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Native Delta Lake Output Now Generally Available in Azure Stream Analytics
The native support for Delta Lake output in Azure Stream Analytics is now generally available.
March 2024
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.
Custom .net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024
Target retirement date: October 01, 2024
Custom .net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024. After that date, it won't be possible to use the feature. Please transition to a JSON, AVRO, or CSV built-in deserializer by that date.
Generally available: Azure Health Data Services DICOM service with Azure Data Lake Storage
With the integration of Azure Data Lake Storage and the DICOM service, organizations can now enjoy full control over their imaging data and increased flexibility for accessing and working with that data through the Azure storage ecosystem and APIs.
February 2024
Generally available: Support for up to 100 TB of storage for the FHIR service
The FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services supports up to 100 TB of storage. The FHIR service can store and exchange large amounts of health data, and each FHIR service instance has a 4 TB storage limit by default. However, if you have more data, you can ask Microsoft to increase storage up to 100 TB for your FHIR service.
January 2024
Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink
Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink (Public Preview)
Azure Stream Analytics No-code Editor: new features and improvements in Jan 2024
Enhancements and new features have been introduced to the Stream Analytics no-code editor, accessible through both the Azure Event Hubs portal and the Azure Stream Analytics portal. These updates aim to deliver a more intuitive and user-friendly experience for users.
December 2023
Generally available: Azure Stream Analytics in seven more regions
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Store and manage medical imaging data with Azure Data Lake Storage (Preview)
With the integration of Azure Data Lake Storage and the DICOM service, organizations can now enjoy full control over their imaging data and increased flexibility for accessing and working with that data through the Azure storage ecosystem and APIs.
November 2023
Public Preview: Kafka Input and Output with Azure Stream Analytics
Target availability: Q4 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.
Public Preview Preview: Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) with Azure Stream Analytics
Target availability: Q4 2023
You can ingest events in protobuf format into Azure Stream Analytics using a built-in deserializer.
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
LSA payload update for fixes on 15-Jan
On the 15-Jan we are going to fix those 2 values in LSA payload to contain the correct values according to our other alerts services.
Generally Available: Add an Azure Cosmos DB custom endpoint in Azure IoT Hub
Azure IoT Hub now supports the ability to setup an Azure Cosmos DB account as a custom endpoint. This will help route device data from IoT Hub to Azure Cosmos DB directly.
September 2023
Azure API for FHIR retiring on 30 September 2026
Target retirement date: September 30, 2026
Migrate your data from Azure API for FHIR to Azure Health Data Services FHIR service for richer data integration and analytics capabilities.
July 2023
Public preview: Stream Analytics No-Code Editor available in Azure Stream Analytics Portal
The no-code editor is now available in Azure Stream Analytics portal to enable building your Stream Analytics jobs effortlessly, no coding required.
Generally available: Autoscale Stream Analytics jobs
Generally available: Autoscale Stream Analytics jobs
Public Preview: Ingest events from Azure Event Hubs to Azure Monitor Logs
You can now ingest data directly from an event hub into a Log Analytics workspace
June 2023
Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer Synapse Link
Now generally available: managed ingestion from Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer in near real time.
May 2023
Setting Up a CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions for Stream Analytics Jobs
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.
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