Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (April 2026 – Weeks: 13 and 14)

This article covers the latest announcements and major updates for Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Azure Local from Microsoft in weeks 13 and 14 of April 2026. Key highlights include the general availability of a new Azure region in Denmark (Denmark East) for digital transformation and AI, expansion of Azure Premium SSD v2 to US Gov Arizona and South India for high-performance block storage, and the public preview of Ephemeral OS Disk with full caching for Azure VMs and VMSS, which improves I/O performance and latency for stateless and IO-intensive workloads. Additionally, it introduces a preview of Azure App Configuration integrated with Azure Front Door for secure client-side configuration at CDN scale. The article is technical and relevant to IT professionals managing Azure infrastructure.