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January 2024

4 Jan

Azure Stream Analytics No-code Editor: new features and improvements in Jan 2024

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Event Hubs
  • Features

October 2023

6 Oct

Migrate to Azure Resource Manager control plane API version 2021-11-01 by 30 September 2026

Target retirement date: September 30, 2026

Older control plane APIs in Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Hubs, and Azure Relay will be retired.

  • Service Bus
  • Event Hubs
  • Retirements

June 2023

14 Jun

General availability: Azure Event Hubs SDK for Go

NOW AVAILABLE

The new Azure Event Hubs SDK is now generally available for Go, allowing developers to build Go apps that send and receive events from Azure Event Hubs.

  • Event Hubs
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools

May 2023

25 May

Generally available: Apache MirrorMaker 2 support in Azure Event Hubs

NOW AVAILABLE

Users now can utilize MirrorMaker2 for effortless data replication from their on-premises or managed Kafka cluster directly to Event Hubs. 

  • Event Hubs
  • Features
25 May

Generally available: Kafka Connect support in Azure Event Hubs

NOW AVAILABLE

With Kafka Connect support GA, users can seamlessly and reliably stream data between Azure Event Hubs and external systems such as databases, key-value stores, file systems and other data sources.

  • Event Hubs
  • Features
25 May

Generally available: Managed Identities support for Capture in Event Hubs

NOW AVAILABLE

Users now can use managed identities when capturing event streams to storage services such as Azure Storage Services or Azure Data Lake storage 2.

  • Event Hubs
  • Features
25 May

Generally available: Kafka compaction support in Azure Event Hubs

NOW AVAILABLE

Log compaction in Event Hubs introduces a key-based retention mechanism where the most recent value associated with each event key in an event hub or Kafka topic is retained.

  • Event Hubs
  • Features
23 May

Generally Available: Exactly Once Delivery to Event Hub Output

NOW AVAILABLE

Stream Analytics now supports end-to-end exactly once semantics when writing to Event Hub output.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Event Hubs
  • Features
23 May

Public Preview: Azure Stream Analytics Schema Registry Integration

IN PREVIEW

Azure Stream Analytics can now fetch schema from the Schema Registry and deserialize data from Event Hub inputs for Avro format.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Event Hubs
  • Features
1 May

Generally available: Azure Event Hubs Dedicated self-service, scalable clusters for mission-critical Kafka, AMQP and HTTPs workloads

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2023

Run your mission-critical Kafka, AMQP and HTTPS event-streaming workloads with consistent low latency.

  • Event Hubs
  • Features

March 2023

27 Mar

Generally available: Resource governance for client applications in Azure Event Hubs

NOW AVAILABLE

Independently throttle your event-streaming workloads using application groups and client applications information at namespace or event hub/Kafka topic level.

  • Event Hubs
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

February 2023

23 Feb

General availability: Stream Analytics no-code editor updates in Feb 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

New features are now available in Stream Analytics no-code editor GA including Power BI output support, and data preview optimization. Power BI output feature enables you to build real-time dashboard in minutes and low-cost.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Event Hubs
  • Features

January 2023

9 Jan

Public preview: Capture Event Hubs data with Stream Analytics no-code editor in Delta Lake format

IN PREVIEW

Stream Analytics no-code editor now supports capturing Event Hubs data into ADLS gen2 with Delta Lake format.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Event Hubs
  • Features

December 2022

12 Dec

General availability: Stream Analytics no-code editor updates in December 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

New features are now available in Stream Analytics no-code editor GA including multiple parameter built-in functions support, Delta Lake format support in ADLS Gen2 output sink.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Event Hubs
  • Features

October 2022

18 Oct

General availability: Stream Analytics no-code editor in Event Hubs

NOW AVAILABLE

Stream Analytics no-code editor enables you to develop a Stream Analytics job in minutes with drag and drop experience. Now, it is generally available with several new capabilities added.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Event Hubs
  • Features

June 2022

20 Jun

Public preview: Resource governance for client applications in Azure Event Hubs

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2022

Independently throttle your event streaming workloads using application groups and client applications information.

  • Event Hubs
  • Features
20 Jun

Public preview: Apache Parquet capturing support in Azure Event Hubs

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2022

Load real-time streaming data in Azure Event Hubs to data lakes, warehouses, and other storage services in Parquet format.

  • Event Hubs
  • Features

May 2022

24 May

Public preview: Stream Analytics no code editor

IN PREVIEW

Stream Analytics no code editor provides a rich, no code, drag and drop experience for you to build you streaming pipeline within minutes.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Event Hubs
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features

November 2021

2 Nov

General availability: Event Hubs Premium

NOW AVAILABLE

Event Hubs Premium comes with reserved compute, memory, and storage resources, which increases the performance and minimizes cross-tenant interference in a managed multi-tenant PaaS environment.

  • Event Hubs
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Services
  • Microsoft Ignite

May 2021

25 May

Event Hubs Premium now available in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Event Hubs Premium is a new product SKU that is tailor-made for high-end event streaming scenarios that require elastic, superior performance with predictable latency.

  • Event Hubs
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings

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