Azure Update - 6th February 2026

2 weeks ago by John Savill's Technical Training

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.