Updates Archives
Monthly updates for October 2020
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.
Azure Data Lake Storage immutable storage is now in preview
Immutable storage for Azure Data Lake Storage is now in preview. Set time-based policies or legal holds on data so that the data becomes non-erasable and non-modifiable.
Azure Data Lake Storage file snapshots are now in preview
File snapshots for Azure Data Lake Storage is now in preview. Use file snapshots to take an unlimited number of snapshots of your files so that you can have a copy of that file at a point in time.
Azure Data Lake Storage static website now in preview
Static website for Azure Data Lake Storage is now in preview. Directly host static content from Azure Data Lake Storage, and view that content from a browser by using the public URL of that website.
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.
Standard Load Balancer and Public IP addresses support resource group move
Standard Load Balancers and Standard Public IP addresses support cross resource group moves enabling easy management of resources at the resource group level.
Microsoft plans to establish new cloud datacenter region in Greece
The new region is anticipated to include Microsoft Azure, with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform to follow.
Action required: Review your applications to avoid service disruption during Azure changes
Certificate authority changes are currently in progress for most applications. Update your application to avoid service disruption.
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Manual QoS Capacity Pool
Azure NetApp Files (ANF) manual quality of service (QoS) capacity pool allows you to assign the capacity and throughput for a volume independently.
Dark theme is now available for the Azure mobile app
You can choose either dark or light for your mobile app experience.
New analytics and windowing capabilities in Stream Analytics
The latest update of Azure Stream Analytics includes extended SQL language operators such as new windowing and analytics functions; and improvements of existing features.
Reserved capacity on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is now available
Obtain discounts on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale using reserved capacity.
Azure portal September 2020 update
Updates include improvements to the ARM template deployment experience, a variety of updates for Azure Blob Storage, and more.
Raw Logs and Metrics are generally available on Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) from Microsoft CDN
New options for analytics on Azure CDN are now available to unblock more scenarios for you
Learn how to manage and optimize your Azure costs with our guided learning modules
Stay up to date on your cost management needs with five new courses
Monitor Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes with Metric Alerts
Learn how to configure recommended metric alerts using Azure Monitor for Containers on your Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes clusters.
Public preview of Azure Stream Analytics unit testing capability in an CI/CD pipeline
The Azure Stream Analytics CI/CD tools are now updated with query unit testing capability. Users can now add and run automated test cases for their queries.
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