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We're retiring Memory Optimized Data Flows in Azure Data Factory - use General Purpose for better performance at a lower price.
Target retirement date: April 01, 2027
We're retiring Memory Optimized Data Flows in Azure Data Factory
Important Notice: Azure Product Retirement: End of Life Announcement of Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service Versions 31 March 2025
Target availability: Q1 2025
Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service will be retired on 31 March 2025.
September 2023
Azure Monitor Data Collection API Retirement
Target retirement date: September 18, 2026
Support for Data Collector API feature is being discontinued. This feature allowed users to ingest custom logs into Log Analytics workspaces. DCR-based Log Ingestion API now provides similar capabilities with added flexibility of data transformation and support of secure authentication methods.
February 2019
Azure Analysis Services web designer to be discontinued
The Azure Analysis Services web designer will be removed from the Azure portal as early as 1st March 2019.
January 2018
Change in Mercury DB and Titan DB service plans
ClearDB is discontinuing the Mercury DB and Titan DB service plans in the Azure platform.
May 2016
Azure Web Apps Gallery now supported only in Azure Marketplace
Customers can no longer create gallery applications in the Azure classic portal, but they can create these applications in the Azure portal and take advantage of the features there.
October 2014
General Availability: Azure Site Recovery replication to Azure
Now you can replicate the Hyper-V virtual machines running in your datacenter to Azure for disaster recovery protection—and recover them there, as needed.
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