Here is a the list of reading news i share on April 2025.

All of this list are a little messy, in the future i will try to sort them by category.

Azure Networking

• [In preview] Public Preview: ExpressRoute Resiliency Enhancements
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Front Door Custom Cipher Suite
• [Launched] Generally Available: Route-maps for Azure Virtual WAN
• [Launched] Generally Available: Next hop IP support for Virtual WAN
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Networking Capabilities for Microsoft Copilot in Azure

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

• [Launched] Generally Available: AKS Cost Recommendations in Azure Advisor
• [Launched] Generally Available: Network isolated cluster in AKS
• [Launched] Generally Available: Cilium Endpoint Slices in AKS
• [In preview] Public Preview: Multiple Load Balancers for AKS
• [In preview] Public Preview: Cilium WireGuard Encryption Support in AKS

Azure Database

• [Launched] Generally Available: PostgreSQL 17 performance management server parameters now modifiable on Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Azure Data Factory service principal authentication
• [Launched] Generally Available: Support for Mongo 8.0 on vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

Azure AI and Machine Learning

• [In preview] Public Preview: Default Inference with vLLM with AI Toolchain Operator Add-on
• [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Copilot in Azure is Now Generally Available

Azure Storage

• [Launched] Generally Available: ACLs (Access Control Lists) for Local Users in Azure Blob Storage SFTP
• [Launched] Generally Available: Performance Plus for Azure Disk Storage

Kubernetes

• Introducing kube-scheduler-simulator
• Kubernetes Multicontainer Pods: An Overview
• Continuing the transition from Endpoints to EndpointSlices
• Kubernetes v1.33: User Namespaces enabled by default!

General Azure Updates

• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Compute Fleet
• [Launched] Generally Available: Cross-Region Data Transfer Capability in Azure Data Box Devices
• [Launched] Generally Available: Metadata Cache for Azure SSD (Premium) SMB

Retirement Notices

• Retirement: Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Reaching End of Standard Support on May 31, 2025
• Retirement: HELM chart-based onboarding workflow for the Azure Monitor Container Insights agent is retiring on October 1, 2025

Miscellaneous

• Zero Day Quest 2025: $1.6 million awarded for vulnerability research
• Azure PowerShell - Update from Get-AzAccessToken for Az 14
• Azure Powershell - Mise ├á jour de Get-AzAccessToken en version Az 14
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Bastion Developer now in 36 public regions
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Front Door capturing request header, response header, and request query string values as server variables
• [Launched] Generally Available: Instance Mix for Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• [Launched] Generally Available: Troubleshoot Disk Performance with Copilot in Azure
• [Launched] Generally Available: I/O Performance Analysis-SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Firewall integration in Security Copilot