June 18th, 2021

Azure SDK Release (June 2021)

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Release Highlights

Welcome to the June release of the Azure SDK. We have updated the following libraries:

Stable Releases

  • Azure Cognitive Search for .NET, Java (version 11.4), and JavaScript and Python (version 11.2)

    • Adds stable features and bug fixes from the beta releases. See the Cognitive Search changelog for more details.
    • Preview service features not generally available yet, like Semantic Search and Normalizers, are not included in this release.
    • Support for geospatial types in core for .NET and Java.
    • Support for knowledge store.

  • Azure Data Tables version 12.0

  • Azure SDK for Python (Conda) packages are now generally available in the Microsoft channel.

  • Event Grid for Java (version 4.4), JavaScript and Python (version 4.3)

    • Adds new system events definition for Storage Blob and Azure Communication Service.

  • Form Recognizer version 3.1

    • This release marks the stability of the changes introduced in package versions 3.1.0-beta.1 through 3.1.0-beta.3.

  • Core, Identity, and Azure Storage for C++ version 1.0

    • This release marks the general availability for Core, Identity, and Azure Storage.
    • To get started and view samples, view the README on the Azure SDK for C++ repo.
    • Quickstarts and documentation are being updated at Microsoft Docs.

  • Key Vault Administration, Certificates, Keys and Secrets.

    • Key Vault Administration is a new library that allows for role-based access control (RBAC), and backup and restore operations for Managed HSM.
    • Key Vault Keys added functionality:
      • Support for Managed HSM.
      • Cryptography clients now support executing all operations locally if given a JsonWebKey.
      • Support for creating and importing symmetric keys for Managed HSM.
      • RSA keys now support providing a public exponent.

Preview Releases

  • App Configuration version 1.2: initial release

  • Azure Agrifood Farming version 1.0: initial release

    • Azure FarmBeats enables aggregation of agriculture data sets across providers, allowing you to build artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) models based on fused data sets.
    • With the preview of Azure FarmBeats you can build or augment your digital agriculture solution with farm health advisories that:
      • Assess farm health using vegetation index and water index based on satellite imagery.
      • Give recommendations on how many soil moisture sensors to use and where to place them.
      • Track farm conditions by visualizing ground data collected by sensors from various vendors.
      • Provide soil moisture maps based on the fusion of satellite and sensor data.
      • See this overview for more information.

  • Azure Attestation for JavaScript and Python version 1.0

  • Azure Blob Storage, Data Lake Storage, Files, and Queue Storage has released SDKs with Azure Storage Service API version 2020-08-04

  • Azure Confidential Ledger version 1.0

  • Azure Communication Network Traversal version 1.0: initial release for JavaScript

  • Azure Communication Services for .NET and iOS version 1.0

  • Azure Communication Services Chat for Android version 1.0

  • Azure Container Registry version 1.0

  • Azure Cosmos DB client for Java version 4.16

  • Azure Data Lake Storage for Java (version 12.6) and Python (version 12.4)

  • Azure Monitor Query version 1.0: initial release

    • Published the initial .NET, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python packages for the new Azure Monitor client library.
    • The library provides an ability to query both Azure Monitor Logs and Metrics data. Benefits introduced in this new library include:
    • A single client library for both Logs and Metrics querying.
    • Azure Active Directory authentication support for both Logs and Metrics queries.
    • Handwritten .NET client library (code generation was used for old packages).
    • Updated Swagger to include batch API for Logs query, performance statistics such as query execution and resource usage, and server timeout.
    • Read more about here about The New Azure Monitor Libraries.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics for .NET and JavaScript version 1.0

  • Event Hubs for .NET and JavaScript version 5.5

  • Key Vault for C++ version 4.0

  • Models Repository for JavaScript version 1.0: initial release

    • Contains the ModelsRepositoryClient to talk to the Azure Models Repository service, with initial support for getting models and helper functions for working with DTMIs.

  • Translator for Python version 1.0: initial release

    • Offers real-time text translation and document batch translation.

  • Video Analyzer version 1.0: initial release

    • Allows you to interact with the direct methods of a Video Analyzer edge module.
    • Supports constructing objects that represent the direct methods that can then be sent to the edge module using the IoT Hub SDKs.
    • Designed to be used with the Azure IoT Hub SDKs.

Release Supportability

  • Starting in July, updated JavaScript libraries will drop support for Node.js 8, which reached end of life in January 2020. For more details, please see our support policy.

Release Notes

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