Azure regional changes — 2026-08-11

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Daily executive summary

Compared with the 2026-08-10 snapshot, the 2026-08-11 scan recorded 1,081 new listings, 0 regressions, and 0 parked unknown transitions.

Where it changed: VM SKUs: 989 new listings, 0 regressions; AKS extensions: 60 new listings, 0 regressions; Azure AI models: 32 new listings, 0 regressions.

Representative changes: udx.cloud.wp AKS extension was newly listed in 59 regions; mai thinking 1 model from Microsoft (version 2026-06-01) was newly listed in 29 regions; Standard D128nds V6 VM size was newly listed in 5 regions.

What changed: 1,015 net-new regional listings, 66 restored regional listings.

What this means: The 1,081 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 (2026-08-05 to 2026-08-11): across 7 recorded scans, there were 1,616 new listings and 878 regressions. New listings led on 4 scans; regressions led on 3.

Archived commentary and representative evidence

Latest scan: 1081 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 59 regions.

AKS extensions: extension types now listed (60 signals; 60 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: new managed cluster capabilities such as GitOps, policy, or observability. Coverage now ranges from 59 to 59 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 100.0% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: first observed anywhere in the monitored regions; regional expansion of an existing signal. Examples: australiacentral · udx.cloud.wp; australiacentral2 · udx.cloud.wp; australiaeast · udx.cloud.wp; australiasoutheast · udx.cloud.wp; and 56 more.

Azure AI models: newer models/versions rolling out (32 signals; 32 net-new regional availabilities). SRE impact: new regional model/version options for latency, residency, and model selection. Coverage now ranges from 3 to 29 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 100.0% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: first observed anywhere in the monitored regions. Examples: australiaeast · microsoft.mai-thinking-1.2026-06-01; brazilsouth · microsoft.mai-thinking-1.2026-06-01; canadacentral · microsoft.mai-thinking-1.2026-06-01; canadaeast · microsoft.mai-thinking-1.2026-06-01; and 28 more.

VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (989 signals; 923 net-new regional availabilities, 66 restored availabilities, up to 1 prior disappearance). SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing, performance, and cost tuning. Coverage now ranges from 1 to 57 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 100.0% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: first observed in Asia; first observed in South America; regional expansion of an existing signal; restored regional signal. Examples: brazilsouth · d128nds.v6; brazilsouth · d128nlds.v6; brazilsouth · d128nls.v6; brazilsouth · d128ns.v6; and 985 more.

Engineering context

  • australiacentral extensionTypes.udx.cloud.wp None → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 90/90 prior days (100.0%)coverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +59 regions)Oceania: 5 current, 0 priorfirst observed anywhere in the monitored regions
    Also newly available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, austriaeast, belgiumcentral, and 53 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • australiacentral2 extensionTypes.udx.cloud.wp None → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 90/90 prior days (100.0%)coverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +59 regions)Oceania: 5 current, 0 priorfirst observed anywhere in the monitored regions
    Also newly available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, austriaeast, belgiumcentral, and 53 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • australiaeast extensionTypes.udx.cloud.wp None → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 90/90 prior days (100.0%)coverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +59 regions)Oceania: 5 current, 0 priorfirst observed anywhere in the monitored regions
    Also newly available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, austriaeast, belgiumcentral, and 53 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • australiaeast aiModels.microsoft.mai-thinking-1.2026-06-01 None → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 90/90 prior days (100.0%)coverage 29/64 monitored regions (45.3%, +29 regions)Oceania: 1 current, 0 priorfirst observed anywhere in the monitored regions
    Also newly available in australiaeast, brazilsouth, canadacentral, canadaeast, centralus, eastus, and 23 more. Use this to evaluate model capabilities, regional deployment options, latency, and data residency. Azure OpenAI model availability
  • australiasoutheast extensionTypes.udx.cloud.wp None → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 90/90 prior days (100.0%)coverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +59 regions)Oceania: 5 current, 0 priorfirst observed anywhere in the monitored regions
    Also newly available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, austriaeast, belgiumcentral, and 53 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • austriaeast extensionTypes.udx.cloud.wp None → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 90/90 prior days (100.0%)coverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +59 regions)Europe: 19 current, 0 priorfirst observed anywhere in the monitored regions
    Also newly available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, austriaeast, belgiumcentral, and 53 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • belgiumcentral extensionTypes.udx.cloud.wp None → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 90/90 prior days (100.0%)coverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +59 regions)Europe: 19 current, 0 priorfirst observed anywhere in the monitored regions
    Also newly available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, austriaeast, belgiumcentral, and 53 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • brazilsouth extensionTypes.udx.cloud.wp None → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 90/90 prior days (100.0%)coverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +59 regions)South America: 3 current, 0 priorfirst observed anywhere in the monitored regions
    Also newly available in australiacentral, australiacentral2, australiaeast, australiasoutheast, austriaeast, belgiumcentral, and 53 more. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • brazilsouth vmSkus.standard.d128nds.v6 unavailable → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 90/90 prior days (100.0%)coverage 13/64 monitored regions (20.3%, +5 regions)South America: 1 current, 0 priorfirst observed in South America
    Also newly available in brazilsouth, canadacentral, northcentralus, swedencentral, ukwest. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • brazilsouth vmSkus.standard.d128nlds.v6 unavailable → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 90/90 prior days (100.0%)coverage 13/64 monitored regions (20.3%, +5 regions)South America: 1 current, 0 priorfirst observed in South America
    Also newly available in brazilsouth, canadacentral, northcentralus, swedencentral, ukwest. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes

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