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General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption availability in all regions
Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines.
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.
App Service virtual network integration multi plan subnet join
We're excited to announce that the multi plan subnet join for virtual network integration is now available in preview in all regions!
General Available: Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4 is now GA
Target availability: Q3 2024
Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4 is now Generally Available
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.
Action recommended: Prepare for model version retirement in Azure OpenAI
Action recommended: Prepare for model version retirement in Azure OpenAI
Azure Virtual Network Manager Security Admin Rule generally available in 45 regions
Azure Virtual Network Manager's security admin rule configuration is now generally available in 45 regions, empowering users to enforce security rules across their virtual networks globally.
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.
Public Preview: Azure Backup enables vaulted backups for Azure Files for comprehensive data protection.
Target availability: Q1 2024
Azure Backup now supports transferring Azure Files backups to the vault for comprehensive protection against severe data loss scenarios like ransomware attack.
March 2024
Standard_NC24rs_v3 virtual machines will be retired on March 31st, 2025
Target retirement date: March 31, 2025
Standard_NC24rs_v3 virtual machines will be retired on March 31st, 2025
Standard_NC6s_v3, Standard_NC12s_v3 and Standard_NC24s_v3 Azure virtual machines will be retired on September 30, 2025
Standard_NC6s_v3, Standard_NC12s_v3 and Standard_NC24s_v3 Azure virtual machines will be retired on September 30, 2025
Public Preview: Invoke Azure Machine Learning models using the azure_ai extension
Target availability: Q1 2024
Invoke Azure Machine Learning models in real-time from SQL in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Public Preview: On-demand capacity reservations for Specialty SKUs
Target availability: Q2 2024
You can now reserve capacity with SLA for following Specialty VM sizes, Mv3 series, NC-series (v3 and newer), NV-series (v2 and newer), and Lsv2 series
General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity pools
Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 2 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.
Billing for Azure Monitor stateful log search alerts
Starting from May 1, 2024, you will be charged for stateful log alerts in Azure Monitor.
Public preview: Windows GPU support in AKS
You can now run GPU workloads, such as machine learning, video encoding, large simulations, and gaming, on Windows nodepools in AKS.
General Availability: App Service Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network
Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app's files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account.
General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption now in additional regions
Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines. Now available in additional regions.
Public preview: Change Actor
Change Actor allows you to see who initiated the change and with which client that change was made, for changes across all your tenants and subscriptions.
February 2024
Public preview: Internet inbound for Network Virtual Appliances in Virtual WAN Hubs
Public preview for internet inbound (Destination NAT) capabilities for Next-Generation Firewall Network Virtual Appliances deployed in the Virtual WAN hub. Destination NAT allows network administrators to publish applications to the broader internet through a public IP address assigned to a Firewall Network Virtual Appliance deployed in a Virtual WAN hub.
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