Updates Archives
Monthly updates for September 2019
Secure hybrid access to apps behind existing F5 infrastructure
Azure AD and F5 Networks integration to secure legacy applications.
Azure HDInsight G-series VMs deprecation—Migrate before October 31, 2019
Target retirement date: October 31, 2019
Azure HDInsight will deprecate G-series virtual machines (VMs) on October 31, 2019. After this date, you won't be able to create any new clusters using G-series VMs or to scale up clusters having G-series nodes.
Configure Azure AD as the trusted corporate identity provider in SAP Identity Authentication Service
Connect enterprise identities between Microsoft services such as, Azure and Office 365 and the SAP Cloud Platform, so you can build unique cross-cloud experiences.
Azure API Management update—September 2019
A regular Azure API Management service update was started on September 23, 2019, that included the following bug fixes, changes, and new features, along with other improvements. Please note that we deploy updates gradually and it takes over a week for every active API Management service instance to receive them.
Azure Cosmos DB recommendations keep you on the right track
Azure Cosmos DB gets updated frequently, so to make it easier to stay up-to-date, we’ve introduced automatic and tailored recommendations for all Azure Cosmos DB users.
Register your SQL Server on Azure VMs self-installations with Resource Provider
For the first time ever, you can register your self-installations of SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines with Resource Provider to unlock features and functionality previously only available with our Azure Marketplace images.
Azure portal September 2019 feature update
The Azure portal has updates to Azure Data Explorer and to Azure SQL.
Data Factory supports copying data into Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Azure Data Factory now supports Azure Database for PostgreSQL as a sink. Use the copy activity feature to load data into Azure Database for PostgreSQL from any supported data source.
Azure CLI support for Azure HDInsight is now available
Azure CLI support for Azure HDInsight is now generally available. This enables administrators to easily manage their HDInsight clusters using simple Azure CLI commands.
Azure Logic Apps updates for July and August 2019
Target availability: Q4 2019
The Azure Logic Apps updates for July and August 2019 include new features for ISE, designer improvements including support for portal themes, support for gateway across subscriptions, SAP connector features, new connectors, and other major feature updates and announcements.
Azure SQL Database—Auto-failover groups feature now available in all regions
The Auto-failover groups feature of Azure SQL Database is now available for managed instance deployments in all regions.
Copy Activity in Azure Data Factory supports creating a destination table automatically
Load data faster with new support from the Copy Activity feature in Azure Data Factory. Now, if you’re trying to copy data from any supported source into SQL database/data warehouse and find that the destination table doesn’t exist, Copy Activity will create it automatically.
Azure Data Factory now supports copying data into Azure Database for MySQL
Azure Data Factory now supports copying data into Azure Database for MySQL. Use the Copy Activity feature to load data into Azure Database for MySQL from any supported data sources.
Public Preview - Video Indexer Multilingual identification and transcription
Automatic spoken language identification leverages machine learning technology to identify the different languages used in a media asset.
Public Preview - Video Indexer Animated Character Detection
Azure Media Services Video Indexer supports detection, grouping, and recognition of characters in animated content.
Egress lockdown in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available
Achieve additional security by restricting outbound (egress) traffic for cluster nodes to a limited number of ports and addresses.
Azure Lab Services now supports new GPU Virtual Machine sizes
Azure Lab Services now supports two new 6-core GPU Virtual Machine sizes.
Azure Advisor alerts are now in preview
Get your Azure best practice recommendations as soon as they become available with Azure Advisor user-configured alerts, now available in preview.
A preview upgrade for Azure DevTest Labs Tasks extension is now available
We recently released a preview upgrade for the Azure DevTest Labs Tasks.
Audit logging on Azure Database for PostgreSQL is now in preview
Audit logging on Azure SQL Database for PostgreSQL via PGAudit is now available in preview. Produce audit logs of events including writes, reads, role changes, and DDL with the audit extension.
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