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Serverless offer for Azure Cosmos DB in preview on all APIs
A new consumption-based offer that complements the existing range of provisioned throughput options is now in preview for all Azure Cosmos DB APIs.
New constrained vCPUs capable VMs now available
The latest memory optimized Azure VM series Esv4, Edsv4, and Easv4 now offer new constrained vCPU VM sizes.
HoloLens 2 Development Edition is now available for purchase in the United States
The Development Edition combines the capabilities of HoloLens 2 with Azure, Unity, and Pixyz to empower developers to build interactive experiences and render 3D holographic content with people, places, and things.
October 2020
App Service extending Dev/Test discounts to Premium SKUs
App Service Premium plan (Pv2 & Pv3) customers can now take advantage of Dev/Test subscription discounts
Azure Backup Price and Meter ID Change - ZA North and ZA West regions of South Africa
Effective 12/01/2020, the price and meter IDs of Azure Backup will change.
Azure DevTest Labs now available in more regions
Explore Azure DevTest Labs in UAE North, Germany West Central and Norway East regions.
Public Preview: JBoss EAP on Azure App Service
A managed JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) experience is now available in Public Preview on Azure App Service. Deploy your Web Application Archive (WAR) and Enterprise Application Archive (EAR) apps to a PaaS for Java EE apps.
Azure Data Explorer now support Compute Isolated SKUs
Azure Data Explorer has added support for isolated compute SKU and ready for deployment.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift - Pricing and service updates
Lower prices, more flexible purchase options, and an improved SLA.
New Azure Spot Virtual Machines features
You can now access the price history of Spot Virtual Machines and the eviction rate for the past 28 trailing days in the Azure portal.
Announcing new lower pricing for Azure Files premium tier
Azure Files premium tier price is dropped by more than 33% in all regions and for all redundancy options.
Reserved capacity on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is now available
Obtain discounts on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale using reserved capacity.
September 2020
Serverless offer for Azure Cosmos DB coming soon on all APIs
A new consumption-based offer that complements the existing range of provisioned throughput options is coming soon.
New Azure Dedicated Hosts capabilities
Azure can now select the dedicated host to which your VM is deployed. Additionally, Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets can be deployed in conjunction with Dedicated Hosts.
Oracle WebLogic Server on Azure Virtual Machines major release now available
Enable lift-and-shift migration of mission critical enterprise Java workloads with a major release for solutions to run Oracle WebLogic Server (WLS) on Azure Linux virtual machines.
Public Preview of Azure NetApp Files Cross Region Replication (CRR) capability
Replicate Azure NetApp Files volumes from one Azure region to another in a fast and cost-effective way, protecting your data from unforeseeable regional failures.
Public Preview - Get Retail Rates for all Azure Products/Services
An unauthenticated experience to get retail prices for all Azure Products/Services (including Reserved Instances).
Begin migrating your codespaces to GitHub Codespaces
Target retirement date: February 17, 2021
To simplify our user experience, Visual Studio Codespaces is transitioning to GitHub Codespaces, and the current Azure service will retire on 17 February 2021.
Azure Spring Cloud is now generally available
Azure Spring Cloud is a fully managed service for Spring Boot apps that lets you focus on building the apps that run your business without the hassle of managing infrastructure
Manage your Azure & Amazon Web Services (AWS) spending in a single location with Azure Cost Management +Billing
An Azure Cost Management + Billing connector for AWS is now generally available.
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