LocalStack for Azure Enters Public Preview with Security Settings Stored but Not Enforced

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:57:00 GMT

LocalStack has opened its Azure emulator to a free public preview, running Azure services locally and accepting existing ARM, Bicep, and Terraform without rewrites. Its own documentation reports partial operation coverage per service and a consistent pattern: configuration is stored and returned, while enforcement of access restrictions, TLS, and network rules is not implemented.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Microsoft Retires Azure Deployment Environments with No Replacement Product

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:13:00 GMT

Azure Deployment Environments retires on February 22, 2027 and Microsoft names no successor, telling teams to use Bicep or ARM templates directly. Microsoft Dev Box follows on September 18, 2028, pointed at Windows 365, which Microsoft says is not a one-to-one replacement. Remaining Dev Box workloads should expect deletion.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

InfoQ - Azure

LocalStack for Azure Enters Public Preview with Security Settings Stored but Not Enforced

Microsoft Retires Azure Deployment Environments with No Replacement Product