Updated Archived Release Notes

Updated Archived Release Notes

Author: sreekzz

articles/hdinsight/hdinsight-release-notes-archive.md

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 # Archived release notes
 
 ## Summary
 
+Azure HDInsight is one of the most popular services among enterprise customers for open-source analytics on Azure.
+Subscribe to the [HDInsight Release Notes](./subscribe-to-hdi-release-notes-repo.md) for up-to-date information on HDInsight and all HDInsight versions.
+
+To subscribe, click the “watch” button in the banner and watch out for [HDInsight Releases](https://github.com/Azure/HDInsight/releases).
+
+## Release Information
+
+### Release date:  February  15, 2024
+
+This release applies to HDInsight 4.x and 5.x versions. HDInsight release will be available to all regions over several days. This release is applicable for image number **2401250802**. [How to check the image number?](./view-hindsight-cluster-image-version.md)
+
+HDInsight uses safe deployment practices, which involve gradual region deployment. It might take up to 10 business days for a new release or a new version to be available in all regions.
+
+**OS versions**
+
+* HDInsight 4.0: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS Linux Kernel 5.4
+* HDInsight 5.0: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS Linux Kernel 5.4
+* HDInsight 5.1: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS Linux Kernel 5.4
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> Ubuntu 18.04 is supported under [Extended Security Maintenance(ESM)](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/linux-and-open-source-blog/canonical-ubuntu-18-04-lts-reaching-end-of-standard-support/ba-p/3822623) by the Azure Linux team for [Azure HDInsight July 2023](/azure/hdinsight/hdinsight-release-notes-archive#release-date-july-25-2023), release onwards. 
+
+For workload specific versions, see 
+
+* [HDInsight 5.x component versions](./hdinsight-5x-component-versioning.md)
+* [HDInsight 4.x component versions](./hdinsight-40-component-versioning.md)
+
+## New features
+
+- Apache Ranger support for Spark SQL in Spark 3.3.0 (HDInsight version 5.1) with Enterprise security package. Learn more about it [here](./spark/ranger-policies-for-spark.md).
+  
+## Fixed issues
+
+- Security fixes from Ambari and Oozie components
+
+
+## :::image type="icon" border="false" source="./media/hdinsight-release-notes/clock.svg"::: Coming soon
+
+* Basic and Standard A-series VMs Retirement.
+   * On August 31, 2024, we'll retire Basic and Standard A-series VMs. Before that date, you need to migrate your workloads to Av2-series VMs, which provide more memory per vCPU and faster storage on solid-state drives (SSDs).
+   * To avoid service disruptions, [migrate your workloads](https://aka.ms/Av1retirement) from Basic and Standard A-series VMs to Av2-series VMs before August 31, 2024.
+ 
+If you have any more questions, contact [Azure Support](https://ms.portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_Support/HelpAndSupportBlade/~/overview).
+
+You can always ask us about HDInsight on [Azure HDInsight - Microsoft Q&A](/answers/tags/168/azure-hdinsight)
+
+We are listening: You’re welcome to add more ideas and other topics here and vote for them - [HDInsight Ideas](https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/search/?q=HDInsight) and follow us for more updates on [AzureHDInsight Community](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14313521/)
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> We advise customers to use to latest versions of HDInsight [Images](./view-hindsight-cluster-image-version.md) as they bring in the best of open source updates,  Azure updates and security fixes. For more information, see [Best practices](./hdinsight-overview-before-you-start.md).
+
+### Next steps
+* [Azure HDInsight: Frequently asked questions](./hdinsight-faq.yml)
+* [Configure the OS patching schedule for Linux-based HDInsight clusters](./hdinsight-os-patching.md)
+* Previous [release note](/azure/hdinsight/hdinsight-release-notes-archive#release-date--january-10-2024)
+
+
 Azure HDInsight is one of the most popular services among enterprise customers for open-source analytics on Azure.
 If you would like to subscribe on release notes, watch releases on [this GitHub repository](https://github.com/Azure/HDInsight/releases).