- Recent and upcoming Microsoft exam changes – Sunday 21 April 2024
Will be updated on 4/23/2024:
- Blogs summary – Sunday 14 April 2024
Azure news
- Generally Available: AKS cost views
- Public Preview: Resiliency Review on Azure Advisor
- Public Preview of Azure OpenAI and AI Search in-app connectors for Logic Apps (Standard)
- General Availability of Azure Logic Apps connectors for IBM Mainframe and Midranges
- Azure Virtual Network Manager Security Admin Rule generally available in 45 regions
- Action recommended: Prepare for model version retirement in Azure OpenAI
- Public preview: Backup and restore of virtual machines with private endpoint enabled disks
- General Available: Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4 is now GA
- App Service virtual network integration multi plan subnet join
- Azure Load Testing availability in Fairfax (USGov Virginia)
- Native Delta Lake Output Now Generally Available in Azure Stream Analytics
- Run Azure Load Testing on Azure App Service web apps
- Public Preview: Mirroring Azure Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric
- Public Preview: Long-term retention for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
- Generally available: Defender for Cloud supports Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server
- 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
- General availability: Extensible key management using Azure Key Vault for SQL Server on Linux
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift April 2024 updates
- General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-April 2024
- Blogs summary – Thursday 28 March 2024
Azure news
- General Availability: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps
- Breaking Changes to Azure API Management Workspaces
- Public Preview: Azure SQL Database Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric
- Azure Static Web Apps distributed functions capability now in Public Preview
- Public preview: Change partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL API)
- Public Preview: On-demand capacity reservations for Specialty SKUs
- General availability: Rate Limiting on ExpressRoute Direct Circuits
- General availability: Migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
- Public Preview: Real-time text translation using the azure_ai extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
- Public Preview: Invoke Azure Machine Learning models using the azure_ai extension
- General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024
- Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024
- Azure Front Door (classic) will be retired on 31 March 2027
- Public Preview: Azure Container Apps OpenTelemetry collector support
- Public preview: PowerShell 7.4 support for Azure Functions
- Public preview: Support for Key Vault Certificates in Azure Container Apps
- Generally Available: Free managed certificates on Azure Container Apps
- GA: Azure SQL Trigger support for Azure Functions
- General Availability: Azure Files geo-redundancy for standard large file shares
- Generally available: Microsoft Dev Box in Southeast Asia, Brazil South, South Africa North, and Switzerland North
- Blogs summary – Monday 18 March 2024
Azure news
- Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports new fault for Azure Event Hubs
- WhatsApp Business Platform now available for applications built on Azure
- Announcing Try Azure Cosmos DB support in Vercel Integration
- General availability: Additional cache size for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise
- General availability: Microsoft Entra ID integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
- General Availability: Private Link in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
- General Availability: Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
- Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-March 2024
- General Availability: Azure Defender for Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
- Public Preview: Modernizing Azure Resource Manager Throttling
- Public Preview: Tomcat support in Azure Container Apps
- Public Preview: JVM memory fit in Azure Container Apps
- Public Preview: Managed Java components in Azure Container Apps
- Now available: Free data transfer out to internet when leaving Azure
- Azure IoT Edge supports Ubuntu Core Snaps
- Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping
- Billing for Azure Monitor stateful log search alerts
- Retirement: Support for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall v2 Configuration is ending
- Visual Studio App Center retirement
- Azure Classic Administrator roles are retiring on 31 August 2024
- Blogs summary – Thursday 14 March 2024
Azure news
- Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024
- Public Preview: Well-Architected Framework assessment on Azure Advisor
- Azure Sphere OS version 24.03 is now available for evaluation
- Public preview: New Generation AMD VMs – Dasv6/Easv6/Fasv6
- Public preview: Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – allow the same file path for volumes in different availability zones
- Generally available: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20
- Public preview: Change Actor
- General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption now in additional regions
- Generally available: Service Level Agreements on Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier
- General Availability: App Service Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network
- Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier in Poland Central, Qatar Central and Azure China
- Azure API Center Updates
- Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports new fault for Azure Event Hubs
- WhatsApp Business Platform now available for applications built on Azure
- Billing for Azure Monitor stateful log search alerts