Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2024
General availability: ExpressRoute Seamless Gateway Migration
ExpressRoute customers can now deploy a second gateway to the Gateway Subnet. This will enable a seamless migration to an Az-enabled Gateway SKU and upgrade your Public IP configurations.
The availability of Azure compute reservations will continue until further notice
Initially planned to end on January 1, 2024, the availability of Azure compute reservation exchanges for Azure Virtual Machine, Azure Dedicated Host and Azure App Service has been extended until further notice.
General Availability: Data API builder
Target availability: Q2 2024
Add a feature-rich data API to an Azure database or on-prem database using Microsoft's open-source Data API builder.
Azure Front Door server variable enhancement generally available
Azure Front Door supports capturing URL path and URL case transformation in rules set and server variable.
Generally Available: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for Azure Virtual Machines
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, the latest Ubuntu LTS release from Canonical, is now available for Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)
General availability: Azure Bastion Developer SKU
The Bastion Developer SKU represents a novel, cost-effective, and streamlined version of the Bastion service.
Announcing the General Availability of GPT-4 Turbo with Vision on Azure OpenAI Service
Target availability: Q2 2024
We are thrilled to announce the general availability of GPT-4 Turbo with Vision on the Azure OpenAI Service, which processes both text and image inputs and replaces several preview models. This multimodal model has already been used by customers in various industries to enhance efficiencies and innovate, with case studies to be featured at the upcoming Build conference. For deployment details and future enhancements, including JSON mode and function calling for image inputs, please refer to our Azure OpenAI Service resources and updates.
New version of AKS extension in Visual Studio Code now available
You can now take advantage of new enhancements available in version 1.4.3
GA: Support for disabling Windows outboundNAT in AKS
You can now manually disable Windows outboundNAT when creating new Windows node pools in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
General availability: Customer-managed keys on existing accounts
Target availability: Q2 2024
Configure customer-managed keys for your existing Azure Cosmos DB account.
General availability: Latest version of the TimeScaleDB extension on Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q2 2024
Upgrade to the latest TimeScaleDB extension on Azure for enhanced time-series data handling and improved performance.
General availability: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports minor versions 16.2, 15.6, 14.11, 13.14, and 12.18.
General Availability: Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer keyboard shortcuts
Target availability: Q2 2024
Work Smarter: Enhance Productivity with Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer shortcut keys.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB RU supports version 5.0 and 6.0
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB now supports MongoDB v5 and v6.
General Availability: Microsoft Azure now available from new cloud region in Mexico
Microsoft has announced the opening of its first hyper-scale cloud region in Mexico.
Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in Italy North
Now available in Italy North region, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads.
Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift v4.14 at install time
Azure Red Hat OpenShift version 4.14 is now available at install time.
Azure Front Door log scrubbing of sensitive data is generally available
Azure Front Door supports removing sensitive data from Azure Front Door access log.
General Availability - Azure API Center
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure API Center is now generally available, providing a centralized solution to manage the challenges of API sprawl, which is exacerbated by the rapid proliferation of APIs and AI solutions. Azure API Center offers a unified inventory for seamless discovery, consumption, and governance of APIs, regardless of their type, lifecycle stage, or deployment location.
Azure Governance Update - Management Groups
Beginning May 3, 2024, Azure will start enabling the root management group for tenants that have not enabled it yet. Using Azure management groups leverages best practices when applying Azure Policy and having it pre-enabled reduces the initial set up work to follow the best practices.
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