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CRITICAL AZURE UPDATES| Top Azure & AI updates! AKS, WAF, SAS, OpenAI & Copilot CLI

Welcome to Tech with RKM! In this quick snapshot, I cover the most critical Azure and AI updates, focusing on what changed and why it matters for you.

๐Ÿ“… 17 March 2026โฑ 9:03โœ๏ธ Rahul Kumar

Overview

Welcome to Tech with RKM! In this quick snapshot, I cover the most critical Azure and AI updates, focusing on what changed and why it matters for you.

AKS: Windows Server Annual Channel retiring

App Gateway: WAF Insights launched

Premium SSD v2: Performance tuning & expanded regions

Blob Storage: Security win! User-delegated SAS with Entra ID

Azure AI Search: Sensitivity label support for secure grounding

Azure PostgreSQL: Disaster recovery with SSD v2 Geo-backups

VS Code: Major MSSQL extension updates (DB management in preview)

Key Takeaways

  • Practical cloud architecture patterns you can apply immediately
  • Real-world implementation guidance from enterprise experience
  • Azure, AWS, and multi-cloud considerations
  • Security-first and cost-optimised design principles

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About the Author

Rahul Kumar is a Senior Cloud and AI Architect at Microsoft with 13+ years of enterprise experience across Azure, AWS, and GCP.

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