Here is a the list of reading news i share on July 2026.

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

• [In preview] Public Preview: Instant Access via application consistent restore points
• [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Entra ID-based access for Azure Blob Storage SFTP
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio Workspaces and Scenarios
• [In preview] Public Preview: Exceptions in WAF for Azure Application Gateway and Azure Front Door
• [Launched] Generally Available: Network Security Perimeter support for Azure Event Hubs
• [In preview] Public Preview: Export historical data from Log Analytics workspace with Export jobs
• Retirement: Support for Python-2.7; 3.8 and PowerShell- 7.1; 7.2 will be retired on September 30, 2026
• Announcing: CodeAct pattern and Hyperlight containers in Microsoft Agent Framework
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-July 2026
• Announcing: Agent Channel for Microsoft Agent Framework multi-agent communication
• Announcing: Episodic procedural memory in Microsoft Agent Framework
• [In preview] Public Preview: Advanced platform metrics in Azure Monitor
• Announcing: DevUI Agent Inspector for Microsoft Agent Framework
• [Launched] Generally Available: Expanding Azure Arc SQL Migration with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Functions support for Python 3.14
• [Launched] Public Preview: Azure Functions Support for PowerShell 7.6
• [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Defender security assessments for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
• [Launched] Generally Available: Encryption in Transit for Azure Files NFS Shares in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• [In preview] Public Preview: Protect sensitive generative AI telemetry in Application Insights and Microsoft Foundry
• [Launched] Generally Available: IPv6 support for Azure VPN Gateway
• [In preview] Public Preview: Standard service endpoint
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure DDoS Protection custom policy
• [In preview] Public Preview: AI Gateway in Azure API Management
• [Launched] Generally Available: HTTP header insertion in Azure Firewall
• [Launched] Generally Available: Claude Opus 5 on Azure Databricks
• [Launched] Generally Available: NAT64 on StandardV2 NAT Gateway
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Enclave
• [Launched] Generally Available: Application Routing with Gateway API
• [Launched] Generally Available: Resource placement in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager
• [In preview] Public Preview: Maximum allowed failures for update runs in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager
• [In preview] Public Preview: Prepared Image Specification
• [Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Azure now available from new cloud region in India (India South Central)
• How the controller-runtime Cache Actually Works, and Why Your Controller Does Not Crash the API Server
• [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Monitor Logs mirroring into Microsoft Fabric
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Sphere OS version 26.09 is now available for evaluation
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.6 runbooks and Runtime environment
• Announcing: Reservation exchanges for Azure services supported by savings plans will no longer be available starting February 1, 2027
• [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in India South Central
• [In preview] Public Preview: Symmetric keys on Azure Key Vault Premium
• [In preview] Public Preview: Support for SMB Opportunistic Locking (Oplocks) configuration