Azure CW28 2026: Chaos Studio Workspaces public preview, Site Recovery churn to 500 MB/s (preview), Blob SFTP Entra ID GA, Entra Backup and Recovery GA, Log Analytics export jobs, Event Hubs NSP, and WAF exceptions.
Azure CW27 2026: Claude Sonnet 5 GA in Microsoft Foundry, client-side blob integrity (CRC64-NVME) GA, VM instant application-consistent restore points, Storage Mover GCS source preview, Az.PostgreSqlFlexibleServer module, and the Quantum Safe Program pulled to 2029.
Azure CW26 2026: file share-centric management (Microsoft.FileShares) GA, Confidential Live Migration for Intel TDX VMs, Application Gateway for Containers inference gateway, ANF migration assistant GA, Azure Blueprints retirement, and AVS AV36 node retirement.
Azure CW22 2026: Virtual network flow logs connector for Microsoft Sentinel, Azure Virtual Network Manager integration with Virtual WAN as a hub, App Gateway for Containers integration with ISTIO service mesh on AKS, and Claude Opus 4.8 in Microsoft Foundry — a calm pre-Build week with networking-heavy updates.
Azure CW13 2026: AKS gets application network mesh, blue-green agent pool upgrades, and network AI agent. SQL DB adds automatic index compaction. Foundry priority processing goes GA. Entra external MFA and tenant governance land.
Azure CW12 2026: Foundry Agent Service goes GA with native voice, Entra ID for Blob SFTP access, WAF DRS 2.2, Databricks-to-Fabric federation, Fabric IQ data agents, and standard HDD retirement announced.
Azure CW10 2026: Intel TDX confidential VMs go GA, Azure Firewall draft-and-deploy, Databricks Lakebase, Arc Gateway reduces endpoints to 7, and a flood of new AI models.
Azure CW9 2026: App Gateway WAF Insights preview, Entra-restricted blob SAS tokens, AI Search sensitivity labels, and GitHub Copilot CLI goes GA.
Azure CW5 2026: ExpressRoute scalable gateway goes GA with autoscaling, new Intel/AMD v7 VM SKUs, and automatic passkey rollout for all Entra tenants.
Post-quantum cryptography in Azure: NIST FIPS 203/204/205 standards, harvest-now-decrypt-later threats, and what Azure customers should do today.
PowerShell script to audit TLS versions across Azure subscriptions, scanning 13 service types and generating CSV and HTML compliance reports.
Practical guide to Azure cloud foundation: governance, connectivity, identity, security, and management done right from day one.