Azure-Updates News Bulletins

Azure Expands AI PII Tools And GCS Migration

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:19:25 +0000

Microsoft expanded its Azure portfolio with several product releases, including the general availability of a new PowerShell module for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server and a document PII playground in Azure AI Language. The company also introduced a public preview of Azure Storage Mover support for migrations from Google Cloud Storage, alongside a preview feature enabling instant access through application-consistent restore points.

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Microsoft launched the renamed Az.PostgreSQLFlexibleServer PowerShell module to simplify management of Azure Database for PostgreSQL. The update builds on previous capabilities while offering a more streamlined administration experience. (link)
Azure AI Language introduced a public preview playground in Microsoft Foundry NextGen for document-based personally identifiable information detection. Users can test prepared sample documents and view redacted outputs directly in the portal. (link)
Azure AI Language made its refreshed Document PII playground generally available, helping customers evaluate personally identifiable information detection on documents more quickly. The tool includes curated sample inputs and outputs for testing. (link)
Azure introduced Instant Access for VM Restore Points in preview, allowing disks to be restored immediately after a restore point is created. The feature aims to reduce recovery time by removing delays tied to background data replication. (link)
Azure Storage Mover now supports public preview migration from Google Cloud Storage to Azure Blob Storage. The update enables organizations to consolidate multi-cloud storage using an S3-compatible interface. (link)

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 Lands on Azure Databricks

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:21:51 +0000

Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 model is now generally available on Azure Databricks, expanding access to advanced AI capabilities through Microsoft’s cloud platform and Databricks’ data and analytics services. The release marks a further integration of large language models into enterprise data workflows and AI development tools.

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Azure Databricks has added support for Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving. The model aims to combine advanced reasoning capabilities with lower cost and faster performance for enterprise AI applications. (link)

Microsoft Entra ID Secures Azure Blob Storage SFTP

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:54:08 +0000

Microsoft has made Entra ID-based access for Azure Blob Storage SFTP generally available, extending identity-based authentication to secure file transfers in cloud storage environments. The company also expanded Azure Site Recovery capabilities with support for fivefold churn, increasing disaster recovery capacity for high-change workloads.

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Microsoft has made Entra ID-based access for Azure Blob Storage SFTP generally available across all regions. The update allows users, including guest users through Entra External Identities, to connect securely to Azure Blob Storage over SFTP using Entra ID authentication. (link)
Azure Site Recovery now supports up to five times higher churn, reaching 500 MB/s per virtual machine. Microsoft says the enhancement is designed to improve disaster recovery support for high-IOPS and demanding enterprise workloads. (link)

Azure Expands Event Hubs Security and Chaos Studio

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:42:50 +0000

Microsoft expanded Azure’s enterprise and security capabilities with general availability of Network Security Perimeter support and Confidential Computing for Azure Event Hubs, alongside the launch of Azure Red Hat OpenShift in the Chile Central region. The company also introduced preview features including exceptions management for web application firewalls in Azure Application Gateway and Azure Front Door, Chaos Studio workspaces and scenarios for resilience testing, and export jobs for historical Log Analytics workspace data.

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Azure Web Application Firewall for Azure Application Gateway and Azure Front Door now offers preview support for exceptions, helping organizations reduce false positives by allowing safe and expected requests while maintaining protection against common threats. (link)
Azure Chaos Studio has introduced preview support for Workspaces and Scenarios, enabling teams to test application resilience against outages through application-focused configurations across subscriptions, resource groups, or service groups. (link)
Log Analytics Export jobs are now available in preview, allowing users to export historical workspace data to Azure Storage accounts based on selected queries and time ranges for external analysis or archiving. (link)
Azure Event Hubs now generally supports Network Security Perimeter, allowing organizations to define isolation boundaries for PaaS resources and manage public network access through perimeter-based rules. (link)
Azure Event Hubs Dedicated now generally supports Confidential Computing, using trusted execution environments to help protect sensitive streaming data while it is processed in memory. (link)
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now generally available in Chile Central (Chile), expanding managed OpenShift deployment options in South America through Microsoft’s first Azure region in the country. (link)