Azure regional changes — 2026-08-28

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Daily executive summary

Compared with the 2026-08-27 snapshot, the 2026-08-28 scan recorded 67 new listings, 0 regressions, and 0 parked unknown transitions.

Where it changed: VM SKUs: 66 new listings, 0 regressions; AKS extensions: 1 new listing, 0 regressions.

Representative changes: microsoft.evictionautoscaler AKS extension was newly listed in koreasouth; Standard Dc16ads Cc V5 VM size was newly listed in uksouth; Standard Dc16ads V5 VM size was newly listed in uksouth.

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

What this means: The 67 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 (2026-08-22 to 2026-08-28): across 6 recorded scans, there were 999 new listings and 204 regressions. New listings led on 5 scans; regressions led on 1.

Archived commentary and representative evidence

Latest scan: 67 new availability signals and 0 regressions across 2 regions.

AKS extensions: extension types now listed (1 signal; 1 net-new regional availability). 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 99.1% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: regional expansion of an existing signal. Examples: koreasouth · AKS cluster extension type for managed cluster capabilities (microsoft.evictionautoscaler).

VM SKUs: VM sizes now offered (66 signals; 66 restored availabilities, up to 3 prior disappearances). SRE impact: more compute shapes for right-sizing, performance, and cost tuning. Coverage now ranges from 12 to 19 of 64 monitored regions. The noisiest affected signal was unavailable 93.4% of prior observations. Expansion pattern: restored regional signal. Examples: uksouth · Azure virtual-machine size for right-sizing compute (dc16ads.cc.v5); uksouth · Azure virtual-machine size for right-sizing compute (dc16ads.v5); uksouth · Azure virtual-machine size for right-sizing compute (dc16as.cc.v5); uksouth · Azure virtual-machine size for right-sizing compute (dc16as.v5); and 62 more.

What this means for Azure users: review placement and fallback plans using these catalog/list signals before changing production deployments.

Engineering context

  • koreasouth extensionTypes.microsoft.evictionautoscaler unavailable → available net-new regional availability
    unavailable 105/106 prior days (99.1%)coverage 59/64 monitored regions (92.2%, +1 region)Asia: 13 current, 12 priorregional expansion of an existing signal
    Also newly available in koreasouth. Cluster extensions provide Azure Resource Manager-driven installation and lifecycle management for AKS capabilities. AKS cluster extensions
  • uksouth vmSkus.standard.dc16ads.cc.v5 unavailable → available restored availability
    unavailable 99/106 prior days (93.4%)3 prior disappearancescoverage 12/64 monitored regions (18.8%, +1 region)Europe: 4 current, 3 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in uksouth. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • uksouth vmSkus.standard.dc16ads.v5 unavailable → available restored availability
    unavailable 99/106 prior days (93.4%)3 prior disappearancescoverage 18/64 monitored regions (28.1%, +1 region)Europe: 6 current, 5 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in uksouth. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • uksouth vmSkus.standard.dc16as.cc.v5 unavailable → available restored availability
    unavailable 99/106 prior days (93.4%)3 prior disappearancescoverage 12/64 monitored regions (18.8%, +1 region)Europe: 4 current, 3 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in uksouth. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • uksouth vmSkus.standard.dc16as.v5 unavailable → available restored availability
    unavailable 99/106 prior days (93.4%)3 prior disappearancescoverage 19/64 monitored regions (29.7%, +1 region)Europe: 6 current, 5 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in uksouth. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • uksouth vmSkus.standard.dc2ads.v5 unavailable → available restored availability
    unavailable 99/106 prior days (93.4%)3 prior disappearancescoverage 18/64 monitored regions (28.1%, +1 region)Europe: 6 current, 5 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in uksouth. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • uksouth vmSkus.standard.dc2as.v5 unavailable → available restored availability
    unavailable 99/106 prior days (93.4%)3 prior disappearancescoverage 18/64 monitored regions (28.1%, +1 region)Europe: 6 current, 5 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in uksouth. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • uksouth vmSkus.standard.dc32ads.cc.v5 unavailable → available restored availability
    unavailable 99/106 prior days (93.4%)3 prior disappearancescoverage 12/64 monitored regions (18.8%, +1 region)Europe: 4 current, 3 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in uksouth. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • uksouth vmSkus.standard.dc32ads.v5 unavailable → available restored availability
    unavailable 99/106 prior days (93.4%)3 prior disappearancescoverage 18/64 monitored regions (28.1%, +1 region)Europe: 6 current, 5 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in uksouth. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes
  • uksouth vmSkus.standard.dc32as.cc.v5 unavailable → available restored availability
    unavailable 99/106 prior days (93.4%)3 prior disappearancescoverage 12/64 monitored regions (18.8%, +1 region)Europe: 4 current, 3 priorrestored regional signal
    Also newly available in uksouth. VM size availability affects right-sizing, performance, cost, and capacity fallback choices. Azure VM sizes

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