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Custom .Net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.
Target retirement date: September 30, 2024
Custom .Net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.
Azure Sphere version 24.03 and Azure Sphere (Integrated) are now generally available
The Azure Sphere 24.03 release includes Azure Sphere (Integrated) general availability, support for custom certificates to connect to Azure IoT Services, an updated version of cURL for the Azure Sphere OS, security fixes, SDK support for Ubuntu 24.04 pre-release, removal of SDK support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and changes to the CMake toolchain.
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.
Community support for Standard_M192is_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027
Support for Standard_M192is_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.
Azure HDInsight 4.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025 - migrate your HDInsight clusters to 5.1
Target retirement date: March 31, 2025
Azure HDInsight 4.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025 - migrate your HDInsight clusters to 5.1
WhatsApp Business Platform now available for applications built on Azure
Target availability: Q1 2024
Azure Communication Services Advanced Messaging is now generally available, enabling developers to send and receive messages from their applications through third party social messaging platforms, like the WhatsApp Business Platform. This latest messaging service helps businesses create intelligent B2C communication workflows to reach more customers at scale and deliver safe, reliable communications to customers worldwide.
Azure Sphere OS version 24.03 is now available for evaluation
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation for this release period provides 28 days for backward-compatibility testing.
January 2024
Announcing General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API
General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data plane API We are excited to share Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API is Now Generally Available! Unlock enhanced insights into the monitoring of your Azure resources with our powerful API. Explore its features and elevate your monitoring experience today!
Automatic Image Creation using Azure VM Image Builder is now generally available
We’re happy to announce automatic image creation using Azure Image Builder is now generally available. This feature improves your speed and efficiency by allowing you the ability to start image builds for new base images automatically.
Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink
Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink (Public Preview)
November 2023
Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for ASP.NET Core Applications
Target availability: Q4 2023
Use OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation with vender-neutral APIs to power metrics, logs, and distributed traces in Azure Monitor application insights.
General availability: Azure Monitor Application Insights Browser SDK Loader for Node.js
Target availability: Q3 2023
Azure Monitor Application Insights Node.js customers can enable real user monitoring (RUM) with a simple configuration.
Public Preview: Announcing the preview of Azure Managed Confidential Consortium Framework
Deploy and build decentralized governance applications with granular confidentiality amongst members.
Preview: Disk Integrity Tool for confidential VMs in Azure
The disk integrity tool for confidential VMs is now in preview. This enables you to measure and attest that your OS disk is launched as expected.
Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent JSON log collection
Target availability: Q4 2023
Azure Monitoring Agent team has released for public preview JSON log collection. New collection types enable customers to migrate from other competing data collection services to Azure Monitor.
October 2023
General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 23.10 expected on November 8
Participate in retail evaluation now to ensure compatibility. The Azure Sphere team has also updated the trusted keystore of Azure Sphere devices, resulting in an additional reboot for production devices.
Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer Add-On for Splunk
Azure Data Explorer Add-On for Splunk (Public Preview)
September 2023
Azure Batch CLI extensions will be retired on 30 September 2024
Target retirement date: October 01, 2024
End of Life Announcement of Azure Batch CLI Extensions on 30 September 2024
Retirement notice: Azure Communication Services Network Traversal (TURN) Public Preview is retiring.
Target retirement date: March 31, 2024
Azure Communication Services Network Traversal (TURN) will be retired on 31 March 2024.Please migrate to an external service...
Retirement notice: The legacy Azure Storage Java client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024
Target retirement date: September 13, 2024
Upgrade to the latest version of the libraries before the Legacy Azure Storage Java client libraries are retired on 13 September 2024.
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