Azure Update - 5th September 2025
John Savill delivers a weekly summary of recent Azure changes and announcements, offering technical insight into service updates, new features, and platform retirements.
Azure Update - 5th September 2025
Author: John Savill's Technical Training
Stay current with the latest Azure news and feature releases covered in this episode:
Highlights & Chapters
- 00:00 - Introduction & New Videos
- 01:05 - App Service Premium v4: Overview of the latest offerings and improvements in performance for premium hosting.
- 02:12 - DCev5/ECev5 Retirement: Notification for new instance retirements, with advice on migration planning.
- 02:37 - Logic Apps Standard Enhancements:
- Automated test framework for better CI/CD integration.
- .NET 8 custom code support for extending workflows programmatically.
- Business Process Tracking feature enhancements.
- New hybrid deployment options for more flexible architectures.
- Enhanced Data Mapper and Organizational Templates for enterprise scalability.
- Confluent Kafka connector support for advanced integration scenarios.
- 06:27 - API Management (APIM) v2 Updates:
- Introduction of v2 tier metrics, autoscaling support, workspace, and gateway features.
- Extended MCP (Multi-Cloud Platform) support.
- 08:54 - Gen1 to Gen2 Trusted Launch Upgrades:
- Security and platform progression insights for running trusted compute workloads.
- 10:02 - Azure in China:
- Details on AFD (Azure Front Door) Standard and Premium, and Azure CDN service retirements in the China regions.
- 11:16 - AVNM Updates:
- Multiple prefix support for subnets, offering improved network segmentation options.
- 11:59 - Azure Ultra Disk Price Reductions:
- Cost efficiencies in select regions for high-performance storage.
- 12:29 - MySQL Maintenance:
- Introduction of near-zero-downtime maintenance strategies for managed MySQL in Azure.
- 13:21 - Azure OpenAI GPT-5o RealTime API Audio:
- Preview of audio support in the GPT-5o RealTime API, expanding Azure's AI capabilities.
- 14:05 - App Testing:
- Playwright Workspace launch for streamlined automated application testing.
- 14:57 - Microsoft Basic Open-sourced:
- Announcement of open-sourcing the Microsoft Basic language, with related resources.
- 15:11 - Conclusion
Further Resources
This update is part of a continuous weekly series. Use the chapter markers to jump to topics most relevant to your Azure work.