23 Aug August 2021 Azure Updates – Week 3
Get the latest updates on Azure products and features to meet your cloud investment needs.
Aug 16. Placement polices now in public preview for Azure VMware Solution
Placement policies enable admins to specify constraints or rules when allocating Virtual Machines within an Azure VMware Solution private cloud. With this update the creation and assignment of vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) rules for running Virtual Machines in an Azure VMware Solution SDDC has been simplified and is now executable directly from the Azure Portal for cloud admin roles.
Aug 17. Azure Monitor’s Baseline and CalculateBaseline APIs will be retired on 30 November 2021
Azure Monitor’s Baseline and CalculateBaseline APIs will be retired on 30 November 2021, use the MetricBaselines API instead.
Aug 17. Select Azure Cognitive Search skills will be retired on 31 August 2024
Upgrade your skills to version 3 of Azure Cognitive Search sentiment analysis and entity recognition skills.
Aug 17. Update Java SDK 3.x to Java SDK 4.x by 31 August 2024
We’ll be retiring version 3.x of the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK on 31 August 2024.
Aug 17. Upgrade to Text-to-Speech Neural Voice by 31 August 2024
All standard Text-to-Speech voices will be retired on 31 August 2024.
Aug 17. Migrate your Azure IoT Central apps to version 3 before 1 March 2022
IoT Central V2 is retiring 1 March 2022.
Aug 17. Azure Blob storage – Inventory generally availability
Administrators can enable a daily or weekly inventory to be created to gain understanding of their blobs and containers.
Aug 18. HB-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2024
Transition to new HPC virtual machines by 31 August 2024.
Aug 18. NC-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2022
Transition to new HPC virtual machines by 31 August 2022.
Aug 18. Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server: Burstable credit metrics in public preview
Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server enables users to monitor burstable credits using Azure monitor.
Aug 18. Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server: Burstable credit metrics in public preview
Flexible Server enables users to monitor burstable credits using Azure monitor on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Aug 18. Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server: Standby Zone selection in public preview
Choose your standby server zone location for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server.
Aug 18. Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server: Eight new regions supported
The public preview Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server (Preview) is now supported in eight additional regions.
Aug 18. Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Basic tier now generally available
You can now run Hyperscale (Citus) on a single node with Hyperscale (Citus) Basic for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Aug 18. Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server: New regions now available in public preview
You can now provision Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server in five new regions
Aug 18. Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Support for Citus 10 now generally available
The support of Citus 10, with columnar storage and more, is now included in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure.
Aug 18. Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): PostgreSQL 12 & 13 now generally available
Create Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) server groups with Postgres 12 and Postgres 13, in addition to previously supported Postgres 11.
Aug 18. Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Same region read replicas now generally available
Now you can create read replicas of your Hyperscale (Citus) server group for enhanced read scalability with Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Aug 18. Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Columnar compression now generally available
Included with Citus 10, columnar compression is now supported in the Hyperscale (Citus) option in Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure.
Aug 18. Azure Database for PostgreSQL | Scheduled maintenance for Hyperscale (Citus) now generally available
Now Hyperscale (Citus) supports custom maintenance schedules with Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Aug 18. Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Server group restart now generally available
The restart server group capability is now available for Hyperscale (Citus) on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the Postgres open-source database on Azure.
Aug 18. Azure Cosmos DB: Continuous backup with point in time restore now in general availability
Continuous backup mode for the Core (SQL) API and Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB feature means you can now perform your own granular restore capabilities.
Aug 18. Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Managed PgBouncer now generally available
PgBouncer, a popular connection pooler for Postgres, is now part of the Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) managed service.
Aug 18. Public preview: Application Insights auto-instrumentation of .NET apps on Linux
Application Insights, an Application Performance Management (APM) observability feature of Azure Monitor, is announcing the release of several key features including .NET on Linux auto-instrumentation for .NET Core 3.1, .NET5, and preview of .NET6, including support for self-contained and framework-dependent deployments.
Aug 18. General availability: CSI storage driver support on Azure Kubernetes Service
Natively leverage storage systems in Kubernetes using Container Storage Interface storage drivers.
Aug 18. Enhanced troubleshooting experiences now generally available for additional resources in Network Insights
You can now access resource topology views and pre-built monitoring workbooks for Private Link, NAT Gateway, Public IP, and NIC resources in Azure, via Network Insights.
Aug 18. General availability: AKS support for Kubernetes 1.21
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) users can now benefit from enhancements and capabilities in Kubernetes 1.21.
Aug 18. Mounting Azure Storage as a local share for web apps deployed on App Service is generally available
This new capability enables mounting Azure Storage as a network share in a built-in Linux container or a custom Linux container deployed to App Service for Linux.
Aug 18. Azure Static Web Apps adds public preview support for Private Endpoints
Secure your static web apps with Private Endpoints by limiting exposure to the public internet.
Aug 18. General availability: Public DNS support for private Azure Kubernetes Service clusters
Simplify name resolution to your AKS clusters without compromising your Kubernetes API server security.
Aug 19. NV-series and NV_Promo Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2022
Move to GPU accelerated virtual machines by 31 August 2022.
Aug 19. We’re retiring the Log Analytics agent in Azure Monitor on 31 August 2024
Start using the Azure Monitor agent instead of the Log Analytics agent before 31 August 2024.
Aug 19. General availability: New VM series supported by Azure Batch
Take advantage of VM sizes that are now available when creating your Batch pools.
Aug 19. General availability: Azure Archive Storage events for easy rehydration of archived blobs
React to rehydration events on Azure Archive Storage with Azure Event Grid.
Aug 19. Azure Blob storage – Last access time tracking now generally available
This feature helps administrators control costs through the automatic tiering and deletion of blobs via tiering including when the data was last read.
Aug 20. Release annotations using API keys will be retired on 31 August 2024
Transition to new release annotations without using API keys in Application Insights.
Aug 20. H-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2022
Migrate to HPC, GP, or RAM optimized VMs by 31 August 2022
Aug 20. Tomcat 7 reached End-of-Life on 23 March 2021
Transition to Tomcat 8.5 or 9.0 by 29 July 2022.
Aug 20. Version 2.x of the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK will be retired on 31 August 2024
Update your Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK to version 3 by 31 August 2024.
Aug 20. NC v2-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2022
Transition to new HPC virtual machines by 31 August 2022.
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