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Azure Update - July 18th 2025

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Stay current with the latest Microsoft Azure developments in this comprehensive weekly update video covering major service announcements, feature releases, and important changes across the Azure ecosystem. Explore new capabilities in PowerShell Durable Functions SDK and orchestration versioning, discover Azure Functions Kafka triggers for enhanced event processing, and learn about significant AKS improvements including node auto-provisioning, VM node pools, and migration commands. Understand critical infrastructure updates such as HOBO public IP support for ExpressRoute gateways, retirement announcements for Azure Front Door classic and CDN classic services, and major enhancements to Azure NetApp Files BlobNFS. Dive into data platform developments including Event Hub geo-replication, SSD storage options for ephemeral OS disks, Cosmos DB integration with Microsoft Fabric, and Databricks Unity Catalog connectivity to Fabric OneLake. Review regional expansions with PostgreSQL flexible server availability in Indonesia Central, backup service improvements with standard to enhanced policy migrations and trusted launch support, plus Azure Backup GRS and cross-region restore capabilities for Premium SSD in new regions. Get informed about service retirements including Azure AI speaker recognition and explore the new Azure Cloud HSM offering for enhanced security requirements.

Syllabus

00:00 - Introduction
00:12 - New videos
01:16 - PowerShell Durable Functions SDK
01:43 - Durable Functions orchestration versioning
02:27 - Azure Functions Kafka triggers
02:55 - AKS node auto-provisioning
04:06 - AKS VM node pools
04:56 - AKS AS migration command
06:20 - AKS max blocked nodes allowed
06:34 - AKS extension manager move to control plane
07:11 - HOBO public IP for ER GW
08:07 - AFD classic and Class CDN classic onboarding retirements
09:14 - AZNFS BlobNFS major update
10:24 - Event Hub geo-replication
10:52 - SSD storage for ephemeral OS disks
12:32 - Cosmos DB in Fabric
13:45 - Databricks Unity Catalog to Fabric OneLake
14:13 - PostgreSQL flex in Indonesia Central
14:35 - Backup standard to enhanced policy migrations
14:58 - Backup standard trusted launch support
15:14 - Azure Backup GRS and CRR for Premium SSD in new regions
15:48 - Azure AI speaker recognition retirement
15:57 - Azure Cloud HSM
16:54 - Close

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