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Monthly updates for April 2024

30 Apr

Azure Spring Apps Feature Update Q1 2024: Save up to 47% with Azure savings plan

NOW AVAILABLE

Announcing the exciting feature updates for Azure Spring Apps in Q1 2024. Save up to 47% with Azure Savings plan.

  • Features
30 Apr

General availability: Mexico Central region added to Azure HDInsight

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • HDInsight
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
30 Apr

Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports Resource tags

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Chaos Studio is now supporting resource tags.

  • Services
  • Features
29 Apr

Public Preview: Azure Dedicated Host - Redeploy

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2024

Introducing redeploying capability for Azure dedicated hosts

  • Azure Dedicated Host
  • Features
26 Apr

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

  • Retirements
19 Apr

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.

  • Retirements
19 Apr

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.

  • App Service
  • Retirements
19 Apr

Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024

Target retirement date: August 31, 2024

Cloud Services (classic) retiring in August 2024.

  • Cloud Services
  • Retirements
19 Apr

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.

  • Virtual Network
  • Retirements
9 Apr

Azure Load Testing availability in Fairfax (USGov Virginia)

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
1 Apr

Public preview: ExpressRoute Metro for High Resiliency

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure ExpressRoute
  • ExpressRoute Circuits
  • Services
  • Features

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