Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Every-write AOF persistence on Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise and Enterprise Flash will be retired on 1 April 2025 Every-write AOF will be retired on 1 April 2025, and all instances using the feature will automatically switch to use every-second AOF instead. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: 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 Public Preview: Safety evaluations for generative AI applications in Azure AI Studio Measure your generative AI application’s susceptibility to jailbreak attacks and to producing unsafe content, so you can implement effective mitigations and go from prototype to production with confidence. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates GA: Improved throughput performance on Azure Disks’ Standard SSD Azure Disks Standard SSD throughput limits are now 100 MB/s on disks sized 8191 GBs and lower. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Preview: Improved throughput performance on Azure Disks’ Standard SSD Azure Disks Standard SSD throughput limits are now 100 MB/s on disks sized 8191 GBs and lower. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates GA: Azure Logic Apps Designer for Consumption We're thrilled to announce the general availability of the new Azure Logic Apps Designer for Consumption, revolutionizing your workflow experience with unparalleled speed, smoothness, and reliability. Unifying the designer experience across all supported platforms, including standard Azure Logic Apps, the Azure Logic Apps Visual Studio Code extension, and consumption Azure Logic Apps in the portal, ensures seamless usability and familiarity wherever you work. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Safety evaluations for generative AI applications in Azure AI Studio Measure your generative AI application’s susceptibility to jailbreak attacks and to producing unsafe content, so you can implement effective mitigations and go from prototype to production with confidence. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Database watcher for Azure SQL Enable in-depth, managed monitoring of Azure SQL databases, elastic pools, and managed instances. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Application Gateway (v2) IPv6 support Azure Application Gateway v2 enables dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity from the clients, providing more flexible and reliable access to the backend Applications. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure SQL Database Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric Mirroring Azure SQL Database provides an easy experience to continuously replicate SQL DB data directly into Microsoft Fabric. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Static Web Apps distributed functions capability now in Public Preview Reduced latency by distributing managed functions to regions of high demand. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on VMware Using AKS on VMware (Preview), customers can now centrally manage all their VMware workloads using a single-step deployment process by connecting the VMware vCenter Server to Azure Arc. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Breaking Changes to Azure API Management Workspaces As part of our commitment to enhancing workspaces (in Public Preview) within Azure API Management, we are implementing several critical breaking changes effective June 14, 2024. These changes are designed to streamline functionality and improve overall performance.   These breaking changes will be effective from June 14, 2024. We strongly advise making any necessary adjustments to your workspace configurations before this date to ensure uninterrupted service.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the "Automatic Scaling" feature. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Preview: New Features in Azure Container Storage Azure Container Storage is a fully managed volume orchestration service built natively for containers. New capabilities include support for Temp SSD, simplified installation via AKS CLI, and scalable storage for cost-efficient workload management. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backup by Azure Backup for VM Azure VM backup now supports agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups in public preview. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Public IP Domain Name Label Scope Announcing the public preview for a new capability in Azure public IP address that can prevent DNS subdomain takeover while still allowing for re-use of DNS names. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Application Gateway (v2) IPv6 support Azure Application Gateway v2 enables dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity from the clients, providing more flexible and reliable access to the backend Applications. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Azure Files geo-redundancy for standard large file shares Azure Files geo-redundancy for 100TiB standard SMB file shares is now generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity pools Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 2 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Next generation of general purpose service tier for Azure SQL Managed Instance The next generation of general purpose service tier brings improved performance, 32 TB storage and higher database density. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Public IP Domain Name Label Scope Announcing the public preview for a new capability in Azure public IP address that can prevent DNS subdomain takeover while still allowing for re-use of DNS names. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Database watcher for Azure SQL Enable in-depth, managed monitoring of Azure SQL databases, elastic pools, and managed instances. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates You can now opt in automatically renew your reservation at time of purchase. You can now opt in automatically renew your reservation at time of purchase, which provides an easy way to continue getting reservation discounts. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Listener TLS certificates management in the Azure portal You can now manage the TLS certificates associated with Listeners through Azure portal. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Health Data Services DICOM service with Azure Data Lake Storage With the integration of Azure Data Lake Storage and the DICOM service, organizations can now enjoy full control over their imaging data and increased flexibility for accessing and working with that data through the Azure storage ecosystem and APIs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Trusted launch support in AKS Administrators can now deploy AKS nodes with verified and signed bootloaders, OS kernels, and drivers. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for 5K Node limit by default for standard tier clusters You can now scale your AKS cluster to larger than 1000 nodes without having to request any special limit increases or whitelisting. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is available in 13 additional Azure regions Azure Managed Prometheus was announced GA in May 2023 and was available in 26 regions, with this new update Azure Managed Prometheus will be available in 13 additional regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates You can now opt in automatically renew your reservation at time of purchase. You can now opt in automatically renew your reservation at time of purchase, which provides an easy way to continue getting reservation discounts. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping for Prometheus instance served with TLS. To enable TLS and mTLS based scraping, you can configure the TLS settings in the ConfigMap. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Retirement: Support for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall v2 Configuration is ending On 15 March 2027, the Application Gateway WAF v2 Configuration will be retired. To continue using this service, switch to the Application Gateway WAF v2 Policy before the retirement date. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Announcing Try Azure Cosmos DB support in Vercel Integration We're excited to announce Try Azure Cosmos DB support in our Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Billing for Azure Monitor stateful log search alerts Starting from May 1, 2024, you will be charged for stateful log alerts in Azure Monitor. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping for Prometheus instance served with TLS. To enable TLS and mTLS based scraping, you can configure the TLS settings in the ConfigMap. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates WhatsApp Business Platform now available for applications built on Azure Azure Communication Services Advanced Messaging is now generally available, enabling developers to send and receive messages from their applications through third party social messaging platforms, like the WhatsApp Business Platform. This latest messaging service helps businesses create intelligent B2C communication workflows to reach more customers at scale and deliver safe, reliable communications to customers worldwide. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports new fault for Azure Event Hubs Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for Azure Event Hubs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Microsoft Entra ID integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Now you can use Microsoft Entra ID authentication on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters in addition or instead of the native Postgres authentication. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Announcing Try Azure Cosmos DB support in Vercel Integration We're excited to announce Try Azure Cosmos DB support in our Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier in Poland Central, Qatar Central and Azure China Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier in generally available in Poland Central, Qatar Central and Azure China. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure API Center Updates We are pleased to announce an update to the Azure API Center extension for Visual Studio Code, introducing new capabilities for API inventory and design. Additionally, we are unveiling a new API governance feature in API Center, enabling API linting and analysis based on customer-owned design guidelines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier in Poland Central, Qatar Central and Azure China Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier in generally available in Poland Central, Qatar Central and Azure China. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption now in additional regions Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines. Now available in additional regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Change Actor Change Actor allows you to see who initiated the change and with which client that change was made, for changes across all your tenants and subscriptions.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20 Develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: App Service Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app's files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Change Actor Change Actor allows you to see who initiated the change and with which client that change was made, for changes across all your tenants and subscriptions.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20 Develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – allow the same file path for volumes in different availability zones Public Preview of Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – file path uniqueness Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Sphere OS version 24.03 is now available for evaluation Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation for this release period provides 28 days for backward-compatibility testing. Click here for more information.