| Status | Name | Link | Description | Publication Day | Category |
| 🚀 | [Launched] General Availability: Instant access support for incremental snapshots of Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=545784 | Announcing the General Availability of instant access support for incremental snapshots of Premium SSD v2 (Pv2) and Ultra Disks. This new capability enables you to restore […] | Wednesday | Azure Updates,Features,Launched |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 is now available on Azure Databricks | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557595 | Azure Databricks now supports Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving. Claude Sonnet 4.6 delivers frontier-level performance on complex coding, agentic workflows, and […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,AI + Machine Learning,analytics,Azure Databricks,Features,Launched |
| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: Unified tooling in the AKS MCP server | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557223 | Managing AKS MCP servers can be affected by the number of tools and the amount of context required, which can increase latency and cost. The unified […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),compute,containers,In preview |
| 🔍 | [In preview] Public Preview: Cluster mode for the agentic CLI for AKS | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557218 | Users often face security and manageability challenges when diagnostic agents inherit broad user permissions, such as cluster-admin rights, and when each user must deploy their own […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),compute,containers,In preview |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Quota and deployment troubleshooting tools for Azure Functions Flex Consumption | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=556008 | Azure Functions Flex Consumption introduces new platform‑integrated tools that provide clearer insight into quota availability and deployment behavior. The quota troubleshooting experience surfaces Flex Consumption quota […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Functions,compute,containers,Features,Internet of Things,Launched |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions .NET 10 support | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=556003 | Azure Functions support for .NET 10 is generally available, enabling production use of the latest .NET runtime for serverless applications. This support was introduced as part […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Functions,compute,containers,Features,Internet of Things,Launched |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Node auto-provisioning support in Azure government and private cloud | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557208 | Node auto‑provisioning removes the need for teams to manually size and manage compute resources for Kubernetes workloads. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now provides general availability support […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),compute,containers,Launched |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Node auto-provisioning enabled clusters in AKS now support LocalDNS | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557203 | Customers previously could not enable LocalDNS on clusters that used Node auto‑provisioning in AKS, limiting their ability to use this feature in those environments. LocalDNS is […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),compute,containers,Launched |
| 🚀 | [Launched] Generally Available: Encryption at host & disk encryption sets support in node auto-provisioning | https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=557213 | Node auto-provisioning enabled clusters previously did not have support for Encryption at Host and disk encryption sets. This limited users with certain security requirements for their […] | Thursday | Azure Updates,Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS),compute,containers,Launched |
| Name | Link | Description | Publication Day | Category |
| RDP Shortpath (UDP) over Private Link is now generally available | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-virtual-desktop-blog/rdp-shortpath-udp-over-private-link-is-now-generally-available/ba-p/4494644 | UDP support over Private Link for Azure Virtual Desktop is now generally available. This release enables a direct, high‑performance, UDP‑based RDP connection between AVD session hosts […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Agentic Logic Apps Integration with SAP – Part 1: Infrastructure | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/agentic-logic-apps-integration-with-sap-part-1-infrastructure/ba-p/4491906 | 1. Introduction When you integrate Azure Logic Apps with SAP, the “hello world” part is usually easy. The part that bites you later is data quality. In […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| How Azure SRE Agent Can Investigate Resources in a Private Network | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/how-azure-sre-agent-can-investigate-resources-in-a-private/ba-p/4494911 | ⚠️ Important Note on Network Communication: In this pattern, Azure SRE Agent communicates over the public network to reach the Azure Function proxy. The proxy endpoint is […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Logic Apps Agentic Workflows with SAP – Part 1: Infrastructure | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/logic-apps-agentic-workflows-with-sap-part-1-infrastructure/ba-p/4491906 | When you integrate Azure Logic Apps with SAP, the “hello world” part is usually easy. The part that bites you later is data quality. In SAP-heavy […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Upcoming webinar: Maximize the Cost Efficiency of AI Agents on Azure | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/upcoming-webinar-maximize-the-cost-efficiency-of-ai-agents-on/ba-p/4493923 | AI agents are quickly becoming central to how organizations automate work, engage customers, and unlock new insights. But as adoption accelerates, so do questions about cost, […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Identifying Orphaned Records in Change Tracking Side Tables (Read‑Only Health Check) | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-support-blog/identifying-orphaned-records-in-change-tracking-side-tables-read/ba-p/4495617 | When Change Tracking (CT) is enabled, SQL Server (and Azure SQL Database) stores lightweight change metadata so applications can query “what changed since version X?”. Under the […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Azure API Management – Unified AI Gateway Design Pattern | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/azure-api-management-unified-ai-gateway-design-pattern/ba-p/4495436 | Scaling AI adoption requires a unified control plane As organizations scale generative AI adoption, they face growing complexity managing multiple AI providers, models, API formats, and […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| Public Preview: Automatic zone balance for Virtual Machine Scale Sets | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-compute-blog/public-preview-automatic-zone-balance-for-virtual-machine-scale/ba-p/4494476 | We’re excited to announce the public preview of automatic zone balance for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets. This new capability helps you maintain zone-resilient workloads […] | Wednesday | Tech Community |
| A Practical Guide to Azure DDoS Protection Cost Optimization | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-network-security-blog/a-practical-guide-to-azure-ddos-protection-cost-optimization/ba-p/4495199 | Introduction Azure provides infrastructure-level DDoS protection by default to protect Azure’s own platform and services. However, this protection does not extend to customer workloads or non-Microsoft […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Azure Migrate: Now Supporting Premium SSD V2, Ultra and ZRS Disks as Targets | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-storage-blog/azure-migrate-now-supporting-premium-ssd-v2-ultra-and-zrs-disks/ba-p/4495332 | We are excited to announce that we have added assessment and migration support for Premium SSD v2,Ultra Disk and ZRS Disks as storage options in Azure Migrate, with Premium SSD v2 and ZRS Disks now Generally Available and Ultra Disk in Public Preview. This further enhances the assessment and migration experience Azure […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| It’s now easier to attain the Microsoft Azure VMware Solution specialization | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/specialization-updates/it-s-now-easier-to-attain-the-microsoft-azure-vmware-solution/ba-p/4495526 | To expand the specialization opportunity to more partners, Microsoft has removed the Azure VMware Solution (AVS) technical assessment requirement from the Microsoft AVS specialization. This change […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Azure Recognized as an NVIDIA Cloud Exemplar, Setting the Bar for AI Performance in the Cloud | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-high-performance-computing/azure-recognized-as-an-nvidia-cloud-exemplar-setting-the-bar-for/ba-p/4495747 | As AI models continue to scale in size and complexity, cloud infrastructure must deliver more than theoretical peak performance. What matters in practice is reliable, end-to-end, […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Reactive Incident Response with Azure SRE Agent: From Alert to Resolution in Minutes | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/reactive-incident-response-with-azure-sre-agent-from-alert-to/ba-p/4492938 | SRE Agent portal overview with incident list The Reactive Incident Challenge Your monitoring is solid. Alerts fire when they should. But then what? Alert lands […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Migrating Workloads from AWS to Azure: A Structured Approach for Cloud Architects | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-migration-and/migrating-workloads-from-aws-to-azure-a-structured-approach-for/ba-p/4495227 | The core migration principle: Like-for-like architecture The foundation of a successful migration is maintaining a like-for-like architecture during the transition. This means replicating your existing AWS […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Navigating the 2025 holiday season: Insights into Azure’s DDoS defense | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-network-security-blog/navigating-the-2025-holiday-season-insights-into-azure-s-ddos/ba-p/4495741 | The holiday season continues to be one of the most demanding periods for online businesses. Traffic surges, higher transaction volumes, and user expectations for seamless digital […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Get started with Elasticsearch MCP server in Azure SRE Agent | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/get-started-with-elasticsearch-mcp-server-in-azure-sre-agent/ba-p/4492896 | Overview The Elasticsearch MCP server enables Azure SRE Agent to interact with your Elasticsearch clusters using natural language. Query your logs, analyze metrics, check cluster health, […] | Thursday | Tech Community |
