Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Run Commands for Azure VMware Solution now in public preview Run commands are a collection of PowerShell packages available in the Azure VMware Solution portal that simplify the execution of certain operations on vCenter. With this announcement your cloud administrator can now more easily run management tasks that require elevated privileges. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Functions support for Node 10 is ending on 30 September 2022 Functions App support for Node 10 apps is ending on 30 September 2022, we recommend you upgrade to Node 14. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Functions support for PowerShell 6 is ending on 30 September 2022 Functions Apps support for PowerShell 6 apps is ending on 30 September 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Functions support for Node 6 is ending on 28 February 2022 Functions App support for Node 6 apps is ending on 28 February 2022, we recommend you upgrade to Node 14. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Backup Offline backup with Azure Data Box The capability to seed large initial Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) backups offline to recovery services vault using Azure Data Box is now generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for August 2021 Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in August 2021. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Security Center: General availability updates for August 2021 New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Azure Security Center in August 2021. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Simplified disaster recovery for VMware machines using Azure Site Recovery A new and more reliable way to protect VMware machines using simplified ASR replication appliance Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Visual Studio Code for the Web Visual Studio Code for the Web is a web-based code editor that runs within the browser and allows opening repositories on GitHub (and soon Azure Repos) and making lightweight code changes. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure ExpressRoute: New ExpressRoute Direct locations available ExpressRoute Direct gives you the ability to connect directly into Microsoft’s global network at peering locations strategically distributed around the world. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure ExpressRoute: New ExpressRoute peering locations available ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection with the help of a connectivity provider. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: New Azure Batch capabilities Several new pool and security features are now generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Functions support for Node 8 is ending on 28 February 2022 Functions App support for Node 8 apps is ending on 28 February 2022, we recommend you upgrade to Node 14. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Functions support for Python 3.6 is ending on 30 September 2022 Functions App support for Python 3.6 is ending on 30 September 2022, we recommend you upgrade to Python 3.8. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Synapse Analytics Compute Optimized data flows will be retired on 31 August 2024 Transition from Compute Optimized data flows to General Purpose data flows by 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 21.08 This quality release includes bug fixes and security updates of the Azure Sphere OS. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Hard coded IP address for Azure Site Recovery will be retired on 31 August 2024 Hard coded IP for Azure Site Recovery will be retired on 31 August 2024 – transition to using service tags. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Retiring version Async 2.x of the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK on 31 August 2024 Update to Java Async 2.x to Java SDK 4.x by 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Multi-step web tests will be retired on 31 August 2024 Transition to custom availability tests in Application Insights by 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates ND-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2022 Transition to new HPC virtual machines by 31 August 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Community support for Azure Database PostgreSQL version 10 ends on 10 November 2022 Upgrade your Azure Database for PostgreSQL from version 10 to 11. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Java 7 will be retired from App Service on 29 July 2022 Transition to Java 11 or 8 by 29 July 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Transition to new work item integration in Application Insights by 31 August 2022 Work item integration (classic) will be retired on 31 August 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Machine Learning Studio (classic) will retire on 31 August 2024 Machine Learning Studio (classic) will be retired by 31 August 2024 – transition to Azure Machine Learning. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024 Migrate your cloud services to a new deployment model before 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Data Factory Compute Optimized data flows will be retired on 31 August 2024 Transition from Compute Optimized data flows to General Purpose data flows by 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Community support for PHP 7.3 is ending on 6 December 2021 Upgrade to PHP 7.4 before 6 December 2021. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Basic and Standard A-series VMs will retire on 31 August 2024 Migrate your Azure workloads to Av2-series VMs before 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure AD B2C redirect URL login.microsoftonline.com will be retired on 31 August 2022 Update apps using Azure AD B2C to new redirect b2clogin.com. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Apply settings inside machines using Azure Policy's guest configuration Azure Policy can audit or configure settings inside a machine, both for machines running in Azure and Arc-enabled hybrid machines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure expands HITRUST certification across 51 Azure regions Azure expands offering and region coverage to Azure customers with its 2021 HITRUST validated assessment. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Windows 11 public preview is now available on Azure Virtual Desktop You can now run Windows 11 preview images on Azure Virtual Desktop. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates NC v2-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2022 Transition to new HPC virtual machines by 31 August 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Version 2.x of the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK will be retired on 31 August 2024 Update your Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK to version 3 by 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Tomcat 7 reached End-of-Life on 23 March 2021 Transition to Tomcat 8.5 or 9.0 by 29 July 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates H-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2022 Migrate to HPC, GP, or RAM optimized VMs by 31 August 2022 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Release annotations using API keys will be retired on 31 August 2024 Transition to new release annotations without using API keys in Application Insights. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Blob storage - Last access time tracking now generally available This feature helps administrators control costs through the automatic tiering and deletion of blobs via tiering including when the data was last read. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Archive Storage events for easy rehydration of archived blobs React to rehydration events on Azure Archive Storage with Azure Event Grid. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: New VM series supported by Azure Batch Take advantage of VM sizes that are now available when creating your Batch pools. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates We're retiring the Log Analytics agent in Azure Monitor on 31 August 2024 Start using the Azure Monitor agent instead of the Log Analytics agent before 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates NV-series and NV_Promo Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2022 Move to GPU accelerated virtual machines by 31 August 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Static Web Apps adds public preview support for Private Endpoints Secure your static web apps with Private Endpoints by limiting exposure to the public internet. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Mounting Azure Storage as a local share for web apps deployed on App Service is generally available This new capability enables mounting Azure Storage as a network share in a built-in Linux container or a custom Linux container deployed to App Service for Linux. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: AKS support for Kubernetes 1.21 Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) users can now benefit from enhancements and capabilities in Kubernetes 1.21. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Enhanced troubleshooting experiences now generally available for additional resources in Network Insights You can now access resource topology views and pre-built monitoring workbooks for Private Link, NAT Gateway, Public IP, and NIC resources in Azure, via Network Insights. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: CSI storage driver support on Azure Kubernetes Service Natively leverage storage systems in Kubernetes using Container Storage Interface storage drivers. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Application Insights auto-instrumentation of .NET apps on Linux Application Insights, an Application Performance Management (APM) observability feature of Azure Monitor, is announcing the release of several key features including .NET on Linux auto-instrumentation for .NET Core 3.1, .NET5, and preview of .NET6, including support for self-contained and framework-dependent deployments. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Managed PgBouncer now generally available PgBouncer, a popular connection pooler for Postgres, is now part of the Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus) managed service. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Server group restart now generally available The restart server group capability is now available for Hyperscale (Citus) on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the Postgres open-source database on Azure. Click here for more information.