- Azure VMware Solution AV36 Node Retirement on June 30, 2028
- Retirement: Entity Linking from Azure AI Language
- Retirement: The Linux Consumption hosting plan of Azure Functions will be retired on September 30, 2028. Migrate to Flex Consumption.
- Retirement: Upgrade BlobFuse v1 to latest version of Blobfuse v2
- Retirement: Azure App Service on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
- Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files Flexible service level
- Retirement: The Insights blade in AKS is now called Monitor
- Public Preview: Discover and assess PostgreSQL in Azure Migrate
- Generally Available: Delete on-demand backup in Azure DB for MySQL – Flexible Server
- Retirement: Azure Disk Encryption
Microsoft announced retirement of the AV36 node type on June 30, 2028; current Reserved Instance terms remain unaffected.
Entity Linking will be retired; customers are advised to use Named Entity Recognition in Azure AI Language.
Azure Functions Linux Consumption hosting plan retires September 30, 2028; migration to Flex Consumption is recommended.
BlobFuse v1 support will end; customers should move to BlobFuse v2 for future updates and improvements.
Azure App Service on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes retires September 30, 2025; applications must migrate to other solutions.
Flexible service level lets users configure storage capacity and throughput independently for optimized costs and performance.
The Insights blade in AKS has been renamed to Monitor with no functional changes to monitoring data or features.
Azure Migrate now supports discovery and assessment of PostgreSQL resources across VMware, Hyper‑V, physical servers, and other clouds.
Azure DB for MySQL – Flexible Server now allows deletion of on-demand backups created by users.
Azure Disk Encryption will retire September 15, 2028; migration to Encryption at Host or CVM OS disk encryption is advised.