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Changes Microsoft announces – page 157

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

ChangeListStatusKey dateMicrosoft updatedVersions
New Enterprise and Enterprise Flash tiers for Azure Cache for Redis now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Azure Spring Cloud: General availability of Managed Virtual Network and AutoscaleAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Advance notifications for Azure SQL Database now in public previewAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
Azure Load Balancer support for IP-based backend pool management is now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
General availability: Deploy WebLogic on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using custom Docker imagesAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
On-demand disk bursting for Premium SSDs now in public previewAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
New planned datacenter region in China (China North 3)Azure UpdatesIn developmentMarch 20211
Backup Reports is now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Azure Monitor Alerts for Azure Backup is in public previewAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
General availability: Announcing private Azure MarketplaceAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Azure Sphere OS version 21.02 Update 1 is now available for evaluationAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for February 2021Azure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
Azure Security Center: General availability updates for February 2021Azure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Azure Backup for SAP HANA: Incremental backup is now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Azure Backup: Operational backup for Azure Blobs is now in public previewAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
Event Hubs on Azure Stack Hub for disconnected scenarios is now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Azure Site Recovery update rollup 54 is now generally available - February 2021Azure UpdatesLaunchedFebruary 20211
Power BI Connector for Azure Databricks is now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedFebruary 20211
We are retiring Classic Azure Migrate on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
Action required: Switch to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 by 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
Update the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK by 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
Start using new alerts in Azure Monitor for Azure Government CloudAzure Updates–
Retirement		February 20241
Start using new alerts in Azure Monitor for Azure China 21VianetAzure Updates–
Retirement		February 20241
Azure Stack Edge Pro FPGA is retiring on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
Microsoft plans to establish first datacenter region in IndonesiaAzure UpdatesIn developmentFebruary 20211
Azure Batch rendering VM images & licensing will be retired on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
We’re retiring the standard version of Custom Voice on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
We are retiring Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics v2.x on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
Please upgrade your Azure AD Connect sync to a newer version by 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
Azure Batch Transcription and Customization Rest API v2 will be retired by 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
Azure Application Gateway analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
General availability: Enabling IBM WebSphere on Azure Kubernetes ServiceAzure UpdatesLaunchedFebruary 20211
Update your scripts to use Az PowerShell modules by 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
Update your Azure Media Services REST API and SDKs to v3 by 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
We’re retiring Classic Application Insights on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
We’re retiring Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor (classic) on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
Jenkins plug-ins for Azure are being retired on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
AKS legacy Azure AD integration will be retired on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
We’re retiring Network Performance Monitor on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
Azure Automation is now available in UAE CentralAzure UpdatesLaunchedFebruary 20211
Azure Batch ‘CloudServiceConfiguration’ pools will be retired on 29 February 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement		29 February 20241
The GS5 Azure Virtual Machines will no longer be SAP HANA Certified on 28 February 2022Azure Updates–
Retirement		28 February 20221
The G5 and GS5 Azure VMs will no longer be hardware-isolated on 28 February 2022Azure Updates–
Retirement		28 February 20221
The E64i_v3 & E64is_v3 Azure VMs will not be hardware-isolated on 28 February 2022Azure Updates–
Retirement		28 February 20221
Community support for Python 3.6 is ending on 23 December 2021Azure Updates–
Retirement		23 December 20211
Earlier versions of Analysis Services client libraries will retire on 30 June 2021Azure Updates–
Retirement		30 June 20211
Azure Database for PostgreSQL ending support for PostgreSQL version 9.6 on 11 November 2021Azure Updates–
Retirement		11 November 20211
General availability: Data flows in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse now support Reserved InstancesAzure UpdatesLaunchedFebruary 20211
General availability: Azure Cognitive Services Translator releases nine new languagesAzure Updates–February 20211
Email one-time passcode authentication on by default starting October 2021Azure Updates–
Retirement		31 October 20211

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