Changes Microsoft announces – page 113

New and changed items from the Microsoft 365 roadmap and Azure Updates.

ChangeListStatusKey dateMicrosoft updatedVersions
Azure Advisor data in Azure Resource Graph is now available in Azure China and US Government cloudsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-May 2023Azure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for early-May 2023Azure UpdatesIn previewMay 20231
Public Preview: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro for ASP.NET Core, JavaScript (Node.js), PythonAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20231
Generally available: Azure Monitor Agent supports Linux Hardening for CIS and SELinuxAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
Azure VMware Solution on Azure GovernmentAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 23.05 expected on May 24Azure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
Public Preview: App Service Minimum TLS Cipher Suite Now on Azure PortalAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20231
General availability: Inbound ICMPv4 pings are now supported on Azure Load BalancerAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
Generally available: Azure DNS Private Resolver is available in 8 additional regionsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
Generalized Azure Compute Gallery custom image support in Update management centerAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20231
Public preview: Always Serve for Azure Traffic ManagerAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20231
Preview: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web AppsAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20231
Retirement of SQL Server Native Client (SNAC) OLE DB provider for linked servers in Azure SQL Managed InstanceAzure Updates–
Retirement
June 20231
General availability: Azure IoT Edge supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Azure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
Public preview: Azure Cold StorageAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20231
Public Preview: Palo Alto Networks SaaS Cloud NGFW Integration with Virtual WANAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20231
Generally Available: Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 NVMe-enabled VM sizesAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
Generally Available: Azure Backup Server V4Azure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
Generally available: Serverless SQL for Azure DatabricksAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
Preview: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Palo Alto Networks - an Azure Native ISV ServiceAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20231
Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is available in Southeast Asia, Australia East and Qatar Central.Azure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
Generally available: Azure Event Hubs Dedicated self-serve scalable clusters for mission critical Kafka, AMQP and HTTPs workloadsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20231
Application Gateway V1 will be retired on 28 April 2026– Transition to Application Gateway V2Azure Updates–
Retirement
28 April 20261
New Azure Virtual Desktop features to answer our customers’ top needsAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Public Preview : Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Data Encryption with Customer Managed KeysAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20231
Update your IoT Edge devices on Ubuntu 18.04 LTSAzure Updates–April 20231
General availability: Microsoft Azure available from new cloud region in PolandAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Azure SQL—General availability updates for late-April 2023Azure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Azure Advisor VM/VMSS right-sizing recommendations with custom lookback periodAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
General Availability: Centrally Managed Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL ServerAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Public Preview: Azure API Management and Microsoft Defender for APIs integrationAzure Updates–April 20231
Continuous Language ID in Azure Speech ServiceAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Public Preview: Azure Monitor Metrics Dataplane API releasedAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20231
Generally available: Azure Monitor alerts now suggests signals to alert onAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Generally Available: Operation Abort in AKSAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Generally Available: Inbound IP restrictions for Azure Container AppsAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Public preview: Session affinity for Azure Container AppsAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20231
Generally Available: TCP support for Azure Container AppsAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Public preview: Azure Key Vault references for secrets in Azure Container AppsAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20231
Generally available: Synthetic GraphQLAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Generally available: API Management AuthorizationsAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Public Preview: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure BackupAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20231
Azure Service Fabric 9.1 Third Refresh ReleaseAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Generally available: Cross-region service endpoints for Azure StorageAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231
Preview: Introducing DCesv5 and ECesv5-series Confidential VMs with Intel TDXAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20231
Support has ended for Gen 4 hardware on Azure SQL DatabaseAzure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20231
Cognitive Services Custom Commands feature is being retired on April 30, 2026Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 April 20261
App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 August 20241
General Availability: Support for Linux clients to use identity-based access to Azure file shares over SMBAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20231

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