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Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) for Azure AI Applications using Azure Machine Learning

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:00:00 Z

Modern AI-powered applications running on Azure increasingly require flexibility in model choice. While managed model catalogs accelerate time to value, real-world enterprise applications often need ...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Machine Learning, Categories:

External Data Import & Data Connections in Azure Machine Learning will be retired on September 30, 2026

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:00:35 Z

Import data from external sources (Preview) – S3, Snowflake, Azure SQL Db along with external Data Connections (Preview) in Azure Machine Learning are being deprecated. These features will no longer be available after September 30, 2026. What this means
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Machine Learning, Microsoft Fabric, SQL Database, Categories: Retirements

Enrich Power BI reports with machine learning in Microsoft Fabric

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:00:00 Z

Many organizations want to go beyond descriptive Power BI reports and start answering forward‑looking questions with machine learning—identifying emerging trends, at-risk accounts, and where to focus effort to maximize impact. In practice, this is hard. Adding machine learning to Power BI often means moving data out of semantic models, rebuilding logic, managing separate storage and … Continue reading “Enrich Power BI reports with machine learning in Microsoft Fabric”
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Power BI Embedded, Microsoft Fabric, Categories:

Remove dependency on these Azure ML SDKs before June 30, 2026

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:00:12 Z

On June 30, 2026, AzureML SDK V1 will reach end of life. The following SDKs which work in tandem with the AzureML SDK V1 will also be retired.  azureml-train-core  azureml-pipeline  azureml-pipeline-core  azureml-pipeline-internal  azureml-pipeline-steps
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Features, SDK and Tools, Retirements

Migrate to dedicated VM for your compute clusters

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:45:18 Z

On September 30, 2025, Low-Priority VM will reach end of life. However, you will continue to be supported on Azure Machine Learning until March 31, 2026.  To ensure that your clusters are not automatically scaled down it is recommended to migrate to dedic
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Machine Learning, Virtual Machines, Categories: Retirements

Remove dependency on these preview features before March 31, 2026

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 21:00:13 Z

On March 31, 2026, the following preview features will be retired:  Group multiple steps as a whole to better organize complex pipelines  Compare pipeline jobs to debug failures or unexpected issues  Import data into a data labelling project  Use v2 data
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Features, Retirements

Azure Machine Learning - Data labeling Deprecation

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:30:57 Z

On September 30, 2026, Azure Machine data labeling will be retired. Please transition to 3rd party data labeling providers by 30 September 2026. From today to September 30, 2026, you can continue to use data labelling without disruption. On September 30,
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Retirements

Azure Machine Learning now supports Large-Scale AI Training and Inference with ND H200 v5 VMs

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:20:00 Z

TL;DR: Azure Machine Learning now offers ND H200 v5 VMs accelerated by NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPUs, purpose‑built to train and serve modern generative AI more efficiently at cloud scale. With ma...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Virtual Machines, Categories:

Required role assignment for private endpoint approvals in AzureML workspaces and/or AI Foundry hubs with managed network

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:00:11 Z

Starting April 30, 2025, private endpoint approvals from the Azure Machine Learning and Azure AI Foundry managed network will no longer be handled by the internal networking service. Moving forward, either the Azure AI Enterprise Network Connection Approv
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure AI Services, Machine Learning, Azure AI Foundry, Categories: Management

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

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:45:18 Z

Starting on June 30, 2026, Azure Machine Learning Software Development Kit version 1 (SDK v1) will no longer be supported. Required action To avoid service disruptions, you’ll need to migrate to Azure Machine Learning Software Development Kit version 2
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: SDK and Tools, Retirements

Azure Machine Learning data drift detection will retire on September 1st, 2025

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:00:00 Z

The Azure Machine Learning data drift detection for datasets feature is in public preview and will retire on September 1st, 2025. We recommend that you migrate your monitoring jobs to the Azure Machine Learning model monitoring service (v2), which is gene
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Retirements

Retirement: Azure Machine Learning data drift detection will retire on September 1st, 2025

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

Start using the Azure Machine Learning model monitoring instead of the Azure Machine Learning data drift detection before September 1st, 2025.
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Retirements

Public Preview: Azure Machine Learning Announcement

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 Z

One feature now available in public preview enables you to consume predictions from a diverse set of models in a uniform and consistent way. Developers can talk with different models deployed in Azure Machine Learning without changing the underlying code they are using.  
Update Type: Preview, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Features

Generally Available: Azure Machine Learning Announcement

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 Z

Three features now available in GA enable you to provide a secure and efficient way to deploy and consume AI/ML models, submit training jobs through the Studio UI—including hyperparameter tuning—using an improved submission experience, and ensures a seamless interactive experience for developing LLM applications. 
Update Type: GA, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Features

