Blogs summary – Sunday 28 April 2024
Here are some recent posts I found from interesting Azure, Microsoft and .NET blogs.
Azure news
- Five Azure classic networking services will be retired on 31 August 2024
- Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024
- App Service Environment version 1 and version 2 will be retired on 31 August 2024
- Azure Advisor will no longer display aggregated potential yearly savings beginning 30 September 2024
- Support of Azure Notification Hubs’ Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) legacy API will be deprecated by July 2024.
- .Net Standard user-defined functions for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.
- Public Preview: Azure Monitor Agent Upload to Storage and Event Hubs
- The billing meter for Azure Databricks materialized views and streaming tables will change 1 May 2024
- Azure Virtual Network Manager security admin rule generally available in all public regions
- General availability: Virtual network flow logs
- General availability: HNSW vector index in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
- General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL geo-redundant backup and restore
- General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server enhanced disaster recovery features
- Public preview: Filtered vector search in vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
- General availability: Semantic caching with vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
- Generally Available: Index Advisor in Azure Cosmos DB helps optimize your index policy for NoSQL queries
- General availability: Application Gateway Web Application Firewall (WAF) inspection limit & size enforcement
- Public preview: Azure Change Analysis New Portal Experience
- Public preview: Extensibility model in Azure Deployment Environments
- Updated Retirement Notice: Azure Data Catalog will now be retired on 15 May 2024
New from .NET Blog
- Streamline your container build and publish with .NET 8
- Build & test resilient apps in .NET with Dev Proxy
- Building a scalable gateway with .NET for Microsoft AI
- Announcing: Azure Developers – .NET Day 2024
- Refactor your C# code with primary constructors
- Introducing .NET MAUI Community Tookit v8: TouchBehavior support is here!
- What’s new for .NET in Ubuntu 24.04
New from GitHub Changelog
- Configure organization-level CodeQL model packs for GitHub code scanning
- Updates to GitHub Importer and the deprecation of the Source Import REST API Endpoint
- CodeQL for Visual Studio Code documentation is now on docs.github.com
- Push rules public beta
- Dependabot Updates on Actions for GitHub Enterprise Cloud and Free, Pro, and Teams Users
- GitHub Copilot Metrics API now available in public beta
- GitHub Issues & Projects – Auto-close issue project workflow
- GitHub Actions – Deployment views across environments (GA)
- Enterprise enablement trends for security products (public beta)
- CodeQL 2.17.1: AI-powered autofixes for C#, new Ruby queries and more Java models
New from IoT Tech Community Blog
- Setting a Blueprint for Industrial Edge Application Interoperability
- Unlocking industrial data for AI: Microsoft partners with leading connectivity providers
New from Microsoft Learn Blog
- A new way to find AI-ready Microsoft Training Services Partners
- Virtual career fairs match employers with skilled job seekers
- Skill up on Modern Work: Quarterly Recap
New from Visual Studio Blog
Thanks for reading!