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Monthly updates for November 2021

2 Nov

Public preview: Cross-region snapshot copy for Azure Disk Storage

IN PREVIEW

Cross-region snapshot copy is now in preview, allowing you to copy disk snapshots to any region for disaster recovery scenarios.

  • Managed Disks
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Azure SQL: Public preview updates for early November 2021

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL Managed Instance in mid-September 2021.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Public preview: Industry-aware analytics with database templates in Azure Synapse

IN PREVIEW

Database templates in Azure Synapse enable you to integrate and shape data from across multiple internal and external sources. This helps you eliminate data silos and accelerate building analytics-infused applications for your specific industry.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

General availability: AKS support for Secrets Store CSI driver

NOW AVAILABLE

Easily integrate secrets stores into your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) so you can securely access your secrets via the container’s file system.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Public preview: Simplified provisioning of access to data lake assets

IN PREVIEW

Azure Purview will enable data owners to use a simple intuitive experience to centrally manage access to data in Azure Storage

  • Microsoft Purview
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Public preview: Explore your Amazon RDS data in Azure Purview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Purview, the unified data governance solution, expands its multi-cloud coverage with support for Amazon RDS.

  • Microsoft Purview
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB: Custom partitioning support in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Partition your data in analytical store using keys that are critical for your business logic to achieve better query and data load performance.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
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

Public preview: Manage your Log Analytics data export rules in Azure portal

IN PREVIEW

Data export rules in Azure Monitor log analytics can now be configured and managed directly via Azure Portal with ease.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

General availability: Log Analytics Workspace Insights in Azure Monitor

NOW AVAILABLE

Log Analytics Workspace Insights provides rich insights on usage, performance, health, agents, queries, and a change log.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Azure Cosmos DB: Server side retries for Cassandra API in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Enable server-side retries for the Cassandra API with Azure Cosmos DB to enjoy a better experience when ingesting data.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Azure Cosmos DB: Partial document update now in general availability

NOW AVAILABLE

Send update requests and only pass the data that has changed for an item with partial document update in Azure Cosmos DB.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Link feature in Azure SQL Managed Instance now in limited public preview

IN PREVIEW

The link feature in SQL Managed Instance reimagines SQL Server database replication to enable application migration with minimal downtime and offloading read-only workloads to secondaries in the cloud.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Azure Cache for Redis: Redis 6.0 supported in general availability

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Cache for Redis now supports Redis 6.0, which includes several new features and commands that enhance developer productivity and ease of use.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

General availability: Stream Analytics now offers support for Availability Zones with Dedicated Cluster

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Availability Zones enabled Stream Analytics allows you to run mission-critical applications with higher availability and fault tolerance to datacenter failures. 

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
2 Nov

Azure Backup: Multi-user authorization for Backup is now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Multi-user authorization for Backup provides enhanced protection for your Recovery Services vaults against unauthorized critical operations.

  • Azure Backup
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
2 Nov

Public preview: Metrics and Metric alerts for Azure Backup

IN PREVIEW

Azure Backup now provides built-in metrics to enable you to monitor the health of your backups and write custom alert rules on these metrics.

  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Monitor
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Management

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