Updates Archives
Monthly updates for December 2023
General availability: Security Update for Azure Front Door WAF CVE-2023-50164
Stay protected against CVE-2023-50164 with the help of Azure’s global WAF running on Azure Front Door.
Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 70 - December 2023
This article describes the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components.
General availability: Security Update for Application Gateway WAF CVE-2023-50164
Stay protected against CVE-2023-50164 with the help of Azure’s regional WAF running on Application Gateway.
General availability: “As on-premises” sizing in Azure Migrate SQL Discovery and Assessment
Target availability: Q4 2023
Quickly create a reliable assessment without waiting for performance data collection with “As on-premises sizing in Azure Migrate SQL Assessments.
Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift v4.13 at install time
Target availability: Q4 2023
Azure Red Hat OpenShift version 4.13 is now available at install time.
Generally Available: Multi-line Logging Feature in Azure Monitor - Container Insights
Target availability: Q4 2023
Multi-Line Logging in Azure Monitor - Container Insights is designed to simplify and streamline your Log Analysis. This feature allows you to seamlessly collect and store multiple lines of log data within a single log entry, enhancing the ease with which you can view and analyze logs from your containerized applications.
Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for Service Bus
Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for Service Bus.
Generally Available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 now supported on Azure Virtual Machines
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.9 is the latest minor release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, which provides stability and security for production environments along with bug fixes and enhancements for improved performance and reliability. It also includes more features and capabilities to help customers customize their operating environment while maintaining the consistency needed for more efficient management and deployment across varied infrastructures.
Generally available: Crash Consistent VM Restore points
For Azure partners and customers seeking to develop business continuity and disaster recovery solutions, crash-consistent VM restore points serve as feature-rich building blocks, offering an agentless solution available natively on the Azure platform.
Container insights recommended alerts (custom metrics) (preview) retirement moving up to 31 May 2024
Target retirement date: June 01, 2024
Transition to Prometheus recommended alert rules (preview) before 31 May 2024.
General Availability - Snapshots feature of Azure App Configuration
Assure stable production configuration, get efficient rollbacks, and a comprehensive configuration audit trail for enhanced reliability in Azure.
Public Preview: IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Vancouver version
The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster.
Generally Available: AKS support for API breaking change detection
AKS now alerts you on API breaking changes on minor version change cluster upgrades.
Generally Available: Azure Functions support on Apple Silicon Macs
You can now develop Azure Functions locally on the new Apple Silicon Macs.
General Availability: Connection audit logs for Enterprise tier caches for Azure Cache for Redis
Target availability: Q4 2023
Log all connections to your cache.
Generally available: PostgreSQL 16 support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Unlock advanced logical replication, query optimizations, and faster data loading with PostgreSQL 16 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.
General availability: Encryption with customer-managed keys in Azure Health Data Services
The ability to encrypt health data in the cloud with customer-managed keys using Azure Health Data Services is generally available.
Azure support plan offer extended to June 30, 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
Beginning January 1, 2024, all new and renewing Azure customers who purchase an Enterprise Agreement (EA or EES) or are part of the field-led Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) will receive Azure Standard support. Qualifications for the promotion will end on June 30, 2024.
Azure Object Anchors Retirement
Target retirement date: May 21, 2024
Please note that Azure Object Anchors (AOA) will be retired on May 20, 2024. Object anchoring capability is generally available (GA) in Dynamics 365 Guides.
Azure Spatial Anchors Retirement
Target retirement date: November 21, 2024
Please note that Azure Spatial Anchors (ASA) will be retired on November 20, 2024.
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