AZURE Updates 2026-10-08 | Cloud Provider News
Azure to raise prices for selected VMs and Storage in seven regions
Azure announces regional price increases for selected Virtual Machines and Storage services. Starting February 1, 2027, prices for certain Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Storage services will increase by between 8% and 17% across seven regions, with the largest increase affecting North Europe (Dublin) at 17%. The affected regions include West Europe, North Europe, France Central, France South, Norway East, Norway West and Southeast Asia.
The increase does not apply to several VM series and Storage services, including Dv2, Dsv2, Fsv2, Lsv2 and the newer Dsv7, Ddsv7 and Esv7 families. Microsoft recommends reviewing regional pricing, reservations and planned deployments ahead of February 2027 to assess the impact and identify potential optimization opportunities.
Azure DB teams get a smoother PostgreSQL upgrade path
Azure Database for PostgreSQL elastic clusters add major version upgrades. Azure Database for PostgreSQL elastic clusters now support in-place major version upgrades without provisioning a replacement cluster or migrating distributed data. That removes a lot of the usual upgrade work.
Azure HorizonDB expands to more regions for better workload placement
Azure HorizonDB expands to additional regions. Azure HorizonDB is expanding availability to additional Azure regions, giving customers more options to place PostgreSQL workloads closer to applications and users. That’s a straightforward regional expansion, but it’s a useful one.
Azure announces retirement for App Service on Azure Stack Hub
Azure App Service on Azure Stack Hub retirement announced. Azure App Service on Azure Stack Hub will retire in 2029, and no new installations will be supported starting in September 2026. That’s a major lifecycle update.
Azure warns of retirement for certain VM series
Azure VM retirement notices for DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series. Microsoft announced retirement of DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series Azure virtual machines in 2029. That means these instance types won’t remain available forever.
This is important for migration planning and right-sizing work. If you’re using these VMs, you’ll want to think ahead about future pricing, capacity, and workload placement options.
