- Private Preview: Vaulted Backups for Azure Disk
- Public Preview: Azure Monitor pipeline data transformations
- Generally Available: Claude Opus 4.6 now available on Azure Databricks
- Private Preview: New planned datacenter region in Thailand (Thailand South)
- Generally Available: AMD v6 confidential VMs in new regions for January 2026
- Public Preview: Azure virtual network routing appliance
- Public Preview: Claude Opus 4.6, Available on Microsoft Foundry
- Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Elastic zone-redundant service level
- Public Preview: X-Forwarded-For (XFF) grouping for rate limiting on Application Gateway WAF v2
- Generally Available: Azure Container Storage v2.1.0 now with Elastic SAN integration and on demand installation
Azure Disk Backup adds vaulted backup capability, protecting Azure Disk data via crash-consistent snapshots stored in a dedicated operational tier within your subscription.
Users can now shape telemetry before ingestion into Azure Monitor to manage costs, improve data quality, and streamline analytics.
Azure Databricks now offers Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 via Mosaic AI Model Serving for advanced reasoning, coding, and knowledge tasks.
Microsoft plans a new datacenter region in Thailand South to expand cloud service availability and reliability in the country.
AMD-based DCa/ECa v6 confidential virtual machines are now generally available in 11 additional global regions including Canada, Germany, and Australia.
Azure introduces a routing appliance for private virtual network connectivity, achieving high throughput and lower latency via specialized hardware.
Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 debuts in Microsoft Foundry, supporting complex reasoning, coding, and agent-based workflows on an enterprise platform.
Azure NetApp Files adds Elastic ZRS for continuous data access and zero data loss across Availability Zones.
WAF v2 adds X‑Forwarded‑For grouping to apply accurate rate limits for deployments behind proxies or CDNs.
Azure Container Storage v2.1.0 introduces Elastic SAN support and a flexible, on-demand installation model for Kubernetes workloads.