Generally Available: Azure Machine Learning – June 2024 announcement

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 23:11:32 Z

Status: Now Available Secure AI deployment with Microsoft Entra ID and managed online endpoint Microsoft: Entra ID and Azure Machine Learning Managed Online Endpoints provide a secure and efficient way to deploy and consume AI/ML models.    Guided experience for submitting training jobs: This feature will improve the getting started experience, provide consistency, and enable settings that were not previously supported in the UI. It also establishes an infrastructure that will reduce repetitive overhead when making updates to the submission experiences in the future, allowing us to move more quickly.  Create and manage prompt flow compute sessions:  The Prompt Flow offers an interactive authoring experience for developing LLM applications, while the compute Session provides a managed computing environment that can reduce costs and enhance the authoring process.  Learn more:  Secure AI deployment with Microsoft Entra ID and managed online endpoint  Guided experience for submitting training jobs  Create and manage prompt flow compute sessions Products: Azure Machine Learning _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Update Type: GA, Services: Machine Learning, Microsoft Entra ID, Categories:

Public Preview: Azure Machine Learning – June 2024 announcement

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 23:11:32 Z

Status: In Preview Azure AI Model Inference API: Foundational models, such as language models, have indeed made remarkable strides in recent years. These advancements have revolutionized various fields, including natural language processing and computer vision, and they have enabled applications like chatbots, virtual assistants, and language translation services. While foundational models excel in specific domains, they lack a uniform set of capabilities. Some models are better at specific task and even across the same task, some models may approach the problem in one way while others in another. Developers can benefit from this diversity by using the right model for the right job. Learn more: Azure AI Model Inference API _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Update Type: Preview, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Services

Raise the bar on AI-powered app development with Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0700

By harnessing the might of PostgreSQL in the cloud—with all the scalability and convenience you expect—comes Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL. This fully managed service takes the hassle out of managing your PostgreSQL instances, allowing you to focus on what really matters: building amazing, AI-powered applications.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Database for PostgreSQL, Categories:

Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for Build 2024

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

One new feature now available in GA enables you to create and customize AI workflows using task-specific Language skills/models to complete business use cases.
Update Type: GA, Services: Machine Learning, Azure AI Foundry, Categories: Features

Azure Machine Learning - Public Preview for Build 2024

Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

Three features now available in preview enable you to enjoy simplified management of the customer-managed key (CMK) encrypted workspace, take advantage of our content filtering system alongside models that you can access through Models as a Service, and bring in indexes from Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore and Pinecone for use in RAG workflows.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Machine Learning, Azure AI Foundry, Cosmos DB, Categories: Features

What’s new in Azure Data, AI, and Digital Applications: Harness the power of intelligent apps

Thu, 02 May 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Sharing insights on technology transformation along with important updates and resources about the data, AI, and digital application solutions that make Microsoft Azure the platform for the era of AI.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Azure AI Search, Azure DevOps, Categories:

Azure Machine Learning data collector is now generally available

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Machine Learning data collector provides real-time logging of input and output data from models that are deployed to managed online endpoints or Kubernetes online endpoints. This data can be seamlessly used for model monitoring, debugging, or auditing, thereby providing observability into the performance of your deployed models.
Update Type: GA, Services: Machine Learning, Kubernetes Service, Categories: Services

Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for April 2024

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 Z

Three features now available in GA enable you to seamlessly log inference data to a central location, set up event-driven applications, processes, or workflows based on Azure Machine Learning events, and utilize lifecycle management of features from creation through archival.
Update Type: GA, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Features

Public Preview: Invoke Azure Machine Learning models using the azure_ai extension

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Invoke Azure Machine Learning models in real-time from SQL in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Machine Learning, Database for PostgreSQL, Categories: Features

Microsoft and NVIDIA partnership continues to deliver on the promise of AI

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:00:00 -0700

At NVIDIA GTC, Microsoft and NVIDIA are announcing new offerings across a breadth of solution areas from leading AI infrastructure to new platform integrations, and industry breakthroughs. The news expands our long-standing collaboration, which paved the way for revolutionary AI innovations that customers are now bringing to fruition.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Azure AI Foundry, Categories:

Microsoft and Mistral AI announce new partnership to accelerate AI innovation and introduce Mistral Large first on Azure

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 06:10:00 -0800

Today, we are announcing a multi-year partnership between Microsoft and Mistral AI. We are fueled by a steadfast dedication to innovation and practical applications, bridging the gap between pioneering research and real-world solutions.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Azure AI Foundry, Categories:

