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Changes Microsoft announces – page 115

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

ChangeListStatusKey dateMicrosoft updatedVersions
Action Required: Transition to DCR-based KQL transformations by 31 March 2026Azure Updates–
Retirement		31 March 20261
Azure CDN will be retiring Azure CDN Standard from Akamai on 31 October 2023 – transition to another CDN profile to avoid service interruptionAzure Updates–
Retirement		1 November 20231
Retirement notice: Migrate from Public Peering by March 31, 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		April 20241
Classic experience to protect VMware machines using Azure Site Recovery will be retired on 30 March 2026Azure Updates–
Retirement		30 March 20261
Transition to built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Recovery Services vaults in Azure Backup by 31 March 2026Azure Updates–
Retirement		31 March 20261
Azure Image Builder Portal Functionality now availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Azure Service Fabric 9.1 Second Refresh ReleaseAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
HDInsightAzure UpdatesIn developmentMarch 20231
Generally available: Mount Azure Files and ephemeral storage in Azure Container AppsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Azure Maps is now HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliantAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Public Preview: Simplified flush operation for caches using active geo-replicationAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20231
Public Preview: In-place scaling for enterprise cachesAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20231
Public preview: AKS support for Kubernetes 1.26 releaseAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20231
Public Preview: Storage in-place sharing in Microsoft Purview in additional regionsAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20231
Public Preview: Connection audit logs for Enterprise tier cachesAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20231
Azure HDInsight for Apache Kafka 3.2.0 is now available for public preview.Azure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Generally Available: Larger SKUs for App Service Environment v3Azure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Preview: customer managed key encryption for Enterprise tier cachesAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20231
Azure SQL—General availability updates for late-March 2023Azure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage in East US 2, North Europe and West US 2Azure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Generally available: Azure Monitor Alerts now support duplicating alert rulesAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Multi-Column Distribution for Dedicated SQL pools is now available!Azure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Public Preview: Azure Migrate - Discover ASP.NET & Java web apps and assess ASP.NET in all environmentsAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20231
General availability: Microsoft Purview DevOps policies for Azure SQL DatabaseAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Generally available: New Azure Monitor audit logging policy releasedAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
General availability: Migration feature with Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible ServerAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Azure HDInsight for Apache HBase 2.4.11 is now available for public preview.Azure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCoreAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20231
Generally available: nconnect support for Azure Files NFS v4.1 sharesAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Generally available: Azure Site Recovery - Migrate Azure Automation account's authentication from Run As accounts to Managed IdentityAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Generally available: Resource governance for client applications in Azure Event HubsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Generally available: Simpler way to renaming Network Interface (NIC) and Disks for protected VMs in Azure Site RecoveryAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio is now available in Brazil South regionAzure Updates–March 20231
Docker container runtime retirement for Windows node pools effective May 1, 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement		1 May 20231
Batch custom image pools using VHD or managed images will be retired on 31 March 2026Azure Updates–
Retirement		April 20261
Batch Service in select regions will be retired on 31 March 2026Azure Updates–
Retirement		April 20261
AKS will stop support for Windows Server 2019 on March 1 2026Azure Updates–
Retirement		1 March 20261
Azure Automation is retiring Agent-based User Hybrid Runbook Worker (Windows & Linux) on 31 August 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		September 20241
Azure Maps Elevation APIs and Render V2 DEM tiles will be retired on 5 May 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement		5 May 20231
Generally available: Azure Private Link support for Inbound traffic in Azure API ManagementAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Public Preview: Workspaces in Azure API ManagementAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20231
Public preview: Azure Maps Creator – Improved indoor maps onboarding and new Features APIAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20231
General availability: Azure Virtual Network ManagerAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
General availability: Reserved namespaces for subdomainsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Announcement: Azure Active Directory backed authentication for JMS 2.0 API on Azure Service BusAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
General Availability: ASP. NET web app migration to Azure App Service using PowerShell ScriptsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Generally available: Encryption scopes on hierarchical namespace enabled storage accountsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Azure Maps is now HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliantAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
General availability: Serilog Sink for Azure Data ExplorerAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20231
Select Batch Pool autoscale service-defined variables will be retired on 31 March 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		April 20261

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