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Monthly updates for Virtual Machines: February 2021

Feb 22

The G5 and GS5 Azure VMs will no longer be hardware-isolated on 28 February 2022

Target retirement date: February 28, 2022

G5 and GS5 Azure Virtual Machines will no longer be isolated.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Azure Dedicated Host
  • Retirements
Feb 22

The GS5 Azure Virtual Machines will no longer be SAP HANA Certified on 28 February 2022 

Target retirement date: February 28, 2022

Start using E64ds_v4 before 28 February 2022.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Retirements
Feb 22

The E64i_v3 & E64is_v3 Azure VMs will not be hardware-isolated on 28 February 2022

Target retirement date: February 28, 2022

E64i_v3 & E64is_v3 Azure VMs will no longer be isolated.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Azure Dedicated Host
  • Retirements
Feb 16

Automatic Azure VM extension upgrade capabilities now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Automatic extension upgrade provides safe and automatic upgrades for extensions on Azure virtual machines and virtual machine scale sets, keeping your environments more secure and up to date.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Security
  • Features
Feb 3

Microsoft Azure Attestation is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Verify the identity and security posture of a platform before you interact with it.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Security

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