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March 2024

Mar 29

Standard_NC24rs_v3 virtual machines will be retired on March 31st, 2025

Target retirement date: March 31, 2025

Standard_NC24rs_v3 virtual machines will be retired on March 31st, 2025

  • Retirements
Mar 29

Support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS for Batch pools will be retired on 23 April 2025

Target retirement date: April 24, 2025

End of life announcement for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS support for Azure Batch pools on 23 April 2025

  • Batch
  • Retirements
Mar 29

Support for Basic and Standard A-series VM families support will be retired on 31 August 2024 for Batch pools

Target retirement date: September 01, 2024

End of life for Basic and Standard A-series VM families support in Batch pools on 31 August 2024

  • Batch
  • Retirements
Mar 29

Every-write AOF persistence on Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise and Enterprise Flash will be retired on 1 April 2025

Target retirement date: April 01, 2025

Every-write AOF will be retired on 1 April 2025, and all instances using the feature will automatically switch to use every-second AOF instead.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Retirements
Mar 29

General availability: Availability zone volume placement for Azure NetApp Files

NOW AVAILABLE

Deploy new Azure NetApp Files volumes in Azure availability zones (AZs) of your choice to support workloads across multiple availability zones

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Mar 28

Azure Sphere version 24.03 and Azure Sphere (Integrated) are now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure Sphere 24.03 release includes Azure Sphere (Integrated) general availability, support for custom certificates to connect to Azure IoT Services, an updated version of cURL for the Azure Sphere OS, security fixes, SDK support for Ubuntu 24.04 pre-release, removal of SDK support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and changes to the CMake toolchain.

  • Operating System
  • SDK and Tools
Mar 28

GA: Improved throughput performance on Azure Disks’ Standard SSD

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Disks Standard SSD throughput limits are now 100 MB/s on disks sized 8191 GBs and lower.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Managed Disks
  • Services
  • Features
Mar 28

GA: Azure Logic Apps Designer for Consumption

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

We're thrilled to announce the general availability of the new Azure Logic Apps Designer for Consumption, revolutionizing your workflow experience with unparalleled speed, smoothness, and reliability. Unifying the designer experience across all supported platforms, including standard Azure Logic Apps, the Azure Logic Apps Visual Studio Code extension, and consumption Azure Logic Apps in the portal, ensures seamless usability and familiarity wherever you work.

  • Features
Mar 28

Public Preview: Safety evaluations for generative AI applications in Azure AI Studio

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Measure your generative AI application’s susceptibility to jailbreak attacks and to producing unsafe content, so you can implement effective mitigations and go from prototype to production with confidence.

  • Azure AI Studio
  • Features
Mar 27

Generally available: Microsoft Dev Box in Southeast Asia, Brazil South, South Africa North, and Switzerland North 

NOW AVAILABLE

Microsoft Dev Box is generally available in Southeast Asia, Brazil South, South Africa North, and Switzerland North.  

  • Services
Mar 27

GA: Azure SQL Trigger support for Azure Functions

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now build application logic in Azure Function apps which can be driven by the data from Azure SQL database

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
Mar 27

General Availability: Azure Files geo-redundancy for standard large file shares

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Azure Files geo-redundancy for 100TiB standard SMB file shares is now generally available.

  • Azure Files
  • Storage Accounts
  • Features
Mar 27

Generally Available: Free managed certificates on Azure Container Apps

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Container Apps now provides a free managed certificate for your custom domain.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Security
  • Features
Mar 27

Public preview: Support for Key Vault Certificates in Azure Container Apps

IN PREVIEW

You can now use Azure Key Vault to store and manage your own TLS/SSL certificates for use with Azure Container Apps.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Security
  • Features
Mar 27

Public preview: PowerShell 7.4 support for Azure Functions

IN PREVIEW

You can now develop apps using PowerShell 7.4 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
Mar 27

Public Preview: Azure Container Apps OpenTelemetry Agent support

IN PREVIEW

You can now use open-source standards to send your app’s data.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features
Mar 27

Azure Front Door (classic) will be retired on 31 March 2027

Target retirement date: March 31, 2027

Migrate to Azure Front Door Standard or Premium by 31 March 2027, when Front Door (classic) will be retired.

  • Azure Front Door (classic)
  • Security
  • Retirements
Mar 27

General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2024 .

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Mar 27

Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2024.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Mar 27

Public Preview: Real-time text translation using the azure_ai extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Text translation right within SQL facilitates building intelligent multilingual applications on Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features

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