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December 2023

6 Dec

Generally Available: AKS support for API breaking change detection

NOW AVAILABLE

AKS now alerts you on API breaking changes on minor version change cluster upgrades.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
1 Dec

Pod Security Policy is being deprecated with AKS 1.25 and 2023-06-01 API version

Target retirement date: October 14, 2025

Migrate your AKS cluster from Pod Security Policy to Pod Security Admission

  • Retirements
  • Features

November 2023

16 Nov

General availability: Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support with Connection Monitor

NOW AVAILABLE

Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support in Connection Monitor for monitoring connectivity across ARC enabled endpoints as sources and destinations

  • Network Watcher
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
13 Nov

Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent JSON log collection

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Azure Monitoring Agent team has released for public preview JSON log collection. New collection types enable customers to migrate from other competing data collection services to Azure Monitor.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Log Analytics
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Security
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

October 2023

24 Oct

The availability of Azure compute reservations exchanges extended until at least July 1st, 2024

The availability of Azure compute reservations exchanges extended until at least July 1st, 2024

  • Pricing & Offerings
6 Oct

Azure Activity Logs Legacy solution is replaced by Diagnostic settings

Target retirement date: September 15, 2026

Deprecation of Azure Activity Logs legacy solution and auto migration

  • Retirements

September 2023

29 Sep

We’re ending support for the 2017-03-01-GA API.

Target retirement date: September 16, 2026

You’re receiving this email because you currently use the 2017-03-01-GA API of Azure Container Registry.

  • Retirements

August 2023

31 Aug

Generally Available: Azure Monitor VM Insights using Azure Monitor Agent

NOW AVAILABLE

VM Insights using Azure Monitor Agent provides various benefits like cost savings, simplified management experience and enhanced security & performance.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Linux Virtual Machines
  • Windows Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Services
  • Features
25 Aug

Retirement: Kubernetes 1.24 support in AKS

Target retirement date: August 16, 2023

Migrate to Kubernetes 1.25 or higher in AKS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Retirements

July 2023

5 Jul

Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent supports VM Insights in Azure Government Cloud

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

Azure Government Cloud customers can now enable VM Insights via the new Azure Monitor Agent, to monitor the client workload on the VMs or VMSS.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features

May 2023

15 May

Transition to Azure AD to query data from Azure Monitor application insights by 31 March 2026

IN DEVELOPMENT

Target retirement date: March 31, 2026

API keys for querying data from Azure Monitor application insights will be retired on 31 March 2026

  • Retirements

April 2023

18 Apr

Public preview: Fail Fast Upgrade on API Breaking change detection

IN PREVIEW

Use this feature to reduce time you have to spend on post upgrade workload troubleshooting

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features

March 2023

31 Mar

SQL Server connector’s V1 actions and triggers will be retired on 31 March 2024 – transition to SQL Server connector’s V2 actions and triggers

Target retirement date: March 31, 2024

SQL Server connector’s V1 actions and triggers will be retired on 31 March 2024

  • Logic Apps
  • Retirements
31 Mar

Classic experience to protect VMware machines using Azure Site Recovery will be retired on 30 March 2026

Target retirement date: March 30, 2026

Azure Site Recovery’s classic experience to protect VMware VMs will be retired on 30 March 2026

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Retirements
24 Mar

Azure Automation is retiring Agent-based User Hybrid Runbook Worker (Windows & Linux) on 31 August 2024

Target retirement date: September 01, 2024

Azure Automation is retiring Agent-based User Hybrid Runbook Worker on 31 August 2024

  • Retirements
17 Mar

Retirement Announcement: Assigning alert trigger playbooks within Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules

Target retirement date: March 15, 2026

Effective 15 March 2026, adding playbooks within Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules creation/edit will be deprecated.

  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Security
  • Retirements

November 2022

11 Nov

Azure Resource Manager — Migrating to TLS 1.2 with Deprecation of Outdated Security Protocols

Target retirement date: September 01, 2023

Azure Resource Manager will be deprecating support for TLS 1.1 and older in Autumn 2023. To maintain an uninterrupted connection with Azure Resource Manager, update your operating systems and work environments to support TLS 1.2.

  • Azure Resource Manager
  • Security
  • Retirements
  • SDK and Tools
4 Nov

Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server will be deprecated 30 September 2024

Target retirement date: September 30, 2024

Deprecation notice: transition from Azure MFA Server to Azure MFA by 30 September 2024.

  • Retirements

September 2022

30 Sep

Azure Batch Low Priority VMs will be retired on 30 September 2025

Target retirement date: October 01, 2025

Retirement Notice: Transition to Azure Batch Spot VMs before 30 September 2025.

  • Batch
  • Retirements
  • Features
23 Sep

Azure unmanaged disks will be retired on September 30, 2025

Target retirement date: September 30, 2025

Migrate your data from Azure unmanaged disk storage to managed disks before September 30, 2025.

  • Retirements

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