Retirement: Azure Reserved Virtual Machines Instances for select VM series

by Azalio tdshpsk | May 5, 2026 | Cloud

Starting July 1, 2026, purchases and renewals will no longer be available for one-year Azure Reserved VM Instances for the Av2, Amv2, Bv1, D, Ds, Dv2, Dsv2, F, Fs, Fsv2, G, Gs, Ls, and Lsv2 VM series. Additionally, one-year and three-year reserved...

[In preview] Public Preview: Application Gateway for Containers managed add-on + AKS Automatic

by Azalio tdshpsk | May 5, 2026 | Cloud

We previously announced the availability of Application Gateway for Containers and the Application Gateway for Containers AKS Add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). At that time, one limitation was that Application Gateway for Containers could not...

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Elastic SAN support for AVS Gen2 Private Cloud

by Azalio tdshpsk | May 5, 2026 | Cloud

Elastic SAN datastores deliver simpler connectivity and improved performance when used with AVS Gen2 Private Cloud: Simpler connectivity & configuration No ExpressRoute gateway required A single Private Endpoint is sufficient to configure...

[Launched] Generally Available: Single Volume Snapshots on Azure Elastic SAN

by Azalio tdshpsk | May 5, 2026 | Cloud

Azure Elastic SAN now supports single volume snapshots, enabling incremental, point‑in‑time backups of individual SAN volumes. Snapshots capture only changes since the previous snapshot and reside within the SAN, allowing customers to quickly deploy new...

[Launched] Generally Available: AVS Support for AV64 SKU on Azure Elastic SAN

by Azalio tdshpsk | May 5, 2026 | Cloud

Azure Elastic SAN datastores are now supported with AV64 SKUs, enabling higher-scale and higher-performance storage options for Azure VMware Solution deployments.

Oracle will patch more often to counter AI cybersecurity threat

by Azalio tdshpsk | May 5, 2026 | Cloud

Oracle plans to issue security patches for its ERP, database, and other software on a monthly cycle, rather than quarterly, to respond to the increased pace of AI-enabled software vulnerability discovery. Other software vendors, notably Microsoft, SAP, and Adobe,...