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December 2023

Dec 11

Public Preview: IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Vancouver version

NOW AVAILABLE

The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster.

  • Alerts
  • Compliance
  • Services
Dec 6

Generally Available: AKS support for API breaking change detection

NOW AVAILABLE

AKS now alerts you on API breaking changes on minor version change cluster upgrades.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Dec 6

Generally Available: Azure Functions support on Apple Silicon Macs

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now develop Azure Functions locally on the new Apple Silicon Macs.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
Dec 6

General Availability: Connection audit logs for Enterprise tier caches for Azure Cache for Redis

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Log all connections to your cache.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Features
Dec 6

Generally available: PostgreSQL 16 support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Unlock advanced logical replication, query optimizations, and faster data loading with PostgreSQL 16 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Dec 5

General availability: Encryption with customer-managed keys in Azure Health Data Services

NOW AVAILABLE

The ability to encrypt health data in the cloud with customer-managed keys using Azure Health Data Services is generally available.

  • Security
  • Features
Dec 4

Azure support plan offer extended to June 30, 2024

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Beginning January 1, 2024, all new and renewing Azure customers who purchase an Enterprise Agreement (EA or EES) or are part of the field-led Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) will receive Azure Standard support. Qualifications for the promotion will end on June 30, 2024.

  • Services
Dec 1

Azure Object Anchors Retirement

NOW AVAILABLE

Target retirement date: May 21, 2024

Please note that Azure Object Anchors (AOA) will be retired on May 20, 2024. Object anchoring capability is generally available (GA) in Dynamics 365 Guides.

  • Retirements
Dec 1

Azure Spatial Anchors Retirement

NOW AVAILABLE

Target retirement date: November 21, 2024

Please note that Azure Spatial Anchors (ASA) will be retired on November 20, 2024.

  • Retirements

November 2023

Nov 30

Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for ASP.NET Core Applications

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Use OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation with vender-neutral APIs to power metrics, logs, and distributed traces in Azure Monitor application insights.

  • Application Insights
  • Azure Monitor
  • Management
  • SDK and Tools
Nov 29

General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 2 TiB capacity pools

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 2 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 4 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings
Nov 27

General Availability: Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 runbooks

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 runbooks (General Availability).

  • Management
Nov 27

Announcing General Availability of Microsoft Defender for APIs

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

The general availability of Defender for APIs, a new offering as part of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, that helps organizations prevent, detect, and respond to API threats with an integrated cloud security context.

  • API Management
  • Features
Nov 22

General Availability - Azure Backup for AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Backup is announcing General Availability of Azure Backup for AKS allowing customers to protect their applications by providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters.

  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Nov 22

General availability: Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

The new Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) allows you to perform seamless migrations from SQL Server on-premises to Azure SQL Targets using DMS.

  • Azure Database Migration Service (classic)
  • Features
Nov 22

General availability: SKU recommendation in Azure SQL Migration extension - Azure Data Studio

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Support for SKU recommendation in the Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio is in GA.

  • Azure Database Migration Service (classic)
  • Features
Nov 22

General Availability: pgvector 0.5.1 extension

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Pgvector 0.5.1, includes support for HSNW indexing, l1_distance, and sum aggregates since the prior supported version 0.4.0

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Nov 22

General availability: Time travel in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

We are announcing the general availability of the time travel capability in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL and MongoDB API.

  • Features
Nov 22

General availability: Change data capture in Azure Cosmos DB analytical store

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

We are announcing the general availability of the CDC capability from Azure Cosmos DB analytical store.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Nov 21

General Availability of Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider lets you centrally configure the applications running in Kubernetes clusters. The latest version offers workload identity authentication in the provider and dynamic refresh of the configuration data.

  • App Configuration
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Features

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