- Generally available: Microsoft Dev Box in Southeast Asia, Brazil South, South Africa North, and Switzerland North on 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
Microsoft Dev Box is generally available in Southeast Asia, Brazil South, South Africa North, and Switzerland North.
- General Availability: Azure Files geo-redundancy for standard large file shareson 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
Azure Files geo-redundancy for 100TiB standard SMB file shares is now generally available.
- GA: Azure SQL Trigger support for Azure Functionson 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
You can now build application logic in Azure Function apps which can be driven by the data from Azure SQL database
- Public preview: Support for Key Vault Certificates in Azure Container Appson 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
You can now use Azure Key Vault to store and manage your own TLS/SSL certificates for use with Azure Container Apps.
- Generally Available: Free managed certificates on Azure Container Appson 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
Azure Container Apps now provides a free managed certificate for your custom domain.
- Public preview: PowerShell 7.4 support for Azure Functionson 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
You can now develop apps using PowerShell 7.4 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions
- Public Preview: Azure Container Apps OpenTelemetry collector supporton 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
You can now use open-source standards to send your app’s data.
- Azure Front Door (classic) will be retired on 31 March 2027on 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:28
Migrate to Azure Front Door Standard or Premium by 31 March 2027, when Front Door (classic) will be retired.
- Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024on 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2024.
- General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024on 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2024 .
- Public Preview: Real-time text translation using the azure_ai extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQLon 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Text translation right within SQL facilitates building intelligent multilingual applications on Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
- Public Preview: Invoke Azure Machine Learning models using the azure_ai extensionon 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Invoke Azure Machine Learning models in real-time from SQL in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
- General availability: Migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQLon 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Seamlessly migrate PostgreSQL to Azure using a managed service for complete schema and data transfers, hassle-free.
- General availability: Rate Limiting on ExpressRoute Direct Circuitson 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 15:00
Rate Limiting is now generally available over ExpressRoute Direct port circuits, providing enhanced control over bandwidth usage. This Quality of Service (QoS) feature prevents circuits from bursting beyond their configured bandwidth, thereby improving network performance and reliability. Rate Limiting can be enabled for each circuit individually, offering flexibility to prioritize certain circuits. This feature can be activated during or after the creation of the ExpressRoute Direct circuit.
- Public Preview: On-demand capacity reservations for Specialty SKUson 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 15:00
You can now reserve capacity with SLA for following Specialty VM sizes, Mv3 series, NC-series (v3 and newer), NV-series (v2 and newer), and Lsv2 series
- Public preview: Change partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL API)on 27 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 15:00
The ability to change the partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos is now available in preview for NoSQL API.
- Public Preview: Azure SQL Database Mirroring in Microsoft Fabricon 26 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Mirroring Azure SQL Database provides an easy experience to continuously replicate SQL DB data directly into Microsoft Fabric.
- Azure Static Web Apps distributed functions capability now in Public Previewon 26 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Reduced latency by distributing managed functions to regions of high demand.
- Breaking Changes to Azure API Management Workspaceson 25 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 18:00
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.
- General Availability: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Appson 25 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 18:00
Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the “Automatic Scaling” feature.
- Preview: New Features in Azure Container Storageon 25 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
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.
- Public Preview: Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backup by Azure Backup for VMon 25 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Azure VM backup now supports agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups in public preview.
- Action required: Upgrade your App Service apps to Node 20 LTS by 30 April 2025on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Extended support for Node 18 LTS is ending
- Important Notice: Azure Product Retirement: End of Life Announcement of Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service Versions 31 March 2025on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service will be retired on 31 March 2025.
- Basic and Standard A-series VMs on HDInsight will retire on 31 August 2024on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
On 31 August 2024, Azure will retire Basic and Standard A-series VMs as announced earlier on 24 August 2021. Before 31 August 2024, you need to migrate your HDInsight A series VMs to Av2-series VMs, which provide more memory per vCPU and faster storage on solid-state drives (SSDs). To avoid service disruptions, migrate your workloads from Basic and Standard A-series VMs to Av2-series VMs before 31 August 2024.
