Azure regional changes — 2026-07-15 | Azure regional availability 2026-07-15

542 new2 regressions2 parked

Daily executive summary

Compared with the 2026-07-14 snapshot, the 2026-07-15 scan recorded 542 new listings, 2 regressions, and 2 parked unknown transitions.

Where it changed: AKS extensions: 474 new listings, 0 regressions; VM SKUs: 68 new listings, 0 regressions; Azure AI models: 0 new listings, 2 regressions.

Representative changes: GPT-5 4 mini model from OpenAI (version 2026-03-17) was no longer listed in eastasia; GPT-5 4 model from OpenAI (version 2026-03-05) was no longer listed in eastasia; Standard E160ads V7 VM size was newly listed in eastus2.

What changed: 2 first recorded disappearances, 67 net-new regional listings, 475 restored regional listings.

What this means: Review the 2 regressions against existing regional targets and fallbacks first; treat the 542 new listings as 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 (2026-07-09 to 2026-07-15): across 7 recorded scans, there were 2,940 new listings and 1,141 regressions. New listings led on 4 scans; regressions led on 3.

Archived commentary and representative evidence

Latest scan: 542 new availability signals and 2 regressions across 4 regions.

Azure AI models: models/versions delisted (likely deprecation) (2 signals; 2 deprecation candidates). SRE impact: review model deployment targets and fallback model/version choices. Coverage now ranges from 31 to 31 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 6.2% of prior observations. Examples: eastasia · openai.gpt-5-4-mini.2026-03-17; eastasia · openai.gpt-5-4.2026-03-05.

AKS extensions: extension types now listed (474 signals; 1 net-new regional availability, 473 restored availabilities, up to 1 prior disappearance). SRE impact: new managed cluster capabilities such as GitOps, policy, or observability. Coverage now ranges from 56 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: indiasouthcentral · accenture.adcmpvtoffer; indiasouthcentral · acn.cqe; indiasouthcentral · adiom.dsyncentbundle; indiasouthcentral · airts.genaitwinbase; and 470 more.

VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (68 signals; 66 net-new regional availabilities, 2 restored availabilities, up to 1 prior disappearance). SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing, performance, and cost tuning. Coverage now ranges from 10 to 21 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: eastus2 · e160ads.v7; eastus2 · e160as.v7; japanwest · dc16ads.cc.v5; japanwest · dc16ads.v5; and 64 more.

Engineering context

eastasia aiModels.openai.gpt-5-4-mini.2026-03-17 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
unavailable 4/64 prior days (6.2%)coverage 31/64 monitored regions (48.4%, -1 region)coverage removed from 3.1% of prior regionsAsia: 5 current, 6 prior
Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralindia, centralus, and 25 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
eastasia aiModels.openai.gpt-5-4.2026-03-05 available → unavailable deprecation candidate
unavailable 0/64 prior days (0.0%)coverage 31/64 monitored regions (48.4%, -1 region)coverage removed from 3.1% of prior regionsAsia: 5 current, 6 prior
Still available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralindia, centralus, and 25 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
eastus2 vmSkus.standard.e160ads.v7 unavailable → available restored availability
unavailable 62/64 prior days (96.9%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 10/64 monitored regions (15.6%, +1 region)North America: 7 current, 6 priorrestored regional signal
Also newly available in eastus2. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
eastus2 vmSkus.standard.e160as.v7 unavailable → available restored availability
unavailable 62/64 prior days (96.9%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 10/64 monitored regions (15.6%, +1 region)North America: 7 current, 6 priorrestored regional signal
Also newly available in eastus2. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
indiasouthcentral extensionTypes.accenture.adcmpvtoffer unavailable → available restored availability
unavailable 62/64 prior days (96.9%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +1 region)restored regional signal
Also newly available in indiasouthcentral. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
indiasouthcentral extensionTypes.acn.cqe unavailable → available restored availability
unavailable 62/64 prior days (96.9%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +1 region)restored regional signal
Also newly available in indiasouthcentral. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
indiasouthcentral extensionTypes.adiom.dsyncentbundle unavailable → available restored availability
unavailable 62/64 prior days (96.9%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +1 region)restored regional signal
Also newly available in indiasouthcentral. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
indiasouthcentral extensionTypes.airts.genaitwinbase unavailable → available restored availability
unavailable 62/64 prior days (96.9%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +1 region)restored regional signal
Also newly available in indiasouthcentral. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
indiasouthcentral extensionTypes.aisec.guardrails.pernode unavailable → available restored availability
unavailable 62/64 prior days (96.9%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +1 region)restored regional signal
Also newly available in indiasouthcentral. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
indiasouthcentral extensionTypes.aisec.redteam.pernode unavailable → available restored availability
unavailable 62/64 prior days (96.9%)1 prior disappearancecoverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +1 region)restored regional signal
Also newly available in indiasouthcentral. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions