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Monthly updates for June 2018

19 Jun

Modernizing the UI—VSTS Sprint 136 Update

In the Sprint 136 Update of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), we're introducing some design changes.

  • Azure DevOps
  • Features
19 Jun

Public preview: Immutable storage for Azure Storage blobs

IN PREVIEW

Immutable storage for Azure Storage blobs is in public preview and is available in all Azure public regions.

  • Compliance
  • Features
18 Jun

New App Service apps deployed with TLS 1.2 by default from June 30

Starting June 30, all new apps in Azure App Service will be created with TLS 1.2 by default.

  • App Service
  • Azure Functions
  • Web Apps
  • Compliance
16 Jun

Start/Stop VMs during off-hours in Azure Automation has been updated

Start/Stop VMs during off-hours in Azure Automation has been updated in the areas of email functionality, dependent modules, and runbooks.

  • Alerts
  • Automation
  • Gallery
14 Jun

User-Defined Restore Points are now supported for Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Azure SQL Data Warehouse now supports User-Defined Restore Points.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Features
14 Jun

General availability: Scaling across tiers in Azure Database for MySQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Scaling between hardware generations within services tiers and scaling between general-purpose and memory-optimized service tiers are now supported in all available regions.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
14 Jun

General availability: Scaling across tiers in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Scaling between hardware generations within services tiers and scaling between general-purpose and memory-optimized service tiers are now supported in all available regions.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
13 Jun

New Azure Security Center Overview dashboard

NOW AVAILABLE

Security Center has made several enhancements to its Overview dashboard to make it even easier for you to gain visibility into the security state of your hybrid cloud workloads and meet compliance requirements, reduce your exposure to threats, and quickly respond to detected issues.

  • Features
13 Jun

Delegate administration of applications in Azure Active Directory

IN PREVIEW

Azure Active Directory now offers three administrator roles for application management to improve access control capabilities.

  • Features
13 Jun

Azure Standard SSDs in preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Standard SSDs, now in preview, provide a low-cost managed disk solution optimized for test and entry-level production workloads requiring consistent latency.

  • Features
13 Jun

Scaling across tiers in Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Scaling between hardware generations within services tiers and scaling between general purpose and the memory optimized service tiers for Azure database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL is now supported in all available regions. The ability to scale across service tiers gives you more flexibility in adjusting the resources available to your database server for dynamically changing workloads.

  • Features
13 Jun

Data-in replication for Azure Database for MySQL now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Database for MySQL now supports data-in replication. Use data-in replication to synchronize data from a MySQL server running on-premises, in virtual machines, or database services outside Azure into the Azure Database for MySQL service.

  • Features
13 Jun

Virtual network service endpoints for Azure database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Now generally available, virtual network service endpoints for Azure database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL are accessible in all available regions.

  • Features
13 Jun

TLS configuration now fixed to block 1.0

We recently announced that all Azure App Service and Azure Functions apps could update TLS configuration. Reporting tools should now correctly indicate that lower versions of TLS are blocked.

  • App Service
  • Azure Functions
  • Compliance
13 Jun

Name changes: SQL Database Singleton

Effective August 1, 2018, names for vCore-based Single Database and Elastic Pool compute (Gen4 and Gen5) and storage will change.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Services
13 Jun

Name changes: SQL Advanced Threat Protection

Effective August 1, 2018, names will change for two SQL Threat Detection services.

  • Services
13 Jun

Name changes: SQL Database Singleton US Government

Effective August 1, 2018, the names for vCore-based Single Database and Elastic Pool compute (Gen4 and Gen5) and storage for US Gov, US Arizona, and US Texas GUIDs will change. Effective September 1, 2018, US DoD names will change.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Services
12 Jun

Azure Batch updates

Here are the latest new or enhanced capabilities for Azure Batch.

  • Batch
  • Features
12 Jun

Name changes and GUID migration: App Service Basic and Standard plans

The new App Service on Linux Standard plan (Basic, Standard, and Premium) is generally available. On July 1, 2018, GUID migration and name changes will take effect automatically.

  • Services
12 Jun

Logic Apps available in US Gov

Logic Apps is available in the US Gov Texas region.

  • Logic Apps
  • Regions & Datacenters

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