- Azure Content Moderator will be retired on 15 March 2027on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
We encourage users to explore our new offering Azure AI Content Safety that offers both new and updated capabilities to meet your content moderation needs.
- Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.2 End of Supporton 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
End of Support for Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.2. Apache Spark 3.2 will be retired and disabled as of July 8, 2024.
- Support for Connector for AWS in Cost Management is ending on 31 March 2025on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
The Connector for AWS in the Cost Management service will be retired on 31 March 2025. By that date, please consider alternative cost management reporting for AWS available in the market.
- Retirement: Support for .NET 7 ends on 14 May 2024—upgrade your Azure Functions resources to .NET 8on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Upgrade your Azure Functions resources to .NET 8 by 14 May 2024
- Update to Azure Functions Service Bus extension v5.x by 31 March 2025 for continued supporton 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Applications that are using the Azure Functions Service Bus extension v4.x will be unsupported after 31 March 2025
- Azure Maps Native SDK for Android and iOS will be retired on 31 March 2025 – transition to use Azure Maps Web SDK in a web viewon 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Azure Maps Native SDK for Android and iOS will be retired on 31 March 2025
- Action recommended: Update to using Grafana version 10 for Azure Managed Grafanaon 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
The Grafana version 9 will be retired on 31 August 2024
- HPC Pack 2016 will be retired on 12 January 2027on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
End of life announcement for HPC Pack 2016 on 12 January 2027
- Default Internet outbound access for Simplified node communication Batch pools without public IP addresses will be retired on 30 September 2025on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
End of life announcement for default Internet outbound access for Simplified node communication Batch pools without public IP addresses on 30 September 2025
- Support for Standard_M192idms_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Community support for Standard_M192idms_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027
- Community support for Standard_M192ids_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Support for Standard_M192idms_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027
- Community support for Standard_M192ims_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Support for Standard_M192ims_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.
- Community support for Standard_M192is_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Support for Standard_M192is_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.
- Some compliance features in Microsoft Defender for Cloud will be retired on September 30, 2025on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Microsoft Actions and Compliance offerings, two regulatory compliance features in public preview, will no longer be available through the Defender for Cloud portal pages starting September 30, 2025.
- Azure HDInsight 4.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025 – migrate your HDInsight clusters to 5.1on 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Azure HDInsight 4.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025 – migrate your HDInsight clusters to 5.1
- Announcing Azure HPC Cache Retirementon 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Azure HPC Cache is retiring. End of support is 30 September 2025.
- Announcing Avere vFXT for Azure Retirementon 22 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Avere vFXT for Azure is retiring. End of support is 30 September 2025.
- Private Preview: Force detach zone redundant disks during zone outageon 21 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 18:00
Force detach zone redundant disks during zone outage and take advantage of ZRS ability to achieve an RPO of 0.
- General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity poolson 21 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 2 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.
- Public Preview: Next generation of general purpose service tier for Azure SQL Managed Instanceon 21 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
The next generation of general purpose service tier brings improved performance, 32 TB storage and higher database density.
- Public preview: Public IP Domain Name Label Scopeon 21 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 15:00
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.
- Public preview: Database watcher for Azure SQLon 20 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Enable in-depth, managed monitoring of Azure SQL databases, elastic pools, and managed instances.
- Generally available: Application Gateway (v2) IPv6 supporton 20 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Azure Application Gateway v2 enables dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity from the clients, providing more flexible and reliable access to the backend Applications.
- General availability: Listener TLS certificates management in the Azure portalon 19 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 19:40
You can now manage the TLS certificates associated with Listeners through Azure portal.
- Generally available: Azure Health Data Services DICOM service with Azure Data Lake Storageon 19 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 19:00
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.