Azure Releases
Microsoft Azure updates and Terraform AzureRM provider. New features, breaking changes, security advisories and deprecations - each summarised in plain English and updated continuously.
Tracking 419 Azure releases · Updated
- Azure Updates observabilityazuredeprecationengineer ·
Azure Managed Grafana Essential SKU to retire March 30, 2027
The Essential SKU for Azure Managed Grafana will be retired on March 30, 2027. Customers currently using this SKU are advised to migrate to the Standard SKU or Azure Monitor Dashboards with Grafana to maintain service continuity. This change impacts users of the Essential tier of the managed Grafana service.
deprecation announcement - Azure Updates azuredeprecationengineerazure-functions ·
Azure App Service and Functions on Windows ending Python support in 2027
Python support for Azure App Service and Azure Functions running on Windows will be retired on March 31, 2027. After this date, applications using Python on these platforms will stop running, although configurations and content will remain. This change affects users hosting Python applications on Windows-based App Service and Functions instances.
deprecation announcement - Azure Updates azurepreviewdeprecationengineerazure-blob-storage ·
Azure DNS Zone endpoints for Blob storage to be retired March 2027
Azure DNS Zone endpoints for Blob storage, currently in preview, will be retired in March 2027. Customers using these endpoints must transition to Standard endpoints for their blob storage accounts. This change affects users who have deployed or will deploy blob storage with DNS Zone endpoints.
deprecation announcement - Azure Updates infraazuredeprecationengineer ·
Azure Service Fabric support for Windows Server 2022 ends March 2027
Azure Service Fabric will end support for all clusters running on Windows Server 2022 on March 31, 2027. Customers must upgrade to Windows Server 2025 by this date to remain in a supported state. This change aligns Service Fabric’s Windows OS image support mode. Failure to upgrade may result in running unsupported software.
deprecation - Azure Updates infraazuredeprecationengineer ·
Service Fabric ends Windows Server 2019 support March 2027
Microsoft Service Fabric will end support for clusters running on Windows Server 2019 on March 31, 2027. Customers must upgrade to Windows Server 2025 before this date to maintain support. This change aligns the Service Fabric support lifecycle with the Windows operating system.
deprecation announcement - Azure Updates aiazuredeprecationengineer ·
Microsoft to Retire Eight Azure AI Language Features
Microsoft will retire eight Azure AI Language features on March 31, 2029, including Key Phrase Extraction and Sentiment Analysis. This change affects users of these specific Azure AI Language services, prompting a need to migrate to newer capabilities. The retirement is part of ongoing service evolution and users should plan their transition before the deadline.
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