John Savill delivers the latest Azure update, summarizing important cloud changes and new features for developers and architects working with Microsoft Azure.

Azure Update - 6th February 2026

Presented by John Savill’s Technical Training

This week’s update brings a variety of changes and new features across several Azure services. Below is a summary of the highlighted topics covered in the video:

Video Chapters and Key Topics

  • Introduction
  • New Videos: Announcement of new video releases on the channel.
  • AMA Data to Event Hub and Storage Retire: Retirement notices affecting AMA data pathways to Event Hub and Azure Storage. Users relying on these connections should prepare for changes.
  • Fleet Manager Namespace Scope Placement: Updates to Fleet Manager, improving namespace scope placement capabilities.
  • AMD v6 Confidential VM in New Regions: Expansion of AMD v6 confidential virtual machines to additional Azure regions, enhancing secure compute options.
  • App Gateway DRS 2.2 & v2 XFF Rate Limiting: Updates to Azure Application Gateway, including DRS 2.2 rollout and new support for X-Forwarded-For (XFF) header rate limiting features.
  • AFD and CDN Weak Cipher Retire: Azure Front Door (AFD) and Content Delivery Network (CDN) are retiring support for weak ciphers, improving overall transport security.
  • VNet Routing Appliance: Updates regarding virtual network (VNet) routing appliances for more flexible network design.
  • ACS v2.1.0: Announcement of Azure Container Service (ACS) v2.1.0 release.
  • ANF Elastic ZRS: New elasticity and zone-redundant storage (ZRS) options available for Azure NetApp Files (ANF).
  • Serverless Workspaces in Azure Databricks: Addition of serverless workspace features for Azure Databricks to streamline big data and analytics workflows.
  • Claude Opus 4.6 in Foundry: Introduction of Claude Opus 4.6 model in Foundry and additional updates.
  • Close: Wrap-up and pointers to further learning content and supporting resources.

Additional Resources Mentioned

Notes From Author

  • For questions, use Microsoft Community Hub or Reddit, as video comments are not regularly reviewed due to channel growth.
  • Subtitles and auto-translation features are available for accessibility.

For technical professionals interested in keeping up with Azure’s ongoing changes, this video provides essential highlights and further resources for deeper learning.