Changes Microsoft announces – page 95

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

ChangeListStatusKey dateMicrosoft updatedVersions
GA: Azure Logic Apps Designer for ConsumptionAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241
Public Preview: Safety evaluations for generative AI applications in Microsoft FoundryAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Generally available: Microsoft Dev Box in Southeast Asia, Brazil South, South Africa North, and Switzerland NorthAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241
General Availability: Azure Files geo-redundancy for standard large file sharesAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241
GA: Azure SQL Trigger support for Azure FunctionsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241
Public preview: Support for Key Vault Certificates in Azure Container AppsAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Generally Available: Free managed certificates on Azure Container AppsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241
Public preview: PowerShell 7.4 support for Azure FunctionsAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Public Preview: Azure Container Apps OpenTelemetry Agent supportAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Azure Front Door (classic) will be retired on 31 March 2027Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20271
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024Azure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024Azure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241
Public Preview: Real-time text translation using the azure_ai extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQLAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Public Preview: Invoke Azure Machine Learning models using the azure_ai extensionAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
General availability: Migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQLAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241
General availability: Rate Limiting on ExpressRoute Direct CircuitsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241
Public Preview: On-demand capacity reservations for Specialty SKUsAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Public preview: Change partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL API)Azure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Azure Static Web Apps distributed functions capability now in Public PreviewAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Breaking Changes to Azure API Management WorkspacesAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241
General Availability: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web AppsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241
Preview: New Features in Azure Container StorageAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Public Preview: Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backup by Azure Backup for VMAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Important Notice: Azure Product Retirement: End of Life Announcement of Azure Maps Creator Feature State Service Versions 31 March 2025Azure Updates–March 20241
Action required: Upgrade your App Service apps to Node 20 LTS by 30 April 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 April 20251
Basic and Standard A-series VMs on HDInsight will retire on 31 August 2024Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 August 20241
Azure Content Moderator will be retired on 15 March 2027Azure Updates–
Retirement
15 March 20271
Support for Connector for AWS in Cost Management is ending on 31 March 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
April 20251
Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.2 End of SupportAzure UpdatesLaunched
Retirement
8 July 20241
Update to Azure Functions Service Bus extension v5.x by 31 March 2025 for continued supportAzure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20251
Retirement: Support for .NET 7 ends on 14 May 2024—upgrade your Azure Functions resources to .NET 8Azure Updates–
Retirement
14 May 20241
Azure Maps Native SDK for Android and iOS will be retired on 31 March 2025 – transition to use Azure Maps Web SDK in a web viewAzure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20251
Action recommended: Update to using Grafana version 10 for Azure Managed GrafanaAzure Updates–
Retirement
September 20241
HPC Pack 2016 will be retired on 12 January 2027Azure Updates–
Retirement
12 January 20271
Default Internet outbound access for Simplified node communication Batch pools without public IP addresses will be retired on 30 September 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
October 20251
Support for Standard_M192idms_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027Azure UpdatesLaunched
Retirement
31 March 20271
Community support for Standard_M192ids_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20271
Community support for Standard_M192is_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20271
Community support for Standard_M192ims_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20271
Some compliance features in Microsoft Defender for Cloud will be retired on September 30, 2025Azure Updates–
Retirement
30 September 20251
Azure HDInsight 4.0 will be retired on 31 March 2025 - migrate your HDInsight clusters to 5.1Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20251
Announcing Avere vFXT for Azure RetirementAzure Updates–
Retirement
October 20251
Announcing Azure HPC Cache RetirementAzure Updates–
Retirement
October 20251
Private Preview: Force detach zone redundant disks during zone outageAzure UpdatesIn developmentMarch 20241
General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity poolsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241
Public Preview: Next generation of general purpose service tier for Azure SQL Managed InstanceAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Public preview: Public IP Domain Name Label ScopeAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Public preview: Database watcher for Azure SQLAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20241
Generally available: Application Gateway (v2) IPv6 supportAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241
General availability: Listener TLS certificates management in the Azure portalAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20241

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