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Azure Sphere version 24.03 and Azure Sphere (Integrated) are now generally available

The Azure Sphere 24.03 release includes Azure Sphere (Integrated) general availability, support for custom certificates to connect to Azure IoT Services, an updated version of cURL for the Azure Sphere OS, security fixes, SDK support for Ubuntu 24.04 pre-release, removal of SDK support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and changes to the CMake toolchain.

• SDK and Tools
• Operating System

Community support for Standard_M192ims_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Target retirement date: March 19, 2027

Support for Standard_M192ims_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.

• Retirements
• SDK and Tools
• Features

Community support for Standard_M192is_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Support for Standard_M192is_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.

• Retirements
• SDK and Tools
• Features

Azure HDInsight 4.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025 - migrate your HDInsight clusters to 5.1

Target retirement date: March 31, 2025

Azure HDInsight 4.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025 - migrate your HDInsight clusters to 5.1

• Retirements
• SDK and Tools
• Features

WhatsApp Business Platform now available for applications built on Azure

Target availability: Q1 2024

Azure Communication Services Advanced Messaging is now generally available, enabling developers to send and receive messages from their applications through third party social messaging platforms, like the WhatsApp Business Platform. This latest messaging service helps businesses create intelligent B2C communication workflows to reach more customers at scale and deliver safe, reliable communications to customers worldwide.

• Services
• SDK and Tools
• Features

Azure Sphere OS version 24.03 is now available for evaluation

Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation for this release period provides 28 days for backward-compatibility testing.

• SDK and Tools
• Operating System