Azure regional changes — 2026-07-12

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844 new0 regressions39,831 parked
Daily executive summary

Compared with the 2026-07-11 snapshot, the 2026-07-12 scan recorded 844 new listings, 0 regressions, and 39,831 parked unknown transitions.

Where it changed: AKS extensions: 495 new listings, 0 regressions; VM SKUs: 349 new listings, 0 regressions.

Representative changes: microsoft.azstackhci.operator AKS extension was newly listed in 9 regions; microsoft.retinaoss AKS extension was newly listed in 3 regions; microsoft.ao5gc AKS extension was newly listed in 4 regions.

What changed: 537 net-new regional listings, 307 restored regional listings.

What this means: The 844 new listings expand the set of regional options to validate. These are read-only catalog/list signals, not quota, capacity, or deployment results. Zero new delistings does not establish recovery of earlier missing listings.

7-day context (2026-07-06 to 2026-07-12): across 7 recorded scans, there were 3,075 new listings and 512 regressions. New listings led on 6 scans; regressions led on 1.

Archived commentary and representative evidence

Latest scan: 844 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 14 regions.

AKS extensions: extension types now listed (495 signals; 473 net-new regional availabilities, 22 restored availabilities, up to 1 prior disappearance). SRE impact: new managed cluster capabilities such as GitOps, policy, or observability. Coverage now ranges from 1 to 59 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 100.0% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: first observed in this geography; restored regional signal. Examples: australiaeast · microsoft.azstackhci.operator; canadacentral · microsoft.azstackhci.operator; centralindia · microsoft.azstackhci.operator; centralus · microsoft.retinaoss; and 491 more.

VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (349 signals; 64 net-new regional availabilities, 285 restored availabilities, up to 3 prior disappearances). SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing, performance, and cost tuning. Coverage now ranges from 2 to 38 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 100.0% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: regional expansion of an existing signal; restored regional signal. Examples: germanywestcentral · e160ads.v7; germanywestcentral · e160as.v7; westus3 · basic.a0; westus3 · basic.a1; and 345 more.

Engineering context

  • australiaeast extensionTypes.microsoft.azstackhci.operator None → available restored availability
    unavailable 1/61 prior days (1.6%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 9/64 monitored regions (14.1%, +9 regions)Oceania: 1 current, 0 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in australiaeast, canadacentral, centralindia, eastus, germanywestcentral, japaneast, and 3 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • canadacentral extensionTypes.microsoft.azstackhci.operator None → available restored availability
    unavailable 1/61 prior days (1.6%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 9/64 monitored regions (14.1%, +9 regions)North America: 3 current, 0 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in australiaeast, canadacentral, centralindia, eastus, germanywestcentral, japaneast, and 3 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • centralindia extensionTypes.microsoft.azstackhci.operator None → available restored availability
    unavailable 1/61 prior days (1.6%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 9/64 monitored regions (14.1%, +9 regions)Asia: 3 current, 0 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in australiaeast, canadacentral, centralindia, eastus, germanywestcentral, japaneast, and 3 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • centralus extensionTypes.microsoft.retinaoss None → available restored availability
    unavailable 1/61 prior days (1.6%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 3/64 monitored regions (4.7%, +3 regions)North America: 2 current, 0 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in centralus, eastus, westeurope. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • eastus extensionTypes.microsoft.ao5gc None → available restored availability
    unavailable 1/61 prior days (1.6%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 4/64 monitored regions (6.2%, +4 regions)North America: 2 current, 0 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in eastus, northeurope, southcentralus, uaenorth. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • eastus extensionTypes.microsoft.azstackhci.operator None → available restored availability
    unavailable 1/61 prior days (1.6%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 9/64 monitored regions (14.1%, +9 regions)North America: 3 current, 0 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in australiaeast, canadacentral, centralindia, eastus, germanywestcentral, japaneast, and 3 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • eastus extensionTypes.microsoft.retinaoss None → available restored availability
    unavailable 1/61 prior days (1.6%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 3/64 monitored regions (4.7%, +3 regions)North America: 2 current, 0 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in centralus, eastus, westeurope. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • eastus extensionTypes.microsoft.symphony None → available restored availability
    unavailable 1/61 prior days (1.6%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 1/64 monitored regions (1.6%, +1 region)North America: 1 current, 0 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in eastus. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • eastus extensionTypes.microsoft.testsymphonyex None → available restored availability
    unavailable 1/61 prior days (1.6%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 1/64 monitored regions (1.6%, +1 region)North America: 1 current, 0 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in eastus. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • germanywestcentral extensionTypes.microsoft.azstackhci.operator None → available restored availability
    unavailable 1/61 prior days (1.6%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 9/64 monitored regions (14.1%, +9 regions)Europe: 2 current, 0 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in australiaeast, canadacentral, centralindia, eastus, germanywestcentral, japaneast, and 3 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions

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