Updates Archives
Monthly updates for February 2019
General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in Australia Southeast
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available in Australia Southeast.
SQL Database as a source of reference data input for Stream Analytics
Users can use data in SQL Database to augment their stream processing logic.
New language functions in Stream Analytics
REPLACE, COALESCE, ROUND and CROSS-JOIN are new functions in Stream Analytics.
Feature update: Serial console for Azure Virtual Machines
Target availability: Q1 2019
The serial console for Azure Virtual Machines has been updated to add VM reboot and additional fonts to choose from.
QnA Maker simplifies knowledge base management for your Q&A bot
Active Learning helps identify and recommend variations for any question and allows you to add them to your knowledge base.
Azure Automation: Update Azure Modules runbook is open-source
The Update Azure Modules runbook is now officially open-source.
General availability: Azure Data Explorer
Azure Data Explorer is a fast, fully managed data analytics service for real-time analysis on large volumes of data streaming from applications, websites, IoT devices and more. It brings together a highly performant and scalable cloud database service with an intuitive query language to deliver near-instant insights.
Public preview: Azure Service Bus for Go
Send messages asynchronously between your Go services by using the new preview package for Azure Service Bus.
Blob output partitioning in Azure Stream Analytics
Azure Stream Analytics users can now partition output to Azure Blob storage based on custom date and time formats.
New Lsv2 Azure virtual machines (VMs) for big data, databases and data warehousing are now generally available
New Lsv2 Azure virtual machines, which have been optimised for high throughput and high IOPS workloads, are now generally available.
TomTom is expanding its partnership with Microsoft
TomTom has chosen the Azure cloud as its preferred cloud platform for its enterprise.
Data Migration Assistant support for target readiness assessment for Azure SQL DB Managed Instance
Data Migration Assistant support for target readiness assessment for Azure SQL DB Managed Instance is now available
Azure Cost Management is now generally available for EA customers
Azure Cost Management is now generally available for EA customers
Logic Apps is now available in US Gov Arizona region
Logic Apps can now be deployed to the US Gov Arizona region.
SQL Server Migration Assistant support for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
SQL Server Migration Assistant support for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is now generally available.
Support for Amazon RDS for SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance online migrations
Migrate Amazon RDS for SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance with minimal downtime by using generally available functionality in the Azure Database Migration Service.
Azure Cost Management preview for Azure Government
Announcing Azure Cost Management preview for Azure Government.
Azure Cost Management preview for pay-as-you-go
Azure Cost Management for pay-as-you-go is now in preview.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL read replica preview
Azure Database for PostgreSQL now supports asynchronous replication of data from one Azure Database for PostgreSQL server (the ‘master’) to up to five Azure Database for PostgreSQL servers (the ‘replicas’) in the same region.
MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB online migration is in preview
Migrate from on-premises or cloud implementations of MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB with minimal downtime by using Azure Database Migration Service.
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