Azure updates

General Availability - Azure API Center

Target availability: Q2 2024

Azure API Center is now generally available, providing a centralized solution to manage the challenges of API sprawl, which is exacerbated by the rapid proliferation of APIs and AI solutions. Azure API Center offers a unified inventory for seamless discovery, consumption, and governance of APIs, regardless of their type, lifecycle stage, or deployment location.

• API Management
• Features

Updated Retirement Notice: Azure Data Catalog will now be retired on 15 May 2024

Target retirement date: May 15, 2024

Azure Data Catalog will now be retired on 15 May 2024 – migrate to Microsoft Purview

• Retirements

Azure API Center Updates

Target availability: Q1 2024

We are pleased to announce an update to the Azure API Center extension for Visual Studio Code, introducing new capabilities for API inventory and design. Additionally, we are unveiling a new API governance feature in API Center, enabling API linting and analysis based on customer-owned design guidelines.

• Features

Public preview: Configuration-as-code customizations in Microsoft Dev Box

Customization enables developers to efficiently configure workstations to their exact project requirements, within guardrails set by admins that enforce governance and security policies.

• Microsoft Dev Box
• Services
• Features

Pod Security Policy is being deprecated with AKS 1.25 and 2023-06-01 API version

Target retirement date: October 14, 2025

Migrate your AKS cluster from Pod Security Policy to Pod Security Admission

• Features
• Retirements

General Availability: Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 runbooks

Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 runbooks (General Availability).

• Management

Generally Available: Azure Update Manager

Azure Update Manager, previously known as Update Management Center, is now generally available.

• Azure Arc
• Management

Enhanced Security and Compliance add-on for Azure Databricks now Generally Available

Enhanced Security and Compliance (ESC) add-on helps simplify the complexity of meeting security and regulatory requirements for Azure Databricks customers.

• Security
• Pricing & Offerings
• Features
• Compliance

Microsoft Dev Box is now generally available

Target availability: Q3 2023

Microsoft Dev Box is generally available now. Dev Box is a virtualized solution that empowers developers to quickly spin up self-service workstations preconfigured for their tasks while maintaining centralized management to maximize security and compliance.

• Azure Deployment Environments
• Azure Virtual Desktop
• Services

PublicPreview: Azure API Management: API Center

Centrally organize and manage APIs across the entire organization, regardless of API type, deployment location, lifecycle stage, or choice of API gateway or API management solution using Azure API Center.   Boost developer productivity by facilitating API discovery and promoting API reuse.  Establish a governance model for API portfolio across the entire organization.  Elevate API inventory management by organizing and enriching APIs with custom metadata, API versions, and deployment details.  Click here to learn more.

• API Management
• Features

Generally available: Resource governance for client applications in Azure Event Hubs

Independently throttle your event streaming workloads using application groups and client applications information at namespace or event hub/Kafka topic level.

• Event Hubs
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Azure Machine Learning - Generally availability updates for January 2023

New features in GA include the ability to place customized tags, search for machine learning assets, isolate network for managed online endpoints, build custom metrics views, and simplify data security. 

• Azure Machine Learning
• Features

General Availability: Azure Automation Hybrid Runbook Worker Extension

Azure Automation announces General Availability of Azure Automation Hybrid Runbook Worker Extension

• Management

Public preview: Microsoft Azure Deployment Environments

Azure Deployment Environments has entered public preview and helps dev teams create and manage all types of environments throughout the application lifecycle.

• Azure DevTest Labs
• Microsoft Dev Box
• Azure Virtual Desktop
• Microsoft Ignite