Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Update your Azure SDK libraries for .NET and Golang by 30 September 2023 On 30 September 2023, we will be retiring support for Azure SDK for .NET and Golang libraries which do not conform to our current Azure SDK guidelines. The new Azure SDK libraries are updated… Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: New Azure Maps Creator feature - custom styling Fully customise the look and feel of your private indoor maps. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Policy analytics for Azure Firewall You can now manage firewall rules over time by providing insights and analysis of traffic flowing through Azure Firewall. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: ExpressRoute FastPath support for Vnet peering and UDRs FastPath support for virtual network peering and user defined routes (UDRs) enables high-bandwidth connectivity to workloads deployed across hub-and-spoke architectures. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Device Update for IoT Hub Use Device Update for IoT Hub to publish, distribute, and manage over-the-air updates for everything from tiny sensors to gateway-level devices. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift landing zone accelerator The Azure Red Hat OpenShift guide delivers resources that help design, deploy, and maintain well architected Azure Red Hat OpenShift platforms. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Billing has started for Azure Monitor Logs data archive Billing has started for Azure Monitor Logs data archive on September 1, 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Sphere version 22.09 The 22.09 release includes a decrease in cold boot time and optimized manufacturing scripts. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: 128 vCore option for Azure SQL Database standard-series hardware Scale up your computing power by 60% with a new 128 vCore compute size option on Azure SQL Database. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Policy built-in definitions for Azure NetApp Files The new Azure Policy built-in definitions for Azure NetApp Files enable organization admins to restrict creation of unsecure volumes or audit existing volumes. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure NetApp Files new regions and cross-region replication Azure NetApp Files is now available in additional regions and supports new cross-region replication pairs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure unmanaged disks will be retired on 30 September 2025 Migrate your data from Azure unmanaged disk storage to managed disks before September 30, 2025. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Support for PostgreSQL version 11 in Azure Database PostgreSQL Single Server ends on 9 November 2024 Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server will extend the support for PostgreSQL version 11 and will now retire on 9 November 2024. Migrate to Flexible Server PostgreSQL version 13 or higher. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Support for PostgreSQL version 11 in Azure Database PostgreSQL Flexible Server ends on 9 November 2024 Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server will extend the support for PostgreSQL version 11 and will retire on 9 November 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Continuous delivery setting of Azure VM will be retired on 31 March 2023 – Use Azure DevOps to create pipelines Start using Azure Pipelines by 31 March 2023 instead of Azure Portal to create Continuous delivery pipelines for Azure Virtual Machines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Deployment Center setting of Azure Kubernetes service (AKS) will be retired on 31 March 2023 – Use Automated Deployments to create pipelines Retirement notice: Deployment center setting of Azure Kubernetes Service will be retired 31 March 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Expanded feature regional availability for Azure NetApp Files backup Regional coverage has expanded for Azure NetApp Files backup. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Customer initiated storage account conversion You can now initiate storage account conversions from non-zonal redundancy to zonal redundancy via Azure Portal Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Encryption scopes on hierarchical namespace enabled storage accounts You can now use separate encryption keys for each customer in a single hierarchical namespace enabled storage account. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Improvements to Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) custom rules Azure regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) supports operators “Any” and “GreaterThanOrEqual”, improving WAF tuning capabilities. Azure's global WAF now supports geo-match filtering using the socket address in addition to remote address. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability (update): Improved Append Capability on Immutable Storage for Blob Storage Immutable storage for Blob Storage on containers now includes a new append capability. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Immutable storage for Azure Data Lake Storage Immutable storage for Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available. Immutable storage provides the capability to store data in a write once, read many (WORM) state. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: New KMS DNS in Azure China Cloud All Azure Windows VMs provisioned in Azure China Cloud after December 15, 2022, will be activated via azkms.core.chinacloudapi.cn, which points to two new KMS IP addresses, 159.27.28.100 and 163.228.64.161. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Ultra Disk Storage in Qatar Central Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most demanding workloads, now available in Qatar Central Azure. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates On 1 October 2025, the Log Analytics alert API in Azure Monitor will be retired On 1 October 2025, the Log Analytics alert API in Azure Monitor will be retired. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Resizing of peered virtual networks You can use this feature to resize or update the IP address of your peered virtual networks without removing the peering. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Media Services low-latency live streaming Azure Media Services is announcing the general availability of low-latency HLS with glass-to-glass latency between 4-7 seconds with support for automatic transcriptions and digital rights management. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Reserved capacity for Azure Backup Storage Reserved capacity for Azure Backup Storage is now available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Action groups can now be saved and processed within Europe Action groups can now be saved in European regions Sweden Central and Germany West Central (in addition to the default “global” region). Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: gRPC support in Azure App Service gRPC support is enabled for Linux workloads across App Service.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Azure Backup Learn about the new and improved alerting capabilities offered for Azure Backup, via Azure Monitor. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: API Management DevOps Resource Toolkit v1.0.0 Easily deploy APIs in a CI/CD pipeline with API Management DevOps Resource Toolkit v1.0.0. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Encrypt managed disks with cross-tenant customer-managed keys Protect your data by encrypting Premium SSD, Standard SSD, and Standard HDD managed disks with customer-managed keys. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.09 expected on September 22 Participate in the 22.09 retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Dedicated Host support for Ultra Disk Storage Introducing support for ultra disks on Azure dedicated host. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Reserved capacity for Azure Backup Storage Reserved capacity for Azure Backup Storage is now available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Standard network features for Azure NetApp Files Standard network features for Azure NetApp Files is generally available in 20 regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates In Development: New options to bring your licenses to a partner’s cloud On October 1, 2022, Microsoft will implement significant upgrades to our outsourcing and hosting terms that will benefit customers worldwide. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Resource instance rules for access to Azure Storage Resource instance rules enable secure connectivity to Azure Storage by only allowing access from specific resources of select Azure services. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Managed private endpoint support to Synapse SQL output You can now connect your Stream Analytics jobs running on a dedicated cluster to your synapse dedicated SQL pool using managed private endpoints. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL output in Stream Analytics Native output connector for Azure Database for PostgreSQL allows you to easily build real time applications with the database of your choice. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Authenticate to Service Bus using managed identity Authenticate your Stream Analytics jobs to connect to Service Bus using system-assigned managed identities. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Stream Analytics no-code editor updates in August 2022 New features are now available in Stream Analytics no-code editor public preview including Azure SQL database available as reference data input and output sink, diagnostic logs available for troubleshooting, and new designed ribbon. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Data Explorer Kusto Emulator New Azure Data Explorer offering: the Kusto Emulator is a Docker Container encapsulating the Kusto Query Engine. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: New Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm-based processors New general-purpose and memory-optimized Azure VMs, featuring Ampere Altra Arm-based processors, engineered to efficiently run scale-out, cloud-native workloads, are now available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Encrypt storage account with cross-tenant customer-managed keys Azure Storage now supports customer-managed keys using a key vault on a different Azure Active Directory tenant. Click here for more information.