Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Public Preview: Default Rule Set 2.1 for Regional WAF with Application Gateway Increase your security posture and reduce false positives with Default Rule Set 2.1, now in preview on Azure's regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) with Application Gateway. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure OpenAI Service On Your Data Introducing Azure OpenAI Service on your data in public preview, which unlocks the power of OpenAI models like ChatGPT and GPT-4 with your own data. It streamlines communication, enhances customer service, boosts productivity without training, provides access to specific data sources for accurate insights, and enables seamless data connectivity, web app deployment, and transformative conversational AI experiences. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Preview Updates: Azure Elastic SAN Public Preview improvements Introducing the latest update to Azure Elastic SAN (in preview), which now offers expanded range of regions, increased support for diverse workloads, and an array of new features. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files double encryption at-rest Azure NetApp Files now supports multiple encryption layers for increased data security. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Network Observability add-on on AKS Enable network observability add-on on AKS clusters to gain insights into how your cluster operate and to identify potential problems before they cause outages or performance degradation. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Azure Sphere version 23.05 The Azure Sphere version 23.05 release includes various new features and developer resources. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage in Southeast Asia, UK South, South Central US and West US 3 Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions and offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price performance. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Retirement notice: Move to Azure Load Testing GA API versions by 10 September 2023 Retirement notice: Move to Azure Load Testing GA API versions by 10 September 2023 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Introducing DropMappedField transformation for data mappings in Azure Data Explorer Azure Data Explorer has added a new capability called "DropMappedField" to its data mappings. This feature allows users to map an object in a JSON document to a column while removing any nested fields that are already referenced by other column mappings. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer Synapse Link Now generally available: managed ingestion from Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer in near real time. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Utah version The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Pgvector extension on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Native vector data type enables easy storage of AI generated embeddings performing Euclidean and inner product and cosine distance searches--directly within the database. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Announcing the new Azure Container Registry libraries We’re pleased to announce that version 1.1.0 of the Azure Container Registry (ACR) libraries for .NET, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python are now generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Vercel integration Build your apps now using Vercel to easily connect an existing Azure Cosmos DB database to your Vercel projects. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Azure VMware Solution Stretched Clusters with Customer-Managed Keys Stretched clusters for Azure VMware Solution (AVS) is now Generally Available, providing 99.99% uptime for mission critical applications that require the highest availability. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Read replica HA enabled Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server Provision up to 10 read replicas in geo-paired regions on Azure Database for MySQL— Flexible Server. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates GA: Application Insights Distributed tracing support for Java Function Apps Use the application map for a more complete view of end-to-end transactions to better diagnose issues and interactions Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure OpenAI Service in UK South Azure OpenAI Service is now available in the UK South region. UK South supports gpt-35-turbo at launch. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Front Door Migration from classic to standard/premium Azure Front Door Standard/Premium is the new Azure native, modern cloud content delivery network (CDN) catering to both dynamic and static content delivery acceleration with enhanced security and a simple and predictable pricing model. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Front Door upgrade from standard to premium Upgrade from standard to premium for enhanced Web Application Firewall rules and private connectivity to your origins using Private Link. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure OpenAI Service in UK South Azure OpenAI Service is now available in the UK South region. UK South supports two of our most advanced models gpt-35-turbo, and gpt4 at launch. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Inbound ICMPv6 pings and traceroute are now supported on Azure Load Balancer Ping and traceroute to both IPv4 and IPv6 frontend of a Standard Public Load Balancer like you natively would on an on-premises device without any external software needed. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Front Door Standard/Premium in Azure Government Azure Front Door Standard/Premium is the new Azure native, modern cloud content delivery network (CDN) catering to both dynamic and static content delivery acceleration with enhanced security and a simple and predictable pricing model. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Announcing the new Azure Container Registry libraries We’re pleased to announce that version 1.1.0 of the Azure Container Registry (ACR) libraries for .NET, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python are now generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Container Instances(ACI) Spot containers You can now take advantage of unused Azure computing with Azure Container Instances (ACI) Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: New KQL function to enrich your data analysis with geographic context KQL introduces a new function to retrieve country, state, city, and coordinates from IP addresses using GeoLite2 data. Find out how to use geo_info_from_ip_address() and what it can do for your data analysis. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio is now available in West US 2 region Azure Chaos Studio is now available in West US 2 region. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Data Explorer Kusto Emulator on Linux The Kusto Emulator is now available as a Linux Docker Container! Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Introducing NGads V620-series VMs optimized for cloud gaming VGads V620-series virtual machines (VMs), now in public preview in the East US2, Europe west, and West US3 regions, enable service providers to build differentiated cloud gaming experiences. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Support Plan Offer extended to December 31, 2023 The existing Azure Support offer is being extended. The promotion will run from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Support Plan Offer extended to December 31, 2023 The existing Azure Support offer is being extended. The promotion will run from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023. Click here for more information.