Azure Updates: March 2026 GA Features
March was a busy month for updates a number came via KubeCon Europe 2026 producing a wave of AKS and container networking announcements. Outside of Kubernetes, there were solid GA releases across databases, DevOps tooling, networking.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Containers
KubeCon Europe brought a significant batch of AKS announcements. I have written a dedicated post covering the AKS releases from KubeCon EU 2026 in more detail, but the headlines are:
- Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) graduated to GA making GPU-backed AI workloads properly schedulable
- Container network metrics filtering (GA) gives operators dynamic control over which container-level metrics are collected
- Container network logs (GA) provide per-flow L3/L4 and L7 visibility across HTTP, gRPC, and Kafka traffic with built-in Azure Monitor dashboards
- Azure Container Storage (GA) with native Elastic SAN integration and modular on-demand installation
Terraform, Bicep, and Ansible Support for Elastic Clusters on PostgreSQL
Infrastructure-as-code support for elastic clusters on Azure Database for PostgreSQL is now generally available across Terraform, Bicep, and Ansible. This closes a gap that previously required additional manual configuration elastic cluster deployments.
PostgreSQL
There were a number of different updates for Postgres. These include the following 3 new releases:
- Custom Time Zone Support for pgcron in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Custom time zone support for pgcron via the cron.timezone parameter is now generally available. Teams running scheduled jobs across time zones can now configure pgcron to use the correct local time rather than working around UTC offsets manually.
- PostgreSQL Migration Service Expands Source Support
The PostgreSQL migration service now supports compatible EDB workloads and Google AlloyDB as sources for migration into Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Both are GA, expanding the migration paths available for organisations consolidating on Azure-hosted PostgreSQL.
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL Dashboards with Grafana
Pre-built Grafana dashboards for Azure Database for PostgreSQL are now GA, providing out-of-the-box monitoring and performance visibility for PostgreSQL workloads using the same Grafana tooling teams are likely already running alongside managed Prometheus.
Cosmos DB Mirroring with Private Endpoints
Cosmos DB Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric now supports private endpoints, addressing the connectivity security requirement that was previously a blocker for teams needing to keep mirrored data isolated within strict network boundaries.
Azure SRE Agent GA
Azure SRE Agent reached general availability with several new capabilities, including Deep Context for continuous environment expertise, built-in computation via a Code Interpreter, and memory that builds a knowledge base from every interaction. The GA release also brings agent hooks, MCP connectors, and Python tools.
Azure Databricks Lakebase
Azure Databricks Lakebase reached general availability, offering a managed Postgres environment that supports online tranaction processing (OLTP). Lakebase offers autoscaling, scale‑to‑zero, point‑in‑time recovery, and instant database branching so teams can move faster from prototype to production
Draft and Deploy on Azure Firewall
Draft and Deploy for Azure Firewall is now generally available, allowing teams to stage firewall rule changes before committing them to production. This brings a review-before-apply workflow to firewall management that aligns with how most teams already handle infrastructure changes. This should also speed up any manual configuration of the Firewall Policies as you will not need to wait 5+ minutes between changes to be applied to the the firewall.