Azure Updates

Last Updated on May 2, 2024 by Arnav Sharma

1 April 2024

  • Generally Available: Azure API Management Developer Portal Unveils Enhanced Features for Increased Developer Productivity
  • Public Preview: ExpressRoute Metro for High Resiliency
  • Public Preview: Azure Backup supports long term retention for backup of Azure Database for MySQL– Flexible Server
  • Public Preview: Azure Backup enables vaulted backups for Azure Files for comprehensive data protection

2 April 2024

  • Public Preview: Resiliency Review on Azure Advisor
  • Public Preview: Azure Monitor introduces Prometheus community recommended alerts
  • Generally Available: AKS cost views
  • Announcing General Availability of Azure API Management Basic v2 and Standard v2 Tiers
  • General Availability of Azure Logic Apps connectors for IBM Mainframe and Midranges
  • Public Preview of Azure OpenAI and AI Search in-app connectors for Logic Apps (Standard)

4 April 2024

  • Azure Virtual Network Manager Security Admin Rule generally available in 45 regions

8 April 2024

  • App Service virtual network integration multi plan subnet join
  • General Available: Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4 is now GA
  • Public Preview: Backup and restore of virtual machines with private endpoint enabled disks

9 April 2024

  • Run Azure Load Testing on Azure App Service web apps
  • Native Delta Lake Output Now Generally Available in Azure Stream Analytics
  • Azure Load Testing availability in Fairfax (USGov Virginia)

10 April 2024

  • Azure Red Hat OpenShift April 2024 updates
  • General availability: Extensible key management using Azure Key Vault for SQL Server on Linux
  • General Availability: Virtual private network (VPN) with Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra
  • General Availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server networking with Azure Private Link
  • Public Preview: Long-term retention for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
  • Generally available: Defender for Cloud supports Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
  • Public Preview: Mirroring Azure Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric

11 April 2024

  • General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-April 2024

15 April 2024

  • Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 73 – April 2024
  • Azure Event Grid support for last will & testament (LWT) capabilities now in Public Preview
  • GA: New Property for Disks-LastOwnershipUpdateTime

19 April 2024

  • .Net Standard user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.
  • Support of Azure Notification Hubs’ Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) legacy API will be deprecated by July 2024.
  • Azure Advisor will no longer display aggregated potential yearly savings beginning 30 September 2024
  • App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024
  • Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024
  • Five Azure classic networking services will be retired on 31 August 2024
  • Generally available: Bulk delete operation for the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services
  • Public Preview – DR for Shared Disks – Azure Site Recovery

22 April 2024

  • The billing meter for Azure Databricks materialized views and streaming tables will change 1 May 2024
  • Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent Upload to Storage and Event Hubs

23 April 2024

  • Azure Virtual Network Manager security admin rule generally available in all public regions

24 April 2024

  • General availability: Application Gateway Web Application Firewall (WAF) inspection limit & size enforcement
  • Generally Available: Index Advisor in Azure Cosmos DB helps optimize your index policy for NoSQL queries
  • General availability: Semantic caching with vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
  • Public preview: Filtered vector search in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
  • General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server enhanced disaster recovery features
  • General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL geo-redundant backup and restore
  • General availability: HNSW vector index in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
  • General availability: Virtual network flow logs

25 April 2024

  • Public preview: Extensibility model in Azure Deployment Environments
  • Public preview: Azure Change Analysis New Portal Experience

26 April 2024

  • Updated Retirement Notice: Azure Data Catalog will now be retired on 15 May 2024

29 April 2024

  • Public preview: Azure Monitor pipeline (at edge)
  • Infrastructure and quality enhancements for Azure Container Registry
  • Public Preview: Azure Dedicated Host – Redeploy
  • General availability: Improved network topology experience in Network Watcher and Azure Monitor Network Insights

30 April 2024

  • Azure Spring Apps Feature Update Q1 2024: Save up to 47% with Azure savings plan
  • General availability: Mexico Central region added to Azure HDInsight
  • Public Preview: Azure HDInsight on AKS is now available for preview in 7 new regions
  • Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports Resource tags

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