Updates Archives
Monthly updates for September 2018
Azure Data Box Gateway now in preview
Azure Data Box Gateway is a virtual appliance that acts as a storage gateway and creates a link between your site and Azure Storage.
Azure Redis Cache now supports a 120-GB cache in the premium tier
Now in preview, Azure Redis Cache now supports a 120-GB cache in the premium tier. This new offering more than doubles the largest cache size previously available for those looking to store high volumes of data in a single cache instance.
Windows Virtual Desktop
Windows Virtual Desktop enables you to get the best virtual desktop with the full Windows 10 and an optimized Office 365 ProPlus experience. It enables you to stream the full desktop or apps to any device.
What's new in Azure DNS: Alias records
Azure DNS now supports alias records for DNS zones.
Public preview: Guest Configuration feature for Azure Policy
A new feature is in preview for Azure Policy. Azure customers now have native tooling that offers visibility inside virtual machines to server and application settings across their subscriptions.
Azure API Management update September 24
Learn about the latest regular update to Azure API Management.
Logic Apps available in Azure China cloud
Logic Apps is available in the Azure China cloud.
Public preview: Undelete for App Service
The undelete feature in Azure App Service is now in public preview.
Reducing Kubernetes patch versions supported in Azure Kubernetes Service
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports only two stable patch versions for every minor version supported. AKS previously supported five minor versions: 1.7,1.8,1.9,1.10, and 1.11.
Virtual network peering across Azure Active Directory tenants
Virtual network peering is now available for virtual networks that belong to subscriptions in different Azure Active Directory tenants.
Azure Load Balancer—Outbound Rules for Standard Load Balance GA
Outbound Rules for Standard Load Balancer is now generally available. This new ability allows you to declare which public IP or public IP prefix should be used for outbound connectivity from your virtual network, and how outbound network address translations should be scaled and tuned.
Microsoft Graph Security API now generally available
Simplify integration of Microsoft and partner security solutions with the Microsoft Graph Security API. Microsoft Graph Security API provides a standard interface and uniform schema to integrate security alerts, unlock contextual information, and simplify security automation.
Azure Data Explorer
Perform ad-hoc queries on terabytes of data with Azure Data Explorer—a lightning-fast indexing and querying service for data exploration. Use Azure Data Explorer for analytics of log and telemetry data from websites, applications, and IoT devices.
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance general purpose
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance general purpose will become generally available on October 1, 2018. Managed Instance provides the best of SQL Server with the benefits of a fully-managed service, allowing you to migrate your on-premises workloads to the cloud with minimal changes. The general purpose performance tier provides balanced and scalable compute and storage options that fit most business workloads.
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