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Announcing General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API
General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data plane API We are excited to share Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API is Now Generally Available! Unlock enhanced insights into the monitoring of your Azure resources with our powerful API. Explore its features and elevate your monitoring experience today!
September 2023
Support for select marketplace images for Batch pools will be retired
Target retirement date: January 10, 2024
End of life announcement for select marketplace images for Batch pools
Azure Batch pool list usage metrics API will be retired on 30 September 2024
Target retirement date: October 01, 2024
End of Life Announcement of Azure Batch Pool List Usage Metrics API on 30 September 2024
Azure Batch CLI extensions will be retired on 30 September 2024
Target retirement date: October 01, 2024
End of Life Announcement of Azure Batch CLI Extensions on 30 September 2024
Azure Batch task authentication token will be retired on 30 September 2024
Target retirement date: October 01, 2024
End of life announcement of Azure Batch task authentication token on 30 September 2024
March 2023
Batch custom image pools using VHD or managed images will be retired on 31 March 2026
Target retirement date: April 01, 2026
Transition custom image pools use images from Azure Compute Gallery
Batch Service in select regions will be retired on 31 March 2026
Target retirement date: April 01, 2026
Migrate your Batch workloads before 31 March 2026 to other regions where Azure Batch will continue to be available.
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
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
October 2022
Azure Batch Certificates will be retired on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: March 01, 2024
Retirement Notice: Transition to Azure Key Vault before 29 February 2024.
Azure Batch pools without public IP addresses (classic) will be retired on 31 March 2023
Target retirement date: April 01, 2023
Retirement notice: Transition to Simplified compute node communication pools without public IP addresses by 31 March 2023
September 2022
Azure Batch Low Priority VMs will be retired on 30 September 2025
Target retirement date: October 01, 2025
Retirement Notice: Transition to Azure Batch Spot VMs before 30 September 2025.
Azure Batch Job/Pool Lifetime Statistics API will be retired on 30 April 2023
Target retirement date: May 01, 2023
Retirement Notice: Stop using Batch Job/Pool Lifetime Statistics API by 30 April 2023.
Azure Batch TLS 1.0/1.1 will be retired on 31 March 2023
Target retirement date: April 01, 2023
Retirement notice: Transition to Azure Batch TLS 1.2 by 31 March 2023.
August 2021
General availability: New Azure Batch capabilities
Several new pool and security features are now generally available.
General availability: New VM series supported by Azure Batch
Take advantage of VM sizes that are now available when creating your Batch pools.
March 2021
General availability: New VM series supported by Azure Batch
Take advantage of new VM sizes that are now available when creating your Batch pools, including the latest HPC and GPU sizes.
February 2021
Azure Batch rendering VM images & licensing will be retired on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Azure Batching rendering VM images & licensing are being retired.
Azure Batch ‘CloudServiceConfiguration’ pools will be retired on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Transition to Azure Batch Virtual Machine pool configuration by 29 February 2024.
December 2020
Azure Batch vCPU quota checks are being updated
The vCPU quota checks that are performed during pool operations are being updated to check the dedicated VM series vCPU quotas, in addition to the Batch account total dedicated vCPUs quota that is currently checked.
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