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Azure Event Grid system topics support for resource management and health resources now in Public Preview
Health resources and resource management alerts available through Event Grid system topics
November 2023
MQTT broker feature, PubSub capabilities now available for Azure Event Grid
Bi-directional communication and flexible consumption patterns - at scale.
July 2023
Generally available: Event Grid upgrade enhancements for AKS
Target availability: Q3 2023
You can now receive and programmatically handle AKS generated upgrade events in Event Grid
May 2023
Public Preview: Azure Event Grid now includes MQTT protocol support and HTTP pull-style message delivery.
Publish and subscribe to messages between MQTT clients and use HTTP push and pull subscriptions to integrate data with other applications.
January 2023
Public preview: Tribal Group events available to Azure Event Grid customers
You can now subscribe to events Tribal Group applications and automate your processes based on Tribal Group application state changes.
October 2022
Public preview: SAP S/4HANA events are now available on Azure Event Grid
Integrate your apps using Event Grid and SAP S/4HANA events.
July 2022
Generally available: Azure Event Grid partner events
Partner events, now generally available on Azure Event Grid, adds several additional features to enhance security.
June 2022
Public preview: Microsoft Graph API integration with Azure Event Grid
Use the Event Grid Microsoft Graph API integration to subscribe to events from Azure AD, Outlook, and more.
May 2022
Public preview: Event Grid enables user authorization to create partner topics
Gain a greater security stance by explicitly authorizing a partner to create partner topics or partner destinations in your Azure subscription.
March 2022
Generally available: Azure Data Explorer supports multiple databases per data connection
Target availability: Q1 2022
Dynamically route Azure Data Explorer data to an alternate database
Update: Event Grid on Azure IoT Edge preview will retire on 31 March 2023
Target retirement date: March 31, 2023
Migrate to Azure IoT Edge Hub before 31 March 2023.
November 2021
General availability: API Management and Event Grid Integration
General availability of Azure API Management to publish events in Event Grid.
October 2021
Reminder: Azure Service Management API for Messaging Services will be retired on 1 December 2021
Target retirement date: December 01, 2021
Transition to Azure Resource Manager by 1 December 2021.
July 2021
Public preview: API Management and Event Grid integration
Azure API Management has now been updated to publish events to Event Grid.
May 2021
Public preview: Run Event Grid on Kubernetes in Azure or anywhere with Azure Arc
You can now run Event Grid on Kubernetes clusters anywhere to manage routing of all your events from any source to any destination.
March 2021
Public preview: Azure Event Grid now provides support for delivery headers and additional advanced filters among other updates
Azure Event Grid now supports as a public preview release additional advanced filters, setting customer headers on requests delivering events, configuring TTL on messages delivered to Azure Storage Queues, and setting system-assigned managed identities on regional System Topics.
Public preview: Azure Communication Services interoperability with Microsoft Teams
Azure Communication Services is now interoperable with Microsoft Teams in preview, enabling you to leverage a unified offering for both internal and external communication experiences.
October 2020
Azure Key Vault Event Grid integration is now available
Azure Key Vault is now an events publisher with Azure Event Grid, enabling developers to subscribe to events about keys, certificates, and secrets changes.
Azure Communication Services SMS and Telephony now available in Public Preview
Build engaging communication experiences with the same secure platform used by Microsoft Teams. Add video, voice, SMS, chat, and telephony capabilities into almost any web, mobile, or desktop application.
September 2020
Azure Communication Services now available in public preview
Build engaging communication experiences with the same secure platform used by Microsoft Teams. Add video, voice, SMS, chat, and telephony capabilities into almost any web, mobile, or desktop application.
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