Generally Available: Continuous model monitoring in Azure Machine Learning

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Machine Learning model monitoring is now generally available.
Update Type: GA, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Features

Azure Machine Learning - Public Preview for November

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Three features now available in public preview enable you to choose which models/datasets are right for you without having to run any job, seamlessly read/write data from a Fabric datastore; and Model-as-a-Service with inference APIs and hosted fine-tuning.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Features

Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for November

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Five features now available in GA enable you to search thousands of OSS LLMs, provide a feature set specification and let the system handle the rest, and lower. compute management overhead and setup costs. You can also now deploy complex compute graphs under batch endpoints, and use one platform to build, tune, evaluate, deploy, and test AI workflows.
Update Type: GA, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Features

Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for October

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 Z

Three features now available in GA enable you to streamline your network isolation experience, deploy your model locally prior to production, and automate the ML lifecycle without accruing extra compute hours or requiring manual intervention.
Update Type: GA, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Features

Azure Machine Learning - Public Preview for October

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 Z

Four features now available in Public Preview enable you to customize your compute instance experience by using curated or custom environments, collect all model dependencies in a single operation to generate a package than can be move and deployed across environments, label your images at each pixel level with high quality, and conenct and fine-tune Azure OpenAI models with Azure Machine Learning.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure AI Services, Machine Learning, Categories: Features

Support for Azure Machine Learning Explanation and Fairness Dashboards is ending on 14 March 2025

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:00:00 Z

The Explanation and Fairness Dashboard will be retired on 14 March 2025, please transition to the Responsible AI Dashboard (generally available) by that date.  The Responsible AI dashboard will have feature parity and new additional features. You can still create and view the Explanation and Fairness dashboards with our open-source offerings (InterpretML and Fairlearn respectively), which are free for public use on GitHub and will continue to be maintained.
Update Type: Deprecation, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Features, Retirements

Azure Machine Learning - Public Preview for September

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 Z

Three new features now available in Public Preview enable you to utilize vision-based models in the model catalog, enjoy seamless integration with LLMOps through the Prompt Flow SDK/CLI and VS Code extensions, and monitor LLM completions for safety and quality metrics.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Machine Learning, Categories: Features

Build next-generation, AI-powered applications on Microsoft Azure

Tue, 23 May 2023 08:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Microsoft Build 2023—the event where we celebrate the developer community. This year, we’ll dive deep into the latest technologies across application development and AI that are enabling the next wave of innovation.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Azure DevOps, Container Apps, Categories:

What’s new in Azure Data & AI: Azure is built for generative AI apps

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0700

With the recent addition of ChatGPT to Azure OpenAI Service and the preview of GPT-4, developers can build apps with AI to solve problems in new ways.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Machine Learning, Virtual Machines, Categories:

Azure previews powerful and scalable virtual machine series to accelerate generative AI

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0700

In the competitive race for AI innovation, pushing the envelope requires both experience and leadership-class supercomputing scalability. Powerful and massively scalable infrastructure is paramount as the complexity and size of AI models accelerate.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Virtual Machines, Categories:

Exploring open-source capabilities in Azure AI

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0800

Open-source technologies have had a profound impact on the world of AI and machine learning, enabling developers, data scientists, and organizations to collaborate, innovate, and build better AI solutions. At Azure Open Source Day, we highlighted Microsoft’s commitment to open source and how to build intelligent apps faster and with more flexibility using the latest open-source technologies that are available in Azure AI.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Machine Learning, Categories: Open Source

What’s new in Azure Data & AI: Azure is the best place to build and run AI workloads

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800

Bringing together purpose-built AI infrastructure and managed data and AI services into one environment streamlines management and automation, often reducing the complexity of building, training, and bringing AI models into production.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Categories:

Microsoft named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide MLOps Platforms 2022 Vendor Assessment

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800

We’re excited to share that Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) Platforms 2022 Vendor Assessment.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Azure DevOps, Categories:

What’s new in Azure Data & AI: Empowering retailers to streamline operations and accelerate time to value

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800

Let’s explore what’s new for Azure Data & AI this month.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Redis Cache, Categories:

Diversifying the telecommunications supply chain with Open RAN

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Over the past few years, there has been an increasingly steady drumbeat for the need to diversify and open the telecommunications supply chain. A key part of this supply chain that can be diversified is radio access network (RAN), where operators have typically spent most of their investments in network infrastructure. To address the need for diversification, groups such as the O-RAN alliance have formed to open up RAN capabilities.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Categories:

