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November 2023

15 Nov

Generally available: Partitioned namespaces for Azure Service Bus Premium

NOW AVAILABLE

Partitoned namespaces for Azure Service Bus, allowing the use of partitioning for the premium messaging tier, is now generally available.

  • Service Bus
  • Microsoft Ignite

October 2023

6 Oct

Migrate to Azure Resource Manager control plane API version 2021-11-01 by 30 September 2026

Target retirement date: September 30, 2026

Older control plane APIs in Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Hubs, and Azure Relay will be retired.

  • Service Bus
  • Event Hubs
  • Retirements
6 Oct

Some Azure Service Bus SDK libraries will be retired on 30 September 2026—migrate to the latest SDKs

Target retirement date: September 30, 2026

Azure Service Bus SDK libraries that don't conform to Azure SDK guidelines will be retired and support will end.

  • Service Bus
  • Retirements

December 2022

12 Dec

Public preview: Performance improving features for Azure Service Bus premium

IN PREVIEW

Scale your Azure Service Bus premium namespaces far beyond the current limitations with two new features.

  • Service Bus
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

November 2022

30 Nov

General availability: 12 months free services for new Azure PAYG customers

NOW AVAILABLE

With an Azure free account, you can explore with free amounts of 55+ always free services.

  • Media Services
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Service Bus
  • Load Balancing
  • Virtual Machines
  • Key Vault
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Azure Files
  • Azure AI services
  • Azure AI Vision
  • Services
  • Security

October 2022

12 Oct

Generally available: Service Bus Explorer for the Azure portal

NOW AVAILABLE

Manage and work with your messages directly in the portal integrated version of Service Bus Explorer.

  • Service Bus
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
12 Oct

Generally available: Control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Service Bus

NOW AVAILABLE

Configure your Service Bus namespace to require that clients send and receive data with a minimal version of transport layer security (TLS).

  • Service Bus
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite

June 2022

22 Jun

Public preview: Service Bus Explorer capabilities in the Azure Portal

IN PREVIEW

Send, receive, and peek messages on queues, topics, and subscriptions.

  • Service Bus
  • Features

May 2022

5 May

Public preview: Control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Service Bus

IN PREVIEW

To enforce stricter security measures, you can now configure your Service Bus namespace to require that clients send and receive data with a minimum version of TLS.

  • Service Bus
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Features

November 2021

2 Nov

Azure Service Bus large message support reaches general availability

NOW AVAILABLE

This new capability removes need for workarounds and enables migration of legacy payloads to Azure

  • Service Bus
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

October 2021

7 Oct

Reminder: Azure Service Management API for Messaging Services will be retired on 1st November 2021

Target retirement date: December 01, 2021

Transition to Azure Resource Manager by 1st November 2021.

  • Service Bus
  • Event Grid
  • Retirements

July 2021

14 Jul

Public preview: Azure Service Bus support for large messages

IN PREVIEW

You can now send and receive message payloads of up to 100MB in Azure Service Bus premium tier namespaces.

  • Service Bus
  • Features

February 2021

19 Feb

General availability support for Java Message Service (JMS) 2.0 API on Azure Service Bus Premium

NOW AVAILABLE

Use existing applications that leverage JMS 2.0 API to talk to Service Bus without any code changes. Only configuration changes are required.

  • Service Bus
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

August 2020

5 Aug

Simplify and Modernize your Java and Spring workloads with Azure Service Bus

IN PREVIEW

In order to provide Azure Service Bus to more customers irrespective of their application stack and application ecosystem, and in keeping with that vision, we’re announcing feature parity with Java Message Service (JMS) 2.0 over AMQP.

  • Service Bus
  • Services
  • Features

May 2020

26 May

Service Bus Explorer on the Azure portal is now available in preview

IN PREVIEW

Send, receive and peek from queues, topics and subscriptions, now from the Azure portal (in preview).

  • Service Bus
  • Service Bus Messaging
  • Management
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
14 May

Azure Private Link is now available for multiple new Azure services

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Private Link now supports multiple new Azure services in general availability and preview.

  • Azure Private Link
  • Virtual Network
  • Event Hubs
  • Event Grid
  • Service Bus
  • Azure AI Search
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Azure Backup
  • Azure SignalR Service
  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Services
  • Compliance
  • Security
14 May

Azure Private Link is now generally available in US Government regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in GA.

  • Azure Private Link
  • Virtual Network
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Azure Database for MariaDB
  • Key Vault
  • Backup Server
  • Azure AI Search
  • Event Hubs
  • Service Bus
  • Event Grid
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Services
  • Compliance
  • Security

March 2020

16 Mar

Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.

  • Azure Private Link
  • Virtual Network
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Storage Accounts
  • Key Vault
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Azure Database for MariaDB
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Event Hubs
  • Service Bus
  • App Service
  • Event Grid
  • Azure Container Registry
  • App Configuration
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Azure AI Search
  • Services
  • Compliance
  • Security

May 2019

29 May

Event Grid can now publish events to Service Bus

IN PREVIEW

Service Bus is now available as an event handler in Event Grid.

  • Event Grid
  • Service Bus
  • Services
  • Features

April 2019

22 Apr

Service Bus Standard Base Unit name change

On 1st June 2019, the unit of measure for the Service Bus Standard Base Unit Germany resource GUID will change.

  • Service Bus
  • Services

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