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July 2023

12 Jul

General availability: Call automation capabilities for Azure Communication Services

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2023

A new set of APIs are in preview, to help developers build server-based, calling workflows.

  • Services
  • Microsoft Build
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

June 2023

13 Jun

General availability: Azure HX Virtual Machines for HPC

NOW AVAILABLE

HX-series VMs for HPC are now generally available in the Azure East US region.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Microsoft Build
13 Jun

General availability: Azure HBv4 Virtual Machines for HPC

NOW AVAILABLE

HBv4-series VMs for HPC are now generally available in the Azure East US region.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Microsoft Build
13 Jun

Public Preview: App Service support for .NET 8

IN PREVIEW

Early access feature of App Service enables support for .NET 8.

  • App Service
  • Microsoft Build
13 Jun

Public preview: Add-on and node image in AKS release tracker

IN PREVIEW

More accurate information about specific add-ons and node images

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
1 Jun

General Availability: Isovalent Cilium Enterprise through Azure Marketplace

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2023

Isovalent Cilium Enterprise is now generally available through Azure Marketplace.

  • Virtual Network
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Services
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features

May 2023

30 May

General availability: NLog Sink for Azure Data Explorer

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Data Explorer now supports ingestion of data from .NET Applications via the NLog Sink.

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Microsoft Build
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
  • Open Source
30 May

Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer bindings for Azure Functions

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2023

Azure Data Explorer Bindings for Azure Functions (Public Preview)

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Azure Functions
  • Microsoft Build
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
30 May

General availability: Azure CNI powered by Cilium

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2023

Leverage next generation eBPF dataplane for pod networking, Kubernetes network policies and service load balancing.

  • Virtual Network
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Services
  • Microsoft Build
  • Security
  • Features
30 May

Setting Up a CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions for Stream Analytics Jobs

NOW AVAILABLE

Are you using GitHub for managing your Stream Analytics project and looking to leverage GitHub's powerful CI/CD pipeline? Follow this comprehensive guide and learn to set up a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions for your Stream Analytics jobs.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
24 May

Public Preview: Azure AI Content Safety

IN PREVIEW

Azure AI Content Safety is a new Azure AI service that identifies harmful online content, categorizes it and assigns severity scores to support human content moderator workloads.

  • Azure AI services
  • Services
  • Microsoft Build
24 May

Private Preview: Kafka Input and Output with Azure Stream Analytics

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2023

You can connect directly to Kafka to ingest from Kafka clusters or output data to Kafka clusters in your Azure Stream Analytics (ASA) job.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
  • Open Source
24 May

Virtual Network Integration Support (Public Preview) for Azure Stream Analytics

ASA is thrilled to announce public preview of Virtual Network Integration support for Azure Stream Analytics! 

  • Microsoft Build
  • Security
  • Features
24 May

Azure Stream Analytics is Launching a New Competitive Pricing Model!

Up to 80% price reduction in Azure Stream Analytics

  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Microsoft Build
23 May

Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB SDKs OpenTelemetry and Application Insights integration

IN PREVIEW

Monitoring your applications is easier than ever with new support for OpenTelemetry and improved Application Insights integration.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
23 May

General Availability: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is now Generally Available.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Managed Prometheus
  • Azure Managed Grafana
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Microsoft Build
  • Management
  • Open Source
23 May

Public Preview: App Service automatic scaling support in portal UX

IN PREVIEW

Now you can use the Azure Portal to configure App Service auto-scaling rules.

  • App Service
  • Microsoft Build
23 May

Public Preview: Azure Monitor announces Network Observability AKS add-on

IN PREVIEW

The new Network Observability AKS add-on provides complete observability into the network health and connectivity of your AKS cluster.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Managed Grafana
  • Microsoft Build
  • Management
  • Features
  • Open Source
23 May

Preview: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.2 support for AMD confidential VMs

IN PREVIEW

User of AMD-based confidential VMs can now select the RHEL 9.2 technical preview as their guest OS.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Microsoft Build
  • Security
  • Operating System
  • Features
  • Open Source
23 May

AMD Confidential VM option for Azure Databricks

IN PREVIEW

Users can now select AMD-based confidential VMs for their Azure Databricks cluster driver node and cluster worker nodes.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Microsoft Build

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