Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (June 2026 – Weeks: 25 and 26)

This article covers the latest announcements and updates for Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Azure Local from Microsoft in late June 2026. Key highlights include: Azure StandardV2 NAT Gateway now supports outbound ICMP Echo Request/Reply for both IPv4 and IPv6, improving network diagnostics. Application Gateway for Containers introduces a new inference gateway (preview) for self-hosted generative AI workloads on AKS, enabling model-aware routing and GPU optimization. Additionally, Azure NetApp Files migration assistant with SnapMirror is now generally available, facilitating seamless data migration from on-premises or other cloud providers to Azure with reduced costs and downtime.