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New E-mail templates for Log search alerts - API version 2021-08-01 and up
During November, we will replace log search alerts (API version 2021-08-01 and up) that uses non-common schema template with an upgraded and more informative email template.
LSA payload update for fixes on 15-Jan
On the 15-Jan we are going to fix those 2 values in LSA payload to contain the correct values according to our other alerts services.
September 2023
Azure API for FHIR retiring on 30 September 2026
Target retirement date: September 30, 2026
Migrate your data from Azure API for FHIR to Azure Health Data Services FHIR service for richer data integration and analytics capabilities.
We’re ending support for the 2017-03-01-GA API.
Target retirement date: September 16, 2026
You’re receiving this email because you currently use the 2017-03-01-GA API of Azure Container Registry.
Public Preview: Additional cache sizes for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise
Target availability: Q3 2023
Utilize additional Enterprise-tier cache sizes to optimize the price and performance of your Redis workload.
Ungated Public Preview: Azure API Center
We're thrilled to share that Azure API Center is now open for everyone to try during our ungated public preview!
Authenticate Azure Monitor logs connector in Logic App with managed identity
When you enable managed identity authentication in Logic App, and grant it permissions in Log Analytics workspace, or Application Insights component, you can query data without needing...
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
August 2023
Generally Available: Private Link service integration
Target availability: Q3 2023
You can now directly create a Private Link Service (PLS) for Kubernetes services via annotations in the service manifest file.
General Availability : Help API provides access to self-help diagnostics
Help API is now Generally Available! Help API provides you relevant and high-quality, self-help solutions to resolve issues with your Azure resource quickly and conveniently.
General availability: JSON support for active geo-replication on Azure Cache for Redis
Target availability: Q3 2023
Work with JSON-style documents synced across multiple regions
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.
June 2023
Generally available: Pgvector extension on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Native vector data type enables easy storage of AI generated embeddings performing Euclidean and inner product and cosine distance searches--directly within the database.
Generally Available: Azure Monitor Alert resources now visible in the Azure portal
Alert rules, alert processing rules and action groups can now be viewed in the portal alongside all Azure resources.
May 2023
Public Preview: Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore enhances AI-driven applications using OpenAI API or custom-built solutions by incorporating vector similarity search into your database.
General Availability: Azure Center for SAP solutions
Target availability: Q2 2023
Azure Center for SAP solutions brings together an integrated set of capabilities for deploying and managing SAP landscapes by making Azure SAP aware. You can take advantage of the management capabilities for both new and your existing Azure-based SAP systems.
April 2023
General availability: Azure DevOps 2023 Q1
In Q1 we've delivered multiple features across our services. These included improvements on security and new features that have been prioritized based on customer feedback.
March 2023
Azure Image Builder Portal Functionality now available
Using Azure Image Builder’s new portal functionality, you can now build and validate custom images inside the portal. Now available!
Public Preview: Storage in-place sharing in Microsoft Purview in additional regions
Storage in-place data sharing with Microsoft Purview public preview is now supported for Azure Data Lake Gen2 and Blob storage accounts in East US, East US2, North Europe, Southcentral US, West Central US, West Europe, West US, West US2
Preview: JSON support for Active Geo-Replication on Azure Cache for Redis
Work with JSON-style documents synced across multiple regions.
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