Updates Archives
Monthly updates for February 2021
Azure Site Recovery update rollup 54 is now generally available - February 2021
The latest Azure Site Recovery update provides provides fixes, updated replication support, and download links for Site Recovery components.
Power BI Connector for Azure Databricks is now generally available
Announcing the general availability of the Power BI connector for Azure Databricks, for Power BI Service and Power BI Desktop 2.85.681.0.
We are retiring Classic Azure Migrate on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Transition to Azure Migrate by 29 February 2024.
Action required: Switch to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 by 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Migrate to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.
Update the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK by 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
We’ll be retiring version Sync 2.x of the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK.
Start using new alerts in Azure Monitor for Azure Government Cloud
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Classic alerts in Azure Monitor will be retired on 29 February 2024
Start using new alerts in Azure Monitor for Azure China 21Vianet
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Classic alerts in Azure Monitor will be retired on 29 February 2024.
Azure Stack Edge Pro FPGA is retiring on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 28, 2024
Upgrade to the new Azure Stack Edge Pro GPU devices.
Microsoft plans to establish first datacenter region in Indonesia
Microsoft increases its investment in Indonesia’s digital economy, with plans to establish its first datacentre region in the country.
Azure Batch rendering VM images and licensing will be retired on 29th February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Azure Batching rendering VM images and licensing are being retired.
We are retiring the standard version of Custom Voice on 29th February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Upgrade to Custom Neural Voice.
We are retiring Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v2.x on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Transition to Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v3.
Please upgrade your Azure AD Connect sync to a newer version by 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
We’re retiring older versions of Azure Active Directory Connect.
Azure Batch Transcription and Customisation Rest API v2 will be retired by 29th February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Update your code that uses Azure Batch Transcription and Customisation Rest API.
Azure Application Gateway analytics will be retired on 29th February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Transition to Azure Monitor Network Insights workbook.
General availability: Enabling IBM WebSphere on Azure Kubernetes Service
You can now leverage guidance jointly developed with IBM to run WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Update your Azure Media Services REST API and SDKs to v3 by 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
We’ll be retiring version 2 of the Azure Media Services API and the associated client SDKs on 29 February 2024.
Update your scripts to use Az PowerShell modules by 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
We'll retire AzureRM PowerShell modules on 29 February 2024.
We’re retiring Classic Application Insights on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Transition to workspace-based Application Insights.
AKS legacy Azure AD integration will be retired on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Transition to AKS Managed Azure AD by 29 February 2024.
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