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Azure HDInsight 5.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025
Target retirement date: March 31, 2025
Azure HDInsight 5.0 for cluster shapes Kafka, Interactive Query, and Spark will retire on 31 March 2025. HDInsight, 5.1 is Generally available from November 1, 2023, this release contains all the latest versions of supported software. It comes with all the improvements made in open-source versions and the integrations from Microsoft.
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.
January 2024
Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink
Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink (Public Preview)
June 2023
Azure HDInsight for Apache Spark 3.3 is now available for public preview
Apache Spark™ 3.3 on HDInsight is now in preview.
Enhanced autoscale capabilities added to HDInsight clusters
Azure HDInsight has made notable improvements in stability and latency on Autoscale.
General availability: Poland Central region added to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight is now generally available in Poland Central.
Azure HDinsight Spark 2.4 approaching EOL
Azure HDInsight for Apache Spark 2.4 will be retired as of February 10, 2024.
March 2023
Azure HDInsight for Apache Kafka 3.2.0 is now available for public preview.
Azure HDInsight for Apache Kafka 3.2.0 now available for public preview and ready for production workloads.
Azure HDInsight for Apache HBase 2.4.11 is now available for public preview.
Azure HDInsight for Apache HBase 2.4.11 now available for public preview and ready for production workloads.
December 2021
Azure HDInsight 2018-06-01 preview API will be retired on 30 November 2024
Target availability: Q4 2023
Transition to the new Azure 'HDInsight API 2021-06-01' before 30 November 2024.
November 2021
General availability: New Sweden Central region added to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight is now available in more European regions, Sweden Central.
October 2021
Azure HDInsight support for Restricted Public Connectivity is generally available
You can now create Azure HDInsight with restricted public connectivity resulting in a more secure networking infrastructure.
Azure HDInsight support for Azure Private Link is generally available
Enhance your security posture by leveraging Azure Private Link to connect to your HDInsight cluster privately across networks over Microsoft backbone network
August 2021
General availability: New Australia Central region added to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight is now generally available for Australia Central customers.
July 2021
General availability: New West US 3 region added to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight is now generally available for West US 3 customers.
April 2021
Apache Spark 3.0 is now available for public preview in HDInsight 4.0.
Apache Spark 3.0 public preview in HDInsight 4.0 is a major update to Apache Spark and brings significant improvements including better performance and better support for ANSI SQL.
AMD-based Eav4-series virtual machines are now generally available in Azure HDInsight
The Eav4-series virtual machines are ideal for memory intensive workloads, and offer great performance for large in-memory business critical workloads at competitive price points on Azure HDInsight.
March 2021
New Norway East region added to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight is now generally available for Norway East customers.
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