Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Generally Available: Azure Monitor VM Insights using Azure Monitor Agent VM Insights using Azure Monitor Agent provides various benefits like cost savings, simplified management experience and enhanced security & performance. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Firewall Single-Click Upgrade and Downgrade is now in general availability This feature allows you to upgrade your firewall without service downtime, with a single click of a button. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Firewall: Poland Central Region is now in general availability Azure Firewall is now generally available in the Poland Central region. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Firewall: Explicit Proxy is now in public preview This configuration allows traffic from the sending application to be directed to the private IP address of the firewall, facilitating direct egress from the firewall without the need for a UDR. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Firewall: Auto-Learn SNAT routes feature is now in public preview Azure Firewall can now learn address ranges and automatically configure them to be excluded from SNAT, to reduce time and complexity spent manually defining SNAT private ranges. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Log Alerts support for Azure Resource Graph (ARG) We are now introducing support for running queries also on Azure Resource Graph (ARG) tables, and even joining data between Azure Resource Graph (ARG) data sources from your Log Analytics workspace and Application Insights resources in a single query. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Trusted launch as default for VMs deployed through the Azure portal Trusted launch is now enabled by default for VMS deployed through the Azure portal, enhancing the foundational security of these VMs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Auto-upgrade scheduled maintenance for AKS You can now have dedicated maintenance for weekly AKS releases, auto upgrades and Node OS patching. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-August 2023 General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-August 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports minor versions 15.3, 14.8, 13.11, 12.15, 11.20. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Universal geo restore on Azure Database for MySQL- Flexible Server Restore Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server to any Azure supported region. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview – Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service The new Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) allows you to perform seamless migrations from SQL Server on-premises to Azure SQL targets using DMS. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Site Recovery Higher Churn Support Azure Site Recovery High Churn Support Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure App Configuration - public preview release of snapshots feature Key-value pairs from App Config store ensure controlled deployments. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Preview: Export Cost Management data to secure storage accounts with firewall Export Cost Management data to secure storage accounts with firewall Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure App Configuration - public preview release of snapshots feature Key-value pairs from App Config store ensure controlled deployments. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Logic Apps (Standard): Upgrade to Node 18 LTS by 11 September 2023 Support for Node 16 LTS is ending on 11 September 2023. Any application hosted on Azure Logic Apps that relies on this version will not be supported and must be upgraded to Node 18 LTS by 11 September 2023.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Retirement: Kubernetes 1.24 support in AKS Migrate to Kubernetes 1.25 or higher in AKS. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: AzAcSnap 9 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool updates AzAcSnap Version 9 Release Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Update type on your application insights troubleshooting guides by 31 March 2024 Troubleshooting guides within Azure Monitor application insights will be retired on 31 March 2024 - update the type to workbook. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Cross Subscription Restore for Azure Virtual Machines Cross Subscription Restore support for Azure VM is generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Rate-limit rules for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall Protect applications from abnormally high levels of traffic with rate-limit rules on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall running on Application Gateway. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Cross Subscription Restore for Azure Virtual Machines Cross Subscription Restore support for Azure VM is generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Front Door Standard/Premium in Azure Government Azure Front Door Standard/Premium is the new Azure native, modern cloud content delivery network (CDN) catering to both dynamic and static content delivery acceleration with enhanced security and a simple and predictable pricing model. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Retirement: Azure Container Apps preview API versions 2022-06-01-preview and 2022-11-01-preview If you're using Azure Resource Manager API version 2022-06-01-preview or 2022-11-01-preview to manage Azure Container Apps, please update your API requests to use version 2023-04-01-preview or later. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Front Door Standard/Premium in Azure Government Azure Front Door Standard/Premium is the new Azure native, modern cloud content delivery network (CDN) catering to both dynamic and static content delivery acceleration with enhanced security and a simple and predictable pricing model. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Custom NFSv4.1 ID Domain in Azure NetApp Files Non-LDAP volumes can now be configured to use a custom authentication ID Domain that matches your NFS environment. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Custom NFSv4.1 ID Domain in Azure NetApp Files Non-LDAP volumes can now be configured to use a custom authentication ID Domain that matches your NFS environment. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Elastic SAN Updates: Private endpoints & shared volumes Introducing the latest updates to Azure Elastic SAN (in preview), private endpoint support and volume sharing support via SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) Persistent Reservation. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Machine Learning - Public Preview for August Two new features now available in PuPr enable you to work with improved data size and model support and generate a default Responsible AI dashboard for the best AutoML model. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines Azure NetApp Files datastores now supports Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines in preview Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines Get improved performance and higher reliability for your memory-optimized workloads with the public preview of the new generation Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines Azure NetApp Files datastores now supports Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines in preview Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Load Testing in Japan East and Brazil South Azure Load Testing is in generally available in Japan East and Brazil South. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines Get improved performance and higher reliability for your memory-optimized workloads with the public preview of the new generation Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Sphere (Integrated) Public Preview We are excited to announce the Public Preview of Azure Sphere (Integrated), a new management interface for Azure Sphere services that is natively integrated with Azure via the Azure Resource Manager. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability : Help API provides access to self-help diagnostics Help API is now Generally Available! Help API provides you relevant and high-quality, self-help solutions to resolve issues with your Azure resource quickly and conveniently. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Backup now supports Cross Region Restore for PostgreSQL backups Cross Region Restore for PostgreSQL backups fore Azure Backup customers is now supported and is available in multiple public regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Sphere (Integrated) Public Preview We are excited to announce the Public Preview of Azure Sphere (Integrated), a new management interface for Azure Sphere services that is natively integrated with Azure via the Azure Resource Manager. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier is an online tier specifically designed for efficiently storing data that is infrequently accessed or modified, all while ensuring immediate availability. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Load Testing: Now supports JMeter backend listeners Azure Load Testing now supports JMeter backend listeners, so you can now configure a backend listener to export load test results to a data store, of your choice. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier is an online tier specifically designed for efficiently storing data that is infrequently accessed or modified, all while ensuring immediate availability. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Storage Mover support for SMB and Azure Files Migrate your SMB shares to Azure file shares with Azure Storage Mover. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio has User-Assigned Managed Identity and Custom Role Assignment Azure Chaos Studio has User-Assigned Managed Identity and Custom Role Assignment. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Route Server hub routing preference Configure hub routing preference to influence path selection for the same on-premises destination prefixes learned over (S2S) VPN, ExpressRoute, and SD-WAN NVAs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Load Testing: Now supports JMeter backend listeners Azure Load Testing now supports JMeter backend listeners, so you can now configure a backend listener to export load test results to a data store, of your choice. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: JBoss EAP on App Service Clustering JBoss EAP on App Service clustering is now generally available on Azure, enabling automatic, efficient clustering and auto-scaling for your high-availability applications. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for App Service and Virtual Machines Azure Chaos Studio supports new App Service and Virtual Machine faults. Click here for more information.

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

Azure service updates General availability | Azure NetApp Files: SMB Continuous Availability (CA) shares Azure NetApp Files SMB Continuous Availability (CA) shares is now Generally Available (GA) Click here for more information.