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Migrate your Git Repository to automated deployments with APIOps by 15 March 2025
The Git repository feature in Azure API Management will be retired 15 March 2025
Long Audio API will be retired on 31 March 2027 – Migrate to the new batch synthesis API
Long Audio API will be retired on March 31, 2027
Azure CycleCloud support for Chef run_lists and cookbooks in cluster-init projects is ending on 31 March 2025
End of Life Announcement for Chef Run_lists and Cookbooks in Azure CycleCloud Cluster-Init Projects on 31 March 2025
Migrate to Azure AI Document Intelligence v3.1 GA version
Azure AI Document Intelligence v2.0 API will be retired on 31 August 2026
Custom .Net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.
Custom .Net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.
General availability: Availability zone volume placement for Azure NetApp Files
Deploy new Azure NetApp Files volumes in Azure availability zones (AZs) of your choice to support workloads across...
Microsoft unveils safety and security tools for generative AI
Microsoft is adding safety and security tools to Azure AI Studio, the company’s cloud-based toolkit for building...
The dawn of eco-friendly systems development
In December 2023, delegates from almost 200 countries met in Dubai for the UN’s climate-change conference, COP28, to...
Azure Sphere version 24.03 and Azure Sphere (Integrated) are now generally available
The Azure Sphere 24.03 release includes Azure Sphere (Integrated) general availability, support for custom...
Snowflake’s Data Clean Room promises to ease analysis of PII data
Snowflake on Thursday said it was making its Data Clean Room application generally available for free in the Snowflake...
GA: Improved throughput performance on Azure Disks’ Standard SSD
Azure Disks Standard SSD throughput limits are now 100 MB/s on disks sized 8191 GBs and lower.
GA: Azure Logic Apps Designer for Consumption
We're thrilled to announce the general availability of the new Azure Logic Apps Designer for Consumption,...
Public Preview: Safety evaluations for generative AI applications in Azure AI Studio
Measure your generative AI application’s susceptibility to jailbreak attacks and to producing unsafe content, so you...
Using Microsoft’s Retina to monitor Kubernetes networks
Kubernetes plays an important role at Microsoft. The container management system is a foundational piece of the...
Microsoft unveils Copilot for Azure SQL Database
Microsoft has announced a private preview of Copilot in Azure SQL Database, an AI assistant that improves productivity...
Generally available: Microsoft Dev Box in Southeast Asia, Brazil South, South Africa North, and Switzerland North
Microsoft Dev Box is generally available in Southeast Asia, Brazil South, South Africa North, and Switzerland...
GA: Azure SQL Trigger support for Azure Functions
You can now build application logic in Azure Function apps which can be driven by the data from Azure SQL database
General availability: Rate Limiting on ExpressRoute Direct Circuits
Rate Limiting is now generally available over ExpressRoute Direct port circuits, providing enhanced control over...
Public Preview: On-demand capacity reservations for Specialty SKUs
You can now reserve capacity with SLA for following Specialty VM sizes, Mv3 series, NC-series (v3 and newer),...
Public preview: Change partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL API)
The ability to change the partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos is now available in preview for NoSQL API.