Changes Microsoft announces – page 86

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

ChangeListStatusKey dateMicrosoft updatedVersions
Retirement: End of life for NCv3-series VM family support in Azure Batch poolsAzure Updates–
Retirement
30 September 20251
Generally Available: Save up to 56% on the latest Linux VMs in most Azure regions for a limited timeAzure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20241
Public Preview: Azure Virtual Network IP address managementAzure UpdatesIn previewOctober 20241
Retirement: Azure Spring Apps will be retired on March 31, 2028Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20281
Retirement: Azure Sphere is retiring Legacy service interfaces on September 27th, 2027Azure Updates–
Retirement
27 September 20271
Retirement: Azure Orbital Ground Station RetirementAzure Updates–
Retirement
18 December 20241
Retirement: Azure Diagnostic Extensions set to Retire in 18 monthsAzure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20261
Generally Available: Azure Backup- Reduced Protected Instance Fee for SAP HANA BackupAzure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20241
Generally Available: Reminder New E-mail templates for Log search alerts - API version 2021-08-01 and upAzure UpdatesLaunchedOctober 20241
Retirement: VpnGw1-5 (Non-AZ SKUs) will be retired on Sep 30, 2026 – gateways will be automatically migrated to AZ SKUsAzure Updates–
Retirement
September 20261
Public Preview: Virtual machines node pools support in AKSAzure UpdatesIn previewSeptember 20241
Generally Available: V5 reservations for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible ServerAzure UpdatesLaunchedSeptember 20241
Generally Available: Smaller Enterprise tier cache instance for Azure Cache for RedisAzure UpdatesLaunchedSeptember 20241
Retirement: Extended support for Python 3.9 ends October 2025 – upgrade your apps to Python 3.10Azure Updates–
Retirement
October 20251
Retirement: Extended support for PHP 8.2 ends December 31st, 2026 – upgrade apps to PHP 8.3Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 December 20261
Generally Available: Extended support: PHP 8.1 on App ServiceAzure UpdatesLaunchedSeptember 20241
Retirement: Open Service Mesh extension for Arc-enabled Kubernetes will be retired on September 30, 2027Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 September 20271
Retirement: Open Service Mesh add-on for AKS will be retired on September 30, 2027Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 September 20271
Generally Available: Online migration from Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Single Server to Flexible ServerAzure UpdatesLaunchedSeptember 20241
Generally Available: Long-term support for version 1.27 and 1.30 in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Azure UpdatesLaunchedSeptember 20241
Generally Available: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible ServerAzure UpdatesLaunchedSeptember 20241
Public Preview: Introducing Reporting and Microsoft Entra ID Authentication for Microsoft Playwright TestingAzure UpdatesIn previewSeptember 20241
Generally Available: gRPC and frontend mTLS now available for Application Gateway for ContainersAzure UpdatesLaunchedSeptember 20241
Generally Available: Azure confidential VMs with NVIDIA Tensor Core GPUsAzure UpdatesLaunchedSeptember 20241
Public Preview: New FX series VMs - FXmsv2 and FXmdsv2Azure UpdatesIn previewSeptember 20241
Generally Available: FIPS mutability support in AKSAzure UpdatesLaunchedSeptember 20241
Retirement: Information regarding the end of support for the "Microsoft Translator [DEPRECATED]" connectorAzure Updates–
Retirement
30 October 20241
Retirement: Deprecation of Virtual Network Injection for Azure Data ExplorerAzure Updates–
Retirement
1 February 20251
Retirement: Conversation Transcription Multi Channel DiarizationAzure Updates–
Retirement
28 March 20251
Retirement: Retirement of Classic Alerts for Azure Site RecoveryAzure Updates–
Retirement
September 20271
Retirement: Network security group flow logs in Azure Network Watcher will be retiredAzure Updates–
Retirement
30 September 20271
Retirement: Azure Maps Spatial APIs V1 & 2022-08-01 will be retired on September 30th, 2025.Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 September 20251
Retirement: Azure Machine Learning data drift detection will retire on September 1st, 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
1 September 20251
Retirement: Intent Recognition an Azure AI Speech feature will be retired on September 30th, 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 September 20251
Public Preview: Azure Functions .NET 9 support in Linux plansAzure UpdatesIn previewSeptember 20241
Retirement: Azure Front Door support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will end by Dec 1st, 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement
December 20241
Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB dynamic scaling—per region and per partition autoscaleAzure UpdatesLaunchedSeptember 20241
Retirement: Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) will be retired on September 30th, 2027Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 September 20271
Retirement: Azure Automange Best Practices Migrating to Azure PolicyAzure Updates–
Retirement
September 20271
Retirement: Azure Application Gateway support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will end by 31 August 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 August 20251
Retirement: AKS GPU image (preview) will retire on Jan 10, 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
January 20251
Retirement: Transition from Helm Repositories to OCI Artifacts for Storing Helm ChartsAzure Updates–
Retirement
30 March 20251
Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - Topic Subscription notificationMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outSeptember 20241
Retirement: SQL Insights (preview)Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 December 20241
Retirement: Support for PowerShell 7.2 on Azure Functions is ending on November 8, 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement
8 November 20241
Retirement: Microsoft Purview Data Sharing (in Public Preview) is retiring on September 26th, 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
26 September 20251
Retirement: Microsoft Genomics ServiceAzure Updates–
Retirement
January 20251
Retirement: Azure Managed Confidential Consortium Framework (CCF) Service Support Ending on November 22nd, 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement
22 November 20241
Generally Available: Azure Data Box 80 TB is now Generally available at Azure ChinaAzure UpdatesLaunchedSeptember 20241
Public Preview: Advanced Container Networking Services: Enhancing security and observability in AKSAzure UpdatesIn previewSeptember 20241

Last updated