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March 2024

Mar 29

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

  • Retirements

November 2023

Nov 15

Public preview: Vector database add-ons for Azure Container Apps

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

September 2023

Sep 15

Retirement: Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026 – Upgrade to v3.1 general availability API version

  • Retirements

July 2023

Jul 18

Public Preview: Vector search, a feature of Azure Cognitive Search

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Features

March 2022

Mar 30

General availability: Azure Cognitive Search implements debug sessions

NOW AVAILABLE

Streamline your Cognitive Search operations with debug sessions for building, testing, and modifying skillsets.

  • Azure AI Search
  • Services
  • Features

January 2022

Jan 5

Public preview: Semantic Search update

IN PREVIEW

Semantic Search, a feature of Azure Cognitive Search, is now available for direct configuration in the Azure Portal.

  • Azure AI Search
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features

November 2021

Nov 2

Azure Applied AI Services | Azure Cognitive Search updates now generally available

Azure Cognitive Search has expanded language and regional availability.

  • Azure AI services
  • Azure AI Search
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

August 2021

Aug 17

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.

  • Azure AI Search
  • Retirements

May 2021

May 25

Public preview: Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics Adds Question Answering Feature

IN PREVIEW

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

  • Azure AI services
  • Features
May 25

General availability: Azure Applied AI Services

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Features
May 25

Azure Applied AI Services public preview updates for Build 2021

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Azure AI services
  • Services

October 2020

Oct 30

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.

  • Bing Search
  • Retirements

September 2020

Sep 22

Azure Cognitive Search - Managed identity support and Private Endpoints are GA

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Azure AI Search
  • Services
  • Compliance

May 2020

May 19

Build updates for Azure Cognitive Search

IN PREVIEW

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

  • AI Enrichment
  • Features
May 19

Azure Machine Learning – what’s new from Build 2020

IN PREVIEW

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 Machine Learning
  • Services
May 14

Azure Private Link is now available for multiple new Azure services

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Private Link now supports multiple new Azure services in general availability and preview.

  • Azure Private Link
  • Virtual Network
  • Event Hubs
  • Event Grid
  • Service Bus
  • Azure AI Search
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Azure Backup
  • Azure SignalR Service
  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Security
  • Services
  • Compliance
May 14

Azure Private Link is now generally available in US Government regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in GA.

  • Azure Private Link
  • Virtual Network
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Azure Database for MariaDB
  • Key Vault
  • Backup Server
  • Azure AI Search
  • Event Hubs
  • Service Bus
  • Event Grid
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Security
  • Services
  • Compliance

March 2020

Mar 26

Azure SDKs General Availability - March 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

Additional libraries for working with Azure services are now generally available.

  • Event Hubs
  • Key Vault
  • App Configuration
  • SDK and Tools
  • Security
Mar 19

101 services at FedRAMP High as Azure Government continues expanding capacity

NOW AVAILABLE

21 new services added to FedRAMP High ATO, delivering on continued commitment to accelerating compliance for government customers

  • Archive Storage
  • Azure Blueprints
  • Cloud Shell
  • AI Enrichment
  • Azure Stack Edge
  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Azure Database Migration Service (classic)
  • Azure Dedicated HSM
  • Azure Firewall
  • Azure Managed Applications
  • Azure Resource Graph
  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Microsoft Cost Management
  • Network Watcher
  • Azure AI Speech
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features
  • Compliance
Mar 16

Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.

  • Azure Private Link
  • Virtual Network
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Storage Accounts
  • Key Vault
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Azure Database for MariaDB
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Event Hubs
  • Service Bus
  • App Service
  • Event Grid
  • Azure Container Registry
  • App Configuration
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Azure AI Search
  • Security
  • Services
  • Compliance

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