Updates Archives
Monthly updates for June 2023
Public Preview: Default Rule Set 2.1 for Regional WAF with Application Gateway
Increase your security posture and reduce false positives with Default Rule Set 2.1, now in preview on Azure's regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) with Application Gateway.
Public Preview: Azure OpenAI Service On Your Data
Target availability: Q2 2023
Introducing Azure OpenAI Service on your data in public preview, which unlocks the power of OpenAI models like ChatGPT and GPT-4 with your own data. It streamlines communication, enhances customer service, boosts productivity without training, provides access to specific data sources for accurate insights, and enables seamless data connectivity, web app deployment, and transformative conversational AI experiences.
Preview Updates: Azure Elastic SAN Public Preview improvements
Introducing the latest update to Azure Elastic SAN (in preview), which now offers expanded range of regions, increased support for diverse workloads, and an array of new features.
Public preview: Using a common port for public and private listeners
Easily manage public-facing and private-facing traffic on a common port.
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files double encryption at-rest
Azure NetApp Files now supports multiple encryption layers for increased data security.
Public Preview: Network Observability add-on on AKS
Enable network observability add-on on AKS clusters to gain insights into how your cluster operate and to identify potential problems before they cause outages or performance degradation.
General Availability: Azure Sphere version 23.05
The Azure Sphere version 23.05 release includes various new features and developer resources.
General availability: Introducing DropMappedField transformation for data mappings in Azure Data Explorer
Azure Data Explorer has added a new capability called "DropMappedField" to its data mappings. This feature allows users to map an object in a JSON document to a column while removing any nested fields that are already referenced by other column mappings.
Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage in Southeast Asia, UK South, South Central US and West US 3
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions and offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price performance.
Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer Synapse Link
Now generally available: managed ingestion from Azure Cosmos DB to Azure Data Explorer in near real time.
Retirement notice: Move to Azure Load Testing GA API versions by 10 September 2023
Target retirement date: September 10, 2023
Retirement notice: Move to Azure Load Testing GA API versions by 10 September 2023
Public Preview: IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Utah version
The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster.
General availability: Azure Queue Storage SDK for Go
The new Azure Queue Storage SDK is now generally available for Go, allowing developers to build Go apps that can store and retrieve messages in Azure Queue Storage.
General availability: Azure Blob Storage SDK for Go
The new Azure Blob Storage SDK is now generally available for Go, allowing developers to build Go apps that interact with objects in Azure Blob Storage.
General availability: Azure Event Hubs SDK for Go
The new Azure Event Hubs SDK is now generally available for Go, allowing developers to build Go apps that send and receive events from Azure Event Hubs.
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Availability zone volume placement enhancement – Populate existing volume
Populate previously deployed, existing volumes with the logical availability zone information to enable failure domain protection for workloads in specific availability zones.
General availability: Azure HX Virtual Machines for HPC
HX-series VMs for HPC are now generally available in the Azure East US region.
General availability: Azure HBv4 Virtual Machines for HPC
HBv4-series VMs for HPC are now generally available in the Azure East US region.
Azure VMware Solution now available in North Switzerland
We are excited to announce that Azure VMware Solution has gone live in North Switzerland and is now available to customers.
Public preview: Assess impact of service retirements using new workbook template in Azure Advisor
Review upcoming service and feature retirements and their impact on your workloads using the new Service Retirement workbook template which is available in Azure Advisor.
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