Skip to main content

Azure updates

Get the latest updates on Azure products and features to meet your cloud investment needs. Subscribe to notifications to stay informed.

RSS feed
Product category
Status:

October 2022

Oct 12

Public preview: Microsoft Azure Deployment Environments

IN PREVIEW

Azure Deployment Environments has entered public preview and helps dev teams create and manage all types of environments throughout the application lifecycle.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Microsoft Dev Box
  • Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Microsoft Ignite

August 2022

Aug 15

Public preview: Microsoft Dev Box

IN PREVIEW

Self-service, high-performance workstations in the cloud that are preconfigured and ready-to-code for developers’ projects and tasks.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Visual Studio
  • Services
Aug 8

General availability: Azure Lab Services August 2022 update

NOW AVAILABLE

Improve performance, reliability, and scalability for Azure Lab Services with the latest update.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Services

October 2020

Oct 14

Azure DevTest Labs now available in more regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Explore Azure DevTest Labs in UAE North, Germany West Central and Norway East regions.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Pricing & Offerings
Oct 14

Azure DevTest Labs - Create a network isolated lab

NOW AVAILABLE

Isolate environments from unwanted traffic with Azure DevTest Labs.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Features

September 2020

Sep 30

Azure DevTest Labs: Encrypt OS disks in your lab

IN PREVIEW

Protect your labs data and data stored on managed disks while resting assured that you are hitting your organization's security and compliance benchmarks with Server-Side Encryption.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Features

July 2020

Jul 8

Create virtual machines from Azure Shared Image Gallery (SIG)

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now enable specialized images from your shared image gallery (SIG) for lab users to create virtual machines.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Features

June 2020

Jun 24

Create a formula in Azure DevTest Labs using a shared image gallery image

NOW AVAILABLE

Your customers can now create a formula in DevTest Labs using a shared image gallery image. Formulas provide a dynamic way to create virtual machines from the desired configuration and settings. Changes in the environment can be captured on the fly via artifacts.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Features

May 2020

May 27

Azure DevTest Labs environments are now available in Azure Government

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure DevTest Labs environments are now available in Azure Government.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
May 27

Azure DevTest Labs is now available in Switzerland regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure DevTest Labs is now available in the Switzerland North and Switzerland West regions.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Regions & Datacenters

March 2020

Mar 4

Azure DevTest Labs—Security alerts for lab environments

NOW AVAILABLE

View Azure Security Center alerts for your Azure Resource Management environments deployed through the Azure DevTest Service.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Security

February 2020

Feb 5

Enable managed identities on lab virtual machines in Azure DevTest Labs

IN PREVIEW

Lab owners can now enable user-assigned managed identities on lab virtual machines in Azure DevTest Labs.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Features

January 2020

Jan 9

Azure DevTest Labs—Browser connect now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure DevTest Labs recently released integration with Azure Bastion, enabling you to connect to your lab virtual machines through a web browser.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Features
Jan 1

Azure Bastion now generally available in East US 2 and West US 2

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Bastion is now generally available in two more Azure public cloud regions—East US 2 and West US 2. We'll continue to add more regions going forward.

  • Azure Bastion
  • Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Virtual Network
  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Management
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

November 2019

Nov 15

Azure DevTest Labs : Azure managed identities to deploy lab environments

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure managed identities to deploy lab environments As a lab owner, you can now use a user assigned managed identity to deploy environments in a lab. This feature is helpful in scenarios where the environment contains or has references to Azure resources such as key vaults, shared image galleries, and networks that are external to the environment’s resource group. It enables creation of sandbox environments that aren't limited to the resource group of that environment only.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Features

September 2019

Sep 18

A preview upgrade for Azure DevTest Labs Tasks extension is now available

IN PREVIEW

We recently released a preview upgrade for the Azure DevTest Labs Tasks.

  • Azure Pipelines
  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Features
Sep 4

Connect to your virtual machine (VM) through a web browser

IN PREVIEW

Azure DevTest Labs now integrates with Azure Bastion, enabling you to connect to your virtual machines through a web browser.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Azure Bastion
  • Security
  • Features

August 2019

Aug 7

Create virtual machines (VMs) using an earlier shared image version

NOW AVAILABLE

DevTest Labs now enables you to create virtual machines from a previous version within a shared image gallery.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Features

July 2019

Jul 15

Azure DevTest Labs—Configure your lab to use a remote desktop gateway

NOW AVAILABLE

Use Azure DevTest Labs to configure a remote desktop gateway for your lab to ensure secure access to the virtual machines (VMs) without having to expose the RDP port.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Features

June 2019

Jun 12

Azure DevTest Labs: PowerShell module to simplify management of labs

NOW AVAILABLE

PowerShell module now available to simplify management of labs

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Management
  • SDK and Tools

Azure at Microsoft Build

Resources

Read the Azure blog for latest news and announcements.

Blog

Get answers to your questions from Microsoft and Community experts.

Community support

Read commonly asked questions on Azure updates.

FAQ

Find the latest news, updates, and resources for Azure partners.

Azure Partner Zone

Tell us what you think of Azure and what you want to see in the future.

Provide feedback

Azure is available in more regions than any other cloud provider.

Check product availability in your region