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RSS feedApril 2024
Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for April 2024
Three features now available in GA enable you to seamlessly log inference data to a central location, set up event-driven applications, processes, or workflows based on Azure Machine Learning events, and utilize lifecycle management of features from creation through archival.
Azure Event Grid support for last will & testament (LWT) capabilities now in Public Preview
Ensures predictable and reliable flow of communication among MQTT clients during unexpected disconnections.
December 2023
Azure Event Grid releases public preview support for events from services like Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Teams.
Target availability: Q4 2023
Support for Microsoft Graph API events helps you automate actions in response to Microsoft resource changes.
Azure Event Grid system topics support for resource management and health resources now in Public Preview
Health resources and resource management alerts available through Event Grid system topics
November 2023
MQTT broker feature, PubSub capabilities now available for Azure Event Grid
Bi-directional communication and flexible consumption patterns - at scale.
Public Preview: Azure Monitor Alerts integration with Event Grid for Azure Key Vault system events
Azure Monitor alerts as a destination in Event Grid event subscriptions allow you to receive notification of critical events via action groups as Short Message Service (SMS), email, push notification, and more. You can leverage on the low latency event delivery of Event Grid with the flexibility and direct-to-customer notifications of Azure Monitor alerts.
August 2023
Generally Available: SDK type bindings in Azure Functions
Target availability: Q3 2023
Azure Functions now supports binding to types from the Azure SDK, providing a richer development experience.
July 2023
Generally available: Event Grid upgrade enhancements for AKS
Target availability: Q3 2023
You can now receive and programmatically handle AKS generated upgrade events in Event Grid
May 2023
Generally Available – New Azure Event Grid events for Azure API Management Self-hosted gateway
We are announcing the support for 11 new Azure Event Grid event types in Azure API Management.
Public Preview: Azure Event Grid now includes MQTT protocol support and HTTP pull-style message delivery.
Publish and subscribe to messages between MQTT clients and use HTTP push and pull subscriptions to integrate data with other applications.
January 2023
Public preview: Tribal Group events available to Azure Event Grid customers
You can now subscribe to events Tribal Group applications and automate your processes based on Tribal Group application state changes.
October 2022
Public preview: SAP S/4HANA events are now available on Azure Event Grid
Integrate your apps using Event Grid and SAP S/4HANA events.
Generally available: Azure Communication Services short code functionality for SMS
Execute high-volume SMS campaigns in seconds with easy, automated short code functionality.
Generally available: Event Grid integration with AKS
You can now get notification via Event Grid when a new Kubernetes version is available on AKS.
August 2022
Generally available: Azure Functions extension for Event Grid blob trigger
Use the Event Grid blob trigger in Azure Functions to handle events raised by a storage account.
July 2022
Generally available: Azure Event Grid partner events
Partner events, now generally available on Azure Event Grid, adds several additional features to enhance security.
June 2022
Public preview: Microsoft Graph API integration with Azure Event Grid
Use the Event Grid Microsoft Graph API integration to subscribe to events from Azure AD, Outlook, and more.
May 2022
Public preview: New modern capabilities for Azure SQL Database
Simplify and expedite application development and reduce time-to-market with new features for Azure SQL Database.
Public preview: Event Grid enables user authorization to create partner topics
Gain a greater security stance by explicitly authorizing a partner to create partner topics or partner destinations in your Azure subscription.
April 2022
Generally available: Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault
Key Vault now enables you to automatically rotate keys for encryption of your data.
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