New resources and tools to enable product leaders to implement AI responsibly

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800

As AI becomes more deeply embedded in our everyday lives, it is incumbent upon all of us to be thoughtful and responsible in how we apply it to benefit people and society. Join our digital event, Put Responsible AI into Practice, to learn more about these updates, including new guidelines for product leaders and a Responsible AI dashboard for data scientists and developers.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Categories:

Azure announces general availability of scale-out NVIDIA A100 GPU Clusters: the fastest public cloud supercomputer

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Today, Azure announces the general availability of the Azure ND A100 v4 Cloud GPU instances—powered by NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs—achieving leadership-class supercomputing scalability in a public cloud. For demanding customers chasing the next frontier of AI and high-performance computing (HPC), scalability is the key to unlocking improved total cost of ownership and time-to-solution.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Categories:

Apply AI to your most critical business needs with new Azure AI capabilities

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Tens of thousands of customers, such as Pepsi, Amway, Airbus, BBC, and Progressive Insurance are using Azure AI to deliver immersive customer experiences, identify new business opportunities, and drive impact.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Categories:

Harness analytical and predictive power with Azure Synapse Analytics

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800

Since its preview announcement, we’ve witnessed incredible excitement and adoption of Azure Synapse from our customers and partners.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Synapse Analytics, Categories:

Announcing Azure Machine Learning scholarships and courses with Udacity

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700

According to LinkedIn’s Emerging Jobs Report for 2020, AI specialist roles are most sought after with a 74 percent annual growth rate in hiring over the last four years. To address this demand, we're pleased to announce our collaboration with Udacity to launch new machine learning courses, for both beginners and advanced users, as well as a scholarship program.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Categories:

Introducing live video analytics from Azure Media Services—now in preview

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Live Video Analytics (LVA) provides a platform for you to build hybrid applications with video analytics capabilities. LVA offers the capability of capturing, recording, and analyzing live video and publishing the results to Azure services in the cloud and/or the edge.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Media Services, Event Hubs, Categories: Services

Extending the power of Azure AI to Microsoft 365 users

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Today, Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President of Modern Life and Devices, announced the availability of two new subscriptions: Microsoft 365 Personal and Microsoft 365 Family.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Machine Learning, Categories:

Azure Machine Learning—ML for all skill levels

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0800

Enterprises today are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) at a rapid pace to stay ahead of their competition, deliver innovation, improve customer experiences, and grow revenue. AI and machine learning applications are ushering in a new era of transformation across industries from skillsets to scale, efficiency, operations, and governance.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Categories:

Companies of all sizes tackle real business problems with Azure AI

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0800

Over the past few years, we’ve seen incredible transformation across industries as companies harness the power of AI to transform business processes and drive impact for their customers.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Machine Learning, Categories:

Extending the power of Azure AI to business users

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Today, Alysa Taylor, Corporate Vice President of Business Applications and Industry, announced several new AI-driven insights applications for Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Machine Learning, Categories:

Making AI real for every developer and every organization

Thu, 02 May 2019 00:00:00 -0700

AI is fueling the next wave of transformative innovations that will change the world. With Azure AI, our goal is to empower organizations to apply AI across the spectrum of their business to engage customers, empower employees, optimize operations and transform products. To make this a reality, we have three guiding investment principles.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Categories:

Announcing general availability of Azure Machine Learning service: A look under the hood

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0800

Today, we are announcing the general availability of Azure Machine Learning service. Azure Machine Learning service contains many advanced capabilities designed to simplify and accelerate the process of building, training, and deploying machine learning models.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Categories:

Azure AI – accelerating the pace of AI adoption for organizations

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0800

Building on our announcements at Microsoft Ignite in September 2018, I’m excited to share several new announcements we are making to enable organizations to easily apply AI to transform their businesses.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Categories:

Azure AI – Making AI real for business

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0700

AI, data and cloud are bringing in the next wave of transformative innovations across industries. With Azure AI, our purpose is to empower organizations to use AI to engage customers, empower employees, optimize operations and transform products.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Machine Learning, Categories:

Azure AI Platform announcements: New innovations for developers

Mon, 07 May 2018 00:00:00 -0700

Today, at Microsoft Build 2018, as we engage in conversations about digital transformation with over a million developers, customers and partners, I am pleased to share some of our latest and most exciting innovations in the Azure AI Platform.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Categories:

Microsoft extends AI support to PyTorch 1.0 deep learning framework

Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 -0700

Today Microsoft is announcing the support for PyTorch 1.0 in Azure Machine Learning Services and Data Science Virtual Machine. PyTorch 1.0 takes the modular, production-oriented capabilities from…
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Machine Learning, Virtual Machines, Categories: Services