Updates Archives
Monthly updates for April 2020
Query acceleration for Azure Data Lake Storage now in preview
Azure Date Lake Storage (ADLS) now supports Query acceleration, which optimises cost and performance for your big data applications.
Cross-region restore for Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Backup
With the introduction of cross-region restore, you can now initiate restores in a secondary region at will to mitigate real downtime issues in a primary region for your environment.
Maintenance control for platform updates now generally available
The maintenance control feature of Azure Virtual Machines platform updates is now generally available for Azure Dedicated Hosts and isolated VMs. Use this feature to control all host updates, including rebootless updates, within a 35-day window.
Azure Private Link for AKS is now generally available
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Private Link is now generally available. Use it to isolate your Kubernetes API server within your Azure virtual network, enabling fully private communication with the managed Kubernetes control plane hosted by AKS.
New DCsv2-series virtual machines are now available
Azure confidential computing enables customers to develop applications that protect data while in use, meaning that it protects data while its been processed in the CPU. DCsv2-Series VMs use Intel SGX technology to protect data while in use, and they are now generally available.
Monitoring your reservation and Marketplace purchases with Budgets
Budget evaluations in Azure Cost Management now include your reservation and Marketplace purchases
Azure Virtual Network NAT gateway meter name changes
Effective 1 June 2020, the meter names of Azure Virtual Network network address translation (NAT) gateway will change because it will become generally available.
Automatic instance repairs for virtual machine scale sets now available
Virtual machine scale sets now provide the capability to automatically repair unhealthy instances based on application health status.
Azure Monitor for virtual machines is now generally available
Azure Monitor for virtual machines (VMs), which provides an in-depth view of VM performance trends and dependencies, is now generally available. Get key monitoring data about your Windows and Linux VMs to help you discover dependencies, identify hotspots and troubleshoot issues faster with Azure Monitor for VMs.
Virtual machine scale sets – Automatic image upgrades for custom images
Virtual machine scale sets now provides the ability to automatically deploy new versions of custom images to scale set virtual machines.
Azure Virtual Network now supports reverse DNS lookup
Azure Virtual Network now supports reverse DNS lookup (PTR DNS queries) for virtual machine IP addresses by default.
Replace existing disks is now supported for virtual machines with custom images
Support is now available for virtual machines (VMs) with custom images to replace existing disks during the restore flow.
Azure Machine Learning – New log streaming feature is now available
Log streaming is now available in the Azure Machine Learning Studio UI.
Update self-hosted integration runtime nodes to TLS 1.2 by 11 May 2020
Target availability: Q2 2020
Update your servers/machines running self-hosted integration runtimes that communicate with the Azure Data Factory backend for control plane actions to use transport layer security (TLS) 1.2 by 11 May 2020.
Azure Machine Learning available in US Gov
Azure Machine Learning is now available in US Gov Virginia and US Gov Arizona.
Azure Spot Virtual Machines are now generally available
Buy unused compute capacity at deep discounts and run interruptible workloads at scale with Azure Spot Virtual Machines.
FastTrack for Azure expanding to Central and Eastern Europe
FastTrack for Azure is extending programme support to Central and Eastern Europe*, and is now generally available.
IPv6 for Azure Virtual Network is now generally available
IPv6 for Azure Virtual Network is now generally available worldwide. IPv6 support within the Azure Virtual Network and to the Internet enables you to expand into the growing mobile and IoT markets with Azure-based applications and to address IPv4 depletion in your own corporate networks.
New Azure Disk sizes and bursting support are now available
Azure Managed Disks are the new and recommended disk storage offering for use with Azure virtual machines for persistent storage of data. Use multiple Managed Disks with each virtual machine. Four types of managed disks are available – ultra disk, premium SSD-managed disks, standard SSD-managed disks and standard HDD-managed disks.
Azure Backup solution for SAP HANA databases is now available
We are very excited to announce that Microsoft Azure Backup’s solution for SAP HANA databases is now generally available in all Azure Public and Gov Regions (with the exception of Germany Northeast and Germany central, France South and US Gov IOWA)
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