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October 2022

21 Oct

App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024

Target retirement date: August 31, 2024

Migrate to App Service Environment version 3 by 31 August 2024.

  • App Service
  • Retirements
12 Oct

Generally available: Azure Monitor agent migration tools

NOW AVAILABLE

Migration to the cost-effective, secure, performant, and manageable new Azure Monitor agent is now made easy using migration tools and helpers.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Microsoft Ignite
12 Oct

General availability: AMD-based confidential VMs for Azure Kubernetes Service

NOW AVAILABLE

Announcing the general availability of confidential node pools on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with AMD SEV-SNP confidential VMs.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Open Source
  • Services
  • Features
  • Operating System
12 Oct

Public preview: Azure Active Directory workload identity support in AKS

IN PREVIEW

Workload identity provides a simpler approach for managing identities and overcomes limitations of Azure Active Directory pod-managed identity.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
7 Oct

Desired state configuration VM Extension for Linux, and Azure Automation DSC support for Linux, will be retired on 30 September 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

Target retirement date: September 30, 2022

PowerShell DSC Virtual Machine extension for Linux, and Azure Automation DSC support for Linux, will be retired on 30 September 2023

  • Automation
  • Virtual Machines
  • Management
  • Features
  • Retirements

September 2022

23 Sep

Azure unmanaged disks will be retired on 30 September 2025

Target retirement date: September 30, 2025

Migrate your data from Azure unmanaged disk storage to managed disks before September 30, 2025.

  • Retirements
1 Sep

Generally available: New Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm-based processors

NOW AVAILABLE

New general-purpose and memory-optimized Azure VMs, featuring Ampere Altra Arm-based processors, engineered to efficiently run scale-out, cloud-native workloads, are now available.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features

August 2022

11 Aug

Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 63 - August 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

This update provides the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components.

  • Features
1 Aug

Public preview: AMD-based confidential VMs for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

IN PREVIEW

Announcing the public preview of confidential node pools on AKS with AMD SEV-SNP confidential VMs.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Open Source
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features

July 2022

20 Jul

Public preview: Azure Monitor for SAP solutions

IN PREVIEW

Azure Monitor for SAP solutions allows you to collect and visualize end-to-end SAP telemetry in the Azure portal.

  • Microsoft Inspire
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
12 Jul

Public preview: Azure Active Directory authentication for exporting and importing Managed Disks

IN PREVIEW

Improve security with the new integration to Azure Active Directory (AD) used to export and import data to Azure Managed Disks.

  • Features
6 Jul

Public preview: Migration tools for Azure Monitor Agent

IN PREVIEW

Migration to the cost-effective, secure, performant, and manageable new Azure Monitor agent is now made easy using migration tools and helpers.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features

April 2022

13 Apr

Generally available: IBM WebSphere on Azure with evaluation licensing

NOW AVAILABLE

Use evaluation licenses, instead of full entitlements, for WebSphere on Azure Virtual Machines for trial and prototyping.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Pricing & Offerings
5 Apr

Generally available: Azure Virtual Machines increase storage throughput by up to 300%

NOW AVAILABLE

Microsoft is announcing the general availability of the Ebs/Ebds v5 memory optimized Azure VM series, that deliver up to 300% increase in remote storage performance compared to prior generation VMs.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
4 Apr

Public preview: Arm64-based Azure VMs can deliver up to 50% better price-performance

IN PREVIEW

New general-purpose and memory-optimized Azure Virtual Machines, which feature Ampere Altra Arm-based processors, deliver even better price-performance than comparable x86-based Azure Linux Virtual Machines.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings

March 2022

30 Mar

Public preview: Node auto-drain for AKS

IN PREVIEW

AKS now minimizes unexpected disruptions by handling maintenance events and offloading applications via auto-drain node feature.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
28 Mar

App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024

Target retirement date: August 31, 2024

Migrate to App Service Environment version 3 by 31 August 2024.

  • App Service
  • Retirements
17 Mar

IoT Hub on Azure Stack Hub public preview will be retired on 30 September 2022

Target retirement date: July 31, 2022

Migrate to Azure IoT Edge gateway by 30 September 2022.

  • Azure Stack Hub
  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Retirements

February 2022

16 Feb

Generally available: Virtual Machine level disk bursting supports additional VM types

NOW AVAILABLE

Handle unforeseen disk traffic spikes smoothly without the need to overprovision your virtual machine with virtual machine level disk bursting.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Features
7 Feb

Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 60 - January 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

Review the improvements and fixes provided in Update Rollup 60.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Features

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