- Updated Retirement Notice: Azure Data Catalog will now be retired on 15 May 2024on 26 Απριλίου, 2024 at 23:00
Azure Data Catalog will now be retired on 15 May 2024 – migrate to Microsoft Purview
- General availability: Application Gateway Web Application Firewall (WAF) inspection limit & size enforcementon 24 Απριλίου, 2024 at 18:00
Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) running on Application Gateway now supports greater control over request body inspection, and maximum size limits for request bodies and file uploads.
- Generally Available: Index Advisor in Azure Cosmos DB helps optimize your index policy for NoSQL querieson 24 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:01
Reduce RU-costs and improve query speeds with Index Advisor!
- General availability: Semantic caching with vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDBon 24 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:01
Leverage historical LLM responses with Azure Cosmos DB and LangChain!
- Public preview: Filtered vector search in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDBon 24 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB improves its vector search capabilities with filtered vector search, now in preview.
- General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server enhanced disaster recovery featureson 24 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
Explore advanced disaster recovery with Virtual Endpoints and seamless role-swapping in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
- General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL geo-redundant backup and restoreon 24 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
Store cluster backup in another region. Restore cluster in the primary or another region.
- General availability: HNSW vector index in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDBon 24 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
The HNSW vector index is now generally available in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB.
- General availability: Virtual network flow logson 24 Απριλίου, 2024 at 15:34
Gain visibility of IP traffic flowing through your virtual networks
- Azure Virtual Network Manager security admin rule generally available in all public regionson 23 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
Azure Virtual Network Manager’s security admin rule configuration is now generally available in all public regions, empowering users to enforce security rules across their virtual networks globally.
- The billing meter for Azure Databricks materialized views and streaming tables will change 1 May 2024on 22 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
Azure Databricks materialized views and streaming tables Billing change
- Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent Upload to Storage and Event Hubson 22 Απριλίου, 2024 at 15:00
Azure Monitor Agent can now upload to Azure Storage and Event Hubs.
- .Net Standard user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.on 19 Απριλίου, 2024 at 23:00
.Net Standard user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024. After that date, it won’t be possible to use the feature. Please transition to JavaScript user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics.
- Support of Azure Notification Hubs’ Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) legacy API will be deprecated by July 2024.on 19 Απριλίου, 2024 at 23:00
Azure Notification Hubs support for GCM/FCM legacy will be retired on 1 July 2024.
- Azure Advisor will no longer display aggregated potential yearly savings beginning 30 September 2024on 19 Απριλίου, 2024 at 23:00
Learn how to continue calculating aggregated potential yearly savings.
- App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024on 19 Απριλίου, 2024 at 23:00
Migrate to App Service Environment v3 by 31 August 2024.
- Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024on 19 Απριλίου, 2024 at 23:00
Cloud Services (classic) retiring in August 2024.
- Five Azure classic networking services will be retired on 31 August 2024on 19 Απριλίου, 2024 at 23:00
Classic Networking Services retiring in August 2024.
- Generally available: Bulk delete operation for the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Serviceson 19 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:12
The bulk delete operation allows deletion of FHIR resources across different levels, enabling healthcare organizations to comply with data retention policies while providing asynchronous processing capabilities.
- Public Preview – DR for Shared Disks – Azure Site Recoveryon 19 Απριλίου, 2024 at 15:10
Now you can use the benefits of Shared Disk for your mission-critical applications such as SQL FCI, SAP ASCS, Scale-out File Servers, etc., while ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery.
- Azure Data Box Disk is now available with hardware encryptionon 18 Απριλίου, 2024 at 21:42
Azure Data Box Disk is now Generally Available with hardware encryption.
- General availability: HBv4-series & HX-series VMs are now available in Sweden Central.on 18 Απριλίου, 2024 at 20:42
HBv4 virtual machines (VMs) are optimized for various HPC workloads such as computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, frontend and backend EDA, rendering, molecular dynamics, computational geoscience, weather simulation, and financial risk analysis. HX-series Virtual Machines (VMs) are optimized for large memory HPC workloads such as backend EDA, finite element analysis, computational geoscience, and big data analytics.
- Azure Machine Learning data collector is now generally availableon 18 Απριλίου, 2024 at 19:00
Azure Machine Learning data collector provides real-time logging of input and output data from models that are deployed to managed online endpoints or Kubernetes online endpoints. This data can be seamlessly used for model monitoring, debugging, or auditing, thereby providing observability into the performance of your deployed models.
- GA: Azure Monitor log search alerts support managed identitieson 18 Απριλίου, 2024 at 17:00
A common challenge for developers is the management of credentials for applications to use when connecting to resources. Managed identities provide an automatically managed identity in Microsoft Entra ID. Applications can use managed identities to obtain Microsoft Entra tokens without having to manage any credentials.
- Using Azure Virtual Network Manager network groups in security admin rules is now in public previewon 18 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
Using your Azure Virtual Network Manager network groups in the source and/or destination of security admin rules is now in public preview, enabling users to achieve network isolation across different environments and manage network segments more easily at scale.