| Azure Database Migration Service Expands to New Azure Regions | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-data-migration-blog/azure-database-migration-service-expands-to-new-azure-regions/ba-p/4494000 | As organizations continue to modernize their data estates and migrate to Azure, regional availability plays a critical role in meeting data residency, compliance, and performance requirements. We’re excited […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Host Declarative Markdown-Based Agents on Azure Functions | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/host-declarative-markdown-based-agents-on-azure-functions/ba-p/4496038 | Like many of you, the Azure Functions team and others at Microsoft have been building agents for our day-to-day work using mostly markdown and configuration: like AGENTS.md instructions, […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Build a Custom SSL Certificate Monitor with Azure SRE Agent: From Python Tool to Production Skill | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/build-a-custom-ssl-certificate-monitor-with-azure-sre-agent-from/ba-p/4495832 | TL;DR Expired SSL certificates cause outages that are 100% preventable. In this post, you’ll learn how to create a custom Python tool in Azure SRE […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Using Azure API Management with Azure Front Door for Global, Multi‑Region Architectures | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-developer-community/using-azure-api-management-with-azure-front-door-for-global/ba-p/4492384 | Modern API‑driven applications demand global reach, high availability, and predictable latency. Azure provides two complementary services that help achieve this: Azure API Management (APIM) as the API […] | Friday | Tech Community |
| Learning Cost Efficient AI Agents Development on Azure | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/educator-developer-blog/learning-cost-efficient-ai-agents-development-on-azure/ba-p/4493940 | AI agents are increasingly central to building automated solutions, experimenting with data‑driven decision making, and bringing real‑world AI systems to life. But as AI adoption grows, […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
| Navigating the 2026 holiday season: Insights into Azure’s DDoS defense | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-network-security-blog/navigating-the-2026-holiday-season-insights-into-azure-s-ddos/ba-p/4494932 | The holiday season continues to be one of the most demanding periods for online businesses. Traffic surges, higher transaction volumes, and user expectations for seamless digital […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
| A BizTalk Migration Tool: From Orchestrations to Logic Apps Workflows | https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-integration-services-blog/a-biztalk-migration-tool-from-orchestrations-to-logic-apps/ba-p/4494876 | As organizations move toward cloud-native architecture, this project addresses one of the most challenging aspects of modernization: converting existing BizTalk artifacts into their Azure Logic Apps […] | Saturday | Tech Community |
| Name | Link | Description | Creator |
| Happy Valentines Day! | https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5H8Ipcibw9w | | John Savill |
| Shipping Features Faster with Copilot CLI | https://gregorsuttie.com/2026/02/14/shipping-features-faster-with-copilot-cli/ | Ship faster As developers, we’re always looking for ways to ship faster without sacrificing quality. The constant pressure to deliver new features while maintaining clean, maintainable […] | Gregor Suttie |
| Azure Virtual Network Routing Appliance – a first look | https://azurealan.ie/2026/02/14/azure-virtual-network-routing-appliance-a-first-look/ | Microsoft recently dropped Azure Virtual Network Routing Appliance (AVNRA) into public preview with surprisingly little fanfare. As a new Azure networking service, it left many of […] | Alan Kinane |
| Azure Quick Review (azqr) 3.0: Breaking Changes and Migration Guide | https://carlos.mendible.com/2026/02/16/azure-quick-review-azqr-3.0-breaking-changes-and-migration-guide/ | Azure Quick Review (azqr) version 3.0.0 is here with a major architectural refactoring. While the core functionality remains the same, the CLI has been redesigned to […] | Carlos Mendible |
| AKS: Azure Container Storage with local NVMe using Terraform | https://carlos.mendible.com/2026/02/16/aks-azure-container-storage-with-local-nvme-using-terraform/ | Let’s learn how to deploy an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster with Azure Container Storage enabled using Terraform, leveraging local NVMe disks for high-performance storage. Azure […] | Carlos Mendible |
