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August 2019
Storage Ultra Disks meter name change
Effective October 1, 2019, the meter (also known as resource GUID) names for Ultra Disks in US East 2 regions will change.
Announcing pricing decrease for Azure App Service on the Premium plan
We are happy to announce a price reduction of an average of 35% for Linux App Service on the Premium v2 plan (pricing may vary by regional meters). This price reduction makes the decision point between hosting on a Standard App Service plan or a Premium v2 App Service plan a much simpler one.
Global trace flags are now available in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
You can now enable trace flags on Azure SQL Database Managed Instance to increase compatibility of your Managed Instance Database Engine and SQL Server Database Engine.
Azure Function Consumption plan for Linux is now available
The Azure Functions Consumption hosting plan is now generally available for Linux-based applications.
Python support in Azure Functions is now available
Python support in Azure Functions is now generally available and ready for production workloads.
Just-in-time (JIT) VM access for Azure Firewall is now generally available
Secure your Azure Firewall protected environments, in addition to your NSG protected environments, with just-in-time VM access.
Security Center now has single click remediation to boost your security posture (in preview)
Remediate recommendations on a bulk of resources in a single click by using Secure Score, a tool that helps you assess your workload security posture.
Azure SQL provides a unified management experience
Azure SQL is a modern SQL platform that serves developers and enterprises by offering a rich selection of deployment options, powered by an industry leading SQL Server engine.
SQL data discovery and classification for Azure SQL Database is now available
SQL data discovery and classification, which provides advanced capabilities built into Azure SQL Database for discovering, classifying, labeling, and protecting sensitive data, is now available.
Same region read replica is now available for Azure Database for MariaDB
Azure Database for MariaDB now supports asynchronous replication of data from one Azure Database for MariaDB server (the ‘master’) to up to five Azure Database for MariaDB servers (the ‘replicas’) in the same region.
New Azure Blockchain SDK updates with Truffle
Work more efficiently with the updated Azure Blockchain Development Kit by using our new interactive debugger.
Help protect large data disks Azure Site Recovery
Protect large data disks of up to 8 TB in size with Azure Site Recovery.
IoT Plug and Play Preview is now available
With IoT Plug and Play Preview, solution developers can start using Azure IoT Central to build solutions that integrate seamlessly with IoT devices enabled with IoT Plug and Play.
Azure Archive Expanded Capabilities now in Public Preview
Azure Archive Storage follows-up price drop with 3 new feature enhancements in public preview.
Announcing new lower pricing for Azure Archive Storage
Effective August 1, Azure Archive Storage dropped prices by up to 50% in some regions.
New Copy APIs for efficient data copy in Azure Blob Storage
Introducing a new set of copy APIs to enable efficient data transfer to Azure or inside Azure datacenters.
Azure portal August 2019 feature update
This month, Azure portal has updates to Azure Security Center and a new experience for Azure Migrate.
General availablility of Managed Identity for Linux in App Service and Functions
Managed identity support for App Service on Linux and the Azure Functions Linux Consumption Plan is now generally available.
General availability of user-assigned managed identities for App Service and Azure Functions
App Service and Azure Functions support for user-assigned managed identities is now generally available.
New Quick Action Transformations Added to Data Factory Mapping Data Flows
Data Factory Mapping Data Flows has added a new "Quick Actions" feature to automate the creation of data transformations.
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