Azure Update Story

Update's chronological storyline in context of the previous updates, related to the referenced services
Date Services Event / Source Title / Link / Storyline
Oct 08 2024
15:04:02 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
AI Content Safety Fast PoC
Oct 07 2024
22:11:05 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Logic Apps Aviators Newsletter - October 2024
Oct 03 2024
15:00:00 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Join Microsoft at Devoxx Belgium 2024!
Oct 03 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Evaluations for indirect prompt injection attacks in Azure AI Studio
Oct 03 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure NVads V710 v5-series virtual machines
Oct 03 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Evaluations for protected material (text) in Azure AI Studio
Oct 02 2024
18:03:44 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
10 Days Left: Share Your Experience with Azure AI and Support a Charity
Oct 01 2024
20:20:33 UTC
Notice
Azure SDK Blog
Announcing the stable release of the Azure OpenAI library for .NET
Oct 01 2024
20:19:27 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
VoiceRAG: An App Pattern for RAG + Voice Using Azure AI Search and the GPT-4o Realtime API for Audio
Oct 01 2024
15:30:00 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
The Azure Multimodal AI & LLM Processing Solution Accelerator
Oct 01 2024
06:08:02 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Exploring Responsible AI
Sep 30 2024
11:11:00 UTC
Preview
Azure AI Services Blog
New HD voices preview in Azure AI Speech: contextual and realistic output evolved
Sep 30 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
FinOps Blog
Microsoft Cost Management updates—August 2024 (summary)
Sep 27 2024
16:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Announcing the Availability of Phi-3.5-MoE in Azure AI Studio and GitHub
Sep 26 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Conversation Transcription Multi Channel Diarization
Sep 26 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Information regarding the end of support for the "Microsoft Translator [DEPRECATED]" connector
Sep 26 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Intent Recognition an Azure AI Speech feature will be retired on September 30th, 2025
Sep 26 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Conversation Transcription Multi Channel Diarization
Sep 26 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure AI Speaker Recognition
Sep 26 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Intent Recognition an Azure AI Speech feature will be retired on September 30th, 2025
Sep 24 2024
16:51:10 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Correction capability helps revise ungrounded content and hallucinations
Sep 24 2024
15:11:32 UTC
Preview
Azure AI Services Blog
Multimodal Public Preview Blog
Sep 24 2024
13:45:00 UTC
Preview
Azure AI Services Blog
Announcing the public preview of Hybrid Azure AI Content Safety (AACS)
Sep 24 2024
13:45:00 UTC
Preview
Azure AI Services Blog
Protected Material Detection for Code now in Preview in Azure AI Content Safety
Sep 24 2024
13:45:00 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Enhance the reliability of your generative AI with new hallucination correction capability
Sep 24 2024
13:45:00 UTC
Preview
Azure AI Services Blog
Watermarks in preview in Azure OpenAI Service
Sep 24 2024
13:40:00 UTC
Preview
Azure AI Services Blog
Azure AI Confidential Inferencing Preview
Sep 20 2024
14:42:57 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Document Ingestion for Gen AI Applications using Logic Apps from 1000+ data sources!
Sep 19 2024
15:30:00 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Unlock the Future of API Compliance with AI and Azure API Center
Sep 19 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure AI Vision APIs to be retired
Sep 19 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure AI Vision APIs to be retired
Sep 18 2024
22:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Announcing Global Provisioned Managed Deployments for Scaling Azure OpenAI Service Workloads
Sep 15 2024
09:43:14 UTC
Notice
Azure Storage Blog
The Azure Storage product group is heading to the SNIA Developer Conference 2024
Sep 12 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Low-Code RAG ingestion with built-in document parsing and chunking in Logic Apps Standard
Sep 12 2024
07:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure AI Document Intelligence GA API v2.1 is retiring on 15 September 2027
Sep 12 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure AI Document Intelligence GA API v2.1 is retiring on 15 September 2027
Sep 12 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Low-Code RAG ingestion with built-in document parsing and chunking in Logic Apps Standard
Sep 10 2024
01:47:54 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
OpenAI at Scale: Maximizing API Management through Effective Service Utilization
Sep 10 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Architecture Blog
Harnessing Generative AI with Weaviate on Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure NetApp Files
Sep 09 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Architecture Blog
Exploring AI Agent-Driven Auto Insurance Claims RAG Pipeline.
