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Generally Available: Index Advisor in Azure Cosmos DB helps optimize your index policy for NoSQL queries
Target availability: Q2 2024
Reduce RU-costs and improve query speeds with Index Advisor!
General availability: Semantic caching with vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
Target availability: Q2 2024
Leverage historical LLM responses with Azure Cosmos DB and LangChain!
Public preview: Filtered vector search in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB improves its vector search capabilities with filtered vector search, now in preview.
General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server enhanced disaster recovery features
Target availability: Q2 2024
Explore advanced disaster recovery with Virtual Endpoints and seamless role-swapping in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL geo-redundant backup and restore
Target availability: Q2 2024
Store cluster backup in another region. Restore cluster in the primary or another region.
General availability: HNSW vector index in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
Target availability: Q2 2024
The HNSW vector index is now generally available in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB.
.Net Standard user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.
Target retirement date: October 01, 2024
.Net Standard user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024. After that date, it won’t be possible to use the feature. Please transition to JavaScript user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics.
Azure Data Box Disk is now available with hardware encryption
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Data Box Disk is now Generally Available with hardware encryption.
Azure Machine Learning data collector is now generally available
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Machine Learning data collector provides real-time logging of input and output data from models that are deployed to managed online endpoints or Kubernetes online endpoints. This data can be seamlessly used for model monitoring, debugging, or auditing, thereby providing observability into the performance of your deployed models.
Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for April 2024
Three features now available in GA enable you to seamlessly log inference data to a central location, set up event-driven applications, processes, or workflows based on Azure Machine Learning events, and utilize lifecycle management of features from creation through archival.
GA: New Property for Disks-LastOwnershipUpdateTime
Introducing LastOwnershipUpdateTime for Disks in Azure Portal, PowerShell, and CLI. It indicates the last state change time for the Disk, useful for tracking its current state and when it was last updated.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-April 2024
Target availability: Q2 2024
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-April 2024.
General Availability: Virtual private network (VPN) with Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra
Target availability: Q2 2024
For enhanced security in your virtual network architectures where outbound connectivity is not allowed.
General Availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server networking with Azure Private Link
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports Private Endpoints in General Availability.
Public Preview: Long-term retention for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
Target availability: Q2 2024
The feature will allow you to retain/manage backups for up to 10 years in the standard tier according to your compliance and auditing needs.
Generally available: Defender for Cloud supports Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q2 2024
You can now protect Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Public Preview: Mirroring Azure Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric
Target availability: Q2 2024
Get near-real time analytics on your Azure Cosmos DB data in Microsoft Fabric with zero-ETL.
Public preview: Backup and restore of virtual machines with private endpoint enabled disks
Azure Backup can now help you back up virtual machines using private endpoint-enabled disks. You can now also specify network settings to be used by the restored disks while initiating the restore process.
Public preview: Azure Backup supports long term retention for backup of Azure Database for MySQL– Flexible Server
Target availability: Q1 2024
Now you can retain backups for up to 10 years by defining your own backup and retention policy for MySQL- Flexible server.
March 2024
Custom .net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024
Target retirement date: October 01, 2024
Custom .net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024. After that date, it won't be possible to use the feature. Please transition to a JSON, AVRO, or CSV built-in deserializer by that date.
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