diff --git a/source/_integrations/microsoft.markdown b/source/_integrations/microsoft.markdown
index 203d8f5a8d1..be026171c05 100644
--- a/source/_integrations/microsoft.markdown
+++ b/source/_integrations/microsoft.markdown
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type:
description: "The voice type you want to use. Accepted values are listed as the service name mapping [in the documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/language-support#text-to-speech)."
required: false
type: string
- default: "`ZiraRUS`"
+ default: "`JennyNeural`"
rate:
description: "Change the rate of speaking in percentage. Example values: `25`, `50`."
required: false
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ region:
Not all Azure regions support high-quality neural voices. Use [this overview](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/regions#neural-and-standard-voices) to determine the availability of standard and neural voices by region/endpoint.
+
+New users ([any newly created Azure Speech resource after August 31st, 2021](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/text-to-speech#migrate-to-neural-voice)) can only use neural voices. Existing resources can continue using standard voices through August 31st, 2024.
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ tts:
api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
language: en-gb
gender: Male
- type: George, Apollo
+ type: RyanNeural
rate: 20
volume: -50
pitch: high