Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Retirement notice: The Azure Storage Android client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024 Azure Storage Android client libraries is being retired on 13 September 2024 - Transition to calling the Azure Storage REST API directly from your Android applications. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in China North 3, India Central, Switzerland North, South Africa North and Sweden Central regions.. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Load Testing in Southeast Asia, Canada Central, Germany West Central and Central India Azure Load Testing is in generally available in Southeast Asia, Canada Central, Germany West Central and Central India. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Communication Services Job Router Intelligent queueing and routing of inbound customer communications. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates GA: Node OS patching - NodeImage feature in AKS You can have a flexible and customized strategy for node-level OS security updates. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Communication Services Job Router Intelligent queueing and routing of inbound customer communications. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Database for MySQL flexible maintenance Tailor your maintenance windows to suit your schedule with Azure MySQL flexible maintenance. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Custom partitioning in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB You can now partition your data in analytical store using keys that are critical for your business logic to achieve better query and data load performance. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure SQL Database free offer Get one free serverless Azure SQL Database per subscription for the lifetime of the subscription. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-September 2023 General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-September 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Additional cache sizes for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise Utilize additional Enterprise-tier cache sizes to optimize the price and performance of your Redis workload. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Ungated Public Preview: Azure API Center We're thrilled to share that Azure API Center is now open for everyone to try during our ungated public preview! Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Gateway Load Balancer IPv6 Support IPv6 support for Gateway Load Balancer is now generally available in all regions, enabling bump-in-the-wire network virtual appliance (NVA) insertion for your dual-stack architectures. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Domain fronting update on Azure Front Door and Azure CDN Azure Front Door supports the use of different values for the TLS SNI extension and the host header, provided that both values are added as domains in the same Azure subscription. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure AI Video Indexer features adjustments following Media Services Retirement Azure AI Video Indexer classic accounts will be retired on 30 June 2024 due to Azure Media Service retirement - migrate your current resources to ARM accounts. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Web PubSub support for Socket.IO Use your preferred Socket.IO APIs, while letting Azure handle messages and scaling for you Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Share VM images publicly with community gallery - Azure Compute Gallery feature With community gallery, you can now share VM images with the broader Azure community. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Azure Update Manager Azure Update Manager, previously known as Update Management Center, is now generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Web PubSub support for Socket.IO Use your preferred Socket.IO APIs, while letting Azure handle messages and scaling for you Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for Node.js and Python Use OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation with vender-neutral APIs to power metrics, logs, and distributed traces in Azure Monitor application insights. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps Learn how to enable GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps code scanning, secret scanning, and dependency scanning in Azure DevOps and connect to Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Alerts timeline view A new timeline view simplifies the consumption experience of fired alerts. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Alerts timeline view A new timeline view simplifies the consumption experience of fired alerts. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage enables organizations to detect and prevent malware distribution events with content scanning upon upload and near real-time malware detection powered by Microsoft Defender Antivirus technologies. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Announcing Azure FXT Edge Filer Retirement Azure FXT Edge Filer will be end of sale on 31 December 2023 with end of support on 31 December 2026 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Retirement: Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026 Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026 – Upgrade to v3.1 general availability API version Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Project Azure FarmBeats will be retired on 30 Sep 2023 – transition to Azure Data Manager for Agriculture. Project Azure FarmBeats will be retired on September 30, 2023 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Maps Gen1 Price Tier will be retired on 15 September 2026 -- transition to Azure Maps Gen2 Price Tier  Azure Maps Gen1 Price Tier will be retired on 15 September 2026  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Important Notice: Azure Product Retirement: End of Life Announcement of Azure Sphere classic CLI on 30 September 2024. Replace with Azure Sphere CLI Azure Sphere support for Azure Sphere classic CLI will be retired on 30 September 2024 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Backup support for Azure Files in China North2, China East 2, China North 3, and China East 3 Azure Backup now supports Azure Files in China North2, China East 2, China North 3, and China East 3 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Sensitive Data Protection for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall Protect the sensitive data getting stored in your Web Application Firewall (WAF) using log scrubbing on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall running on Application Gateway. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Machine Learning - Public Preview for September Three new features now available in Public Preview enable you to utilize vision-based models in the model catalog, enjoy seamless integration with LLMOps through the Prompt Flow SDK/CLI and VS Code extensions, and monitor LLM completions for safety and quality metrics​.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Preview: Save Azure Backup Recovery Services Agent (MARS) passphrase to Azure Key Vault Azure Backup customers using the Recovery Services Agent (MARS) can now save your encryption passphrase directly to Azure Key Vault. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Selective Disk Backup and Restore in Enhanced Policy for Azure VM Backup We are adding the “Selective Disk Backup and Restore” capability in Enhanced Policy of Azure VM Backup. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Preview: Cross Region Restore (CRR) for Recovery Services Agent (MARS) using Azure Backup Cross Region Restore for Recovery Services Agent for Azure Backup customers is now supported and is available for preview in all Azure public regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in UK West Now available in UK West region, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Sensitive Data Protection for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall Protect the sensitive data getting stored in your Web Application Firewall (WAF) using log scrubbing on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall running on Application Gateway. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates New in Kusto: `.show databases entities` command for viewing tables, functions, and more View the entities of all accessible cluster databases with the new `.show databases entities` command for Kusto, and customize the output with various options. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Export Cost Management data to secure storage accounts with firewall You can export Cost Management data to secure storage accounts with firewall. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates GA: Latest generation burstable VMs - Bsv2, Basv2, and Bpsv2 The new second generation burstable VMs provide the lowest cost of entry to the Azure VM portfolio with greater performance. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Configure load testing in your CI/CD pipeline from Azure portal Configure load testing in your CI/CD pipeline from Azure portal in just a few steps. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Front Door Standard and Premium support bring your own certificated based domain validation Azure Front Door Standard and Premium support bring your own certificated based domain validation, streamlining the steps and efforts required to validate domain ownership. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Introducing Graph Semantics in Kusto, a new way to contextualize time series data Analyze networks, connected assets and more with Kusto's graph semantics extension to the Kusto Query Language (KQL). Find out how to contextualize your time series data in KQL, and how to leverage time-aware graphs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench is a new service that provides a fully managed work environment for engineering development, accelerating project startup, and enabling secure collaboration between development teams. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Move Azure Load Testing resources across resource groups and subscriptions Azure Load Testing resources can now move across resource groups and subscriptions without losing tests /test runs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Build AI-assisted calling workflows with Azure AI Speech and Azure Communication Services Add speech capabilities into Azure Communication Services call automation workflows with Azure AI Speech. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Test Single GraphQL Resolver in Azure API Management Portal Customers using Azure API Management can seamlessly evaluate their GraphQL resolvers directly within the portal during the configuration phase in Azure portal. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Test Single GraphQL Resolver in Azure API Management Portal Customers using Azure API Management can seamlessly evaluate their GraphQL resolvers directly within the portal during the configuration phase in Azure portal. Click here for more information.