28 Mar Azure Updates – Mar 14-25 2022
Get the latest updates on Azure products and features to meet your cloud investment needs.
Mar 14 General availability: Support for Private Link in Azure Digital Twins
Support for Private Link is now generally available for Azure Digital Twins, a platform that enables you to create digital representation of real-world things, places, and business processes.
Mar 14 Generally available: Pin analytics tile to dashboards in Azure IoT Central
Quickly build new visuals by simply pinning an analytics tile from data explorer to the dashboard directly.
Mar 15 Public preview: Trusted launch support for Virtual Machines using Ephemeral OS disks
Trusted launch virtual machine (VM) support for VMs using Ephemeral OS disks improves the security of generation 2 VMs in Azure.
Mar 15 Public preview: Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB partitioning Spark 3.1
Use Azure Synapse Spark 3.1 to partition your Azure Cosmos DB data in analytical store for improved query performance.
Mar 15 Generally available: Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server in two new regions
Provision your Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server today in the China East 2 and China North 2 regions.
Mar 16 Public preview: Protect Azure Static Web Apps environments with a password
You can now protect your Static Web Apps with a password.
Mar 16 Public preview: Azure App Configuration soft delete capability
Soft deletion, recovery, and purge protection capabilities in standard tier.
Mar 16 Public preview: Azure SignalR Service Premium Tier
Enterprise-focused capabilities to provide resiliency and availability.
Mar 16 Generally available: Support for private links in Azure Monitor agent
Use Azure Monitor agent and data collection rules in restricted environments and maintain network isolation by leveraging private links.
Mar 16 Public preview: Clustering Support for JBoss EAP on Azure App Service
Run highly available Java EE apps with Red Hat JBoss EAP on App Service with new clustering support.
Mar 16 General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Hyperscale (Citus) supports PostgreSQL minor versions
Use PostgreSQL 11.15, 12.10, 13.6, and 14.2 minor versions with Hyperscale (Citus) for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure.
Mar 16 General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server supports PostgreSQL minor versions
Flexible Server now supports PostgreSQL versions 11.14, 12.9, and 13.5 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL,.
Mar 16 General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server—new US government regions
Provision Flexible Server in the US Gov Virginia and US Gov Arizona regions on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Mar 16 General availability: New high availability regions—Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
You can now provision Flexible Server in a zone redundant high availability mode in more regions on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Mar 16 General availability: New extensions for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Install timescaleDB, pg_repack and orafce on newly created Flexible Servers on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Mar 16 General availability: Azure Database for MySQL—Flexible Server – New US government region
Provision Azure Database for MySQL—Flexible Server in the US Gov Virginia region.
Mar 16 Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-March 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Mar 16 Generally available: Best practices assessment for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Evaluate SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines for configuration best practices using the SQL best practices assessment feature on the SQL virtual machine blade in the Azure portal.
Mar 16 Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 61 – March 2022
Review the improvements and fixes provided in Update Rollup 61.
Mar 16 Community support for .NET 5 is ending on 8 May 2022
Community support for .NET 5 will end on 8 May 2022 – transition to .NET 6 by that date.
Mar 16 Community support for Node 12 LTS is ending on 30 April 2022
Community support for Node 12 LTS is ending on 30 April 2022 – transition to Node 14 LTS by that date.
Mar 16 Azure Container Monitoring will be retired on 31 March 2025
Migrate your workloads to Azure Monitor container insights by 31 March 2025.
Mar 16 Premium Container SKU (public preview) will be retired on 30 June 2022
Transition to Premium V3 by 30 June 2022.
Mar 16 Public preview: Azure Private Link support in Azure API Management
You can now integrate to clients in a virtual network privately, using Azure Private Link support in API Management.
Mar 17 General availability: Enablement of combined security information registration for Azure Active Directory
Beginning 1 October 2022, combined registration for multifactor authentication and self-service password reset is rolling out to you.
Mar 17 Update your Azure SDK libraries by 31 March 2023
Support for Azure SDK libraries that do not conform to our current Azure SDK guidelines will be retired as of 31 March 2023.
Mar 17 Migrate to MQTT broker on Azure IoT Edge by 31 March 2023
Event Grid on Azure IoT Edge public preview will be retired on 31 March 2023.
