Changes Microsoft announces – page 81

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

ChangeListStatusKey dateMicrosoft updatedVersions
Retirement: All Azure Automation jobs running on Agent-based Hybrid Worker will be stopped from 1 April 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
1 April 20251
Public Preview: Seamless Amazon API Gateway Integration for API CenterAzure UpdatesIn previewJanuary 20251
Generally Available: Azure Confidential Ledger Achieves ISO 27001 CertificationAzure UpdatesLaunchedJanuary 20251
Generally Available: Azure Automation is revising Service and Subscription limitsAzure UpdatesLaunchedJanuary 20251
Planner: Smart backgrounds for basic plansMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentFebruary 20251
Generally Available: Customer Managed Unplanned Failover for Azure Data Lake Storage and SSH File Transfer ProtocolAzure UpdatesLaunchedJanuary 20251
Retirement: Microsoft Fabric Runtime 1.1 End of SupportAzure Updates–
Retirement
March 20251
Whiteboard: Existing Azure Board MigrationMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outJanuary 20251
Public Preview: JavaScript code interpreter dynamic sessions in Azure Container AppsAzure UpdatesIn previewJanuary 20251
Retirement: Azure AI Image Analysis 4.0 Preview APIs retiring on March 31, 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20251
Generally Available: Azure SQL updates for mid-January 2025Azure UpdatesLaunchedJanuary 20251
Generally Available: Accelerated logs now default along with support for customer managed keys (CMKs) in Azure Database for MySQLAzure UpdatesLaunchedJanuary 20251
Generally Available: User-managed plugin enablement in Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible ServerAzure UpdatesLaunchedJanuary 20251
Generally Available: WebSocket support in Application Gateway for ContainersAzure UpdatesLaunchedJanuary 20251
Generally Available: Azure Confidential Ledger Achieves SOC 2 Type II ComplianceAzure UpdatesLaunchedDecember 20241
Generally Available: App Service session affinity proxy compatibilityAzure UpdatesLaunchedDecember 20241
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot extensibility – Developers can build custom engine agents with the Microsoft 365 Agents SDKMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentMay 20251
Microsoft 365: Updated settings for the Microsoft 365 app on WindowsMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentFebruary 20251
Generally Available: Performance management server parameters now modifiable in Azure Database for PostgreSQLAzure UpdatesLaunchedDecember 20241
Public Preview: Collect Azure Container Storage metrics with Azure Monitor Managed Service for Prometheus (Public Preview)Azure UpdatesIn previewDecember 20241
Generally Available: Azure Files provisioned v2 billing model for HDD (standard)Azure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20241
Windows 365: Concurrency assignment for Windows 365 Frontline in dedicated modeMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJune 20251
Microsoft 365 admin center: New Feature access management UI in Admin CenterMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20251
Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files now supports minimum volume size of 50 GiBAzure UpdatesLaunchedJanuary 20251
SharePoint: Modifications in the Embedded container type creation cmdlets in PowerShellMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20251
SharePoint: Additional support on SPAC to identify different types of Embedded containers and their principal ownerMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20251
Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – allow the same file path for volumes in different availability zonesAzure UpdatesLaunchedDecember 20241
Microsoft 365: Updates to the Microsoft 365 appMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20251
Generally Available: New Zealand North region added to Azure HDInsightAzure UpdatesLaunchedDecember 20241
Retirement: Upcoming TLS changes for Azure Event GridAzure Updates–
Retirement
1 March 20251
Word: Draft on a selection and retain your existing formattingMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20251
Public Preview: Risk and safety evaluations for image and multimodal content in Microsoft FoundryAzure UpdatesIn previewDecember 20241
Generally Available: Extension of limited-time promotional discounts on Azure Databricks Serverless Compute ServicesAzure UpdatesLaunchedNovember 20241
Private Preview: Azure Automation is revising Service and Subscription limitsAzure UpdatesIn developmentDecember 20241
Generally Available: Storage account default maximum request rate limit increase to 40,000 requests per secondAzure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20241
Public Preview: Introducing security baseline with auto-remediation for Linux hybrid workloadsAzure UpdatesIn previewNovember 20241
Public Preview: Network isolated cluster in AKSAzure UpdatesIn previewNovember 20241
Generally Available: Enhanced AKS logs with Kubernetes metadata and logs filteringAzure UpdatesLaunchedDecember 20241
Public Preview: GitHub Copilot for Azure – AKS pluginsAzure UpdatesIn previewDecember 20241
Generally Available: AKS automated deployments UIAzure UpdatesLaunchedDecember 20241
Public Preview: AKS support for private ingress on cluster create or through APIAzure UpdatesIn previewDecember 20241
Generally Available: Vaulted backup for AKSAzure UpdatesLaunchedDecember 20241
Generally Available: Force attach/detach API support in AKSAzure UpdatesLaunchedDecember 20241
Public Preview: KAITO managed add-on now available in the AKS Visual Studio Code extensionAzure UpdatesIn previewDecember 20241
Generally Available: Open-source feature update: vLLM model serving in KAITOAzure UpdatesLaunchedDecember 20241
Public Preview: Windows GPU – Driver type selectionAzure UpdatesIn previewDecember 20241
Public Preview: AKS Communication ManagerAzure UpdatesIn previewDecember 20241
Public Preview: IMDS restriction support in AKSAzure UpdatesIn previewDecember 20241
Generally Available: Parallel Image Pulls by Default in AKSAzure UpdatesLaunchedDecember 20241
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Updated welcome screen for the Microsoft 365 app on WindowsMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20251

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