Azure updates

Public preview: Change Actor

Change Actor allows you to see who initiated the change and with which client that change was made, for changes across all your tenants and subscriptions. 

• Azure Resource Graph
• Management
• Features

General availability: Azure Data Explorer adds new geospatial capabilities

Kusto now has three new geospatial functions: geo_polygon_to_h3cells(), geo_angle() and geo_azimuth(). These functions are designed to help you better understand and analyze your geospatial data.

• Azure Data Explorer
• Azure Monitor
• Features

Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL extension for Azure AI

Target availability: Q4 2023

Leverage integrated Azure AI services to build intelligent apps in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

• Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Retirement notice: Azure Media Services is being retired on 30 June 2024

Target retirement date: June 30, 2024

Azure Media Services will be retired on 30 June 2024 - transition to a Microsoft partner solution or Azure Video Indexer

• Azure Media Player
• Media Services
• Retirements

Announcing the public preview of custom Text Analytics for health

Target availability: Q2 2023

Custom Text Analytics for health is the newest healthcare NLP offering from Cognitive Services for Language. It allows you to add a layer of customization on top of Text Analytics for health using state-of-the-art machine learning models to build your own healthcare entity extraction model with your specific domain data. The model's authoring experience can be performed either using the graphical user interface on the Language Studio or programmatically using the REST APIs. The feature is now in public preview allowing you to make 5,000 text records of predictions per language resource for free using the Standard (S) pricing tier.

• Features

Public Preview: Azure Communication Services Chat for Bot Framework

Build conversational AI experiences with Azure Communication Services. Use virtual chat agents to manage growing customer service needs and provide in-chat intelligence with the help of smart assistants.

• SDK and Tools

General availability: Feature enhancements to Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Azure’s WAF now supports multiple new features - SQLi and XSS detection queries, new built-in Azure policies, and increased exclusions limit with support for exclusions on bot manager rule set.

• Web Application Firewall
• Application Gateway
• Azure Front Door
• Security
• Features

General availability: Azure Monitor agent custom and IIS logs

Azure Monitor agent team has shipped custom log collection and IIS log collection.

• Azure Monitor
• Features

Generally available: Azure Communication Services short code functionality for SMS

Execute high-volume SMS campaigns in seconds with easy, automated short code functionality.

• Services
• SDK and Tools

Generally available: vRealize Log Insight Cloud with Azure VMware Solution integration

vRealize Log Insights Cloud with Azure VMware Solution support is now generally available.

• Azure VMware Solution
• Services

Public preview: Azure Spring Apps feature updates

New Azure Spring Apps updates and features for basic/standard and enterprise tiers are in preview.

• Features

Public preview: Azure Monitoring Agent supports custom and IIS logs

New collection types supported by Azure Monitoring Agent that extends beyond the standard data available today.

• Azure Monitor
• Features

Azure Communication Services: Short code functionality for SMS now available in public preview

Execute high-volume SMS campaigns in seconds with easy, automated short code functionality.

• Azure Communication Services
• Services
• SDK and Tools

Azure Cognitive Service for Language now generally available

Azure Cognitive Service for Language provides high-quality natural language capabilities, from sentiment analysis and entity extraction to automated question answering.

• Azure AI services
• Services
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Querying Delta Lake files using T-SQL in Azure Synapse Analytics is generally available

Querying Delta Lake format using the T-SQL language in Azure Synapse is generally available.

• Features