Updates Archives
Monthly updates for October 2022
Generally available: New KMS DNS in Azure US Government Cloud
All Azure Windows VMs provisioned in Azure US Government Cloud after 1 February 2023, will be activated via aazkms.core.usgovcloudapi.net, which points to one new KMS IP address, 52.126.105.2.
API versions being retired for Azure API Management
Target availability: Q3 2023
On 30 September 2023, all API versions prior to 2021-08-01 will be retired and API calls using those API versions will fail.
Review your VNET configurations in Switzerland North that may be affected by IP address changes
Target availability: Q3 2023
On 30 September 2023, we’re making the resource providers for Azure API Management zone redundant in each region.
Public preview: SAP S/4HANA events are now available on Azure Event Grid
Integrate your apps using Event Grid and SAP S/4HANA events.
Public preview: IPVS load balancer support in AKS
You can now use the IP Virtual Server (IPVS) load balancer with AKS, with configurable connection scheduling and TCP/UDP timeouts.
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.
The Continuous delivery setting for Azure VMSS will be retired on 31 March 2023 – Use Azure DevOps to create pipelines
Target retirement date: March 31, 2023
Start using Azure Pipelines by 31 March 2023, instead of Azure Portal to create Continuous delivery pipelines for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set
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.
Generally available: Windows Admin Center for Azure Virtual Machines
Target availability: Q4 2022
Windows Admin Center for Azure Virtual Machines is now generally available for you to manage the Operating System of your Windows Server infrastructure in Azure.
General availability: Static IP configurations of private endpoints
Azure private endpoint support of statically defined IP addresses is now generally available allowing you to provide static IP addresses when configuring your private endpoints.
General availability: Azure Monitor predictive autoscale for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Predictive autoscale manages and scales your virtual machine scale sets by observing and learning from historical CPU usage patterns.
Public preview: New Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set and Spot Virtual Machines capabilities
You can now include standard VMs and Spot VMs in the same Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set. New VM-series are now supported with Virtual Machine Scale Sets flexible orchestration mode.
General availability: Confidential VM option for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Run your SQL Server workloads on the latest AMD-backed confidential virtual machines, ensuring protection of data in use.
General availability: Azure DNS Private Resolver – hybrid name resolution and conditional forwarding
Seamlessly perform conditional forwarding from on-prem to Azure Private DNS Zones and from Azure Virtual Networks to any target DNS server.
Generally available: Azure Automanage for Azure Virtual Machines and Arc-enabled servers
Announcing the general availability for Azure Automanage with expanded configuration options.
Public preview: Support for HANA Instance snapshot integrated with backint logs
Protect your large HANA databases in Azure Virtual Machines and recover them instantly with the Azure Backup for HANA backint-certified solution which now supports HANA snapshots.
General availability: Simplified disaster recovery for VMware machines using Azure Site Recovery
Target availability: Q4 2022
Today we’re officially announcing the general availability of a simpler, more reliable and modernised way to protect your VMware virtual machines using Azure Site Recovery, for recovering quickly from disasters.
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
General availability: Smart tiering to vault-archive tier for Azure Backup
You can now configure your backup policy to move all your eligible and recommended recovery points to vault-archive tier for Azure Virtual Machines, SQL Server/SAP HANA in Azure Virtual Machines.
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