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Migrate to Azure AI Document Intelligence v3.1 GA version
Target retirement date: August 31, 2026
Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026
November 2023
Public preview: Vector database add-ons for Azure Container Apps
You can now get started quickly with cognitive search using Azure Container Apps and its native integration with three popular open source vector database variants.
September 2023
Retirement: Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026
Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026 – Upgrade to v3.1 general availability API version
July 2023
Public Preview: Vector search, a feature of Azure Cognitive Search
Target availability: Q3 2023
With Vector search, Developers can store, index, and deliver search applications over vector representations of organizational data including text, images, audio, video, and more.
March 2022
General availability: Azure Cognitive Search implements debug sessions
Streamline your Cognitive Search operations with debug sessions for building, testing, and modifying skillsets.
January 2022
Public preview: Semantic Search update
Semantic Search, a feature of Azure Cognitive Search, is now available for direct configuration in the Azure Portal.
November 2021
Azure Applied AI Services | Azure Cognitive Search updates now generally available
Azure Cognitive Search has expanded language and regional availability.
August 2021
Select Azure Cognitive Search skills will be retired on 31 August 2024
Target retirement date: August 31, 2024
Upgrade your skills to version 3 of Azure Cognitive Search sentiment analysis and entity recognition skills.
May 2021
Public preview: Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics Adds Question Answering Feature
The new, standard Question Answering feature provides users the capability to answer questions over a passage of text without having to create knowledgebases and manage additional storage
General availability: Azure Applied AI Services
Azure AI is introducing a new category of services called Azure Applied AI Services. These services accelerate time-to-value in building AI solutions for common business processes. Within this category, there are important enhancements and status updates for Azure Bot Service and Azure Metrics Advisor.
Azure Applied AI Services public preview updates for Build 2021
Azure AI is introducing a new category of services called Azure Applied AI Services. These services accelerate time-to-value in building AI solutions for common business processes. Within this category, Azure Video Analyzer is now in public preview. The service brings Live Video Analytics and Video Indexer together so developers can quickly build AI-powered video analytics solutions.
October 2020
Bing Search APIs will transition from Azure Cognitive Services to Azure Marketplace on 31 October 2023
Target retirement date: October 31, 2023
Continue to create new instances of Bing Search APIs under the Azure Marketplace.
September 2020
Azure Cognitive Search - Managed identity support and Private Endpoints are GA
You can now request Azure Cognitive Search to create an outbound private endpoint connection in order to securely access data from such data sources via indexers . You can also create identity for a search service in Azure Active Directory, then use RBAC permissions to grant the identity permissions to Azure data sources.
May 2020
Build updates for Azure Cognitive Search
At Build, we are announcing the new capabilities in Azure Cognitive Search making it easier for developers to build search experience and customize with new skills to deliver more relevant results
Azure Machine Learning – what’s new from Build 2020
Microsoft Azure Machine Learning empowers developers and data scientists with enterprise-grade capabilities to accelerate the ML lifecycle. At Microsoft Build 2020, we announced several advances to Azure Machine Learning across the following areas: ML for all skills, Enterprise grade MLOps, and responsible ML.
Azure Private Link is now available for multiple new Azure services
Azure Private Link now supports multiple new Azure services in general availability and preview.
Azure Private Link is now generally available in US Government regions
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in GA.
March 2020
Azure SDKs General Availability - March 2020
Additional libraries for working with Azure services are now generally available.
101 services at FedRAMP High as Azure Government continues expanding capacity
21 new services added to FedRAMP High ATO, delivering on continued commitment to accelerating compliance for government customers
Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.
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