Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Azure Site Recovery update rollup 54 is now generally available - February 2021 The latest Azure Site Recovery update provides provides fixes, updated replication support, and download links for Site Recovery components. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Power BI Connector for Azure Databricks is now generally available Announcing the general availability of the Power BI connector for Azure Databricks, for Power BI Service and Power BI Desktop 2.85.681.0. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates We are retiring Classic Azure Migrate on 29 February 2024 Transition to Azure Migrate by 29 February 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Action required: Switch to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 by 29 February 2024 Migrate to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Update the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK by 29 February 2024 We’ll be retiring version Sync 2.x of the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Start using new alerts in Azure Monitor for Azure Government Cloud Classic alerts in Azure Monitor will be retired on 29 February 2024 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Start using new alerts in Azure Monitor for Azure China 21Vianet Classic alerts in Azure Monitor will be retired on 29 February 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Stack Edge Pro FPGA is retiring on 29 February 2024 Upgrade to the new Azure Stack Edge Pro GPU devices. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Microsoft plans to establish first datacenter region in Indonesia Microsoft increases its investment in Indonesia’s digital economy, with plans to establish its first datacenter region in the country. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Batch rendering VM images & licensing will be retired on 29 February 2024 Azure Batching rendering VM images & licensing are being retired. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates We’re retiring the standard version of Custom Voice on 29 February 2024 Upgrade to Custom Neural Voice. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates We are retiring Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v2.x on 29 February 2024 Transition to Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v3. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Please upgrade your Azure AD Connect sync to a newer version by 29 February 2024 We’re retiring older versions of Azure Active Directory Connect. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Batch Transcription and Customization Rest API v2 will be retired by 29 February 2024 Update your code that uses Azure Batch Transcription and Customization Rest API. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Application Gateway analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024 Transition to Azure Monitor Network Insights workbook. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Update your Azure Media Services REST API and SDKs to v3 by 29 February 2024 We’ll be retiring version 2 of the Azure Media Services API and the associated client SDKs on 29 February 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Update your scripts to use Az PowerShell modules by 29 February 2024 We'll retire AzureRM PowerShell modules on 29 February 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates We’re retiring Classic Application Insights on 29 February 2024 Transition to workspace-based Application Insights. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates AKS legacy Azure AD integration will be retired on 29 February 2024 Transition to AKS Managed Azure AD by 29 February 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Jenkins plug-ins for Azure are being retired on 29 February 2024 Start using Azure CLI for a better experience integrating with Azure service. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates We’re retiring Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor (classic) on 29 February 2024 Transition to the new Connection Monitor in Azure Network Watcher. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates We’re retiring Network Performance Monitor on 29 February 2024 Transition to the new Connection Monitor in Azure Network Watcher. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Automation is now available in UAE Central Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) audit logging via pgAudit now in public preview Now in preview, audit logging of database activities in Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus) is available through the PostgreSQL audit extension pgAudit, providing detailed session and/or object audit logging. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Batch ‘CloudServiceConfiguration’ pools will be retired on 29 February 2024 Transition to Azure Batch Virtual Machine pool configuration by 29 February 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates The G5 and GS5 Azure VMs will no longer be hardware-isolated on 28 February 2022 G5 and GS5 Azure Virtual Machines will no longer be isolated. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates The GS5 Azure Virtual Machines will no longer be SAP HANA Certified on 28 February 2022  Start using E64ds_v4 before 28 February 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Community support for Python 3.6 is ending on 23 December 2021 App Service support for Python 3.6 is ending on 23 December 2021. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates The E64i_v3 & E64is_v3 Azure VMs will not be hardware-isolated on 28 February 2022 E64i_v3 & E64is_v3 Azure VMs will no longer be isolated. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Database for PostgreSQL ending support for PostgreSQL version 9.6 on 11 November 2021 Community support for Azure Database PostgreSQL version 9.6 ends on 11 November 2021 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Earlier versions of Analysis Services client libraries will retire on 30 June 2021 Update your Analytics Services client libraries to version 15.1.37.40 or higher by 30 June 2021. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Data flows in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse now support Reserved Instances Azure Data Factory (ADF) and Azure Synapse Analytics (Synapse) now offer discounted pricing on data flows based on 1-year and 3-year reservations. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Cognitive Services Translator releases nine new languages Azure Cognitive Services Translator is releasing nine new languages for text translation: Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Azeri, Khmer, Lao, Myanmar, Nepali, and Tigrinya. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Image Builder Service now generally available Use Azure Image Builder to streamline your image building pipeline and integrate your DevOps application life-cycle with the cloud native tools. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Email one-time passcode authentication on by default starting October 2021 Email one-time passcode will be on by default and redemption using unmanaged Azure Active Directory accounts will no longer be allowed starting October 31, 2021 and not March 31, 2021. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Web Application Firewall for Azure Front Door managed ruleset refresh Use Microsoft_DefaultRuleSet_1.1 to protect your web applications from OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Web Application Firewall Integration with Azure Front Door Standard and Premium SKU Azure Front Door Premium SKU with built-in Web Application Firewall, protects your public and private web applications, combines protection with application acceleration and content caching. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) audit logging via pgAudit now in public preview Now in preview, audit logging of database activities in Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus) is available through the PostgreSQL audit extension pgAudit, providing detailed session and/or object audit logging. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability support for Java Message Service (JMS) 2.0 API on Azure Service Bus Premium Use existing applications that leverage JMS 2.0 API to talk to Service Bus without any code changes. Only configuration changes are required. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Datadog integration with Azure: Public Preview Datadog and Microsoft Azure have worked together to create an integrated Datadog SaaS solution. Built on Azure and available via the Azure Marketplace, this solution provides a seamless and first party like experience for Datadog’s cloud monitoring solution. Azure is the first cloud platform to offer this integrated experience with third-party solutions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Sphere OS version 21.02 is now available for evaluation This Azure Sphere quality update of the OS includes bug fixes as well as recent CVE mitigations. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Front Door Standard and Premium now in public preview Azure Front Door Standard and Premium, enables Azure customers to securely deliver and manage their global applications and content, migrate to cloud and modern microservice architectures and improve their users’ experience. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Azure Red Hat OpenShift support for OpenShift 4.6 Benefit from new features and enhancements in OpenShift release 4.6. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) audit logging via pgAudit now in public preview Now in preview, audit logging of database activities in Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus) is available through the PostgreSQL audit extension pgAudit, providing detailed session and/or object audit logging. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Purview available in public preview in South Central US and Canada Central Azure Purview is now available in the South Central US and Canada Central Azure regions. You can now provision Azure Purview accounts in these regions as a public preview offering.   Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Machine Learning updates for native terminal Users can now perform any CLI operation directly in the Azure ML Studio. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Dav4-series VMs are available in Azure HDInsight Adopt Dav4-series VMs in HDInsight to get great performance at a competitive price. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure NetApp Files | Volume hard quota change The Azure NetApp Files behavior of volume and capacity pool provisioning will change to a manual and controllable mechanism beginning March 15th, 2021. This means that application users will have more control over provisioned capacity pool space and associated cost. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Application Insights work item integration for Azure DevOps & GitHub Azure Monitor Application Insights has released a new way to create work items based on application insights telemetry. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Application Insights synthetic monitoring SLA report template Azure Monitor Application Insights has released a new report template to enable easy reporting of your web tests across Application Insights resources that includes several key features like total application downtime, maintenance data exclusion, and end to end outage identification. Click here for more information.