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January 2024

Jan 31

Announcing General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API

NOW AVAILABLE

General Availability of Azure Monitor Metrics Data plane API We are excited to share Azure Monitor Metrics Data Plane API is Now Generally Available! Unlock enhanced insights into the monitoring of your Azure resources with our powerful API. Explore its features and elevate your monitoring experience today!

  • Azure Monitor
  • Metrics
  • Batch
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

September 2023

Sep 29

Support for select marketplace images for Batch pools will be retired

Target retirement date: January 10, 2024

End of life announcement for select marketplace images for Batch pools

  • Batch
  • Operating System
  • Retirements
Sep 29

Azure Batch pool list usage metrics API will be retired on 30 September 2024

Target retirement date: October 01, 2024

End of Life Announcement of Azure Batch Pool List Usage Metrics API on 30 September 2024

  • Batch
  • Retirements
  • Features
Sep 29

Azure Batch CLI extensions will be retired on 30 September 2024

Target retirement date: October 01, 2024

End of Life Announcement of Azure Batch CLI Extensions on 30 September 2024

  • Batch
  • Retirements
  • SDK and Tools
Sep 29

Azure Batch task authentication token will be retired on 30 September 2024

Target retirement date: October 01, 2024

End of life announcement of Azure Batch task authentication token on 30 September 2024

  • Batch
  • Retirements
  • Features

March 2023

Mar 24

Batch custom image pools using VHD or managed images will be retired on 31 March 2026

Target retirement date: April 01, 2026

Transition custom image pools use images from Azure Compute Gallery

  • Batch
  • Retirements
  • Features
Mar 24

Batch Service in select regions will be retired on 31 March 2026

Target retirement date: April 01, 2026

Migrate your Batch workloads before 31 March 2026 to other regions where Azure Batch will continue to be available.

  • Batch
  • Services
  • Retirements
Mar 17

Select Batch Pool autoscale service-defined variables will be retired on 31 March 2024

Target retirement date: April 01, 2026

Remove references in your autoscale formula for the service-defined variables

  • Batch
  • Retirements
  • Features
Mar 17

Azure Batch classic compute node communication model will be retired on 31 March 2026

Target retirement date: April 01, 2026

Transition Batch pools to the Simplified compute node communication model

  • Batch
  • Retirements

October 2022

Oct 7

Azure Batch Certificates will be retired on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: March 01, 2024

Retirement Notice: Transition to Azure Key Vault before 29 February 2024.

  • Batch
  • Retirements
  • Features
Oct 7

Azure Batch pools without public IP addresses (classic) will be retired on 31 March 2023

Target retirement date: April 01, 2023

Retirement notice: Transition to Simplified compute node communication pools without public IP addresses by 31 March 2023

  • Batch
  • Retirements
  • Features

September 2022

Sep 30

Azure Batch Low Priority VMs will be retired on 30 September 2025

Target retirement date: October 01, 2025

Retirement Notice: Transition to Azure Batch Spot VMs before 30 September 2025.

  • Batch
  • Retirements
  • Features
Sep 30

Azure Batch Job/Pool Lifetime Statistics API will be retired on 30 April 2023

Target retirement date: May 01, 2023

Retirement Notice: Stop using Batch Job/Pool Lifetime Statistics API by 30 April 2023.

  • Batch
  • Retirements
Sep 30

Azure Batch TLS 1.0/1.1 will be retired on 31 March 2023

Target retirement date: April 01, 2023

Retirement notice: Transition to Azure Batch TLS 1.2 by 31 March 2023.

  • Batch
  • Retirements
  • Features

August 2021

Aug 30

General availability: New Azure Batch capabilities

NOW AVAILABLE

Several new pool and security features are now generally available.

  • Batch
  • Features
Aug 19

General availability: New VM series supported by Azure Batch

NOW AVAILABLE

Take advantage of VM sizes that are now available when creating your Batch pools.

  • Batch
  • Features

March 2021

Mar 25

General availability: New VM series supported by Azure Batch

NOW AVAILABLE

Take advantage of new VM sizes that are now available when creating your Batch pools, including the latest HPC and GPU sizes.

  • Batch
  • Features

February 2021

Feb 24

Azure Batch rendering VM images & licensing will be retired on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Azure Batching rendering VM images & licensing are being retired.

  • Batch
  • Retirements
Feb 22

Azure Batch ‘CloudServiceConfiguration’ pools will be retired on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Transition to Azure Batch Virtual Machine pool configuration by 29 February 2024.

  • Batch
  • Retirements

December 2020

Dec 1

Azure Batch vCPU quota checks are being updated

NOW AVAILABLE

The vCPU quota checks that are performed during pool operations are being updated to check the dedicated VM series vCPU quotas, in addition to the Batch account total dedicated vCPUs quota that is currently checked.

  • Batch
  • Features

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