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March 2024

Mar 22

Community support for Standard_M192ids_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Target retirement date: March 18, 2027

Support for Standard_M192idms_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027

  • Retirements
  • Features
Mar 22

Support for Standard_M192idms_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027

NOW AVAILABLE

Target retirement date: March 14, 2027

Community support for Standard_M192idms_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

  • Retirements
  • Features
Mar 22

Community support for Standard_M192is_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Support for Standard_M192is_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.

  • SDK and Tools
  • Retirements
  • Features
Mar 22

Community support for Standard_M192ims_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Target retirement date: March 19, 2027

Support for Standard_M192ims_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.

  • SDK and Tools
  • Retirements
  • Features

September 2023

Sep 29

SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances will be retired by 30 June 2025 – transition to Virtual Machines

Target retirement date: June 30, 2025

SAP HANA Large Instance (HLI) on Gen4/Gen4.5 is being retired - Migrate to SAP certified Azure Virtual Machines before 30 June 2025

  • Retirements
Sep 22

Azure AI Video Indexer features adjustments following Media Services Retirement

Target retirement date: July 01, 2024

Azure AI Video Indexer classic accounts will be retired on 30 June 2024 due to Azure Media Service retirement - migrate your current resources to ARM accounts.

  • Azure AI Video Indexer
  • Retirements

July 2023

Jul 14

Retirement notice: Azure Media Services is being retired on 30 June 2024

Target retirement date: June 30, 2024

Azure Media Services will be retired on 30 June 2024 - transition to a Microsoft partner solution or Azure Video Indexer

  • Azure Media Player
  • Media Services
  • Retirements

March 2023

Mar 15

Generally available: Azure Firewall Basic

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Firewall Basic provides cost-effective, enterprise-grade network security for small and medium businesses (SMBs).

  • Azure Firewall
  • Services
  • Features
  • Security

October 2022

Oct 7

Azure Media Services Face Detector Retirement on September 14, 2023

Target retirement date: September 14, 2023

Retirement of the Azure Media Services Face Detector on September 14, 2023

  • Retirements
  • Features
Oct 7

Azure Media Services Video Analyzer Retirement on September 14, 2023

Target retirement date: September 14, 2023

Retirement of the Azure Media Services VideoAnalyzer preset on September 14, 2023

  • Retirements
  • Features
Oct 7

Azure Media Redactor Retirement on September 14, 2023

Target retirement date: September 14, 2023

Retirement of the Azure Media Redactor on September 14, 2023.

  • Retirements
  • Features
Oct 4

Public preview: Azure Firewall Basic

IN PREVIEW

Azure Firewall Basic provides cost-effective, enterprise-grade network security for small and medium businesses (SMBs).

  • Azure Firewall
  • Services
  • Security

September 2022

Sep 15

General availability: Azure Media Services low-latency live streaming

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Media Services is announcing the general availability of low-latency HLS with glass-to-glass latency between 4-7 seconds with support for automatic transcriptions and digital rights management.

  • Media Services
  • Features

June 2022

Jun 8

Public preview: API Management authorizations

IN PREVIEW

Simplify the process of managing authorization using APIs against backend services using OAuth2.

  • API Management
  • Features

March 2022

Mar 29

Update: NV-series and NV_Promo Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on 31 August 2023

Target retirement date: August 31, 2023

Move to GPU accelerated virtual machines by 31 August 2023.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Retirements

August 2021

Aug 18

General availability: AKS support for Kubernetes 1.21

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) users can now benefit from enhancements and capabilities in Kubernetes 1.21.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features

July 2021

Jul 14

Call recording in public preview for Azure Communication Services

IN PREVIEW

Call recording for Azure Communication Services helps to simplify and improve the recording process during calls.

  • Azure Communication Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
Jul 12

HPC Cache on E-Series VMs Support of Blob NFS 3.0 now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Add Azure HPC Cache to support new workloads in Blob NFS 3.0.

  • Azure HPC Cache
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Features

June 2021

Jun 14

Call recording for Azure Communication Services coming soon

IN DEVELOPMENT

Call recording for Azure Communication Services helps to simplify and improve the recording process during calls.

  • Features
Jun 11

Five more free services available with an Azure free account

NOW AVAILABLE

We've added the option to use Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Key Vault, Azure Logic Apps, and the Encoding feature of Azure Media Services to services included with free accounts.

  • Services

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