Azure-updates

Public Preview: Azure SQL Database Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Mirroring Azure SQL Database provides an easy experience to continuously replicate SQL DB data directly into Microsoft Fabric.

• Azure SQL Database
• Features

Azure Static Web Apps distributed functions capability now in Public Preview

Reduced latency by distributing managed functions to regions of high demand.

• Statische web-apps
• Features

Breaking Changes to Azure API Management Workspaces

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

As part of our commitment to enhancing workspaces (in Public Preview) within Azure API Management, we are implementing several critical breaking changes effective June 14, 2024. These changes are designed to streamline functionality and improve overall performance.   These breaking changes will be effective from June 14, 2024. We strongly advise making any necessary adjustments to your workspace configurations before this date to ensure uninterrupted service. 

• Features

General Availability: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps

Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the "Automatic Scaling" feature.

• App Service
• App Service (Linux)
• Features

Preview: New Features in Azure Container Storage

Azure Container Storage is a fully managed volume orchestration service built natively for containers. New capabilities include support for Temp SSD, simplified installation via AKS CLI, and scalable storage for cost-efficient workload management.

• Azure Container Storage
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Important Notice: Azure Product Retirement: End of Life Announcement of Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service Versions 31 March 2025

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2025

Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service will be retired on 31 March 2025.  

• Features

Support for Standard_M192idms_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027

Streefdatum afschaffing: maart 14, 2027

Community support for Standard_M192idms_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

• Retirements
• Features

Community support for Standard_M192ids_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Streefdatum afschaffing: maart 18, 2027

Support for Standard_M192idms_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027

• Retirements
• Features

Community support for Standard_M192ims_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Streefdatum afschaffing: maart 19, 2027

Support for Standard_M192ims_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.

• Retirements
• SDK and Tools
• Features

Community support for Standard_M192is_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Support for Standard_M192is_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.

• Retirements
• SDK and Tools
• Features

Azure HDInsight 4.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025 - migrate your HDInsight clusters to 5.1

Streefdatum afschaffing: maart 31, 2025

Azure HDInsight 4.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025 - migrate your HDInsight clusters to 5.1

• Retirements
• SDK and Tools
• Features

Private Preview: Force detach zone redundant disks during zone outage

Force detach zone redundant disks during zone outage and take advantage of ZRS ability to achieve an RPO of 0.

• Managed Disks
• Azure Disk Storage
• Virtuele machines
• Windows Virtual Machines
• Linux Virtual Machines
• Features

General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity pools

Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 2 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.

• Azure NetApp Files
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features
• Pricing & Offerings

Public Preview: Next generation of general purpose service tier for Azure SQL Managed Instance

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

The next generation of general purpose service tier brings improved performance, 32 TB storage and higher database density.

• Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Azure SQL
• Features

Public preview: Public IP Domain Name Label Scope

Announcing the public preview for a new capability in Azure public IP address that can prevent DNS subdomain takeover while still allowing for re-use of DNS names.

• Azure DNS
• Features

Public preview: Database watcher for Azure SQL

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Enable in-depth, managed monitoring of Azure SQL databases, elastic pools, and managed instances.

• Azure Data Explorer
• Azure SQL
• Features

Generally available: Application Gateway (v2) IPv6 support

Azure Application Gateway v2 enables dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity from the clients, providing more flexible and reliable access to the backend Applications.

• Application Gateway
• Security
• Services
• Features

General availability: Listener TLS certificates management in the Azure portal

You can now manage the TLS certificates associated with Listeners through Azure portal.

• Application Gateway
• Security
• Services
• Management
• Features

Operator and CRD support with Azure Managed Prometheus

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus will support CRD-based configs for scrape jobs to collect metrics from workloads running in your AKS cluster. With this new update, customers can use custom resources (service monitor and pod monitor) to configure metric collection with Managed Prometheus.

• Azure Monitor
• Beheerd Prometheus
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features