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Streamline Azure Tasks in VS Code Using GitHub Copilot NEW

GitHub Copilot for Azure is an extension that simplifies managing Azure resources directly from VS Code. Integrated with GitHub Copilot Chat, you can perform tasks like creating and modifying...

Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Container Apps, AI and machine learning, Azure Cache for Redis, ...

Microsoft Azure Blog

Enhancing healthcare productivity and security with Windows Cloud solutions NEW

Healthcare providers who work with patients every day know that there is nothing more important than getting them the treatment and care they need. Data is...

Azure, Security

Clean up Windows 11 disk space with this built-in included utility

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IT Ops Talk YouTube Channel

Clean up Windows 11 disk space with this built-in included utility NEW

Delete unneeded temporary files from Windows 11 using the built in Disk Cleanup Utility. ➡️ ...

The Hanselminutes Podcast

Tiny Experiments with Anne-Laure Le Cunff NEW

In this insightful episode of Hanselminutes, host Scott Hanselman sits down with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, the brilliant mind behind Tiny Experiments. Together,...

Apps on Azure Blog

Code the Future with Java and AI – Join Me at JDConf 2025 NEW

JDConf 2025 is just around the corner, and whether you’re a Java developer, architect, team leader, or decision maker I hope you’ll join me as we explore how Java is evolving with the power of AI and how you can start building the next...

Azure, Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Container Apps, AI and machine learning, ...

Azure High Performance Computing (HPC) Blog

Session on-demand and highlights from NVIDIA GTC 2025 NEW

It was great to see you at the NVIDIA GTC AI Conference in San Jose, CA March 17 - 21! We hope you enjoyed Microsoft's social events and that our sessions and demos were informative and will help you on your AI transformation...

Azure, Azure OpenAI Service, AI and machine learning, Azure Quantum, Networking, ...

Semantic Kernel Blog

Using OpenAI’s Audio-Preview Model with Semantic Kernel NEW

OpenAI’s gpt-4o-audio-preview is a powerful multimodal model that enables audio input and output capabilities, allowing developers to create more natural and accessible AI interactions. This model supports both speech-to-text and...

AI and machine learning

Microsoft Research Blog

Real-world healthcare AI development and deployment—at scale NEW

Microsoft’s Dr. Matthew Lungren and Epic’s Seth Hain discuss the challenges and opportunities of leveraging generative AI for enhanced patient care and improved clinical documentation and recordkeeping at scale—plus what’s next for the...

AI and machine learning

Azure DevOps Blog

CDN Domain URL change for Agents in Pipelines NEW

Introduction We have announced the retirement of Edgio CDN for Azure DevOps and are transitioning to a solution served by Akamai and Azure Front Door CDNs. This change affects Azure DevOps Pipelines customers. This article provides...

Azure, Azure DevOps, DevOps, Content Delivery Network, Azure Front Door

Updates

4/3/2025

[In preview] Public Preview: Increased VNet limits for Private Endpoints NEW

4/2/2025

[In preview] Public Preview: Multi-cluster Eviction and Disruption Budgets with Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: AKS Cost Recommendations in Azure Advisor NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: Network isolated cluster in AKS NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: Multiple Load Balancers for AKS NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: Service Allowed IP Ranges in AKS NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: Cilium Endpoint Slices in AKS NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: Advanced Container Networking Services Cilium L7 Policies Support in AKS NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure CNI Node Subnet + Cilium Support NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: maxUnavailable Setting for Upgrades in AKS NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: Standard Load Balancer (SLB) Health Probe Redesign in AKS NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: AKS Support for Persistent Network Flow Logging for Advanced Container Networking Services NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: Cilium WireGuard Encryption Support in AKS NEW

[In preview] Public preview: Multi-cluster Workload Rollout Strategies and Runs with Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: Skip Automatic GPU Driver Installation NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: Multi-cluster Auto-upgrade in Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: Default Inference with vLLM with AI Toolchain Operator Add-on NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: Application Insights auto-instrumentation for AKS NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure CNI Overlay Dual-stack with Cilium Dataplane Support NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: AKS Communication Manager NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Linux 3.0 Support in AKS NEW

4/1/2025

[Launched] Generally Available: New Microsoft Dev Box Regional Availability NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: CNI Overlay for Application Gateway for Containers and AGIC NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Front Door Custom Cipher Suite NEW

[Launched] Public Preview: Azure Monitor Application Insights Auto-Instrumentation for Java and Node Microservices on AKS NEW

Retirement: Log Analytics Beta API to Be Retired on March 31, 2026 NEW

Retirement: Log Analytics Batch API to Be Retired on March 31, 2028 NEW

3/31/2025

[In preview] Public Preview: ExpressRoute Resiliency Enhancements NEW

Retirement: Azure Machine Learning SDK v1 Will Be Retired on March 31, 2025 – Transition to Machine Learning SDK v2 NEW

Retirement: Cloud Services (Extended Support) to Be Retired on March 31, 2027 NEW

Retirement: Azure App Service Will No Longer Support Linked Databases as a Part of Custom Backups After March 31, 2028 NEW

Retirement: Add-ons Feature in Azure Container Apps NEW

Retirement: Upgrade Your Entra Domain Services to TLS 1.2 by August 31, 2025 NEW

Retirement: Azure Synapse Data Explorer (Preview) to Be Retired on October 7, 2025 NEW

Retirement: D, Ds, Dv2, Dsv2, and Ls Series Virtual Machines to Be Retired on May 1, 2028 NEW

Retirement: Prepare for the Retirement of Manually Registered Azure VPN Clients on March 31, 2028 NEW

3/28/2025

Retirement: Announcing the 3-Year Retirement of Current Architecture for AKS on Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 NEW

Retirement: Azure Intelligent Recommendation Service to Be Retired NEW

[Launched] Generally Availability: AzAcSnap 11 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot Tool Updates NEW

Retirement: Azure Maps Traffic APIs Version 1.0 to Be Retired on March 31, 2028 NEW

Retirement: Ubuntu 20.04 Node Pools in AKS NEW

Retirement: Azure SQL Database FSV2-Series Offer NEW

3/27/2025

[Launched] Generally Available: Reminder - End of Limited Time Promotional Discounts on Azure Databricks Serverless Compute Services NEW

3/26/2025

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Flexible service level NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio Auto-Tagging of Experiment Resources for Private Networking Now Available NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: Log Analytics Delete Data API NEW

Retirement: Support for Desired State Configuration Extension for Azure Virtual Machines to Be Retired on March 31, 2028 NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: Anthropic Gen AI Models in Azure Databricks NEW

[Launched] Generally Available: On-Demand Backups for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: Point-in-Time Restore Capability for Multiregion Write Accounts in Azure Cosmos DB NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Database for MySQL Triggers for Azure Functions NEW

[In preview] Public Preview: Enhance Performance and Security with Standard Load Balancer and Standard SKU Public IP Addresses in Azure DevTest Labs NEW

Retirement: Azure Maps Route APIs Version 1.0 to Be Retired on March 31, 2028 NEW

Retirement: Docker Content Trust on March 31, 2028 – Replaced by the Notary Project and Azure Key Vault NEW

Retirement: Docker Compose Feature for Azure App Service to Be Retired on March 31, 2027 – Replaced by Sidecars in Azure App Service NEW

Retirement: Ubuntu 18.04 Node Pools in AKS NEW