John Savill delivers a weekly summary of recent Azure changes and announcements, offering technical insight into service updates, new features, and platform retirements.

Azure Update - 5th September 2025

Author: John Savill’s Technical Training

Stay current with the latest Azure news and feature releases covered in this episode:

Highlights & Chapters

  • 00:00 - Introduction & New Videos
  • 01:05 - App Service Premium v4: Overview of the latest offerings and improvements in performance for premium hosting.
  • 02:12 - DCev5/ECev5 Retirement: Notification for new instance retirements, with advice on migration planning.
  • 02:37 - Logic Apps Standard Enhancements:
    • Automated test framework for better CI/CD integration.
    • .NET 8 custom code support for extending workflows programmatically.
    • Business Process Tracking feature enhancements.
    • New hybrid deployment options for more flexible architectures.
    • Enhanced Data Mapper and Organizational Templates for enterprise scalability.
    • Confluent Kafka connector support for advanced integration scenarios.
  • 06:27 - API Management (APIM) v2 Updates:
    • Introduction of v2 tier metrics, autoscaling support, workspace, and gateway features.
    • Extended MCP (Multi-Cloud Platform) support.
  • 08:54 - Gen1 to Gen2 Trusted Launch Upgrades:
    • Security and platform progression insights for running trusted compute workloads.
  • 10:02 - Azure in China:
    • Details on AFD (Azure Front Door) Standard and Premium, and Azure CDN service retirements in the China regions.
  • 11:16 - AVNM Updates:
    • Multiple prefix support for subnets, offering improved network segmentation options.
  • 11:59 - Azure Ultra Disk Price Reductions:
    • Cost efficiencies in select regions for high-performance storage.
  • 12:29 - MySQL Maintenance:
    • Introduction of near-zero-downtime maintenance strategies for managed MySQL in Azure.
  • 13:21 - Azure OpenAI GPT-5o RealTime API Audio:
    • Preview of audio support in the GPT-5o RealTime API, expanding Azure’s AI capabilities.
  • 14:05 - App Testing:
    • Playwright Workspace launch for streamlined automated application testing.
  • 14:57 - Microsoft Basic Open-sourced:
    • Announcement of open-sourcing the Microsoft Basic language, with related resources.
  • 15:11 - Conclusion

Further Resources

This update is part of a continuous weekly series. Use the chapter markers to jump to topics most relevant to your Azure work.