Updates Archives
Monthly updates for August 2021
Java 7 will be retired from App Service on 29 July 2022
Target availability: Q3 2022
Transition to Java 11 or 8 by 29 July 2022.
Transition to new work item integration in Application Insights by 31 August 2022
Target retirement date: August 31, 2022
Work item integration (classic) will be retired on 31 August 2022.
Machine Learning Studio (classic) will retire on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Machine Learning Studio (classic) will be retired by 31 August 2024 – transition to Azure Machine Learning.
Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Migrate your cloud services to a new deployment model before 31 August 2024.
Azure Data Factory Compute Optimized data flows will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Transition from Compute Optimized data flows to General Purpose data flows by 31 August 2024.
Community support for PHP 7.3 is ending on 6 December 2021
Target retirement date: December 06, 2021
Upgrade to PHP 7.4 before 6 December 2021.
Basic and Standard A-series VMs will retire on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Migrate your Azure workloads to Av2-series VMs before 31 August 2024.
Azure AD B2C redirect URL login.microsoftonline.com will be retired on 31 August 2022
Update apps using Azure AD B2C to new redirect b2clogin.com.
Public preview: Apply settings inside machines using Azure Policy’s guest configuration
Azure Policy can audit or configure settings inside a machine, both for machines running in Azure and Arc-enabled hybrid machines.
Azure expands HITRUST certification across 51 Azure regions
Azure expands offering and region coverage to Azure customers with its 2021 HITRUST validated assessment.
Windows 11 public preview is now available on Azure Virtual Desktop
You can now run Windows 11 preview images on Azure Virtual Desktop.
Version 2.x of the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target availability: Q3 2024
Update your Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK to version 3 by 31 August 2024.
Tomcat 7 reached End-of-Support on 23 March 2021
Target availability: Q3 2022
Transition to Tomcat 8.5 or 9.0 by 29 July 2022.
H-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2022
Target retirement date: August 31, 2022
Migrate to HPC, GP, or RAM optimized VMs by 31 August 2022
Release annotations using API keys will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Transition to new release annotations without using API keys in Application Insights.
Azure Blob storage - Last access time tracking now generally available
This feature helps administrators control costs through the automatic tiering and deletion of blobs via tiering including when the data was last read.
General availability: Azure Archive Storage events for easy rehydration of archived blobs
React to rehydration events on Azure Archive Storage with Azure Event Grid.
General availability: New VM series supported by Azure Batch
Take advantage of VM sizes that are now available when creating your Batch pools.
We're retiring the Log Analytics agent in Azure Monitor on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Start using the Azure Monitor agent instead of the Log Analytics agent before 31 August 2024.
General availability: Public DNS support for private Azure Kubernetes Service clusters
Simplify name resolution to your AKS clusters without compromising your Kubernetes API server security.
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