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March 2023

Mar 17

Select Batch Pool autoscale service-defined variables will be retired on 31 March 2024

Target retirement date: April 01, 2026

Remove references in your autoscale formula for the service-defined variables

  • Batch
  • Retirements
  • Features
Mar 17

Retirement Announcement: Assigning alert trigger playbooks within Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules

Target retirement date: March 15, 2026

Effective 15 March 2026, adding playbooks within Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules creation/edit will be deprecated.

  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Retirements
  • Security
Mar 17

Azure Batch classic compute node communication model will be retired on 31 March 2026

Target retirement date: April 01, 2026

Transition Batch pools to the Simplified compute node communication model

  • Batch
  • Retirements
Mar 17

We’re retiring Cluster Configuration with Flux v1 on 24 May 2025 – transition to GitOps extension for Kubernetes to move to Flux v2

Target retirement date: May 24, 2025

Migrate to GitOps Extension for Flux v2 by 24 May 2025

  • Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
  • Retirements
Mar 17

Container insights recommended alerts (custom metrics) (preview) will be retired on 14 March 2026

NOW AVAILABLE

Target retirement date: March 14, 2026

Transition to Prometheus recommended alert rules (preview) before 14 March 2026.

  • Retirements
Mar 17

Retirement notice: The Azure Storage PHP client libraries will be retired on 17 March 2024

Target retirement date: March 17, 2024

Azure Storage PHP client libraries will be retired on 17 March 2024

  • Storage Accounts
  • Retirements
Mar 17

Retirement: Azure Database Migration Service (classic) - SQL Server scenarios deprecation

IN DEVELOPMENT

Azure Database Migration Service (classic) - SQL Server scenarios will not be supported after March 31, 2026.

  • Azure Database Migration Service
  • Retirements
Mar 17

Public preview: Listener TLS certificates management available in the Azure portal

IN PREVIEW

You can now manage the TLS certificates associated with Listeners through Azure portal.

  • Application Gateway
  • Security
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Mar 16

Preview: JSON support for Active Geo-Replication on Azure Cache for Redis

IN PREVIEW

Work with JSON-style documents synced across multiple regions.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Features
Mar 16

Public Preview: PgBouncer monitoring metrics for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server 

IN PREVIEW

Monitor the PgBouncer process health for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server via Azure Monitor metrics and write custom alert rules on these metrics. 

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Mar 16

General Availability: Performance workbooks for Azure PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

New troubleshooting experiences via monitor workbooks for Azure PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Mar 16

Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-March 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-March 2023

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Mar 16

Azure Load Testing support for JMeter 5.5

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Load Testing now uses Apache JMeter version 5.5 for running load tests.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Features
Mar 16

Azure Machine Learning - Generally availability updates for March 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

New features now available in GA include the ability to visualize timeseries models, and create a Compute Instance on behalf of another user.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Features
Mar 16

Generally available: Azure Monitor integration with Azure Container Apps

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now choose different destinations for your Azure Container Apps logs

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features
Mar 16

Now available: Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials is a Microsoft supported lightweight Kubernetes distribution that is fine tuned to run on edge devices with constrained resources.

  • Azure Arc
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Windows for IoT
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Operating System
  • Services
Mar 16

Generally available: Azure SQL Database offline migrations in Azure SQL Migration extension

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure SQL Migration extension allows offline database migrations of on-premises and cloud SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database, providing a comprehensive modernization experience in Azure Data Studio.

  • Azure Database Migration Service
  • Features
Mar 15

Public preview: Azure Database for MySQL connector for Power Apps, Logic Apps

IN PREVIEW

Use the Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server connector to connect to MySQL data and build with Power Apps and Logic Apps.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Open Source
  • Features
Mar 15

Generally Available: Durable Functions support of managed identity for Azure Storage

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now use an identity-based connection to access Azure Storage, instead of embedding secrets in connection strings.

  • Azure Functions
  • Security
  • Features
Mar 15

Azure Red Hat OpenShift version 4.11 now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Take advantage of the features in OpenShift version 4.11.

  • Azure Red Hat OpenShift
  • Open Source
  • Features

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