# Azure product updates - 2026-08-25 **2 new update(s)** — first seen in this run. The last 7 day(s) are rescanned every time so late or backdated announcements are not missed. Grouped by Azure product category. Source: [Azure Updates](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates) ## Summary by category | Category | Updates | GA | Preview | Top products | | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- | | [Compute](#compute) | 1 | 1 | - | Virtual Machines | | [Other](#other) | 1 | - | - | | ## Compute ### [Generally Available: Azure 248 and 372 vCPU sizes for D/E v7 series VMs](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates?id=569546) **Status:** Launched | **Published:** 2026-08-25 | **Products:** Virtual Machines | **Tags:** Feature Azure has made 248 and 372 vCPU D/E v7 series VMs generally available, offering up to 20% better compute performance and enhanced networking and storage capabilities to support larger, latency-sensitive workloads. - New Dlsv7, Dsv7, and Esv7 VMs scale up to 372 vCPUs and 2.8 TiB memory, enabling larger in-memory databases and agentic AI workloads. - Up to 400 Gbps networking bandwidth and up to 800k IOPS with 20 GBps throughput to remote storage on 372 vCPU Esv7/Edsv7 sizes. - Improved local NVMe storage performance with up to 9.6M IOPS and 53 GBps throughput on 372 vCPU Ddsv7/Edsv7 sizes. - These VM sizes are now generally available in multiple regions including Central US, East US, Germany West Central, and Sweden Central. Documentation: [Dsv7 size series - Azure Virtual Machines](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dsv7-series?tabs=sizebasic) ## Other ### [Announcing: Aspire 13.5 has shipped](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates?id=569910) **Status:** Effective | **Published:** 2026-08-25 | **Tags:** Announcement Aspire 13.5 enhances the developer experience by refreshing the dashboard, expanding interaction capabilities, supporting cross-scope Azure references and Kubernetes persistent volumes, and integrating live terminals within the apphost. - Dashboard and aspire.dev refreshed with improved log filtering, telemetry, and health-check handling for better usability. - Interaction Service expanded with file import support, progress dialogs, and named arguments enabling richer, integrated developer workflows. - Live terminals added inside the dashboard allowing interactive terminal sessions with multi-viewer support, simplifying management of REPLs and shells. - Support for Kubernetes persistent volumes and cross-scope Azure resource references added, enabling more accurate infrastructure modeling and resource sharing. - Aspire CLI now available via multiple package managers (Homebrew, WinGet, npm, Nix, mise, NuGet) for easier installation and updates. Documentation: [Aspire 13.5: Fresh pixels and better workflows | Aspire Blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/whats-new-aspire-13-5/) --- _Generated automatically on 2026-08-25 23:28 UTC._