Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2020
Point-in-time-restore (PITR) for Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB backup and restore capabilities will be enhanced with the addition of point-in-time-restore (PITR) in preview in the upcoming months. PITR will enable continuous backups of Azure Cosmos DB data and is designed to protect against accidental writes or delete
Azure Media Services is now available in Switzerland and Germany
Announcing the general availability of Media Services in Switzerland (North and West) and Germany (North, West Central) regions.
Build updates for Azure Cognitive Search
At Build, we are announcing the new capabilities in Azure Cognitive Search making it easier for developers to build search experience and customize with new skills to deliver more relevant results
Azure Storage—Routing preferences now available for preview
Routing preferences provide the flexibility to optimize traffic to your Storage account for premium network performance by using the Microsoft global network, or to help lower costs using the public Internet. Publish route-specific endpoints for your storage account. The preview is available for all Storage accounts located in France South, South Central US, and the West Central US regions.
Authenticate Azure Stream Analytics to Azure SQL Database using managed identities (preview)
Azure Stream Analytics now supports managed identity authentication with Azure SQL Database.
High throughput output from Stream Analytics to Azure Synapse Analytics (preview)
Azure Stream Analytics jobs now have the ability to output to an existing SQL pool table in Azure Synapse Analytics, and to process throughput rates up to 200 MB/s.
Announcing Project Bonsai and Project Moab
Announcing Project Bonsai, Microsoft’s machine teaching service to create intelligent industrial control systems, along with Project Moab, a new open-source balancing robot to help engineers and developers learn how to build these real-world autonomous systems.
‘Learn TV’ daily online program to provide developers with education and skills
Microsoft Learn will launch “Learn TV,” daily live programming and discussions for developers and a one-stop shop to learn and grow with live content from Microsoft Cloud Advocates and Product Group leaders.
Azure IoT Central - Build 2020 announcements
New Azure IoT Central features, including new template and support for Azure Sphere and Azure IoT Edge, are now available.
Azure Container Registry diagnostic logs now generally available
Azure Container Registry diagnostic logs are now available.
Static Web Apps single page hosting option available in App Service now in preview
Static Web Apps is a simplified hosting option for developers building modern web apps with static front-ends and dynamic back-ends powered by serverless APIs.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) resource provider on Azure Stack preview
The private preview of AKS on Azure Stack Hub will be available soon.
Azure Stack Hub fleet management preview
Six new Azure Stack Hub features will soon be in limited or public preview beginning summer 2020.
Easily deploy and manage Azure Stack through Avanade
Avanade, a cloud services partner, now offers a way to easily deploy and manage Azure Stack in remote locations like factories, oil rigs, retail locations, warehouses, and all edges in between.
CloudAssert multicloud management solution for Hub now available
CloudAssert multicloud management solution is now available.
Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub private preview
Announcing a private preview of Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub.
Azure Container Registry support for Azure Private Link and firewall is now available
Container Registry support for Private Link and ingress firewall, a means to limit the network traffic of resources within a virtual network, is now generally available.
IoT Hub support for virtual networks is now generally available
IoT Hub support for virtual networks is now generally available.
High throughput output from Azure Stream Analytics to Azure Synapse Analytics in preview
Azure Stream Analytics jobs now have the ability to output to an existing SQL pool table in Azure Synapse Analytics, and to process throughput rates up to 200 Mbps.
Authenticate Azure Stream Analytics to Azure SQL Database using managed identities
Azure Stream Analytics now supports managed identity authentication with Azure SQL Database.
Updates by date
Get answers to your questions from Microsoft and Community experts.
Community supportRead commonly asked questions on Azure updates.
FAQTell us what you think of Azure and what you want to see in the future.
Provide feedbackAzure is available in more regions than any other cloud provider.
Check product availability in your region