Updates Archives
Monthly updates for October 2023
General availability: Default Rule Set 2.1 for regional WAF with Application Gateway
Increase your security posture and reduce false positives with Default Rule Set 2.1, now generally available on the regional WAF with Application Gateway
Public preview: Announcing the new Azure Bastion Developer SKU
The Bastion Developer SKU represents a novel, cost-effective, and streamlined version of the Bastion service.
New E-mail templates for Log search alerts - API version 2021-08-01 and up
During November, we will replace log search alerts (API version 2021-08-01 and up) that uses non-common schema template with an upgraded and more informative email template.
Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier support on Blob Batch operations
Azure Blob Batch operations now support Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier.
Public preview: Traffic Splitting for Azure Static Web Apps
Split traffic to your Azure Static Web Apps across multiple environments to gradually rollout features and compare versions being tested.
Public preview: Snippets for Azure Static Web Apps
Inject snippets into your website’s pages to add analytics, customizations and integrations, or to optimize performance without changing your source code.
GA: Performance optimizations for the isolated worker model in .NET Azure Functions
Major cold start improvements are available to .NET apps on the Azure Functions isolated worker model.
GA: Service Bus message settlement in isolated worker model for .NET Azure Functions
Functions using the ServiceBusTrigger can perform message settlement actions in the isolated worker model for .NET applications
Public preview: Disable Secure Shell (SSH) support in AKS
You can now disable secure shell (SSH) in AKS
GA: Bring our own keys (BYOK) on Ephemeral OS Disk
You can now encrypt OS and Data disks of your AKS nodes in production with your own managed keys.
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files standard storage with cool access
Azure NetApp Files standard storage with cool access is now in public preview. With the new cool access feature, you can enable standard volumes with the ability to transparently store data more cost-effectively on Azure storage accounts based on its access pattern.
Protect SQL Server 2014 workloads with Extended Security Updates
Target availability: Q4 2023
SQL Server 2014 will reach its end of ten-year product lifecycle on July 9th, 2024. To provide you with the flexibility to stay secure while you plan for the future, we are announcing SQL Server 2014 Extended Security Updates.
General availability: Storage auto-grow & online disk scaling for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
With auto-grow enabled, Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server will automatically increase the size of your provisioned storage.
General availability: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports minor versions 15.4, 14.9, 13.12, 12.16, 11.21.
Public preview: Flush data operation for Azure Cache for Redis
Target availability: Q4 2023
Basic, Standard, and Premium tier caches now support a built-in flush operation that can be started as a management operation.
General availability: Azure Synapse Link for existing MongoDB collections
Target availability: Q4 2023
Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB enables near real time analytics, now available for existing MongoDB collections in Azure Cosmos DB for Mongo DB.
Public preview: Update channel for Basic, Standard and Premium Caches
Target availability: Q4 2023
Receive early updates by configuring the update channel for your Basic, Standard and Premium tier cache instances.
General availability: Azure Synapse Link compatibility with Cosmos DB continuous backup
Target availability: Q4 2023
Now Azure Cosmos DB customers using continuous backup can enable Synapse Link in their database accounts.
General availability: PostgreSQL 16 production support in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q4 2023
You can now choose PostgreSQL 16 when creating PostgreSQL clusters in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, a managed service for distributed Postgres database.
Microsoft Security email update and Resources for Azure AD rename to Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID is the new name for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The rename and new product icon are being rolled out across experiences from Microsoft. Most updates will be complete by mid-November of this year. Resources are also now available to support the renaming of your product experiences. Additionally, Identity emails will now be sent from Microsoft Security (MSSecurity-noreply@microsoft.com). The emails are currently coming from Microsoft Azure (azure-noreply@microsoft.com). You may need to update Outlook rules as a result.
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