Azure service updates API versions being retired for Azure API Management On 30 September 2023, all API versions prior to 2021-08-01 will be retired and API calls using those API versions will fail. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Review your VNET configurations in Switzerland North that may be affected by IP address changes On 30 September 2023 we're making the resource providers for Azure API Management zone redundant in each region. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 and Python 3.10 runbooks Azure Automation now supports runbooks in latest Runtime versions - PowerShell 7.2 and Python 3.10 in public preview. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: New KMS DNS in Azure US Government Cloud All Azure Windows VMs provisioned in Azure US Government Cloud after February 1, 2023, will be activated via aazkms.core.usgovcloudapi.net, which points to one new KMS IP address, 52.126.105.2. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: Logic Apps Standard Support for Functions Runtime V4 Logic apps Standard support for Azure Functions runtime version 4.x – is now generally available. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: SAP S/4HANA events are now available on Azure Event Grid Integrate your apps using Event Grid and SAP S/4HANA events. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.10 This quality release includes bug fixes in the Azure Sphere OS. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: AKS support for Ubuntu 22.04 AKS will start using Ubuntu 22 instead of Ubuntu 18 as the Ubuntu version for node pools. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Storage — Attribute-based access control for standard storage accounts ABAC for Azure Storage Blobs, ADLS Gen2, and queues is now generally available and can be used for access control by defining conditions on role-assignments based on resource and request attributes. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: Custom IP Prefixes (BYOIP) now available in US Government regions The ability to bring your own public IP ranges is now available in all US Government regions. Additionally, you can now bring your own IPv6 ranges to use as Public IP Prefixes. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Continuous delivery setting of Azure VMSS will be retired on 31 March 2023 – Use Azure DevOps to create pipelines Start using Azure Pipelines by 31 March 2023 instead of Azure Portal to create Continuous delivery pipelines for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Availability zone volume placement for Azure NetApp Files Deploy new Azure NetApp Files volumes in Azure availability zones (AZs) of your choice to support workloads across multiple availability zones. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Community support for Node 16 LTS is ending on 11 September 2023 Community support for Node 16 LTS is ending on 11 September 2023 – transition to Node 18 LTS by that date. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024 Migrate to App Service Environment version 3 by 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Community support for PHP 8.0 is ending on 26 November 2023 Community support for PHP 8.0 is ending on 26 November 2023 – transition to PHP 8.1 by that date. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024 Migrate your cloud services to a new deployment model before 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: SFTP support for Azure Blob Storage Azure Blob Storage now supports provisioning an SFTP endpoint with just one click. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage Premium SSD v2 is the next generation Azure Premium SSD Disk Storage. It offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price-performance. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: OpenTelemetry exporter for Azure Data Explorer Azure Data Explorer now supports ingestion of data from many receivers via the OpenTelemetry exporter. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: Auto Extension upgrade for Arc enabled Servers Azure Arc can now provide high availability and automatic protection against zero-day or critical vulnerabilities in Azure extensions to your Arc enabled Servers Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure savings plan for compute Today, we’re officially announcing the general availability for Azure savings plan for compute. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Zone-redundant storage support by Azure Backup Azure Backup enables you to configure cost-efficient backups while meeting your data residency requirements. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Exactly once delivery for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Stream Analytics now supports end-to-end exactly once semantics when writing to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Stream Analytics in one new region Azure Stream Analytics is a fully managed, real-time analytics service designed to help you analyze and process fast moving streams of data. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates In development: Introducing ExpressRoute Metro ExpressRoute Metro enables dedicated, private network connections between Azure datacenters and on-premises using Service providers or directly connecting to Microsoft backbone at two different edge sites in single metropolitan area. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Oracle to Azure migration with Database Migration Assessment for Oracle Migrate from Oracle to Azure Database for PostgreSQL with the Database Migration Assessment for Oracle extension available in Azure Data Studio. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: ExpressRoute Traffic Collector ExpressRoute Traffic Collector enables sampling of network flows sent over ExpressRoute Direct circuits. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Immutable vaults for Azure Backup Immutable vaults helps you protect your backups against threats like ransomware attacks and malicious actors by ensuring that your backup data cannot be deleted before its intended expiry time. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure NetApp Files application volume group for SAP HANA With Azure NetApp Files application volume group (AVG) for SAP HANA, you are able to deploy all volumes required to install and operate an SAP HANA system according to best practices. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Static IP configurations of private endpoints Azure private endpoint support of statically defined IP addresses is now generally available allowing you to provide static IP addresses when configuring your private endpoints. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.10 expected on October 25 Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Custom network interface name configurations of private endpoints Azure private endpoint (PE) support of custom network interface (NIC) names is now generally available. With this feature you can now deploy PE NICs without the GUID suffix. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure Monitor predictive autoscale for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets Predictive autoscale manages and scales your virtual machine scale sets by observing and learning from historical CPU usage patterns. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 64 - October 2022 This update provides the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Computer Vision Image Analysis 4.0 Get results from all Image Analysis visual features including Read (OCR) with only need one API call. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Microsoft Azure Deployment Environments Azure Deployment Environments has entered public preview and helps dev teams create and manage all types of environments throughout the application lifecycle. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Monitor agent migration tools Migration to the cost-effective, secure, performant, and manageable new Azure Monitor agent is now made easy using migration tools and helpers. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Monitor agent support for Windows clients Using the new Windows client installer you can now get the benefits of the new agent and data collection rules on your Windows 10 and 11 client devices. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: AMD confidential VM guest attestation Guest attestation enables verifying the trustworthiness (good state) of the trusted execution environment on which the guest VM is executing. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Confidential VM option for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines Run your SQL Server workloads on the latest AMD-backed confidential virtual machines, ensuring protection of data in use. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Managed Confidential Consortium Framework Confidential Consortium Framework is a new Azure service that lets you use open-source for building and managing multi-party applications that require decentralized trust and governance in a trusted network. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Functions support for Node 12 is ending on 13 December 2022 Update your functions apps to use Azure Functions host version 4 and Node 16. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: New Azure proximity placement groups feature You can now use the new optional parameter "intent" to specify the VM sizes and zone intended for the proximity placement group. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Simplified disaster recovery for VMware machines using Azure Site Recovery Today we’re officially announcing the general availability of a simpler, more reliable, and modernized way to protect your VMware virtual machines using Azure Site Recovery, for recovering quickly from disasters. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Batch Certificates will be retired on 29 February 2024 Retirement Notice: Transition to Azure Key Vault before 29 February 2024. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Upgrade to Standard SKU public IP addresses in Azure by 30 September 2025—Basic SKU will be retired Basic SKU public IP addresses will be retired. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Percept DK Retirement Announcement Azure Percept DK and support from associated Azure services will be retired on March 30th, 2023. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Firewall Basic Azure Firewall Basic provides cost-effective, enterprise-grade network security for small and medium businesses (SMBs). Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: Query Store hints Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance Shape your query plans without changing the code. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Ultra Disk Storage in China North 3 Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads, now available in China North 3. Click here for more information.