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March 2024

22 Mar

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.

  • SDK and Tools
  • Retirements
  • Features
22 Mar

Community support for Standard_M192is_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Support for Standard_M192is_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.

  • SDK and Tools
  • Retirements
  • Features
22 Mar

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

  • SDK and Tools
  • Retirements
  • Features
12 Mar

WhatsApp Business Platform now available for applications built on Azure

NOW AVAILABLE

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
5 Mar

Azure Sphere OS version 24.03 is now available for evaluation

NOW AVAILABLE

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

January 2024

31 Jan

Announcing General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API

NOW AVAILABLE

General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data plane API We are excited to share Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API is Now Generally Available! Unlock enhanced insights into the monitoring of your Azure resources with our powerful API. Explore its features and elevate your monitoring experience today!

  • Azure Monitor
  • Metrics
  • Batch
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
23 Jan

Automatic Image Creation using Azure VM Image Builder is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

We’re happy to announce automatic image creation using Azure Image Builder is now generally available. This feature improves your speed and efficiency by allowing you the ability to start image builds for new base images automatically.

  • Azure VM Image Builder
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Operating System
  • Features
8 Jan

Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink

IN PREVIEW

Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink (Public Preview)

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • HDInsight
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • SDK and Tools
  • Open Source
  • Features

November 2023

30 Nov

Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for ASP.NET Core Applications

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Use OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation with vender-neutral APIs to power metrics, logs, and distributed traces in Azure Monitor application insights.

  • Application Insights
  • Azure Monitor
  • SDK and Tools
  • Management
20 Nov

General availability: Azure Monitor Application Insights Browser SDK Loader for Node.js

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Azure Monitor Application Insights Node.js customers can enable real user monitoring (RUM) with a simple configuration.

  • Application Insights
  • SDK and Tools
  • Management
15 Nov

Public Preview: Announcing the preview of Azure Managed Confidential Consortium Framework

IN PREVIEW

Deploy and build decentralized governance applications with granular confidentiality amongst members.

  • Azure confidential ledger
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Open Source
  • Security
15 Nov

Preview: Disk Integrity Tool for confidential VMs in Azure

IN PREVIEW

The disk integrity tool for confidential VMs is now in preview. This enables you to measure and attest that your OS disk is launched as expected.

  • Virtual Machines
  • SDK and Tools
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
  • Security
13 Nov

Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent JSON log collection

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Azure Monitoring Agent team has released for public preview JSON log collection. New collection types enable customers to migrate from other competing data collection services to Azure Monitor.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Log Analytics
  • Azure Sentinel
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
  • Security

October 2023

26 Oct

General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 23.10 expected on November 8

NOW AVAILABLE

Participate in retail evaluation now to ensure compatibility. The Azure Sphere team has also updated the trusted keystore of Azure Sphere devices, resulting in an additional reboot for production devices.

  • SDK and Tools
  • Operating System
3 Oct

Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer Add-On for Splunk

IN PREVIEW

Azure Data Explorer Add-On for Splunk (Public Preview)

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • SDK and Tools
  • Open Source
  • Features

September 2023

29 Sep

Azure Batch CLI extensions will be retired on 30 September 2024

Target retirement date: October 01, 2024

End of Life Announcement of Azure Batch CLI Extensions on 30 September 2024

  • Batch
  • SDK and Tools
  • Retirements
29 Sep

Retirement notice: Azure Communication Services Network Traversal (TURN) Public Preview is retiring.

Target retirement date: March 31, 2024

Azure Communication Services Network Traversal (TURN) will be retired on 31 March 2024.Please migrate to an external service...

  • Azure Communication Services
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Retirements
29 Sep

Retirement notice: The legacy Azure Storage Java client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024

Target retirement date: September 13, 2024

Upgrade to the latest version of the libraries before the Legacy Azure Storage Java client libraries are retired on 13 September 2024.

  • SDKs
  • Storage Accounts
  • SDK and Tools
  • Retirements
29 Sep

Retirement notice: The Azure Storage Android client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024

Target retirement date: September 13, 2024

Azure Storage Android client libraries is being retired on 13 September 2024 - Transition to calling the Azure Storage REST API directly from your Android applications.

  • SDKs
  • Storage Accounts
  • SDK and Tools
  • Retirements
27 Sep

Public Preview: Azure Communication Services Job Router

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

Intelligent queueing and routing of inbound customer communications.

  • Azure Communication Services
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools

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