John Savill’s Technical Training presents an Azure update video, sharing the newest enhancements for AKS, storage snapshots, Azure Functions, and monitoring, offering valuable insights for Azure professionals.

Azure Update – 20th February 2026

Author: John Savill’s Technical Training

Introduction

Stay up to date with Microsoft’s rapidly evolving Azure cloud platform! This update covers key new features and improvements that matter to cloud and DevOps professionals working with Azure.

1. Prem SSDv2 & Ultra Instance Snapshot Access

  • Details on new snapshot access for Premium SSDv2 and Ultra disk types, helping accelerate backup and restore operations for performance-sensitive workloads.

2. AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) Enhancements

  • Auto-provision Encryption-at-Host: Improved security for containers, ensuring encryption at the virtualization host level.
  • LocalDNS for AKS: Reduces DNS latency and enhances reliability in Kubernetes clusters.
  • Node Autoprovision (Government & Private Cloud): Enables rapid cluster scaling and improved support for highly regulated environments.
  • MCP Server for AKS: Management/Control Plane improvements.
  • Agentic CLI for AKS: Streamlined management and automation via the new CLI tools.

3. Azure Functions Updates

  • Flex Consumption Tools: Newly available tools for more flexible serverless consumption.
  • Azure Functions .NET 10 Support: First-class developer support for the latest .NET runtime in serverless scenarios.

4. Claude Sonnet 4.6 Availability

  • Announcing new AI model availability for integration and custom scenarios (details in video).

5. Agent Monitoring Dashboard

  • Updated dashboard for agent monitoring across Azure, improving visibility and operations.

Additional Resources

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Conclusion

This update provides an actionable snapshot of what’s new in Azure, empowering engineers and architects to leverage the latest improvements for cloud infrastructure and application development.