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New Azure VMs for general purpose and memory intensive workloads now available
The new D v4 and E v4 series Azure Virtual Machines feature the Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL custom processor, can achieve up to 3.4Ghz all core turbo frequency, and offer up to 504 GiB of RAM.
Azure Dedicated Hosts now support new Azure Virtual Machines series
You can now run Dsv4, Ddsv4, Esv4, and Edsv4 Azure VMs on Dedicated Hosts. The new Dedicated Hosts SKUs are based on the Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake) processor, which offers improved performance compared to the previous generation.
August 2020
Upcoming billing changes to Azure Bastion
Azure Bastion to start billing in Azure US Gov Zone 1.
Azure DevOps Artifacts storage exploration
Target availability: Q3 2020
More granular breakdowns and analyses into artifact storage.
Azure Data Box Disk is now generally available in South Africa and China
The Microsoft Azure Data Box Disk solution lets you send terabytes of on-premises data to Azure in a quick, inexpensive, and reliable way.
Windows CE App Container on Windows 10 IoT Core now generally available
Moving forward with Windows CE using the Windows CE App Container on Windows 10 IoT Core
Upcoming billing changes to Azure Bandwidth
On a rolling basis throughout September 2020, we’ll move Bandwidth to a source–destination billing model. Additionally, metering will be divided into inter-region meter IDs.
July 2020
One- and three- year reserved capacity for Azure DB for PostgreSQL-Hyperscale (Citus)
Azure Database for PostgreSQL-Hyperscale (Citus) reserved capacity is now available to reserve compute power for your existing and future Hyperscale (Citus) server groups.
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions is now available in preview
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions is a new Azure-native monitoring product for customers running SAP landscapes on Azure. It’s now available in public preview in US East, US East 2, US West 2, and West Eu regions.
Azure Data Box Disk is now available in China
Target availability: Q3 2020
Azure Data Box Disk is now available for preview in the China East, China East 2, China North, and China North 2 regions.
Introducing Azure Load Balancer Insights using Azure Monitor for Networks
Azure Load Balancer customers now have instant access to a preconfigured solution for health monitoring and configuration analysis enabling rapid fault localization and informed design decisions.
June 2020
Announcing extended term reservation for the Azure HBv2 Virtual Machine
High-performance computing (HPC) organizations typically calculate cost projections five-to-six years for the typical lifespan of an on-premises HPC cluster.
Azure Private Link for Azure Batch is now generally available in select regions
Azure Private Link for Azure Batch is now generally available in the West US 2, East US, South Central US, US Gov Virginia, and US Gov Arizona regions
New Azure Virtual Machines for general purpose and memory intensive workloads now in preview
The new D v4-series and E v4-series Azure Virtual Machines feature the Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL custom processor, which can achieve up to 3.4 Ghz all core turbo frequency. The D v4-series and E v4-series virtual machines (VMs) don’t provide any temporary storage. The D v4-series and Ds v4-series virtual machine sizes can meet the requirements associated with most general-purpose workloads. The E v4-series and Es v4-series VMs offer up to 504 GiB of RAM and are ideal for various memory-intensive enterprise applications.
Azure Spring Cloud Basic tier is now in preview
Get started with Spring Cloud development and testing at a lower cost
New Azure Virtual Machines with high-performance local SSD are now generally available
The new Dd v4-series and Ed v4-series Azure Virtual Machines feature the Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL custom processor. The Dd v4-series and Dds v4 virtual machine (VM) sizes are well suited for applications that benefit from low latency, high-speed local storage (up to 2,400 GiB.) The Edv4-series and Edsv4-series VM sizes are ideal for various memory-intensive enterprise applications and feature up to 504 GiB of RAM, in addition to high-performance local SSD storage (up to 2,400 GiB.)
Azure Dedicated Hosts now support additional Azure Virtual Machines
Deploy M-series, NV v3-series and NV v4-series Azure Virtual Machines on Azure Dedicated Hosts. This will expand the range of workloads you can run on Dedicated Hosts to include memory-intensive and graphics-intensive applications.
May 2020
Serverless pricing model for Azure Cosmos DB
The serverless pricing model for Azure Cosmos DB is ideal for spiky workloads that don’t need sustained throughput. Serverless requires no resource planning or management, and will be in preview soon.
Optional Uptime SLA now available for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)
AKS now offers an optional uptime SLA.
April 2020
Azure File shares snapshot management by Azure Backup is now generally available
Azure File shares snapshot management by Azure Backup is now generally available
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