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September 2023

29 Sep

Default outbound access for VMs in Azure will be retired— transition to a new method of internet access

Target retirement date: September 30, 2025

Default outbound access connectivity for virtual machines will be retired in September 2025

  • Bandwidth
  • Retirements
29 Sep

Upgrade Azure Database for MySQL to MySQL v8.0 before support for v5.7 ends

NOW AVAILABLE

Target retirement date: September 30, 2025

Oracle retiring MySQL v5.7 on Oct 31, 2023. Azure extending support for Single Server until Sep 16, 2024, and Flexible Server until Sep 30, 2025. Upgrade to MySQL v8.0 advised.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Retirements
  • Open Source
26 Sep

General availability: Gateway Load Balancer IPv6 Support

NOW AVAILABLE

IPv6 support for Gateway Load Balancer is now generally available in all regions, enabling bump-in-the-wire network virtual appliance (NVA) insertion for your dual-stack architectures.

  • Load Balancer
  • Application Gateway
  • Services
  • Security
  • Features
14 Sep

General availability: Azure Backup support for Azure Files in China North2, China East 2, China North 3, and China East 3

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Azure Backup now supports Azure Files in China North2, China East 2, China North 3, and China East 3

  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Security
  • Features
12 Sep

GA: Latest generation burstable VMs - Bsv2, Basv2, and Bpsv2

Target availability: Q3 2023

The new second generation burstable VMs provide the lowest cost of entry to the Azure VM portfolio with greater performance.

  • Pricing & Offerings
12 Sep

Public preview: Standard network features support in US Government region

IN PREVIEW

Standard network features for azure NetApp files are now available in the US Government (VA) region.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

August 2023

30 Aug

General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-August 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-August 2023.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
30 Aug

Generally available: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports minor versions 15.3, 14.8, 13.11, 12.15, 11.20.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
30 Aug

Public Preview – Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

The new Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) allows you to perform seamless migrations from SQL Server on-premises to Azure SQL targets using DMS.

  • Azure Database Migration Service (classic)
  • Features
28 Aug

Azure App Configuration - public preview release of snapshots feature

IN PREVIEW

Key-value pairs from App Config store ensure controlled deployments.

  • App Configuration
  • Security
  • Features
24 Aug

General Availability: Improve VM resiliency with Azure Advisor's Availability Zone recommendation.

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Avoid downtime and business interruptions by migrating your virtual machines to availability zones

  • Azure Advisor
  • Management
22 Aug

Generally available: Cross Subscription Restore for Azure Virtual Machines

NOW AVAILABLE

Cross Subscription Restore support for Azure VM is generally available.

  • Services
16 Aug

Public preview: Azure VNet flow logs

IN PREVIEW

Gain visibility of IP traffic flowing through your Virtual Networks

  • Virtual Network
  • Services
  • Features
15 Aug

Public preview: Azure Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines

IN PREVIEW

Get improved performance and higher reliability for your memory-optimized workloads with the public preview of the new generation Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Services
  • Features
15 Aug

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines

IN PREVIEW

Azure NetApp Files datastores now supports Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines in preview

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Services
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
10 Aug

Public preview: Support for new custom error pages in Application Gateway

IN PREVIEW

Azure Application Gateway introduces more response codes to configure the custom error pages.

  • Application Gateway
  • Services
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Management
  • Features
3 Aug

Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for App Service and Virtual Machines

Azure Chaos Studio supports new App Service and Virtual Machine faults.

  • Services
  • Features
3 Aug

Azure Load Testing: Run tests with 100,000 virtual users

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Load Testing now supports running tests with 100,000 virtual users, using up to 400 engine instances.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
1 Aug

Enhanced Security and Compliance add-on for Azure Databricks now Generally Available

NOW AVAILABLE

Enhanced Security and Compliance (ESC) add-on helps simplify the complexity of meeting security and regulatory requirements for Azure Databricks customers.

  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Features

July 2023

26 Jul

Speech-to-text REST API v3.0 will be retired by 31 March 2026.

Target availability: Q1 2026

Speech-to-text REST API v3.0 will be retired by 31 March 2026. Update your code that uses Speech-to-text REST API. We recently updated the Speech-to-text REST API to version 3.1. Version 3.1 builds on the capabilities of the previous version and adds new features including language identification and multi-speaker diarization. With these enhancements, we'll retire version 3.0 of the API on 31 March 2026.

  • Azure AI Speech
  • SDK and Tools

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