John Savill presents the Azure Update for December 19th, 2025, covering recent Azure features, security enhancements, and new AI developments. This video, infused with holiday spirit, guides you through key improvements and what's new in the Azure ecosystem.

Azure Update - 19th December 2025: Service Improvements, AI, and Security News

Author: John Savill's Technical Training

Welcome to the final Azure weekly update of 2025, bringing a fast-paced summary of recently released features, security advancements, and AI-related improvements, plus a festive Azure Christmas song segment.

Highlights This Week

• Service Bus Trigger for Functions: Overview of recent improvements for Azure Functions utilizing the Service Bus trigger, focusing on enhanced reliability and performance.
• ANF CZRR & Advanced Ransomware Protection: Updates on Azure NetApp Files (ANF), with new ransomware protection features designed to strengthen enterprise storage security.
• ASM Blob to Blob Feature: New advancements for ASM storage accounts enabling blob-to-blob operations.
• Azure SQL Database Serverless Auto-Resume: Details about automatic resume features that improve the efficiency of serverless Azure SQL Database deployments.
• Cosmos DB SRE Enhancements: Emphasis on Site Reliability Engineering practices introduced to Cosmos DB, targeting improved cloud database availability.
• AI and GPT Model Updates: Highlights include the rollout of GPT-image-1.5 in Foundry and updated voice models now available in the Azure AI platform.

Resources & Recommended Learning

• Azure Recommended Learning Path
• Certification Materials Repository
• Azure Master Class
• DevOps Master Class
• PowerShell Master Class
• Certification Cram Videos
• Mentoring Content
• FAQ

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This week’s update captures the spirit of sharing knowledge and the Azure community, wrapped up with a bit of holiday fun!