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Azure Machine Learning data collector is now generally available
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Machine Learning data collector provides real-time logging of input and output data from models that are deployed to managed online endpoints or Kubernetes online endpoints. This data can be seamlessly used for model monitoring, debugging, or auditing, thereby providing observability into the performance of your deployed models.
Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for April 2024
Three features now available in GA enable you to seamlessly log inference data to a central location, set up event-driven applications, processes, or workflows based on Azure Machine Learning events, and utilize lifecycle management of features from creation through archival.
February 2024
Generally Available: Continuous model monitoring in Azure Machine Learning
Target availability: Q1 2024
Azure Machine Learning model monitoring is now generally available.
November 2023
Generally available: AMD confidential VM option for Azure Databricks
Users can now select AMD-based confidential VMs for their Azure Databricks cluster driver node and cluster worker nodes.
Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for November
Five features now available in GA enable you to search thousands of OSS LLMs, provide a feature set specification and let the system handle the rest, and lower. compute management overhead and setup costs. You can also now deploy complex compute graphs under batch endpoints, and use one platform to build, tune, evaluate, deploy, and test AI workflows.
October 2023
Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for October
Three features now available in GA enable you to streamline your network isolation experience, deploy your model locally prior to production, and automate the ML lifecycle without accruing extra compute hours or requiring manual intervention.
July 2023
Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for July
A new feature now available in GA enables you to create compute clusters in locations that are different from the location of the workspace.
June 2023
Available: Reduced pricing for Azure Video Indexer
Azure Video indexer will be adding Advanced Audio and Video SKUs for Advanced presets and a 40% price reduction on the Basic Audio Analysis, Audio Analysis and Video Analysis SKUs.
Generally available: Azure OpenAI Service in UK South
Target availability: Q2 2023
Azure OpenAI Service is now available in the UK South region. UK South supports gpt-35-turbo at launch.
May 2023
Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for Build
New features now available in GA include the ability to enable MLOPs across dev, test, and prod environments to promote assets across multiple workspaces.
Generally available: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks
Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks is now generally available. This capability provides instant compute to users for their BI and SQL workloads, with minimal management required.
April 2023
Continuous Language ID in Azure Speech Service
Continual Language ID makes transcription and translation easier by identifying up to 10 languages in a single piece of audio continuously.
Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for April
New features now available in GA include the ability to customize your compute instance and configure a compute instance to automatically stop if it is inactive.
March 2023
Azure Machine Learning - Generally availability updates for March 2023
New features now available in GA include the ability to visualize timeseries models, and create a Compute Instance on behalf of another user.
Azure Machine Learning – March 2023 Region Expansion Announcement
Azure Machine Learning is now Generally Available in the UK West region.
Generally Available: Model Serving on Azure Databricks
Model Serving on Azure Databricks is now generally available
February 2023
General availability: Azure Private Link support for Azure Databricks
Azure Private Link for Azure Databricks
Now Available: Azure Databricks is generally available in China North 3
Azure Databricks is now generally available in China North 3.
November 2022
Generally available: Additional Always Free Services for Azure Free Account and PAYG
With an Azure free account, you can explore with free amounts of 55+ always free services.
General availability: 12 months free services for new Azure PAYG customers
With an Azure free account, you can explore with free amounts of 55+ always free services.
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