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2026 (4)

April (1)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift adds NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPU support

Azure Updates

2026-04-07

Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) now supports NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPU-based Azure VM SKUs. The update targets large-scale AI, machine learning, and HPC workloads on the managed OpenShift service.

March (3)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: AKS managed GPU metrics in Azure Monitor

Azure Updates

2026-03-24

AKS public preview adds managed GPU metrics for NVIDIA GPU-enabled node pools. The metrics are exposed automatically into managed Prometheus, giving teams GPU performance and utilization visibility alongside Kubernetes metrics.

azure: Retirement: NP-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on May 31, 2027

Azure Updates

2026-03-19

Microsoft Azure will retire NP-series VM sizes Standard_NP10s, Standard_NP20s, and Standard_NP40s on May 31, 2027. Users should migrate workloads to alternative Azure GPU VM sizes before that date to avoid service disruption.

azure: Retirement: End of life reminder of NVv3 and NVv4-series Azure virtual machine in Azure Batch pools

Azure Updates

2026-03-16

Microsoft Azure will end support for NVv3 and NVv4-series virtual machines in Azure Batch pools on September 30, 2026. The notice lists affected NVv3 sizes, including Standard_NV12s_v3, NV12hs_v3, NV24s_v3, NV24ms_v3, NV32ms_v3, and NV48s_v3.

2025 (3)

November (2)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Container Apps serverless GPUs in additional regions

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure Container Apps serverless GPUs are now generally available in additional regions, enabling developers to run AI inference, model training, and other GPU-accelerated workloads using the simplicity of a serverless platform.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: NVv6 Virtual Machines

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure announced the public preview of NCv6/NC Series virtual machines featuring Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs to provide hardware acceleration for a wide array of workloads.

October (1)

aks: Release 2025-10-12

Release notes from AKS

2025-10-17

AKS release 2025-10-12 announces OS retirements and upgrades, new billing for AKS Automatic, LTS patch releases, feature additions (GPU skip drivers, Envoy filters for Istio, VPA mode), behavioral changes to autoscaling and node provisioning, and multiple component and image updates across Azure Linux and Ubuntu node images and CSI/CNI/monitoring components.