Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Public preview: Simplified compute node communication Azure Batch offers simplified, efficient node communication within the Batch pool and Azure resources (storage, AppPackage storage accounts, output files, and other resources). Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Arc integration with VMware vSphere and Azure VMware Solution Manage the lifecycle and guest OS operations of VMware vSphere VMs through Azure Arc by connecting your VMware vCenter servers (on-premises or on Azure VMware Solution) to Azure. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Stream Analytics in 10 new regions Azure Stream Analytics is a fully managed, real-time analytics service designed to help you analyze and process fast moving streams of data. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Bring your own IP ranges to Azure Bring your own public IP ranges to Azure to retain existing reputation or to prevent your customers from needing to modify dependencies (e.g. firewalls or other hardcoding) on their network. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Update: ND-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on 31 August 2023 Transition to new HPC virtual machines by 31 August 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Update: NC v2-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on 31 August 2023 Transition to new HPC virtual machines by 31 August 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates NC v2-series Azure Virtual Machines retirement extended to 31 August 2023 Transition to new HPC virtual machines by 31 August 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates NC-series Azure Virtual Machines retirement extended to 31 August 2023 Transition to new HPC virtual machines by 31 August 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Update: NC-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2023 Transition to new HPC virtual machines by 31 August 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: The new Azure Front Door – a modern cloud CDN service Azure Front Door is a modern cloud CDN that enables you to accelerate the delivery of applications, APIs, and content on Azure or anywhere at scale. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates In development: New planned datacenter region in India (India South Central) Microsoft has announced plans to bring a new datacenter region to India, including availability zones. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: On-demand capacity reservation with Azure Site Recovery safeguards VMs failover Integrating Site Recovery with capacity reservation to reserve compute capacity in the disaster recovery region and use that for failover. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Bastion native client support Azure Bastion native client support brings you the ability to connect to target VMs from the command line and log in using your Azure Active Directory credentials. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: On-demand capacity reservations On-demand capacity reservations let you reserve compute capacity for one or more VM size(s) in an Azure region or availability zone for any length of time. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Batch supports Spot Virtual Machines Azure Batch supports Spot Virtual Machine's in user-subscription mode and is offered at a significantly reduced price compared with dedicated virtual machines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Percept DK March (2202) software update The Azure Percept March update includes fixes related to security. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Operator Assistance in Azure MFA will be retired on 30 September 2023 Turn off Operator Assistance and enable automated attendant features for phone system. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Classic data export in Azure IoT Central will be retired by 31 March 2023 Migrate to new data exports in Azure IoT Central before 31 March 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: User-assigned managed identities in Stream Analytics You can now use user-assigned managed identity to authenticate your Stream Analytics jobs to inputs and outputs without ever having to worry about credential management. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Intelligent cache for Apache Spark in Azure Synapse Accelerate Apache Spark in Azure Synapse execution speed using the new intelligent cache feature. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Data Explorer supports multiple databases per data connection Dynamically route Azure Data Explorer data to an alternate database Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Machine Learning user-defined functions in Azure Stream Analytics Machine Learning user-defined function in Stream Analytics allows you to perform high throughput, low latency, real-time predictions, allowing you to act on insights which have a very short shelf-life. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Templates functionality preview version in Azure portal will be retired on 31 March 2025 Start using template specs in the Azure portal before 31 March 2025. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Review your VNET configurations that may be affected by IP address changes IP address changes will begin affecting your ability to manage your virtual network-enabled API Management services on 31 March 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Time Series Insights will be retired on 31 March 2025 We’re retiring Azure Time Series Insights on 31 March 2025 – transition to Azure Data Explorer Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Inbound NAT rule now supports port management for backend pools You can now specify target backend pool in inbound NAT rule for less management overhead when configuring port forwarding. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Update your Azure App Service apps to use Microsoft .NET 6 before 3 December 2022 Extended support for .NET Core 3.1 is ending on 3 December 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure QnA Maker will be retired on 31 March 2025 Migrate to custom question answering before Azure QnA Maker is retired on 31 March 2025. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Transition to using connection strings for data ingestion by 31 March 2025 Technical support for instrumentation key–based global ingestion in Application Insights will end on 31 March 2025. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Community support for Node 14 LTS is ending on 30 April 2023 Community support for Node 14 LTS is ending on 30 April 2023 – transition to Node 14 LTS by that date Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Data Lake Analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024 Migrate to Azure Synapse Analytics. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Connect and manage devices in Azure IoT Central without models You now have the ability to connect your devices, send data, run commands, and create relationships without having to first create a model for them in Azure IoT Central. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates In development: New planned datacenter region in Finland (Finland Central) Microsoft has announced plans to bring a new datacenter region to Finland, including availability zones. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub A public preview of Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub is available starting with Azure Stack Hub update 2108. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack Hub A public preview of Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack Hub is available starting with Azure Stack Hub update 2108. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure HBv3 virtual machines for HPC now upgraded Azure HBv3 virtual machines are now upgraded to and generally available with AMD EPYC 3rd Gen processors with 3D V-Cache, codenamed “Milan-X”, in the Azure East US, South Central US, and West Europe regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Five Azure classic networking services will be retired on 31 August 2024 Migrate your resources that use classic networking services to Azure Resource Manager before 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Select Azure Dedicated Host SKUs will be retired on 31 March 2023 Azure Dedicated Hosts SKUs such as Dsv3-Type1, Dsv3-Type2, Esv3-Type1, and Esv3-Type2 will be retired on 31 March 2023. Upgrade your hosts to the recommended Dedicated Host SKUs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Extended support for Microsoft .NET Core 3.1 will end on 3 December 2022 Update your Azure Functions apps to use Microsoft .NET 6 before 3 December 2022 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates IoT Hub on Azure Stack Hub public preview will be retired on 30 September 2022 Migrate to Azure IoT Edge gateway by 30 September 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Migrate to MQTT broker on Azure IoT Edge by 31 March 2023 Event Grid on Azure IoT Edge public preview will be retired on 31 March 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Update your Azure SDK libraries by 31 March 2023 Support for Azure SDK libraries that do not conform to our current Azure SDK guidelines will be retired as of 31 March 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Enablement of combined security information registration for Azure Active Directory Beginning 1 October 2022, combined registration for multifactor authentication and self-service password reset is rolling out to you. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Private Link support in Azure API Management You can now integrate to clients in a virtual network privately, using Azure Private Link support in API Management. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Premium Container SKU (public preview) will be retired on 30 June 2022 Transition to Premium V3 by 30 June 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Container Monitoring will be retired on 31 March 2025 Migrate your workloads to Azure Monitor container insights by 31 March 2025. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Community support for Node 12 LTS is ending on 30 April 2022 Community support for Node 12 LTS is ending on 30 April 2022 – transition to Node 14 LTS by that date Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Community support for .NET 5 is ending on 8 May 2022 Community support for .NET 5 will end on 8 May 2022 – transition to .NET 6 by that date Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Hyperscale (Citus) supports PostgreSQL minor versions Use PostgreSQL 11.15, 12.10, 13.6, and 14.2 minor versions with Hyperscale (Citus) for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Clustering Support for JBoss EAP on Azure App Service Run highly available Java EE apps with Red Hat JBoss EAP on App Service with new clustering support. Click here for more information.