databricks Connector: A new connector is released, enabling more seamless integration of Databricks analytics with Power Platform applications.
- Azure App Testing: Introduction or improvements to Azure's application testing platform.
- Azure Monitor Tenant Health Alerts: Enhanced monitoring capabilities now offer tenant-wide health alerts in Azure Monitor.
- Azure Automation Limit Updates: The latest updates on service limits for Azure Automation.
- Windows 365 Reserve: Updates and improvements for the Windows 365 Reserve program.
Additional Resources
For engineers, architects, and administrators, this update quickly catches you up on relevant technical improvements that may impact deployments, security postures, and development practices in Azure.
Note: Community questions should be directed to external technical forums as the channel's direct question support is now limited due to growth.
Author
- John Savill's Technical Training (YouTube Channel)