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Monthly updates for November 2021

2 Nov

Autoscale public preview is now available for Azure Virtual Desktop

IN PREVIEW

Azure Virtual Desktop now supports autoscale for pooled host pools to help you optimize costs.

  • Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI public preview is now available

IN PREVIEW

With Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI, you can maintain full control over your infrastructure and enjoy the advantages of Azure Virtual Desktop in your own datacenter, including a full Windows 10 and 11 desktop experience for users with multi-session or single session support to optimize cost and performance.

  • Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

New orchestration mode for Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Increase the availability at scale of business-critical applications with new Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets features. Simplify workload deployment, management, and scalability with Virtual Machine Scale Sets flexible orchestration mode, now generally available.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings
2 Nov

Limited preview: New Azure Virtual Machines deliver increased storage throughput for data-intensive workloads

IN PREVIEW

Microsoft is announcing the upcoming preview of Ebs v5 and Ebds v5 Azure VMs, a new memory optimized VM series that delivers up to 300% increase in remote storage performance compared to prior generation VMs. The increased storage throughput is ideal for data-intensive workloads, such as large relational databases, high-performance OLTP scenarios, and data analytics applications.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Services
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings
2 Nov

General availability: New Azure Virtual Machines deliver increased performance for a broad range of workloads

NOW AVAILABLE

The new Dv5 and Ev5 Azure Virtual Machines feature 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake) processors and deliver better price-performance compared to prior VM generations. The latest Dasv5 and Easv5 VMs - based on the 3rd Generation AMD EPYCTM 7763v (Milan) processor - now include options without local disk storage for lower-cost entry points. All these new VMs are now generally available and target general-purpose and memory-intensive workloads.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Services
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings
2 Nov

Azure Machine Learning public preview announcement Ignite, November 2021

IN PREVIEW

New feature Azure Arc-enabled machine learning inference and data labeling with text classification using ML Assist capabilities are now available in preview in Azure Machine Learning.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

General availability: Event Hubs Premium

NOW AVAILABLE

Event Hubs Premium comes with reserved compute, memory, and storage resources, which increases the performance and minimizes cross-tenant interference in a managed multi-tenant PaaS environment.

  • Event Hubs
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Services
2 Nov

Gateway Load Balancer now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Gateway Load Balancer enables you to deploy, scale, and enhance the availability of third party network virtual appliances (NVAs) in Azure with ease

  • Load Balancer
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Services

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