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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.
Generally available: Azure Monitor agent migration tools
Migration to the cost-effective, secure, performant, and manageable new Azure Monitor agent is now made easy using migration tools and helpers.
General availability: AMD-based confidential VMs for Azure Kubernetes Service
Announcing the general availability of confidential node pools on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with AMD SEV-SNP confidential VMs.
Public preview: Azure Active Directory workload identity support in AKS
Workload identity provides a simpler approach for managing identities and overcomes limitations of Azure Active Directory pod-managed identity.
Desired state configuration VM Extension for Linux, and Azure Automation DSC support for Linux, will be retired on 30 September 2023
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
September 2022
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.
Generally available: New Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm-based processors
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.
August 2022
Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 63 - August 2022
This update provides the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components.
Public preview: AMD-based confidential VMs for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Announcing the public preview of confidential node pools on AKS with AMD SEV-SNP confidential VMs.
July 2022
Public preview: Azure Monitor for SAP solutions
Azure Monitor for SAP solutions allows you to collect and visualize end-to-end SAP telemetry in the Azure portal.
Public preview: Azure Active Directory authentication for exporting and importing Managed Disks
Improve security with the new integration to Azure Active Directory (AD) used to export and import data to Azure Managed Disks.
Public preview: Migration tools for Azure Monitor Agent
Migration to the cost-effective, secure, performant, and manageable new Azure Monitor agent is now made easy using migration tools and helpers.
April 2022
Generally available: IBM WebSphere on Azure with evaluation licensing
Use evaluation licenses, instead of full entitlements, for WebSphere on Azure Virtual Machines for trial and prototyping.
Generally available: Azure Virtual Machines increase storage throughput by up to 300%
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.
Public preview: Arm64-based Azure VMs can deliver up to 50% better price-performance
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.
March 2022
Public preview: Node auto-drain for AKS
AKS now minimizes unexpected disruptions by handling maintenance events and offloading applications via auto-drain node feature.
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.
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.
February 2022
Generally available: Virtual Machine level disk bursting supports additional VM types
Handle unforeseen disk traffic spikes smoothly without the need to overprovision your virtual machine with virtual machine level disk bursting.
Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 60 - January 2022
Review the improvements and fixes provided in Update Rollup 60.
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