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We will be posting weekly updates here, every Thursday.
Critical updates and retirements may also be communicated via emails and service health alerts.
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October 2024
Oct 17
NOW AVAILABLE
We are excited to offer Azure customers highly secure and faster ED25519 SSH keys support for Linux Virtual Machines (VMs) in Azure.
Oct 17
NOW AVAILABLE
Azure Cobalt 100 Arm-based VMs are now generally available in over 20 regions in North America, Asia, and EMEA.
Oct 17
IN PREVIEW
VM watch makes it easier to collect and transmit health signals from virtual machines and virtual machine scale sets.
Oct 17
NOW AVAILABLE
Reduced pricing now available for JBoss EAP on App Service!
Oct 17
NOW AVAILABLE
Announcing the general availability of ExpressRoute Metro, a new private connectivity architecture designed to enhance network resiliency for our customers.
Oct 17
NOW AVAILABLE
You can now backup VMs using Premium SSDv2 and Ultra Disk with Azure Backup to GRS vaults to guard against disasters in the primary region. You can also enable cross-region to restore to test restored on-demand in the secondary region.
Oct 17
NOW AVAILABLE
Azure Elastic SAN is now generally available as a VMware Certified datastore for Azure VMware Solution (AVS). Elastic SAN offers the cheapest per GiB storage for AVS, so you can optimize your storage and lower your costs.
Oct 10
RETIREMENT
All versions of the EA Azure Price Sheet - Download by Billing Account API prior to version 2023-09-01 will be retired on June 1, 2026. Please migrate to version 2023-11-01 to take advantage of the newer and enhanced price sheet.
Oct 10
NOW AVAILABLE
New cost-effective solution for apps that need more memory resources without extra cores on Azure App Service Environment v3.
Oct 10
NOW AVAILABLE
The default maximum egress for general-purpose v2 and Blob storage accounts has been increased to 200 Gbps in regions where the limit was previously 120 Gbps.
Oct 10
RETIREMENT
Support for custom text analytics for health (preview) in Azure AI Language is ending on January 10th, 2025
Oct 10
RETIREMENT
Support for custom sentiment analysis (preview) in Azure AI Language is ending on January 10th, 2025
Oct 10
NOW AVAILABLE
Configure a new set of server parameters for performance management—now modifiable in Azure Database for PostgreSQL — Flexible Server.
Oct 10
IN PREVIEW
Get up to 32 TiB and up to 20,000 IOPS per physical shard for larger workloads.
Oct 10
IN PREVIEW
Cross-region replication on multishard clusters enables disaster recovery and read scalability for larger workloads.
Oct 10
IN PREVIEW
Support larger workloads and get improved performance with mMultishard vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB clusters.
Oct 10
IN PREVIEW
Get support for the postgresql_anonymizer extension, also known as the anon extension—now available in version 1.3.2. This extension helps mask or anonymize sensitive data directly within your database, providing an extra layer of data protection.
Oct 10
IN PREVIEW
Use one of the fastest vector indexing algorithms for enhanced retrieval performance and accuracy in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Oct 10
NOW AVAILABLE
Use an updated version of Redis on your cache instances.
Oct 10
NOW AVAILABLE
Authenticate requests to the dedicated gateway using role-based access control (RBAC) and have more control over what data is cached with a new request option to bypass the integrated cache.
Oct 10
NOW AVAILABLE
Easily reschedule maintenance—and automate using Azure CLI—within a maximum 30-day window.
Oct 10
NOW AVAILABLE
Easily customize Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer views using new custom column selector and filter history.
Oct 10
NOW AVAILABLE
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-October 2024.
Oct 10
NOW AVAILABLE
ExpressRoute's multi-site resiliency ensures businesses achieve maximum reliability and redundancy by providing multiple layers of connectivity protection across diverse geographic locations. This robust setup minimizes downtime and enhances operational continuity, making it ideal for enterprises requiring consistent and secure network performance.
Oct 10
NOW AVAILABLE
Azure Private Endpoint traffic will no longer require source network address translation on customer's NVA to prevent Asymmetric Routing.
Oct 10
RETIREMENT
Support for Azure Load Balancer numberOfProbes property is ending
Oct 10
NOW AVAILABLE
You can now bring a “global” BYOIP range to azure that can be divided into multiple “regional” ranges across multiple Azure regions
Oct 03
IN PREVIEW
Oct 03
IN PREVIEW
Oct 03
IN PREVIEW
Oct 03
IN PREVIEW
Oct 03
RETIREMENT
Plan out your migration from Azure Spring Apps to Azure Container Apps.
Oct 03
RETIREMENT
Start using the Azure Monitor Agent instead of the Azure Diagnostics Agent before March 31st, 2026.
Oct 03
NOW AVAILABLE
As we continue to enhance your experience with Azure Monitor, we want to remind you about an important update of Log search alerts V2 non common scheme e-mail templates.
Oct 03
RETIREMENT
Azure Sphere (Legacy) service interfaces will be retired on September 27th, 2027 – plan your migration to Azure Sphere (Integrated).
Oct 03
IN PREVIEW
Take advantage of Azure Business Continuity (ABC) Center, a streamlined, centralized management center that simplifies backup and disaster recovery across various environments (Azure, Hybrid) and solutions (Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery).
Oct 03
NOW AVAILABLE
Save an additional 15% discount on 1-year Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instance rates for the latest Linux VMs. Offer valid from October 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025
Oct 03
IN PREVIEW
Announcing the preview of the new Azure Virtual Network Manager feature, enhancing your network management capability.
Oct 03
IN PREVIEW
The NVads V710 v5-series virtual machines are powered by AMD Radeon Pro V710 GPUs and AMD EPYC 9V64 (Genoa) CPUs, providing five VM sizes from 1/6 to a full V710 GPU with NVMe support for ephemeral local storage. These VMs are ideal for demanding GPU-accelerated graphics applications, cloud-based virtual desktops, high-quality gaming experiences, and small to medium AI/ML inference workloads
Oct 03
IN PREVIEW
The Azure NMads MA35D-Series virtual machines (VM) are now in public preview in the East US region, offering specialized hardware for optimized video transcoding workloads. This VM series provides higher throughput, lower latency, and access to modern codecs like AV1, making it an ideal choice for video transcoding on the cloud.
Oct 03
NOW AVAILABLE
Azure Backup for SAP HANA Database Delivers More Value at Lower TCO with Reduced Protected Instance Fees starting Sept 1st, 2024
Oct 03
RETIREMENT
Important Notice: Support for SQL Data Sync service will be retired on September 30th,2027.
Oct 03
RETIREMENT
Azure Orbital Ground Station (AOGS) will be retired on December 16th, 2024. This includes 1st party antenna support and 3rd party partner network scheduling capabilities.
Oct 03
RETIREMENT
Support for NCv3-series VM family will be retired for Azure Batch pools on September 30th, 2025.
Oct 03
RETIREMENT
This article contains important information about required actions related to the retirement of Azure Automation State Configuration on September 30, 2027.
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