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September 2023

Sep 25

General availability: Domain fronting update on Azure Front Door and Azure CDN

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Front Door supports the use of different values for the TLS SNI extension and the host header, provided that both values are added as domains in the same Azure subscription.

  • Azure Front Door (classic)
  • Content Delivery Network
  • Services
  • Features
  • Security
Sep 22

Azure Monitor for AKS-Engine will not be supported on 14 September 2026

Target retirement date: September 14, 2026

Azure Monitor for AKS-Engine will not be supported after 14 September 2026 - enable Azure Monitor to monitor AKS clusters migrated from AKS-Engine

  • Retirements
  • Features
Sep 22

Azure Database for MariaDB will be retired on 19 September 2025 – Migrate to Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server

Target retirement date: September 19, 2025

Azure Database for MariaDB will be retired on 19 September 2025

  • Azure Database for MariaDB
  • Retirements
Sep 22

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.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements
Sep 22

Transition to using standard tests for single-step availability testing in Azure Monitor application insights by 30 September 2026

Target retirement date: September 30, 2026

URL ping tests in the application insights feature will be retired on 30 September 2026.

  • Application Insights
  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements
Sep 22

Azure Maps Data V1 / V2 APIs will be retired on 16 September 2024 – transition to Azure Maps Data Registry APIs 

Target retirement date: September 16, 2024

Azure Maps Data V1 / V2 APIs will be retired on 16 September 2024

  • Azure Maps
  • Retirements
Sep 22

Retirement: HTTP application routing add-on (preview) for AKS will retire 03/03/2025

Target retirement date: March 03, 2025

Transition your ingresses to Web Application routing add-on before 3/3/2025 to avoid service disruptions.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Retirements
Sep 22

Azure Maps Render V1 APIs will be retired on 17 September 2026 – transition to Azure Maps Render V2 APIs 

Target retirement date: September 17, 2026

Azure Maps Render V1 APIs will be retired on 17 September 2026

  • Azure Maps
  • Retirements
Sep 22

Retirement notice: The legacy Azure Storage Python client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024

Target retirement date: September 13, 2024

Upgrade to the latest version of the libraries before the Legacy Azure Storage Python client libraries are retired on 13 September 2024.

  • SDKs
  • Storage Accounts
  • SDK and Tools
  • Retirements
Sep 22

Retirement notice: The Azure Storage Ruby client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024

Target retirement date: September 13, 2024

Azure Storage Ruby client libraries are being retired on 13 September 2024 - Transition to calling the Azure Storage REST API directly from your Ruby applications

  • SDKs
  • Storage Accounts
  • SDK and Tools
  • Retirements
Sep 22

Retirement notice: The legacy Azure Storage Go client libraries will be retired on 13 September 2024

Target retirement date: September 13, 2024

Upgrade to the latest version of the libraries before the Legacy Azure Storage Go client libraries are retired on 13 September 2024.

  • Storage Accounts
  • SDKs
  • 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
Sep 21

General Availability: Share VM images publicly with community gallery - Azure Compute Gallery feature

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

With community gallery, you can now share VM images with the broader Azure community.

  • Management
  • Open Source
  • Gallery
  • Features
Sep 21

Generally Available: Azure Update Manager

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Update Manager, previously known as Update Management Center, is now generally available.

  • Azure Arc
  • Management
Sep 21

Public Preview: Web PubSub support for Socket.IO

IN PREVIEW

Use your preferred Socket.IO APIs, while letting Azure handle messages and scaling for you

  • Azure Web PubSub
  • Features
Sep 20

Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for Node.js and Python

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Use OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation with vender-neutral APIs to power metrics, logs, and distributed traces in Azure Monitor application insights.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Application Insights
  • SDK and Tools
  • Management
  • Open Source
Sep 20

General Availability: GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps

NOW AVAILABLE

Learn how to enable GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps code scanning, secret scanning, and dependency scanning in Azure DevOps and connect to Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
  • Security
Sep 18

OpenAI Whisper model in preview in Azure OpenAI service and Azure AI Speech

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

The OpenAI Whisper model has multi-lingual capabilities that offer precise and efficient transcription of human speech in 57 languages, and translation into English.

  • Azure AI Speech
  • Azure OpenAI Service
  • Features
Sep 18

Azure Service Fabric 10.0 Release

NOW AVAILABLE

This release includes new features and quality improvements.

  • Services
Sep 18

Authenticate Azure Monitor logs connector in Logic App with managed identity

NOW AVAILABLE

When you enable managed identity authentication in Logic App, and grant it permissions in Log Analytics workspace, or Application Insights component, you can query data without needing...

  • Azure Monitor
  • Log Analytics
  • Application Insights
  • Compliance
  • Features
  • Security

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