[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-July

PreviewJul 31, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

In late-July 2026, the following update and enhancement was made to Azure SQL: Regex-based dynamic data masking (DDM) extends the built-in DDM feature with pattern‑based masking to hide sensitive data like emails, phone numbers, and identifiers, centrally

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Date	Release	Type
Jul 30	[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in India South Central GA	GA
Aug 3	[Launched] Generally Available: Immutability to the most recent seven days of backups on Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance GA	GA
Jul 27	[Launched] Generally Available: Claude Opus 5 on Azure Databricks GA	GA
Aug 5	[Launched] Generally Available: SharePoint Connector for Azure Databricks GA	GA
Aug 5	[Launched] Generally Available: Unity AI Gateway on Azure Databricks GA	GA
Aug 13	[Launched] Generally Available: Pre-upgrade validation checks for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server GA	GA
Aug 14	Announcing: Azure Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS will reach end of life on November 1, 2026 Deprecation	Deprecation
Jul 17	[Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Defender security assessments for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server GA	GA

Also shipped on Jul 31, 2026

Microsoft in July 2026

Date	Company	Release	Product	Type
Jul 31	Databricks	Web terminal on serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is in Public Preview Databricks Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformPreview	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform	Preview
Jul 31	Databricks	Packaged clean rooms are now generally available Databricks Unity CatalogGA	Unity Catalog	GA
Jul 31	Databricks	OpenAI connector (Beta) Databricks LakeflowBeta	Lakeflow	Beta
Jul 31	GitHub	Upcoming August 2026 model deprecations in GitHub Copilot GitHub GitHub CopilotDeprecation	GitHub Copilot	Deprecation
Jul 31	GitHub	Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash deprecated GitHub GitHub CopilotDeprecation	GitHub Copilot	Deprecation
Jul 31	GitHub	Enterprise teams model policy targeting in public preview GitHub GitHub CopilotPreview	GitHub Copilot	Preview