Sep 04 2024
17:33:54 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Maximizing Data Extraction Precision with Dual LLMs Integration and Human-in-the-Loop
Sep 04 2024
13:19:09 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
AI-Ready Infrastructure Design - A pattern for Enterprise Scale
Sep 03 2024
23:35:43 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Azure AI announces Prompt Shields GA
Sep 03 2024
21:33:13 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Introducing GPT-4o-2024-08-06 API with Structured Outputs on Azure
Sep 03 2024
17:53:01 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Maximizing Data Extraction Precision with Dual LLMs Integration and Human-in-the-Loop
Sep 03 2024
17:51:55 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Six reasons why startups and at-scale cloud native companies build their GenAI Apps with Azure
Sep 03 2024
16:12:38 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Explore Azure AI Services: Curated list of prebuilt models and demos
Sep 03 2024
14:55:57 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
GA release of Protected Material Detection in Azure AI Content Safety and Azure OpenAI Service
Sep 03 2024
14:53:03 UTC
GA
Azure AI Services Blog
General availability of Prompt Shields in Azure AI Content Safety and Azure OpenAI Service
Sep 03 2024
09:42:32 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Next-Gen Voice Bots: Human-Like Interaction with Azure Speech
Sep 03 2024
06:17:33 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Developer Toolbox
Sep 02 2024
11:45:38 UTC
Notice
Analytics on Azure Blog
Bring Your Organizational Data to Azure AI Services with Microsoft Graph
Aug 28 2024
11:06:18 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Secure APIM and Azure OpenAI with managed identity
Aug 28 2024
02:16:02 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Fine Tune GPT-4o on Azure OpenAI Service
Aug 27 2024
23:10:10 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Designing and running a Generative AI Platform based on Azure AI Gateway
Aug 26 2024
18:43:44 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Tackle Complex LLM Decision-Making with Language Agent Tree Search(LATS) & GPT-4O
Aug 22 2024
16:02:07 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Document Field Extraction with Generative AI
Aug 22 2024
16:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Discover the New Multi-Lingual, High-Quality Phi-3.5 SLMs
Aug 22 2024
16:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure AI Services Blog
Text to Speech Avatar in Azure AI is now generally available
Aug 22 2024
16:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure AI Services Blog
Integrated vectorization with Azure OpenAI for Azure AI Search now generally available
Aug 19 2024
12:30:00 UTC
Preview
Azure AI Services Blog
Azure AI Document Intelligence now previewing field extraction with Generative AI and more
Aug 14 2024
18:00:01 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Unveiling Azure OpenAI Service Provisioned Reservations and hourly pricing
Aug 14 2024
15:09:18 UTC
Retirement
Azure AI Services Blog
How to Evaluate & Upgrade Model Versions in the Azure OpenAI Service
Aug 08 2024
15:56:00 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Manage your Generative AI APIs with Azure API Management and Azure Open AI
Aug 06 2024
17:19:56 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Unlocking the Power of AI: The Art and Science of Prompt Engineering
Aug 06 2024
00:41:00 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Announcing Azure OpenAI Global Batch Offering: Efficient processing at scale with 50% less cost
Aug 05 2024
22:10:11 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Integrate Logic App workflows as plugins with Semantic Kernel: Step-by-step guide
Aug 03 2024
00:35:04 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
OpenAI’s GPT-4o mini Now Available in API with Vision and Fine-tuning Text Capabilities on Azure AI
Jul 31 2024
22:18:43 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
AI for Developers
Jul 31 2024
22:03:39 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
OpenAI’s GPT-4o mini Now Available in API with Vision Capabilities on Azure AI
Jul 30 2024
23:14:47 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Vector Image Search using Azure OpenAI & AI Search: A Technical Guide
Jul 26 2024
01:47:53 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Azure Integration Services Quarterly Highlights and Insights 2024'Q2
Jul 25 2024
14:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure AI Services Blog
Announcing Deploy To Teams from Azure OpenAI Studio
Jul 19 2024
10:04:03 UTC
Preview
Azure AI Services Blog
Announcing Custom Categories Public Preview in Azure AI Content Safety
Jul 18 2024
19:54:37 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Save Big on Hosting Your Fine-Tuned Models on Azure OpenAI Service
Jul 18 2024
15:20:15 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Using App Spaces to build a chat agent with OpenAI’s Node.js SDK
Jul 17 2024
14:49:45 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Announcing API Management and API Center Community Live Stream on Thursday, July 25th
Jul 16 2024
22:44:05 UTC
Preview
Azure AI Services Blog
Fast Transcription Public Preview in Azure AI Speech
Jul 16 2024
17:59:30 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
From Paper to Pixels: Azure AI in Historical Document Digitization and Translation
Jul 16 2024
15:26:13 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Unlock Unprecedented Value with Azure AI Document Intelligence Custom Extraction, now 40% Less!
