Updates Archives
Monthly updates for July 2019
Azure Lab Services has removed the unlimited option from quota per user to help save on costs
Azure Lab Services has removed the unlimited option from quota per user so lab owners can intentionally choose a specific number of hours needed for each lab to help save costs.
Azure Lab Services - Ability to reset passwords and support for Ubuntu Images has been added
Azure Lab Services now supports the ability to reset passwords and to provide added support for Ubuntu images.
Linux support on Azure Functions Premium plan
The Azure Functions Premium plan preview is now expanded to Linux hosting and custom Docker containers.
SQL Server CTP 3.2 big data cluster is now in preview
Big data clusters, one of the hero features for SQL Server 2019, is now available in preview. It combines SQL Server with Apache Spark and Hadoop Distributed File System for a unified data platform that enables analytics and AI over all data, relational and non-relational.
Azure Database Migration Service - Integration with Azure Migrate v2
The integration of Azure Data Migration tools and Azure Database Migration Service with the Azure Migrate hub is now available in preview.
PostgreSQL 11 is now generally available in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL 11, the latest major version of PostgreSQL, is now generally available in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Azure Container Registry - Buildpacks support in Tasks is now in preview
Use Container Registry Tasks to assemble Buildpacks and base stack tracking for OS and framework patching.
New developer pricing tier for integration service environment
We now offer a developer pricing tier (general availability) that allows customers to deploy an integration service environment (ISE) at a reduced cost.
Azure IoT Edge 1.0.8 release is now available
Azure IoT Edge 1.0.8 release is available with multiple improvements.
Guidance on CVE-2018-15664 for Azure IoT Edge
A security fix which addresses CVE-2018-15664 is available for Azure IoT Edge.
Cognitive Services Speech US Gov Resource GUID Change
From 2 September 2019, the Resource GUIDs (also known as Meter IDs) of Custom Speech endpoint hosting in Speech Services for US Gov region will change.
Azure portal July 2019 feature update
This month, Azure portal updates include updates to Azure Security Center, the ability to use ephemeral OS disks on Azure VMs, sending Windows diagnostics data to Azure Monitor and more.
Premium Blob now supports Blob Lifecycle Management
Premium Blob now supports policy-based object deletion.
Azure Monitor Log Analytics UI updates – June 2019
We are excited and happy to share with you our latest updates and improvements to the Log Analytics UI!1. Log Analytics dashboard picker Log Analytics dashboards can visualise all of your saved logs…
Azure Site Recovery: Support released for large disks (up to 8 TB)
You can now protect large data disks of up to 8 TB in size with Azure Site Recovery.
Location telemetry support in IoT Central is now available
We have added support for location telemetry that lights up scenarios such as asset track and trace, connected logistics and more!
Azure AD Application Proxy support for single sign-on to SAML-based applications.
Connect custom or popular SAML-based on-premises line of business apps to Azure AD for single sign-on.
The recommendation and policy to enable encryption of a storage account have been removed
Azure Storage is encrypted by default and cannot be unencrypted, therefore the recommendation and policy has been removed.
Updates to network recommendations in Azure Security Center
There are new and updated Azure Security Center networking recommendations.
Introducing promotional pricing for the Basic Linux App Service Plan
We’re excited to introduce a promotional price on the Basic app service plan for Linux, which, depending on regional meters in your data centre of choice, will lead to a 66 per cent price drop! In addition, we are also now offering a free App Service Plan for Linux, making starting out on App Service easier than ever!
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