Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates We’re retiring Azure Time Series Insights on 7 July 2024 – transition to Azure Data Explorer We’ll retire Azure Time Series Insights on 7 July 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure NetApp Files support for large volumes up to 500TiB in size You can now create Azure NetApp Files large volumes between 50TiB to 500TiB in size. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Activity log alerts can now run in EU Data Boundary Activity log alert rules can now be saved in European regions, ensuring the alert metadata and processing remains within EU Data Boundary.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Kubernetes Metadata and Logs Filtering in Azure Monitor - Container Insights Kubernetes Metadata and Logs Filtering is now in Public Preview. Gain richer context and improved visibility into their workloads! Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Load Balancer health event logs Azure Load Balancer now supports health event logs to help you identify and troubleshoot ongoing issues affecting your load balancer resource’s health. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure NetApp Files support for large volumes up to 500TiB in size You can now create Azure NetApp Files large volumes between 50TiB to 500TiB in size. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Azure API Center Extension for VS Code The Azure API Center extension for Visual Studio Code is now generally available. You can use this extension to build, discover, try, and consume APIs in your API center.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Firewall: New Regions Availability Azure Firewall Basic, Standard, Premium and Azure Firewall Manager are now generally available in four new regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview of the App Configuration Extension for AKS Azure App Configuration extension for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) allows you to install and manage Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider on your AKS cluster via Azure Resource Manager (ARM).  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Microsoft Copilot now offers supportability in Azure Database for MySQL Microsoft Copilot in Azure extends capabilities to Azure Database for MySQL. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Accelerated logs in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server Gain a performance boost in the Business Critical service tier of Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server with accelerated logs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Upcoming changes to Databricks materialized views and streaming tables in Databricks SQL Azure Databricks materialized views and streaming tables Billing change Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure portal now offers in context observability for AKS object overviews View your key performance metrics for your AKS resources in context with the Azure Portal Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Managed Prometheus visualizations for Azure Monitor container insights Container insights now supports out of the box visualizations using only managed Prometheus. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Log Analytics enhances resilience with workspace replication across regions Azure Log Analytics is announcing Workspace Replication, a new capability that enhances workspace resilience by enabling you to switch your workspace operation to another region if your primary region isn’t healthy. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Expanding extensibility model to Pulumi in Azure Deployment Environments Expanding extensibility model to Pulumi in Azure Deployment Environments Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Update on Inter-Availability Zone Data Transfer Pricing Azure will not charge for the data transfer across availability zones to help customers build more resilient and efficient applications on the cloud by leveraging availability zones. This will enable customers to leverage the benefits of zonal and zone-redundant services without extra costs for data transfer between availability zones. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Upcoming changes to Databricks materialized views and streaming tables in Databricks SQL Azure Databricks materialized views and streaming tables Billing change Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Migrate virtual machine backups using standard backup policy to enhanced backup policy Azure Backup now supports migrating virtual backups using standard backup policy to enhanced backup policy. 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 v3 by 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Upcoming changes to Databricks materialized views and streaming tables in Databricks SQL Azure Databricks materialized views and streaming tables Billing change Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Data API builder Add a feature-rich data API to an Azure database or on-prem database using Microsoft's open-source Data API builder. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Bastion Developer SKU The Bastion Developer SKU represents a novel, cost-effective, and streamlined version of the Bastion service. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Sensitive data protection for Azure Front Door Web Application Firewall Protect the sensitive data getting stored in your Web Application Firewall (WAF) using log scrubbing on Azure’s global Web Application Firewall running on Azure Front Door. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Introducing GPT-4o: OpenAI’s new flagship multimodal model now in preview on Azure Microsoft is thrilled to announce the launch of GPT-4o, OpenAI’s new flagship model, now available on Azure AI in preview. This groundbreaking multimodal model integrates text, vision, and audio capabilities, setting a new standard for generative and conversational AI experiences. GPT-4o is available now in Azure OpenAI Service, in preview, with support for text and image. Azure OpenAI Service customers can explore GPT-4o’s extensive capabilities through a preview playground in Azure OpenAI Studio starting today in two regions in the US. This initial release focuses on text and vision inputs to provide a glimpse into the model's potential, paving the way for further capabilities like audio. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Front Door server variable enhancement generally available Azure Front Door supports capturing URL path and URL case transformation in rules set and server variable. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Data API builder Add a feature-rich data API to an Azure database or on-prem database using Microsoft's open-source Data API builder. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Sensitive data protection for Azure Front Door Web Application Firewall Protect the sensitive data getting stored in your Web Application Firewall (WAF) using log scrubbing on Azure’s global Web Application Firewall running on Azure Front Door. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Introducing GPT-4o: OpenAI’s new flagship multimodal model now in preview on Azure Microsoft is thrilled to announce the launch of GPT-4o, OpenAI’s new flagship model, now available on Azure AI in preview. This groundbreaking multimodal model integrates text, vision, and audio capabilities, setting a new standard for generative and conversational AI experiences. GPT-4o is available now in Azure OpenAI Service, in preview, with support for text and image. Azure OpenAI Service customers can explore GPT-4o’s extensive capabilities through a preview playground in Azure OpenAI Studio starting today in two regions in the US. This initial release focuses on text and vision inputs to provide a glimpse into the model's potential, paving the way for further capabilities like audio. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Front Door server variable enhancement general available Azure Front Door supports capturing URL path and URL case transformation in rules set and server variable. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for Azure Virtual Machines Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, the latest Ubuntu LTS release from Canonical, is now available for Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Site Recovery support for Azure Trusted Launch VMs (Windows OS) Azure Site Recovery support for Windows Trusted launch VMs Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Application Gateway v2 Basic SKU Designed for customers, especially developers or small enterprises who are looking for a cost-effective Application Load Balancer solution and don’t require high scalability and the advanced features. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Bastion Developer SKU The Bastion Developer SKU represents a novel, cost-effective, and streamlined version of the Bastion service. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024 Cloud Services (classic) retiring in August 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports minor versions 16.2, 15.6, 14.11, 13.14, and 12.18. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer keyboard shortcuts Work Smarter: Enhance Productivity with Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer shortcut keys. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB RU supports version 5.0 and 6.0 Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB now supports MongoDB v5 and v6. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Announcing the General Availability of GPT-4 Turbo with Vision on Azure OpenAI Service We are thrilled to announce the general availability of GPT-4 Turbo with Vision on the Azure OpenAI Service, which processes both text and image inputs and replaces several preview models. This multimodal model has already been used by customers in various industries to enhance efficiencies and innovate, with case studies to be featured at the upcoming Build conference. For deployment details and future enhancements, including JSON mode and function calling for image inputs, please refer to our Azure OpenAI Service resources and updates. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: NFS Azure Files volume mount support in Azure Container Apps You can now mount NFS file shares in Azure Container Apps. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB RU supports version 5.0 and 6.0 Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB now supports MongoDB v5 and v6. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift v4.14 at install time Azure Red Hat OpenShift version 4.14 is now available at install time. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability - Azure API Center Azure API Center is now generally available, providing a centralized solution to manage the challenges of API sprawl, which is exacerbated by the rapid proliferation of APIs and AI solutions. Azure API Center offers a unified inventory for seamless discovery, consumption, and governance of APIs, regardless of their type, lifecycle stage, or deployment location. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in Italy North Now available in Italy North 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 Public Preview: Azure Storage Actions is now available in 14 more regions Azure Storage Actions is a fully managed platform that helps you automate data management operations for object storage and data lakes. The preview is now available in 14 more regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Microsoft Azure now available from new cloud region in Mexico Microsoft has announced the opening of its first hyper-scale cloud region in Mexico. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability - Azure API Center Azure API Center is now generally available, providing a centralized solution to manage the challenges of API sprawl, which is exacerbated by the rapid proliferation of APIs and AI solutions. Azure API Center offers a unified inventory for seamless discovery, consumption, and governance of APIs, regardless of their type, lifecycle stage, or deployment location. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Action needed: Update Azure Autoscale Notifications to using additional email addresses for notifications Azure Classic roles will be retired by 31st August, 2024 – transition to using only additional email addresses for Azure Autoscale Notifications as Azure Autoscale is dependent on the Azure Classic Roles. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Governance Update - Management Groups Beginning May 3, 2024, Azure will start enabling the root management group for tenants that have not enabled it yet. Using Azure management groups leverages best practices when applying Azure Policy and having it pre-enabled reduces the initial set up work to follow the best practices.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Virtual Network Manager user-defined route (UDR) management now in public preview UDR management in Azure Virtual Network Manager is now in public preview, enabling users to describe their desired routing behavior via configuration, simplifying the management of routing behaviors at scale. Click here for more information.