Jul 15 2024
18:20:05 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Azure Video Indexer & Phi-3 introduce Textual Video Summary on Edge: Better Together story
Jul 13 2024
18:31:14 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
GenAI Mastery: Crafting Robust Enterprise Solutions with PromptFlow and LangChain
Jul 10 2024
17:48:28 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Running Open AI Whisper Model on Azure
Jul 10 2024
00:04:48 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Azure OpenAI Extension for Function Apps Hands-on Experience
Jul 03 2024
19:34:47 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Automate responses to StackOverflow queries using OpenAI and Logic Apps
Jul 01 2024
03:38:46 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Create Your First Visual Fashion Agent Using AOAI and AI Search - Search Product Catalog Images
Jun 26 2024
17:30:00 UTC
GA
Azure AI Services Blog
Announcing conversational PII detection service’s general availability in Azure AI language
Jun 26 2024
05:29:58 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Integrate GPT4o (Azure Open AI) in Teams channel via Logic App with image supportability
Jun 25 2024
05:57:58 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Create Your First Visual Agent Using AOAI and AI Search - Search Product Catalog Images
Jun 19 2024
23:29:26 UTC
GA
Integration on Azure Blog
Announcement!! Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search connectors are now Generally Available (GA)
Jun 19 2024
14:25:36 UTC
Notice
Apps on Azure Blog
Azure Functions triggers and bindings for building intelligent apps with Azure OpenAI
Jun 18 2024
03:56:51 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Phi-3 Vision – Catalyzing Multimodal Innovation
Jun 14 2024
18:04:22 UTC
Notice
Azure Database for MySQL - May 2024 updates and latest feature roadmap
Jun 14 2024
15:23:09 UTC
Notice
Azure pricing: How to calculate costs of Azure products and services
Jun 13 2024
15:09:07 UTC
Notice
Azure Pricing: How to estimate Azure project costs
Jun 13 2024
06:41:56 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Azure OpenAI Best Practices Insights from Customer Journeys
Jun 12 2024
18:24:21 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Navigating the Generative AI Landscape with Azure AI Services: Insights from Customer Round Table
Jun 12 2024
13:08:35 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Pricing Update: Token Based Billing for Fine Tuning Training
Jun 09 2024
08:46:56 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Enhancing Training Search Experience using Azure AI Video Indexer
Jun 08 2024
00:23:59 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Azure OpenAI Service expands .NET SDK support
Jun 07 2024
18:56:29 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Register today to join Microsoft at the Integrate 2024 conference!
Jun 06 2024
17:01:07 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Maximizing Performance: Leveraging PTUs with Client Retry Mechanisms in LLM Applications
Jun 06 2024
01:07:29 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
AI-as-a-Service: Architecting GenAI Application Governance with Azure API Management and Fabric
Jun 05 2024
17:16:30 UTC
Preview
Azure AI Services Blog
Migrating OCR Enhancement from GPT-4 Turbo Vision Preview to GPT-4 Turbo GA
May 31 2024
00:26:10 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Azure AI Search Database Selection: Optimizing Performance and Scalability for Your Business
May 30 2024
17:50:23 UTC
Preview
Azure Compute Blog
Azure Functions: Support for HTTP Streams in Python is now in Preview!
May 28 2024
23:42:26 UTC
Notice
Azure AI Services Blog
Best Practice Guidance for PTU
May 22 2024
04:07:40 UTC
GA
Gen AI simplified: The azure_ai extension now generally available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL
May 21 2024
16:19:25 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Discover your next integration inspiration at this year’s Build!
