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November 2021

2 Nov

Azure Applied AI Services | Azure Cognitive Search updates now generally available

Azure Cognitive Search has expanded language and regional availability.

  • Azure AI services
  • Azure AI Search
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Azure Applied AI Services | Azure Video Analyzer updates in public preview

Azure Video Analyzer now has new cloud-based capabilities that deliver low-latency available in preview.

  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Services
2 Nov

Azure Machine Learning public preview announcement Ignite, November 2021

IN PREVIEW

New feature Azure Arc-enabled machine learning inference and data labeling with text classification using ML Assist capabilities are now available in preview in Azure Machine Learning.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Azure Cognitive Service for Language now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Cognitive Service for Language provides high-quality natural language capabilities, from sentiment analysis and entity extraction to automated question answering.

  • Azure AI services
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Services
  • Features

October 2021

19 Oct

Public preview: Azure Percept DK September (2109) software update is available

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure Percept September update includes fixes related to security and Wi-Fi/Network.

  • Azure Percept
  • Security
  • Features
  • Operating System
18 Oct

OCR (Read) supports 122 languages in the Cognitive Services Computer Vision public preview

IN PREVIEW

Computer Vision Read API for Optical Character Recognition (OCR), part of Cognitive Services, announces its public preview with new languages including Russian, Bulgarian, other Cyrillic and more Latin languages. This release also highlight handwritten OCR support for many languages, along with enhancements for digital PDFs and Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) text in identity documents.

  • Azure AI Vision
  • Azure AI services
  • Features
13 Oct

Azure Machine Learning now generally available in West US 3

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Machine learning, bringing AI to everyone with an end-to-end, scalable, trusted platform available in West US 3.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Regions & Datacenters
13 Oct

Azure Machine Learning announcements - Oct 2021 generally available capabilities

NOW AVAILABLE

New features now generally available include authenticate with Managed Identities, simplify data upload with dataset uploads, parallel run step with partitioned dataset, and create and edit environments using Environments UI.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Features
13 Oct

Azure Machine Learning announcements - Oct 2021 public preview capabilities

IN PREVIEW

New features now available in public preview include compute instance and cluster No Public IP, Hashicorp Terraform configuration templates, and AutoML for images.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Features
11 Oct

General availability: Azure Translator now supports more than 100 languages and dialects

NOW AVAILABLE

Translator now supports more than 100 languages and dialects to help you streamline your translation workflows.

  • Azure AI services
  • Features
5 Oct

Azure Applied AI Services | Latest public preview enhancements to Azure Form Recogniser

IN PREVIEW

Azure Form Recogniser now offers a pre-built version of the service in preview for document extraction as well as the following capabilities in preview: signature detection, hotel receipt processing and deeper extraction of content from US driving licences. In addition, the service is now easier to use with Form Recogniser Studio and new REST APIs.

  • Services

September 2021

15 Sep

Azure Machine Learning public preview announcements – Sep 2021

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2021

New feature Multiple Private Endpoint for Workspace is now available in public preview in Azure Machine Learning

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Features
1 Sep

Azure Machine Learning now generally available in Japan West

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Machine Learning, bringing AI to everyone with an end-to-end, scalable, trusted platform available in Japan West.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Regions & Datacenters

August 2021

24 Aug

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.

  • Machine Learning Studio (classic)
  • Retirements
17 Aug

Select Azure Cognitive Search skills will be retired on 31 August 2024

Target retirement date: August 31, 2024

Upgrade your skills to version 3 of Azure Cognitive Search sentiment analysis and entity recognition skills.

  • Azure AI Search
  • Retirements
12 Aug

Azure Machine Learning public preview announcements – August 2021

IN PREVIEW

New features Cross Location Compute, Hierarchical Time Series and Compute Instance auto-shutdown and auto-start capabilities are now available in preview in Azure Machine Learning.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Features
9 Aug

Public preview: Azure Percept DK July (2107) software update is available

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure Percept July update includes fixes related to security, Wi-Fi/Network, and OOBE UI localization.

  • Azure Percept
  • Security
  • Features
  • Operating System

July 2021

14 Jul

Azure Machine Learning public preview announcements July 2021

IN PREVIEW

New features Custom Containers in Managed Online Endpoints and Job Creation UI are now available in preview in Azure Machine Learning.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Features
6 Jul

Public Preview: Form Recognizer container support

IN PREVIEW

Announcing the public preview release of Form Recognizer containers. Form Recognizer is now also available in the following docker containers - Layout, Business Card, ID Document, Receipt, Invoice and Custom containers for you to run locally.

  • Azure AI services
  • Features

June 2021

24 Jun

General availability: Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics for Health

NOW AVAILABLE

Now generally available, use Text Analytics for Health to detect words and phrases mentioned in unstructured text as entities in the healthcare and biomedical domain.

  • Azure AI services
  • Services
  • Features

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