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General availability: Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux with RI and VMSS Support
You can now add Azure Hybrid Benefit to their Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) VMSS instances as well as RI’s, helping to significantly reduce the costs of running your workloads in the cloud.
Announcing general availability of new M-series Msv2/Mdsv2 Medium Memory VMs for memory-optimized workloads
Azure Msv2/Mdsv2 Medium Memory Series offering up to 192vCPU and 4TB memory configurations and running on Cascade Lake processor are now generally available.
User data through Azure Instance Metadata Service now generally available
Leverage user data to customize your VM instance provision and configuration.
Public preview: Announcing Azure STIG solution templates to accelerate compliance for DoD
Announcing the availability of Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) solution templates for both Windows and Linux on the Azure Marketplace (commercial) and Azure Government Marketplace.
March 2021
Backup for Azure Managed Disk is now generally available
Azure Disk Backup offers snapshot lifecycle management to Azure Managed Disk by automating periodic creation of snapshot and retain it for configured duration using Backup policy.
Machine Learning Services on Azure SQL Managed Instance now generally available
Use machine learning capabilities on a Managed Instance of Azure SQL Database for ease of moving your data, packages, and models to a cloud ready environment fully configured for machine learning.
Automatic VM guest patching is now in public preview for Linux VMs
Automatic VM guest patching provides safe and automatic patching for virtual machines to simplify update management and maintain security compliance.
Public preview: Change performance tiers for Premium SSD managed disks with no downtime
Premium SSD managed disks now enables you change performance tiers without any downtime to your applications.
Public preview: Announcing new capabilities for Azure Automanage
Announcing new enhancements to Azure Automanage for Windows Server and the expansion of Azure Automanage to Linux.
February 2021
The G5 and GS5 Azure VMs will no longer be hardware-isolated on 28 February 2022
Target retirement date: February 28, 2022
G5 and GS5 Azure Virtual Machines will no longer be isolated.
The GS5 Azure Virtual Machines will no longer be SAP HANA Certified on 28 February 2022
Target retirement date: February 28, 2022
Start using E64ds_v4 before 28 February 2022.
The E64i_v3 & E64is_v3 Azure VMs will not be hardware-isolated on 28 February 2022
Target retirement date: February 28, 2022
E64i_v3 & E64is_v3 Azure VMs will no longer be isolated.
Support for SAP Application (NetWeaver) and Operating System (Linux) telemetry in Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions (AMS) now supports SAP Application (NetWeaver) in private preview and Operating System (Linux) provider in Public Preview. Both providers are available in the following Azure regions - West Europe, US East, US East 2 and US West 2.
January 2021
Public preview of Linux Diagnostics Agent 4.0
A new major version release of the Linux Diagnostic Extension is now available in public preview.
Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows available for public preview
Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows provides the ability to run Linux containers on Windows under the Azure IoT Edge context. This allows you to connect your Azure IoT Edge for Linux instance to your Azure IoT Hub subscription and deploy your custom Linux Edge Modules to Windows devices.
Azure Site Recovery update rollup 53 is now available - January 2021
The latest Azure Site Recovery update provides provides fixes, updated Linux support for disaster recovery of Azure VMs, VMware VMs, and physical servers, and download links for Site Recovery components.
Backup for Azure Managed Disk is in limited preview
Target availability: Q1 2021
Azure Backup offers snapshot lifecycle management to Azure Managed Disk by automating periodic creation of snapshot and retain it for configured duration using Backup policy.
December 2020
Intel SGX based confidential computing VMs now available on Azure Dedicated Hosts
The new DCsv2_Type1 Dedicated Host SKUs add confidential computing capabilities to Azure Dedicated Hosts. The DCsv2-series Azure Virtual Machines can help protect the confidentiality and integrity of your data and code while it’s processed in the public cloud. Dedicated hosts will provide further isolation from other tenants, further enhancing the isolation aspect of secure applications within confidential computing.
Azure Stack HCI is now generally available
Flexible HCI delivered as an Azure Hybrid Service
New Azure Monitor Agent and Data Collection Rules capabilities released in public preview
The new Azure Monitor Agent and the Data Collection Rules feature of Azure Monitor are announcing the release of several key features including support for on-premises servers (with Arc installed) and virtual machines scale sets, as well as sample ARM templates for programmatic installation and management, in addition to portal UI.
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