Update02/28/2026

Generally Available: DCesv6, DCedsv6, ECesv6, and ECedsv6 confidential VMs

Azure
Microsoft

February 2026

Generally Available: DCesv6, DCedsv6, ECesv6, and ECedsv6 confidential VMs
The DCesv6, DCedsv6, ECesv6, and ECedsv6 series are Azure’s next generation of confidential Virtual Machines (VMs) based on 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors with Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (Intel® TDX). These new confidential VMs help organizations to move their most sensitive workloads to the cloud—without requiring any application code changes. Available today for production deployments across both general-purpose (DCesv6, DCedsv6) and memory-optimized (ECesv6, ECedsv6) VM families, this release delivers a powerful combination of performance, scalability, and hardware-enforced security.

Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in a third Availability Zone in New Zealan North

Azure Premium SSD v2 disk, a next-generation general-purpose block storage option for Azure virtual machines, offers sub-millisecond latencies and exceptional price performance for IO-intensive workloads at a low cost. Premium SSD v2 is suited for a broad range of enterprise production scenarios, including SQL Server, Oracle, MariaDB, SAP, Cassandra, MongoDB, big data/analytics, and gaming on virtual machines or stateful containers.

If Premium SSD v2 is unavailable in your preferred region and you would like to use it, please complete this survey.

Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now available in Malaysia West, New Zealand North, and Mexico Central
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now generally available in three additional Azure regions: Malaysia West, New Zealand North, and Mexico Central. This expansion strengthens Azure Red Hat OpenShift’s presence across Asia Pacific and Latin America, enabling customers to deploy managed OpenShift clusters closer to their users and data to help reduce latency and support data residency and regional regulatory compliance requirements, while maintaining a consistent, enterprise-grade Kubernetes experience on Azure.