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Monthly updates for April 2024
Azure Spring Apps Feature Update Q1 2024: Save up to 47% with Azure savings plan
Announcing the exciting feature updates for Azure Spring Apps in Q1 2024. Save up to 47% with Azure Savings plan.
General availability: Mexico Central region added to Azure HDInsight
Target availability: Q2 2025
HDInsight is now generally available in Mexico Central. Azure HDInsight is a managed, full-spectrum, open-source analytics service in the cloud for enterprises. You can use open-source frameworks such as Hadoop, Apache Spark, Apache Hive, LLAP, Apache Kafka, and more. For more information about HDInsight, see the Azure HDInsight documentation.
Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports Resource tags
Azure Chaos Studio is now supporting resource tags.
Public Preview: Azure Dedicated Host - Redeploy
Target availability: Q2 2024
Introducing redeploying capability for Azure dedicated hosts
Updated Retirement Notice: Azure Data Catalog will now be retired on 15 May 2024
Target retirement date: May 15, 2024
Azure Data Catalog will now be retired on 15 May 2024 – migrate to Microsoft Purview
Support of Azure Notification Hubs’ Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) legacy API will be deprecated by July 2024.
Target retirement date: March 31, 2027
Azure Notification Hubs support for GCM/FCM legacy will be retired on 1 July 2024.
App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Migrate to App Service Environment v3 by 31 August 2024.
Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Cloud Services (classic) retiring in August 2024.
Five Azure classic networking services will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Classic Networking Services retiring in August 2024.
Azure Load Testing availability in Fairfax (USGov Virginia)
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Load Testing GA in Fairfax cloud - USGov Virginia. US Government customers on the Fairfax cloud can now use Azure Load Testing to simplify their end-to-end load testing process.
Public preview: ExpressRoute Metro for High Resiliency
ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection with the help of a connectivity provider. With ExpressRoute, you can establish connections to Microsoft cloud services, such as Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.
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