Updates Archives

A8 – A11 Azure Virtual Machine sizes will be retired on March 1, 2021

Target retirement date: March 01, 2021

We recommend moving your high performance computing (HPC) workloads to another HPC Virtual Machine size.

• Virtual Machines
• Retirements

Virtual machines NVv4 series meter name changes

Effective April 1, 2020, the meter names of Virtual Machines NVv4 series will change because they will become generally available in West Europe and South Central and East US regions.

• Virtual Machines
• Services

Azure Service Fabric 7.0 third refresh release

The Azure Service Fabric 7.0 third refresh release, which includes bug fixes, preview features, and performance enhancements, has started rolling out to various Azure regions.

• Azure Service Fabric
• SDK and Tools
• Features

New AMD-based Dav4 and Eav4 Azure VMs are available in additional regions

New Azure Dav4-series and Eav4-series virtual machines based on the latest AMD EPYC™ 7452 processor are now available in East US, East US2, West US2, Southeast Asia, North and West Europe regions.

• Virtual Machines
• Pricing & Offerings
• Features

Azure Service Fabric 7.0 Second Refresh Release

The Azure Service Fabric 7.0 Second refresh release, which includes bug fixes, preview features, and performance enhancements, has started rolling out to various Azure regions.

• Azure Service Fabric
• SDK and Tools
• Features

Azure Cloud and Direct Billing Are Now Generally Available in Kaleido's Blockchain Platform

Kaleido’s Blockchain Business Cloud now includes direct Azure billing and full support for customers using Kaleido’s Pay-As-You-Go plans

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Services

HBv2-Series VMs are now Generally Available

We are announcing general availability of HBv2 Virtual Machines for High-Performance Computing. HBv2 VMs are designed to provide supercomputing levels of performance and MPI scalability at on-premises competitive economics.

• Virtual Machines
• Services
• Features