August 2021 Azure Updates – Week 4

Get the latest updates on Azure products and features to meet your cloud investment needs.

Aug 23 Windows 11 public preview is now available on Azure Virtual Desktop

You can now run Windows 11 preview images on Azure Virtual Desktop.

Aug 23 Azure expands HITRUST certification across 51 Azure regions

Azure expands offering and region coverage to Azure customers with its 2021 HITRUST validated assessment.

Aug 24 Public preview: Apply settings inside machines using Azure Policy’s guest configuration

Azure Policy can audit or configure settings inside a machine, both for machines running in Azure and Arc-enabled hybrid machines.

Aug 24 Azure AD B2C redirect URL login.microsoftonline.com will be retired on 31 August 2022

Update apps using Azure AD B2C to new redirect b2clogin.com.

Aug 24 Basic and Standard A-series VMs will retire on 31 August 2024

Migrate your Azure workloads to Av2-series VMs before 31 August 2024.

Aug 24 Community support for PHP 7.3 is ending on 6 December 2021

Upgrade to PHP 7.4 before 6 December 2021.

Aug 24 Azure Data Factory Compute Optimized data flows will be retired on 31 August 2024

Transition from Compute Optimized data flows to General Purpose data flows by 31 August 2024.

Aug 24 Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024

Migrate your cloud services to a new deployment model before 31 August 2024.

Aug 24 Machine Learning Studio (classic) will retire on 31 August 2024

Machine Learning Studio (classic) will be retired by 31 August 2024 – transition to Azure Machine Learning.

Aug 24 Transition to new work item integration in Application Insights by 31 August 2022

Work item integration (classic) will be retired on 31 August 2022.

Aug 25 Java 7 will be retired from App Service on 29 July 2022

Transition to Java 11 or 8 by 29 July 2022.

Aug 25 Community support for Azure Database PostgreSQL version 10 ends on 10 November 2022

Upgrade your Azure Database for PostgreSQL from version 10 to 11.

Aug 25 ND-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired by 31 August 2022

Transition to new HPC virtual machines by 31 August 2022.

Aug 25 Multi-step web tests will be retired on 31 August 2024

Transition to custom availability tests in Application Insights by 31 August 2024.

Aug 25 Retiring version Async 2.x of the Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK on 31 August 2024

Update to Java Async 2.x to Java SDK 4.x by 31 August 2024.

Aug 25 Hard coded IP address for Azure Site Recovery will be retired on 31 August 2024

Hard coded IP for Azure Site Recovery will be retired on 31 August 2024 – transition to using service tags.

Aug 25 General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 21.08

This quality release includes bug fixes and security updates of the Azure Sphere OS.

Aug 26 Azure Synapse Analytics Compute Optimized data flows will be retired on 31 August 2024

Transition from Compute Optimized data flows to General Purpose data flows by 31 August 2024.

Aug 26 Azure Functions support for Python 3.6 is ending on 30 September 2022

Functions App support for Python 3.6 is ending on 30 September 2022, we recommend you upgrade to Python 3.8.

Aug 26 Azure Functions support for Node 8 is ending on 28 February 2022

Functions App support for Node 8 apps is ending on 28 February 2022, we recommend you upgrade to Node 14.

Aug 30 General availability: New Azure Batch capabilities

Several new pool and security features are now generally available.

Aug 30 General availability: Azure ExpressRoute: New ExpressRoute peering locations available

ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection with the help of a connectivity provider.

Aug 30 General availability: Azure ExpressRoute: New ExpressRoute Direct locations available

ExpressRoute Direct gives you the ability to connect directly into Microsoft’s global network at peering locations strategically distributed around the world.

Aug 31 Public preview: Simplified disaster recovery for VMware machines using Azure Site Recovery

A new and more reliable way to protect VMware machines using simplified ASR replication appliance

Aug 31 Azure Security Center: General availability updates for August 2021

New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Azure Security Center in August 2021.

Aug 31 Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for August 2021

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in August 2021.

Aug 31 General availability: Azure Backup Offline backup with Azure Data Box

The capability to seed large initial Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) backups offline to recovery services vault using Azure Data Box is now generally available.

Aug 31 Azure Functions support for Node 6 is ending on 28 February 2022

Functions App support for Node 6 apps is ending on 28 February 2022, we recommend you upgrade to Node 14.

Aug 31 Azure Functions support for PowerShell 6 is ending on 30 September 2022

Functions Apps support for PowerShell 6 apps is ending on 30 September 2022.

Aug 31 Azure Functions support for Node 10 is ending on 30 September 2022

Functions App support for Node 10 apps is ending on 30 September 2022, we recommend you upgrade to Node 14.

Aug 31 Run Commands for Azure VMware Solution now in public preview

Run commands are a collection of PowerShell packages available in the Azure VMware Solution portal that simplify the execution of certain operations on vCenter. With this announcement your cloud administrator can now more easily run management tasks that require elevated privileges.

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