Changes Microsoft announces – page 135

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

ChangeListStatusKey dateMicrosoft updatedVersions
ND-series Azure Virtual Machines retirement extended to 31 August 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 August 20231
Update: NV-series and NV_Promo Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on 31 August 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 August 20231
Update: ND-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on 31 August 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 August 20231
Update: NC v2-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on 31 August 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 August 20231
NC v2-series Azure Virtual Machines retirement extended to 31 August 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 August 20231
NC-series Azure Virtual Machines retirement extended to 31 August 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 August 20231
Update: NC-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on 31 August 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 August 20231
Generally available: Access time-based lifecycle management rules for Data Lake Storage Gen2Azure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
Generally available: The new Azure Front Door – a modern cloud CDN serviceAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 August 20241
IoT connector preview feature in Azure API for FHIR retiring on 30 September 2022Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 September 20221
Generally available: Copy data directly to Archive Storage with Data BoxAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
In development: New planned datacenter region in India (India South Central)Azure UpdatesIn developmentMarch 20221
Generally available: On-demand capacity reservation with Azure Site Recovery safeguards VMs failoverAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
General availability: Azure Bastion native client supportAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
General availability: On-demand capacity reservationsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
Generally available: Azure Batch supports Spot Virtual MachinesAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
Public preview: Azure Percept DK March (2203) software updateAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20221
Operator Assistance in Azure MFA will be retired on 30 September 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 September 20231
Classic data export in Azure IoT Central will be retired by 31 March 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20231
Public preview: User-assigned managed identities in Stream AnalyticsAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20221
Public preview: Intelligent cache for Apache Spark in Azure SynapseAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20221
Generally available: Azure Data Explorer supports multiple databases per data connectionAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
General availability: Azure Machine Learning user-defined functions in Azure Stream AnalyticsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
Templates functionality preview version in Azure portal will be retired on 31 March 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20251
Review your VNET configurations that may be affected by IP address changesAzure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20231
Azure Time Series Insights will be retired on 31 March 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20251
General availability: Inbound NAT rule now supports port management for backend poolsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
Update your Azure App Service apps to use Microsoft .NET 6 before 13 December 2022Azure Updates–
Retirement
13 December 20221
Transition to using connection strings for data ingestion by 31 March 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20251
Community support for Node 14 LTS is ending on 30 April 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 April 20231
Azure QnA Maker will be retired on 31 March 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20251
Azure Data Lake Analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement
29 February 20241
Generally available: Connect and manage devices in Azure IoT Central without modelsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
In development: New planned datacenter region in Finland (Finland Central)Azure UpdatesIn developmentMarch 20221
Public preview: Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack HubAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20221
Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack HubAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20221
General availability: Azure HBv3 virtual machines for HPC now upgradedAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
Five Azure classic networking services will be retired on 31 August 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 August 20241
Extended support for Microsoft .NET Core 3.1 will end on 13 December 2022Azure Updates–
Retirement
13 December 20221
IoT Hub on Azure Stack Hub public preview will be retired on 30 September 2022Azure Updates–
Retirement
July 20221
Update: Event Grid on Azure IoT Edge preview will retire on 31 March 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20231
Update your Azure SDK libraries by 31 March 2023Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20231
General availability: Enablement of combined security information registration for Azure Active DirectoryAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221
Public preview: Azure Private Link support in Azure API ManagementAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20221
Premium Container SKU (public preview) will be retired on 30 June 2022Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 June 20221
Community support for Node 12 LTS is ending on 30 April 2022Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 April 20221
Community support for .NET 5 is ending on 8 May 2022Azure Updates–
Retirement
8 May 20221
Azure Container Monitoring solution will be retired on 31 March 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20251
Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 61 - March 2022Azure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20221

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