Retirement: Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) for Windows nodes on AKS to Be Retired by September 30, 2026

On September 30, 2026, we’ll end support for Azure Network Policy Manager (NPM) on Windows nodes in AKS. To ensure your setup continues to receive support, security updates, and deployment compatibility, please explore alternative options, such as using N Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Firewall Updates – IP Group limit increased to 600 per Firewall Policy

Azure Firewall Policy now supports up to 600 IP Groups per policy, up from the previous limit of 200. This enhancement enables users to: Reduce rule complexity by replacing long lists of IPs with more well-organized IP Groups, making rule sets easier to m Source: Microsoft Azure –[…]

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[Launched] Generally Avaialbe: Azure NetApp Files short-term clones

Azure NetApp Files short-term clones enable space-efficient, instant read/write access to data by creating temporary thin clones from existing volume snapshots, eliminating the need for full data copies and enabling capacity savings. Ideal for software de Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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Retirement: Legacy Authentication in Azure Monitor – Container Insights will be retired on September 30, 2026.

Legacy Authentication in Azure Monitor – Container Insights will be retired on September 30, 2026. Legacy authentication has been replaced by the more secure Managed Identity authentication method. Migrating to Managed Identity also gives customers acces Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[Launched] Generally Available: AI toolchain operator add-on (KAITO) for AKS

The AI toolchain operator add-on (KAITO) is now generally available on AKS, streamlining the deployment of AI inference and fine-tuning workflows using popular open-source frameworks. With vLLM as the default inference engine, this addon reduces managemen Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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Retirement: Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance will be retired on Sep 30, 2026

After September 30, 2026, customers will no longer be able to access the service. Please see our retirement documentation for more details. Recommended action If your goal is to monitor on-premises workloads, please transition to Operations Manager on-pre Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[Launched] Generally Available: CLI command for migration from Availability Sets and basic load balancer on AKS

Availability Sets and the basic load balancer are being deprecated on September 30 2025. AKS now supports, a simple Azure CLI command that will automatically migrate your AKS cluster from Availability Sets to the new Virtual Machines node pool and upgrade Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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Retirement: Azure Static Web Apps database connection feature

Due to changes in underlying infrastructure, the database connections feature of Static Web Apps this feature (currently in public preview), will be deprecated effective November 30, 2025. To avoid issues in deployments using this feature you can refacto Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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[Launched] Generally Available: Cross-tenant customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption

Cross-tenant Customer-Managed Keys (CMK) for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption is now generally available, empowering customers to manage their own encryption keys across different Azure tenancies. This capability enhances control and flexibility in mu Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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Retirement: Azure VPN Gateway support for SSTP Protocol will be retired on March 31, 2027

Due to its limited scalability and suboptimal performance, support for SSTP will be phased out. We strongly recommend transitioning to IKEv2 or OpenVPN, which offer significantly enhanced capabilities—including support for up to 10,000 connections and 10 Source: Microsoft Azure – aggiornamenti

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