Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Classic experience to protect VMware machines using Azure Site Recovery will be retired on 30 March 2026 Azure Site Recovery’s classic experience to protect VMware VMs will be retired on 30 March 2026 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Service Fabric 9.1 Second Refresh Release This release includes quality improvements. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Migration feature with Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server Use the new migration tool to migrate workloads from Single Server to Flexible Server on 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: In-place scaling for enterprise caches Scale enterprise caches up or out without disrupting the operation of the current cache using in-place scaling. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: AKS support for Kubernetes 1.26 release You can now try out Kubernetes v1.26 features with Azure Kubernetes Service Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: New Azure Monitor audit logging policy released Azure Monitor is announcing the release of new Azure Policy built-in policies and initiatives for enabling platform logging of audit events for Azure services. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore Unlock the full potential of the Azure ecosystem with a MongoDB compatible database that simply works. A new architecture designed to provide seamless integration and unbeatable performance. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Maps Elevation APIs and Render V2 DEM tiles will be retired on 5 May 2023 To avoid service disruption in your applications, please review the following migration options and transition before 5 May 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Simpler way to renaming Network Interface (NIC) and Disks for protected VMs in Azure Site Recovery This article describes a new feature update for Azure Site Recovery.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio is now available in Brazil South region Azure Chaos Studio is now available in Brazil South region. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Automation is retiring Agent-based User Hybrid Runbook Worker (Windows & Linux) on 31 August 2024 Azure Automation is retiring Agent-based User Hybrid Runbook Worker on 31 August 2024 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Workspaces in Azure API Management Workspaces for Azure API Management is now in public preview. This new capability enables granular access control in multi-team Azure API Management deployments. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Reserved namespaces for subdomains Azure Traffic Manager now enables reserving domain labels across all traffic manager profiles. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Maps Creator – Improved indoor maps onboarding and new Features API An updated Conversion service now allows you to easily onboard indoor maps and a new Features API to read and edit your map features! Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Announcement: Azure Active Directory backed authentication for JMS 2.0 API on Azure Service Bus Announcement of AAD support for the JMS 2.0 API of Azure Service Bus. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: ASP. NET web app migration to Azure App Service using PowerShell Scripts ASP. NET web app migration to Azure App Service using PowerShell Scripts is now generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: 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: Serilog Sink for Azure Data Explorer Azure Data Explorer now supports ingestion of data from .NET Applications via the Serilog Sink. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Retirement notice: The Azure Storage PHP client libraries will be retired on 17 March 2024 Azure Storage PHP client libraries will be retired on 17 March 2024 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Retirement: Azure Database Migration Service (classic) - SQL Server scenarios deprecation Azure Database Migration Service (classic) - SQL Server scenarios will not be supported after March 31, 2026. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Listener TLS certificates management available in the Azure portal You can now manage the TLS certificates associated with Listeners through Azure portal. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Performance workbooks for Azure PostgreSQL - Flexible Server New troubleshooting experiences via monitor workbooks for Azure PostgreSQL - Flexible Server Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-March 2023 General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-March 2023 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Load Testing support for JMeter 5.5 Azure Load Testing now uses Apache JMeter version 5.5 for running load tests. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Machine Learning - Generally availability updates for March 2023 New features now available in GA include the ability to visualize timeseries models, and create a Compute Instance on behalf of another user. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Monitor integration with Azure Container Apps You can now choose different destinations for your Azure Container Apps logs Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Now available: Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials is a Microsoft supported lightweight Kubernetes distribution that is fine tuned to run on edge devices with constrained resources. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Immutable vaults for Azure Backup Immutable vaults help you protect your backups against threats like ransomware attacks and malicious actors by ensuring that your backup data cannot be deleted before its intended expiry time. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure SQL Database offline migrations in Azure SQL Migration extension The Azure SQL Migration extension allows offline database migrations of on-premises and cloud SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database, providing a comprehensive modernization experience in Azure Data Studio. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Red Hat OpenShift version 4.11 now available Take advantage of the features in OpenShift version 4.11. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Migration feature with Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server Use the new migration tool to migrate workloads from Single Server to Flexible Server on 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: Azure Cognitive Service for Vision Powers State-of-the-Art Computer Vision Development Extract robust insights from images and video content across multiple industry domains Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Illumio for Azure Firewall Illumio for Azure Firewall enables organizations to understand application traffic and dependencies and apply consistent protection across environments - limiting exposure, containing breaches, and improving efficiency. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Immutable vaults for Azure Backup Immutable vaults help you protect your backups against threats like ransomware attacks and malicious actors by ensuring that your backup data cannot be deleted before its intended expiry time. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Ephemeral OS disks supports encryption at host using customer managed keys Create Ephemeral VMs with customer managed key encryption types for encryption at host. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Accelerated Connections for Network Virtual Appliances now in Azure Marketplace Accelerated Connections is a new product that enhances Accelerated Networking enabled vNICs, enabling customers to increase connections per second and improve performance in multiple active connection scenarios. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates GA: Spot Priority Mix Deploy a Virtual Machine Scale Set with both Spot and standard virtual machines using flexible orchestration mode. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Yocto Kirkstone recipes for IoT Edge 1.4 LTS Announcing the addition of Kirkstone compatible recipes to build the latest IoT Edge 1.4.x LTS release. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Backup enables vaulted backups for Azure Blob for comprehensive data protection. Enable scheduled backups for Azure Blob using Azure Backup to ensure business continuity and recovery from inadvertent or malicious deletion or ransomware attacks. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Collect Syslog from AKS nodes using Azure Monitor - Container Insights Customers can now collect Syslog from their AKS Clusters using Azure Monitor – Container Insights. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: App Insights Extension for Azure Virtual Machines and VM Scale Sets Application insights extension enables easy to use application monitoring for IIS-hosted .NET Framework and .NET Core applications running on Azure VMs and VM scale sets. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Data sharing lineage and search for Azure Storage in Microsoft Purview Data Sharing Lineage is now available in Microsoft Purview for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Gen2 and Azure Blob (Blob) Storage in public preview. Data Sharing Lineage is aimed to provide detailed… Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Serverless Real-Time Inference for Azure Databricks Serverless Real-Time Inference for Azure Databricks is now generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates More transactions at no additional cost for Azure Standard SSD Save money on billable transactions as we waive transaction fees for Azure Standard SSD customers that exceed the maximum hourly limit. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Customer Initiated Storage Account Conversion Increase your data resiliency with our self-service option to convert your storage accounts from non-zonal to zonal redundancy via Azure Portal Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Azure Monitor Logs now supports Availability Zones in Canada Central, France Central and Japan East Azure Monitor Logs continues to extend its Availability Zone support by adding three regions – Canada Central, France Central and Japan East – to the East US 2 and West US 2 regions, which are already supported. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available updates for early March 2023 General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early March 2023 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure SQL—General availability updates for early March 2023 General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early March 2023 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: New enhanced connection troubleshoot Azure Network Watcher announces enhanced connection troubleshoot helping resolve network connectivity issue comprehensively along with actionable insights Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Now Available: Azure Monitor Ingestion client libraries The initial stable release of the Azure Monitor Ingestion client libraries is now available. Upload custom logs to Log Analytics workspaces in .NET, Java, JavaScript, and Python. Click here for more information.