Azure Weekly Update - 6th November 2026
John Savill walks through the Azure updates for the week of 6 November 2026, covering changes relevant to infrastructure, security, data services, and AI teams.
Disaster recovery and restore points
The disaster recovery updates cover Azure Site Recovery (ASR), Service Bus replication, and virtual machine restore points:
- ASR for Azure Local — disaster recovery support for Azure Local.
- Virtual Machine Scale Sets Flex — enhanced ASR support for Flexible orchestration.
- Azure Service Bus Premium — geo-replication for partitioned namespaces.
- VM restore points — multi-disk, crash-consistent restore points for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks.
Networking and security
Savill reviews several networking updates, including post-quantum cryptography (PQC) for Azure Front Door TLS key exchange.
Application Gateway
Application Gateway for Containers receives coverage of three capabilities:
- Private ingress.
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway functionality.
- JSON Web Token (JWT) validation.
The update also covers Application Gateway Web Application Firewall (WAF) insights.
Firewall and routing
Additional topics include:
- IPv6 application rules in Azure Firewall.
- Route maps in Azure Route Server.
Storage and migration assessment
The storage segment covers new storage actions and advanced capacity insights. Savill also discusses discovery and assessment of on-premises network-attached storage (NAS) shares.
Azure SQL and PostgreSQL
Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance
The SQL updates include:
- Database-level managed identity for Azure SQL Database.
- Azure SQL Database restore through the Azure portal.
- Point-in-time restore (PITR) backup immutability for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
For PostgreSQL Flexible Server, the discussion covers a networking configuration change from virtual network integration to private endpoints, followed by a PostgreSQL REST API version update.
AI models in Foundry
The AI segment covers Kimi K3.1 Pro in Foundry.
Topic timestamps
Use these timestamps to jump to a specific update:
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 02:41 | ASR for Azure Local |
| 02:54 | VMSS Flex enhanced ASR support |
| 03:30 | Service Bus Premium partitioned namespace geo-replication |
| 04:33 | Multi-disk crash-consistent VM restore points for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks |
| 05:21 | Azure Front Door TLS key exchange PQC |
| 06:34 | Application Gateway for Containers private ingress |
| 06:57 | Application Gateway for Containers MCP gateway |
| 07:39 | Application Gateway for Containers JWT validation |
| 08:01 | Application Gateway WAF insights |
| 08:46 | Azure Firewall IPv6 application rules |
| 09:03 | Azure Route Server route maps |
| 10:31 | New storage actions |
| 11:09 | Advanced capacity insights |
| 11:54 | On-premises NAS share discovery and assessment |
| 12:16 | Azure SQL Database database-level managed identity |
| 12:54 | Azure SQL Database restore from the portal |
| 13:09 | Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance PITR backup immutability |
| 13:47 | PostgreSQL Flexible Server virtual network integration to private endpoint configuration |
| 14:11 | PostgreSQL REST API version |
| 14:36 | Kimi K3.1 Pro in Foundry |