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RSS feedMarch 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.
October 2020
New Azure Batch capabilities available in preview
A number of new security-related features are now available in preview.
New Azure Batch capabilities
New job scheduling and security-related features are now available.
New VM series supported by Azure Batch
An expanded selection of VMs can be used with Azure Batch, providing access to newer Azure VM series.
June 2020
Azure Private Link for Azure Batch is now generally available in select regions
Azure Private Link for Azure Batch is now generally available in the West US 2, East US, South Central US, US Gov Virginia, and US Gov Arizona regions
January 2020
Azure Batch updates—December 2019
Learn about the new or enhanced Azure Batch capabilities that were updated in the second half of 2019.
April 2019
Azure Batch updates now available
Here are the latest new or enhanced capabilities for Azure Batch, available now.
June 2018
Azure Batch updates
Here are the latest new or enhanced capabilities for Azure Batch.
November 2017
Name changes: Azure Batch Rendering V-Ray
Effective January 1, 2018, the billing meter name for the Chaos Group V-Ray software will change to reflect the correct name of the software.
October 2017
Azure Batch updates
Learn about recent Batch updates for custom images, virtual networks, low-priority GA, and more.
September 2017
Azure Cloud Shell: New CLI tools added and font-size selection
Microsoft routinely maintains and updates Azure Cloud Shell, including the addition of new CLI tools to improve your productivity. Learn about the CLI tools we recently added.
August 2017
Azure Batch updates
Recent Batch updates for rendering, job task counts, and exposing ports on pool nodes.
July 2017
Azure Batch updates
Application packages can be used with VirtualMachineConfiguration pools, new metrics are available for low-priority VMs, and new template and file transfer capabilities are available in the Azure CLI for Batch.
May 2017
Azure Batch updates for May 2017
Here's a summary of recent updates to Azure Batch.
Azure Batch service—low priority Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)
Low-priority VMs are now available at a large discount compared to regular on-demand VMs.
April 2017
New Azure Batch capabilities
Here's a summary of recent updates to Azure Batch.
October 2016
Support for new VM sizes
N-series and H-series VMs can now be used with Azure Batch.
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