Azure updates

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.

• Azure Machine Learning
• Features

Azure Event Grid support for last will & testament (LWT) capabilities now in Public Preview

Ensures predictable and reliable flow of communication among MQTT clients during unexpected disconnections.

• Event Grid
• Features

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.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

General Availability of Azure Logic Apps connectors for IBM Mainframe and Midranges

Target availability: Q2 2024

Exciting news! Our IBM Mainframe and Midrange connectors, including IBM 3270, IBM CICS, IBM DB2, IBM i, IBM MQ, and IBM IMS, are now generally available. These connectors address highly sought-after customer requests, bring capabilities to extend Azure Logic Apps cloud native workloads with some of the oldest systems ever built for Mainframes and Midranges. 

• Logic Apps
• Features

Public Preview of Azure OpenAI and AI Search in-app connectors for Logic Apps (Standard)

Target availability: Q1 2024

We're thrilled to announce two new built-in connectors for Azure Logic Apps: Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search. With the increasing adoption of AI technologies, there's a growing demand to integrate these capabilities seamlessly into Logic Apps workflows. To address this need, we're launching the Public Preview of these connectors, bridging the gap between Logic Apps and AI.

• Logic Apps
• Features

Announcing General Availability of Azure API Management Basic v2 and Standard v2 Tiers

Target availability: Q2 2024

We're thrilled to announce the General Availability of Azure API Management's newest pricing tiers – Basic v2 and Standard v2. The Azure API Management v2 pricing tiers represent a significant leap forward, offering a comprehensive range of capabilities tailored to projects of all sizes, from small-scale endeavors to large-scale enterprise applications. Importantly, these new v2 pricing tiers are available alongside our existing Azure API Management classic pricing tiers, ensuring continuity for users. It's worth noting that the Azure API Management classic pricing tiers remain actively supported and invested in.  

• API Management
• Pricing & Offerings

Azure Maps Web SDK Map Control version 2.0.x and Azure Maps Service Module will be retired on 30 September 2026

Target retirement date: September 30, 2026

Azure Maps Web SDK Map Control version 2.0.x and Azure Maps Service Module will be retired on 30 September 2026

• Azure Maps
• Retirements

Retirement: Support for .NET 6 ends on 12 November 2024—upgrade your Azure Functions apps to .NET 8

Target retirement date: November 12, 2024

Upgrade your Azure Functions apps to .NET 8

• Azure Functions
• Retirements

Retirement: Support for the in-process model for .NET apps in Azure Functions ends 10 November 2026.

Target retirement date: November 10, 2026

Migrate your .NET apps in Azure Functions to the isolated worker model

• Azure Functions
• Retirements

GA: Azure SQL Trigger support for Azure Functions

You can now build application logic in Azure Function apps which can be driven by the data from Azure SQL database

• Azure Functions
• Features

Public preview: PowerShell 7.4 support for Azure Functions

You can now develop apps using PowerShell 7.4 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions

• Azure Functions
• Features

Public preview: Change partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL API)

Target availability: Q1 2024

The ability to change the partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos is now available in preview for NoSQL API.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

Retirement: Support for .NET 7 ends on 14 May 2024—upgrade your Azure Functions resources to .NET 8

Target retirement date: May 24, 2024

Upgrade your Azure Functions resources to .NET 8 by 14 May 2024

• Azure Functions
• Retirements

Azure Maps Native SDK for Android and iOS will be retired on 31 March 2025 – transition to use Azure Maps Web SDK in a web view

Target retirement date: March 31, 2025

Azure Maps Native SDK for Android and iOS will be retired on 31 March 2025

• Azure Maps
• Retirements

Azure IoT Edge supports Ubuntu Core Snaps

We are expanding the Azure IoT Edge supported platforms to include Ubuntu Core Snaps on IoT Edge as a Tier 1 supported operating system.

• Azure IoT Edge
• Operating System
• Features

General Availability: Private Link in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

Target availability: Q1 2024

Private endpoint for Azure Cosmos DB via Azure Private Link is now available, enhancing security.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

General availability: Microsoft Entra ID integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

Target availability: Q1 2024

Now you can use Microsoft Entra ID authentication on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters in addition or instead of the native Postgres authentication.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

Announcing Try Azure Cosmos DB support in Vercel Integration

Target availability: Q1 2024

We're excited to announce Try Azure Cosmos DB support in our Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features