May 21 2024
16:04:00 UTC
Notice
Integration on Azure Blog
Introducing GenAI Gateway Capabilities in Azure API Management
May 21 2024
08:30:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
From code to production: New ways Azure helps you build transformational AI experiences
May 21 2024
08:30:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
New models added to the Phi-3 family, available on Microsoft Azure
May 21 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Functions extension for OpenAI
May 21 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA Azure OpenAI Token Limit Policy in Azure API Management
May 21 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA Import Azure OpenAI enpoints as an APIs in Azure API Management
May 21 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Azure Updates
GA Azure OpenAI Emit Token Metric policy in Azure API Management
May 21 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Public Preview Azure OpenAI Semantic Caching policy in Azure API Management
May 21 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Functions support for HTTP streams in Python
May 14 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Introducing GPT-4o: OpenAI’s new flagship multimodal model now in preview on Azure
May 13 2024
11:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Introducing GPT-4o: OpenAI’s new flagship multimodal model now in preview on Azure
May 10 2024
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
Announcing the General Availability of GPT-4 Turbo with Vision on Azure OpenAI Service
Apr 23 2024
12:30:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Introducing Phi-3: Redefining what’s possible with SLMs
Apr 17 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Action recommended: Prepare for model version retirement in Azure OpenAI
Apr 02 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Public Preview of Azure OpenAI and AI Search in-app connectors for Logic Apps (Standard)
Mar 22 2024
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
Azure Content Moderator will be retired on 15 March 2027
Mar 13 2024
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Accelerate your productivity with the Whisper model in Azure AI now generally available
Nov 15 2023
20:30:24 UTC
Notice
Azure SDK Blog
Building ChatGPT-Like Experiences with Azure: A Guide to Retrieval Augmented Generation for JavaScript applications
Nov 15 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Open AI “Use your data” integration with Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
Nov 07 2023
10:37:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Come build with us: Microsoft and OpenAI partnership unveils new AI opportunities
Oct 18 2023
00:00:00 UTC
GA
Azure Updates
General Availability: Azure AI Content Safety
Oct 16 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
Azure Machine Learning - Public Preview for October
Sep 29 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
AI Services Metrics Advisor will be retired on 1 October 2026
Sep 29 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
AI Services Anomaly Detector will be retired on 1 October 2026
Sep 29 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Retirement
Azure Updates
AI Services Personalizer will be retired on 1 October 2026
Sep 18 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Azure Updates
OpenAI Whisper model in preview in Azure OpenAI service and Azure AI Speech
Aug 31 2023
20:27:49 UTC
Notice
Azure SDK Blog
Audio Alchemy: Transcribing and Translating with Azure SDKs
Jul 18 2023
08:30:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Drive innovation in the era of AI with ISV Success
Jun 28 2023
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Explore the benefits of Azure OpenAI Service with Microsoft Learn
Jun 15 2023
07:10:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Mercedes-Benz enhances drivers’ experience with Azure OpenAI Service 
Jun 07 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Unlock new insights with Azure OpenAI Service for government
Mar 30 2023
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
What’s new in Azure Data & AI: Azure is built for generative AI apps
Mar 23 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Modernize your apps and accelerate business growth with AI
Mar 21 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Introducing GPT-4 in Azure OpenAI Service
Mar 09 2023
08:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
ChatGPT is now available in Azure OpenAI Service
Mar 07 2023
09:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Exploring open-source capabilities in Azure AI
Mar 07 2023
06:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing a renaissance in computer vision AI with Microsoft’s Florence foundation model
Jan 17 2023
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
General availability of Azure OpenAI Service expands access to large, advanced AI models with added enterprise benefits
Aug 09 2022
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Microsoft is a Leader in 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services
May 09 2022
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing new voices and emotions to Azure Neural Text to Speech
Sep 22 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Build powerful and responsible AI solutions with Azure
Aug 25 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Empowering remote learning with Azure Cognitive Services
Jul 08 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure AI: Build mission-critical AI apps with new Cognitive Services capabilities
May 19 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Developer Velocity: Empowering developers to fuel business performance
Mar 30 2020
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Extending the power of Azure AI to Microsoft 365 users
Nov 04 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Companies of all sizes tackle real business problems with Azure AI
Oct 23 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Start building with Azure Cognitive Services for free
Sep 23 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Extending the power of Azure AI to business users
Jun 20 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Introducing next generation reading with Immersive Reader, a new Azure Cognitive Service
May 07 2019
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Introducing new product innovations for SAP HANA, Expanded AI collaboration with SAP and more
Dec 13 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Microsoft previews neural network text-to-speech
Nov 14 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Bringing AI to the edge
Sep 24 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Azure AI – Making AI real for business
Sep 24 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Global scale AI with Azure Cognitive Services
Jun 04 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Preview
Announcements Blog
Speech services now in preview
May 07 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Microsoft empowers developers with new and updated Cognitive Services
Mar 01 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Announcing new milestones for Microsoft Cognitive Services vision and search services in Azure
Jan 17 2018
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Open AI ecosystem advances as Preferred Network adds Chainer support to ONNX AI Format
May 10 2017
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
At Build, Microsoft expands its Cognitive Services collection of intelligent APIs
Apr 19 2017
00:00:00 UTC
Notice
Announcements Blog
Microsoft Cognitive Services – General availability for Face API, Computer Vision API and Content Moderator