- Action recommended: Prepare for model version retirement in Azure OpenAIon 17 Απριλίου, 2024 at 21:55
Action recommended: Prepare for model version retirement in Azure OpenAI
- Azure Machine Learning – General Availability for April 2024on 17 Απριλίου, 2024 at 21:51
Three features now available in GA enable you to seamlessly log inference data to a central location, set up event-driven applications, processes, or workflows based on Azure Machine Learning events, and utilize lifecycle management of features from creation through archival.
- General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption availability in all regionson 16 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
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.
- Announcing Public Preview of Query editor in Azure Monitor Metricson 15 Απριλίου, 2024 at 18:08
Public Preview of Query editor in Azure Monitor Metrics is now Available! Get started with Query editor to access advanced querying capabilities within Azure Monitor Metrics. With the Query Editor’s seamless integration of the widely adopted Prometheus Query Language (PromQL), customers can unlock advanced querying capabilities within their Azure Monitor Workspace. With PromQL, you can now efficiently analyze Prometheus metrics, identify trends, troubleshoot issues, and optimize resource utilization for better performance and reliability.
- Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 73 – April 2024on 15 Απριλίου, 2024 at 17:00
This article describes the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components.
- Azure Event Grid support for last will & testament (LWT) capabilities now in Public Previewon 15 Απριλίου, 2024 at 17:00
Ensures predictable and reliable flow of communication among MQTT clients during unexpected disconnections.
- GA: New Property for Disks-LastOwnershipUpdateTimeon 15 Απριλίου, 2024 at 17:00
Introducing LastOwnershipUpdateTime for Disks in Azure Portal, PowerShell, and CLI. It indicates the last state change time for the Disk, useful for tracking its current state and when it was last updated.
- General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-April 2024on 11 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-April 2024.
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift April 2024 updateson 10 Απριλίου, 2024 at 17:00
New features include support for ARO in Azure Terraform provider, ability to bring your own NSG, new GPU instance types for Day 2 operations, and more!
- General availability: Extensible key management using Azure Key Vault for SQL Server on Linuxon 10 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
Extensible key management (EKM) using Azure Key Vault in SQL Server on Linux is now generally available from SQL Server 2022 CU12 onwards.
- General Availability: Virtual private network (VPN) with Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandraon 10 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
For enhanced security in your virtual network architectures where outbound connectivity is not allowed.
- General Availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server networking with Azure Private Linkon 10 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports Private Endpoints in General Availability.
- Public Preview: Long-term retention for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Serveron 10 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
The feature will allow you to retain/manage backups for up to 10 years in the standard tier according to your compliance and auditing needs.
- Generally available: Defender for Cloud supports Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Serveron 10 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
You can now protect Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
- Public Preview: Mirroring Azure Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabricon 10 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
Get near-real time analytics on your Azure Cosmos DB data in Microsoft Fabric with zero-ETL.
- Run Azure Load Testing on Azure App Service web appson 9 Απριλίου, 2024 at 18:05
Load test your web apps directly from Azure App Service in Azure portal.
- Native Delta Lake Output Now Generally Available in Azure Stream Analyticson 9 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
The native support for Delta Lake output in Azure Stream Analytics is now generally available.
- Azure Load Testing availability in Fairfax (USGov Virginia)on 9 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
Azure Load Testing GA in Fairfax cloud – USGov Virginia. US Government customers on the Fairfax cloud can now use Azure Load Testing to simplify their end-to-end load testing process.
- App Service virtual network integration multi plan subnet joinon 8 Απριλίου, 2024 at 17:00
We’re excited to announce that the multi plan subnet join for virtual network integration is now available in preview in all regions!
- General Available: Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4 is now GAon 8 Απριλίου, 2024 at 17:00
Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4 is now Generally Available
- Public preview: Backup and restore of virtual machines with private endpoint enabled diskson 8 Απριλίου, 2024 at 16:00
Azure Backup can now help you back up virtual machines using private endpoint-enabled disks. You can now also specify network settings to be used by the restored disks while initiating the restore process.
- Azure Virtual Network Manager Security Admin Rule generally available in 45 regionson 4 Απριλίου, 2024 at 22:30
Azure Virtual Network Manager’s security admin rule configuration is now generally available in 45 regions, empowering users to enforce security rules across their virtual networks globally.
- General Availability of Azure Logic Apps connectors for IBM Mainframe and Midrangeson 2 Απριλίου, 2024 at 17:00
Exciting news! Our IBM Mainframe and Midrange connectors, including IBM 3270, IBM CICS, IBM DB2, IBM i, IBM MQ, and IBM IMS, are now generally available. These connectors address highly sought-after customer requests, bring capabilities to extend Azure Logic Apps cloud native workloads with some of the oldest systems ever built for Mainframes and Midranges.
- Public Preview of Azure OpenAI and AI Search in-app connectors for Logic Apps (Standard)on 2 Απριλίου, 2024 at 17:00
We’re thrilled to announce two new built-in connectors for Azure Logic Apps: Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search. With the increasing adoption of AI technologies, there’s a growing demand to integrate these capabilities seamlessly into Logic Apps workflows. To address this need, we’re launching the Public Preview of these connectors, bridging the gap between Logic Apps and AI.
- Public Preview: Resiliency Review on Azure Advisoron 2 Απριλίου, 2024 at 17:00
Improve your workload’s resiliency and optimize your cloud deployments by reviewing recommendations on Advisor