| Azure AD B2C to Entra External ID (EEID) Migration Kit — Evaluating the login | https://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/azure-ad-b2c-to-entra-external-id-eeid-migration-kit-evaluating-the-login-be0c316840ee?source=rss----3a246e667a75---4 | Emblem of the USAF 4477 Test and Evaluation Squadron via Wikimedia You can see the whole series in this list. The repo. is here. Assume the import and […] | Rory Braybrook |
| Looking at Sovereignty Requirements with Azure | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Anv-8a-I0 | A walkthrough of sovereignty considerations and how to meet them with Azure and Azure Local! 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. […] | John Savill |
| Azure Batch with AlmaLinux and Docker | https://carlos.mendible.com/2026/02/17/azure-batch-with-almalinux-and-docker/ | In this post, I’ll show you how to deploy an Azure Batch pool running AlmaLinux 9 with Docker CE using Terraform. This is particularly useful when […] | Carlos Mendible |
| Azure Sovereignty Options Short! #azure #azurelocal | https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Db9PSZoMPw0 | Very quick video on Azure sovereignty options including Azure Local. | John Savill |
| A neat Entra ID way to find out what entity a GUID belongs to | https://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/a-neat-entra-id-way-to-find-out-what-entity-a-guid-belongs-to-de65bff97541?source=rss----3a246e667a75---4 | Examples of universally unique identifier via Wikimedia How many times have you had a GUID to investigate but weren’t sure whether it was a user, a […] | Rory Braybrook |
| Microsoft Introduces Entra Hybrid Join using Entra Kerberos | https://ourcloudnetwork.com/microsoft-introduces-entra-hybrid-join-using-entra-kerberos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-introduces-entra-hybrid-join-using-entra-kerberos | Microsoft has introduce a new hybrid join for Windows devices using Entra Kerberos for instant device registration in Microsoft Entra. The post Microsoft Introduces Entra Hybrid […] | Daniel Bradley |
| Azure Bicep Snapshots – Test and Validate Your Code and Deployments | https://cloudadministrator.net/2026/02/18/azure-bicep-snapshots-test-and-validate-your-code-and-deployments/ | Azure Bicep Snapshots, introduced in version 0.36.1, enables users to generate resource definitions as JSON files, reflecting their configurations in the Azure Portal. This feature allows […] | Stanislav Zhelyazkov |
| Building Better Azure Terraform Modules with GitHub Copilot Agents and Skills | https://thomasthornton.cloud/building-better-azure-terraform-modules-with-github-copilot-agents-and-skills/ | If you’ve ever tried to put together a “simple” Terraform module for Azure, you’ll know it rarely stays simple. You start with a couple of resources. […] | Thomas Thornton |
| NAT Gateway v2 Overview | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9HPGJUjq2Q | A dive into the new capabilities of NAT Gateway v2. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it […] | John Savill |
| 330 – From vibe-coding to production: Shipping verifiable AI | https://share.transistor.fm/s/26f349a6 | In this episode, we take a look at the transition from “vibe-coding” to shipping verifiable, production-grade AI applications. This is the critical shift from relying on […] | Tobias Zimmergren |
| NAT Gateway v2 Quick Overview #azure #azurenetworking | https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qPfY8SRtoWs | Really quick overview of NAT Gateway v2. Check out the full video for more detail. | John Savill |
| It’s Never Too Late For The Cloud Adoption Framework | https://aidanfinn.com/?p=24637 | I’m going to explain why the Cloud Adoption Framework can offer answers to Azure – even for organisations that have been in The Cloud for years. […] | Aidan Finn |
| How I Used GitHub Copilot CLI to Build an Azure Governance Web App: From Zero to Maturity Score in One Weekend | https://gregorsuttie.com/2026/02/19/how-i-used-github-copilot-cli-to-build-an-azure-governance-web-app-from-zero-to-maturity-score-in-one-weekend/ | If you told me a year ago that I’d build a fully functioning Azure cost management and governance web application in a single weekend, without leaving […] | Gregor Suttie |
| How to effortlessly convert MOF files to Microsoft's DSC JSON format | https://www.idontlikeai.dev/how-to-effortlessly-convert-mof-files-to-microsofts-dsc-json-format/ | Learn how to convert MOF to JSON Read the full article here: How to effortlessly convert MOF files to Microsoft’s DSC JSON format | Gijs Reijn |
| Azure Update 20th February 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EVWtkjKTkI | Happy Friday!! 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel. If I have something it will be there! 🤔 Due to the channel […] | John Savill |
| Microsoft Agent Framework: Implementing an AI Email Marketing Agent | https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2026/02/14/microsoft-agent-framework-from-personal-ai-newsletter-to-automated-email-broadcasts-with-aweber/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-agent-framework-from-personal-ai-newsletter-to-automated-email-broadcasts-with-aweber | In an earlier post in this series, we built an AI agent that researches the latest AI news and generates a weekly digest newsletter as a local […] | Jamie Maguire |