Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2019
REST based Client library and PowerShell module in preview
REST based Client library and PowerShell module for Service Fabric is currently in preview. This HTTP REST based client enables running PowerShell and Azure CLI to manage your cluster(s) without installing the Service Fabric SDK.
Azure Resource Manager (ARM) application and service deployment
Azure Resource Manager (ARM) application and service deployment is currently in preview. This feature https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-application-arm-resource will be Generally Available in the v6.5 runtime release of Service Fabric.
Service Fabric node-by-node cluster upgrades are now in development
Enable more granular upgrades than just standard five Upgrade Domain (UDs), so that individual nodes or UDs of different sizes can be chosen when performing application and cluster upgrades.
Azure File volume disk plugin is currently in preview
Azure File volume disk is currently in preview. Using Azure Files for remote state storage for containers. For more details see https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-containers-volume-logging-drivers
Availability Zones support for Service Fabric clusters
Achieve higher reliability and resiliency by using Availability Zones (AZ)
Support for Managed Identities (MI) for applications and services is in development
Service Fabric applications and services running in a Service Fabric cluster have then own first-class identity in Azure Active Directory so that they can securely communicate with Azure services.
Service Fabric control plane audit logging in development
Investigate suspicious requests, collect statistics, monitoring alerts and track who initiated and applied changes to the Service Fabric cluster via Azure AD accounts
Low Priority VM support is now in development
Low Priority VM Scale Sets have no SLA, so are suitable only for scenarios where workloads can handle virtual machines being removed from the cluster with short/no notice at the benefit of reduced costs.
Public preview: Data Discovery & Classification for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Data Discovery & Classification is now available in public preview for Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
Azure Site Recovery: Firewall support for replication of on-premises machines
Azure Site Recovery supports data replication from VMware/physical servers to Azure storage accounts that are configured with firewalls for virtual networks.
Azure API Management roundup of features and fixes
This month's API Management service update includes improvements to JWT token validation and request forwarding.
IoT Hub supports new Azure Monitor metric alerts
Announcing the new Azure Monitor metric alerts in IoT Hub. These new metric alerts are faster and more flexible than the older classic alerts, and they're also easier to set up.
Azure Boards and Azure Pipelines GitHub Integration Improvements - Sprint 149 Update
In the Sprint 149 Update of Azure DevOps, we added the ability to navigate to Azure Boards directly from mentions in a GitHub comment as well as support for Azure Boards in GitHub Enterprise.
Azure Backup SQL Servers running in Azure Virtual Machines is now generally available
Target availability: Q1 2019
Learn about this pay-as-you-go service that uses native SQL backup and restore APIs to provide a comprehensive solution to backup SQL servers running in Azure IaaS VMs.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster autoscaler is in preview
AKS cluster autoscaling lets you scale more efficiently and run applications without downtime.
Azure premium blob storage is now generally available
Target availability: Q1 2019
Premium blob storage is a new tier of Blob storage (hot, cool, and archive are the existing tiers) ideal for demanding workloads that require high transaction rates or faster and more consistent response times like IOT and telemetry.
TimescaleDB for Azure Database for PostgreSQL to power IoT and time-series workloads
Microsoft has established a partnership with Timescale that introduces support for TimescaleDB in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Azure Kubernetes service (AKS) control plane audit logging is now in preview
Target availability: Q1 2019
: Use audit logging in AKS to keep a chronological record of calls that have been made to the Kubernetes API server, also known as the control plane.
PostgreSQL extension in Azure Data Studio and PostgreSQL extension in Visual Studio Code
Target availability: Q1 2019
Azure Data Studio, our cross-platform data editor, now provides preview support for PostgreSQL. A Microsoft extension for PostgreSQL in Visual Studio Code is now also in preview.
Workload importance (preview) for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Manage workload more efficiently by using workload importance. It's now available for preview in Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
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