Mar 17 IoT Hub on Azure Stack Hub public preview will be retired on 30 September 2022
Migrate to Azure IoT Edge gateway by 30 September 2022.
Mar 17 Extended support for Microsoft .NET Core 3.1 will end on 3 December 2022
Update your Azure Functions apps to use Microsoft .NET 6 before 3 December 2022
Mar 17 Select Azure Dedicated Host SKUs will be retired on 31 March 2023
Azure Dedicated Hosts SKUs such as Dsv3-Type1, Dsv3-Type2, Esv3-Type1, and Esv3-Type2 will be retired on 31 March 2023. Upgrade your hosts to the recommended Dedicated Host SKUs.
Mar 18 Five Azure classic networking services will be retired on 31 August 2024
Migrate your resources that use classic networking services to Azure Resource Manager before 31 August 2024.
Mar 21 General availability: Azure HBv3 virtual machines for HPC now upgraded
Azure HBv3 virtual machines are now upgraded to and generally available with AMD EPYC 3rd Gen processors with 3D V-Cache, codenamed “Milan-X”, in the Azure East US, South Central US, and West Europe regions.
Mar 21 Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack Hub
A public preview of Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack Hub is available starting with Azure Stack Hub update 2108.
Mar 21 Public preview: Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub
A public preview of Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub is available starting with Azure Stack Hub update 2108.
Mar 21 In development: New planned datacenter region in Finland (Finland Central)
Microsoft has announced plans to bring a new datacenter region to Finland, including availability zones.
Mar 21 Generally available: Connect and manage devices in Azure IoT Central without models
You now have the ability to connect your devices, send data, run commands, and create relationships without having to first create a model for them in Azure IoT Central.
Mar 21 Azure Data Lake Analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024
Migrate to Azure Synapse Analytics.
Mar 21 Community support for Node 14 LTS is ending on 30 April 2023
Community support for Node 14 LTS is ending on 30 April 2023 – transition to Node 14 LTS by that date
Mar 21 Transition to using connection strings for data ingestion by 31 March 2025
Technical support for instrumentation key–based global ingestion in Application Insights will end on 31 March 2025.
Mar 21 Azure QnA Maker will be retired on 31 March 2025
Migrate to custom question answering before Azure QnA Maker is retired on 31 March 2025.
Mar 21 Update your Azure App Service apps to use Microsoft .NET 6 before 3 December 2022
Extended support for .NET Core 3.1 is ending on 3 December 2022.
Mar 21 General availability: Inbound NAT rule now supports port management for backend pools
You can now specify target backend pool in inbound NAT rule for less management overhead when configuring port forwarding.
Mar 22 Azure Time Series Insights will be retired on 31 March 2025
We’re retiring Azure Time Series Insights on 31 March 2025 – transition to Azure Data Explorer
Mar 22 Review your VNET configurations that may be affected by IP address changes
IP address changes will begin affecting your ability to manage your virtual network-enabled API Management services on 31 March 2023.
Mar 22 Templates functionality preview version in Azure portal will be retired on 31 March 2025
Start using template specs in the Azure portal before 31 March 2025.
Mar 24 General availability: Azure Machine Learning user-defined functions in Azure Stream Analytics
Machine Learning user-defined function in Stream Analytics allows you to perform high throughput, low latency, real-time predictions, allowing you to act on insights which have a very short shelf-life.
Mar 24 Generally available: Azure Data Explorer supports multiple databases per data connection
Dynamically route Azure Data Explorer data to an alternate database
Mar 24 Public preview: Intelligent cache for Apache Spark in Azure Synapse
Accelerate Apache Spark in Azure Synapse execution speed using the new intelligent cache feature.
Mar 24 Public preview: User-assigned managed identities in Stream Analytics
You can now use user-assigned managed identity to authenticate your Stream Analytics jobs to inputs and outputs without ever having to worry about credential management.
Mar 24 Classic data export in Azure IoT Central will be retired by 31 March 2023
Migrate to new data exports in Azure IoT Central before 31 March 2023.
Mar 24 Operator Assistance in Azure MFA will be retired on 30 September 2023
Turn off Operator Assistance and enable automated attendant features for phone system.
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