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March 2024

Mar 25

General Availability: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the "Automatic Scaling" feature.

  • App Service
  • App Service (Linux)
  • Features
Mar 25

Preview: New Features in Azure Container Storage

IN PREVIEW

Azure Container Storage is a fully managed volume orchestration service built natively for containers. New capabilities include support for Temp SSD, simplified installation via AKS CLI, and scalable storage for cost-efficient workload management.

  • Azure Container Storage
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Mar 25

Public Preview: Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backup by Azure Backup for VM

IN PREVIEW

Azure VM backup now supports agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups in public preview.

  • Azure Backup
  • Compliance
Mar 22

Action required: Upgrade your App Service apps to Node 20 LTS by 30 April 2025

Target retirement date: April 30, 2025

Extended support for Node 18 LTS is ending

  • Retirements
Mar 22

Important Notice: Azure Product Retirement: End of Life Announcement of Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service Versions 31 March 2025

Target availability: Q1 2025

Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service will be retired on 31 March 2025.  

  • Features
Mar 22

Azure Content Moderator will be retired on 15 March 2027

Target retirement date: March 15, 2027

We encourage users to explore our new offering Azure AI Content Safety that offers both new and updated capabilities to meet your content moderation needs.

  • Retirements
Mar 22

Basic and Standard A-series VMs on HDInsight will retire on 31 August 2024

Target retirement date: August 31, 2024

On 31 August 2024, Azure will retire Basic and Standard A-series VMs as announced earlier on 24 August 2021. Before 31 August 2024, you need to migrate your HDInsight A series VMs to Av2-series VMs, which provide more memory per vCPU and faster storage on solid-state drives (SSDs). To avoid service disruptions, migrate your workloads from Basic and Standard A-series VMs to Av2-series VMs before 31 August 2024.

  • HDInsight
  • Retirements
Mar 22

Support for Connector for AWS in Cost Management is ending on 31 March 2025

Target retirement date: April 01, 2025

The Connector for AWS in the Cost Management service will be retired on 31 March 2025. By that date, please consider alternative cost management reporting for AWS available in the market.

  • Microsoft Cost Management
  • Retirements
Mar 22

Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.2 End of Support

NOW AVAILABLE

Target retirement date: July 08, 2024

End of Support for Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.2. Apache Spark 3.2 will be retired and disabled as of July 8, 2024.

  • Retirements
Mar 22

Retirement: Support for .NET 7 ends on 14 May 2024—upgrade your Azure Functions resources to .NET 8

Target retirement date: May 24, 2024

Upgrade your Azure Functions resources to .NET 8 by 14 May 2024

  • Azure Functions
  • Retirements
Mar 22

Update to Azure Functions Service Bus extension v5.x by 31 March 2025 for continued support

Target retirement date: March 31, 2025

Applications that are using the Azure Functions Service Bus extension v4.x will be unsupported after 31 March 2025

  • Retirements
Mar 22

Azure Maps Native SDK for Android and iOS will be retired on 31 March 2025 – transition to use Azure Maps Web SDK in a web view

Target retirement date: March 31, 2025

Azure Maps Native SDK for Android and iOS will be retired on 31 March 2025

  • Azure Maps
  • Retirements
Mar 22

Action recommended: Update to using Grafana version 10 for Azure Managed Grafana

Target retirement date: September 30, 2024

The Grafana version 9 will be retired on 31 August 2024

  • Retirements
Mar 22

Default Internet outbound access for Simplified node communication Batch pools without public IP addresses will be retired on 30 September 2025

Target retirement date: October 01, 2025

End of life announcement for default Internet outbound access for Simplified node communication Batch pools without public IP addresses on 30 September 2025

  • Retirements
Mar 22

HPC Pack 2016 will be retired on 12 January 2027

Target retirement date: January 13, 2027

End of life announcement for HPC Pack 2016 on 12 January 2027

  • Retirements
Mar 22

Support for Standard_M192idms_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027

NOW AVAILABLE

Target retirement date: March 14, 2027

Community support for Standard_M192idms_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

  • Retirements
  • Features
Mar 22

Community support for Standard_M192ids_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Target retirement date: March 18, 2027

Support for Standard_M192idms_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027

  • Retirements
  • Features
Mar 22

Community support for Standard_M192ims_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Target retirement date: March 19, 2027

Support for Standard_M192ims_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.

  • Retirements
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
Mar 22

Community support for Standard_M192is_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Support for Standard_M192is_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.

  • Retirements
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
Mar 22

Some compliance features in Microsoft Defender for Cloud will be retired on September 30, 2025

Target retirement date: September 30, 2025

Microsoft Actions and Compliance offerings, two regulatory compliance features in public preview, will no longer be available through the Defender for Cloud portal pages starting September 30, 2025.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Retirements

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