Updates Archives
Monthly updates for August 2021
Az module support in Azure Automation is coming soon
Target availability: Q4 2021
Use the latest Az modules in the Automation runbooks
Availability Zone support for Azure Automation is coming soon
Target availability: Q2 2022
Achieve higher reliability and resiliency through Availability Zones in Azure Automation.
Azure Automation Hybrid Worker Extension for Azure and Arc machines is coming soon
Target availability: Q3 2021
Onboard Azure automation hybrid workers using hybrid extension for Azure and Arc machines
Powershell 7 support in Azure Automation is coming soon
Target availability: Q4 2021
Execute Automation runbooks for production scenarios using PowerShell 7.1
Azure AD support for Azure Automation is coming soon
Target availability: Q3 2021
Use Azure AD based authentication for Automation public endpoints
General availability: Azure Managed HSM Private Link
You can now use Private Link for Azure Managed HSM to protect sensitive traffic between different Azure and on-premises services.
General availability: New Australia Central region added to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight is now generally available for Australia Central customers.
Public preview: Azure Monitor Scheduled Query Rules API 2021-02-01-preview
Target retirement date: October 31, 2021
Scheduled Query Rules API version 2021-02-01-preview is now available and is replacing API version 2020-05-01-preview.
Azure SQL—public preview updates for early August 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL Managed Instance in early August 2021.
General availability: Lower capacity reservation tier for Azure Monitor dedicated clusters
Leverage advanced features in Azure Monitor like customer-managed key, Lockbox, infrastructure encryption for lower capacity reservation commitment.
General availability: Azure Monitor IT Service Management Connector is now certified with ServiceNow Quebec version
The Azure IT Service Management Connector is certified on the Quebec version of ServiceNow, enabling alerts integration with ITSM products.
Azure Defender for SQL now in general availability on the Azure SQL Virtual Machine blade
Configure Azure Defender to view and manage your security concerns for SQL Server on Azure virtual machines.
Software inventory and agentless dependency analysis generally available with Azure Migrate
You can inventory installed applications, roles and features and perform dependency analysis on discovered Windows & Linux servers without installing any agents.
General availability: Azure Red Hat OpenShift support for OpenShift 4.7
Benefit from new features and enhancements in OpenShift release 4.7.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) support for PostgreSQL versions 13.3 and 12.7 in public preview
Hyperscale (Citus) now supports the latest PostgreSQL minor versions 13.3 and 12.7 for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.
Private DNS zone integration for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server in public preview
Private DNS zone integration is now available for Flexible Server on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Public preview of Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now offers reserved instance pricing
Prepay and commit to one- or three-year’ worth of steady hourly service consumption on Flexible Server for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Public preview of Azure Database – Flexible Server now available in new regions
The public preview Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server (Preview) is now supported in two additional regions—West US and Germany West Central.
Public preview of Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server now offers reserved instance pricing
Prepay and commit to Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server for one- or three-years’ worth of steady hourly service consumption at a lower per-hour price point.
Private DNS integration zone integration for Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server in public preview
Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server now supports private DNS zone integration in preview.
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