Updates Archives
Monthly updates for February 2019
Azure Database for MySQL: Read replica now generally available
Azure Database for MySQL now supports continuous asynchronous replication of data from one Azure Database for MySQL server (master) to up to five Azure Database for MySQL servers (replicas) in the same region.
Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for MariaDB are now generally available
Now generally available, virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for MariaDB are accessible in all available regions.
Instantly provision GraphQL on Azure with Hasura and Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Azure Database for PostgreSQL users can now take advantage of the Hasura GraphQL Engine, a lightweight, high performance, open source product that instantly provides a real time GraphQL API on a Postgres database.
Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL: New compute options are now available
Microsoft’s open source database services, Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL, now provide the ability to scale up compute to 64 vCores in the general purpose pricing tiers and to 32 vCores in the memory optimized tiers.
Data Migration Assistant support for Cassandra to Azure Cosmos DB assessment
Now in preview, the Data Migration Assistant provides support to help with migrating data from Cassandra to Azure Cosmos DB.
Azure Functions, Java Support GA
Azure Functions now has GA support for Java development on the Functions 2.0 runtime.
New features are now generally available in Event Grid
Features such as Retry policies, Dead lettering, Storage queues as a destination, Hybrid connections as a destination, and Manual validation handshake are now generally available after their time in preview
Azure Maps events in Azure Event Grid
Azure Maps is now available as an event publisher in Event Grid.
Azure Event Grid Availability in Azure US Gov regions
Azure Event Grid is now generally available in US Gov Texas, Arizona, and Virginia regions.
Machine learning-based anomaly detection functions in Azure Stream Analytics (preview)
Stream Analytics now empowers every developer to easily add anomaly detection capabilities by providing ready-to-use machine learning models right within the SQL language.
Azure SQL DB as reference data input
Azure Stream Analytics now natively supports Azure SQL DB as a source of reference data input.
Azure Policy non-compliance reasoning and change history features
New functionalities have been added to Azure Policy, including root cause analysis and change tracking features.
M-series virtual machines (VMs) are now available in the Korea South region
Azure M-series VMs are now available in the Korea South region. M-series VMs offer configurations with memory from 192 GB to 3.8 TiB (4 TB) RAM and are certified for SAP HANA.
Azure Blockchain: Updated Hyperledger Fabric template 1.3 now available
An updated deployment template for Hyperledger Fabric is now generally available.
Integration Services Environment
Integration Service Environment provides a fully isolated and dedicated environment to securely connect cloud and on-premises applications.
Quickly build data integration pipelines by using templates in Azure Data Factory
Data Engineers or data developers can now use templates in Azure Data Factory to quickly build data integration pipelines, improve developer productivity, and reduce development time for repeat processes.
Azure Analysis Services web designer to be discontinued
The Azure Analysis Services web designer will be removed from the Azure portal as early as March 1, 2019.
Application Insights is now available in Australia East and Japan East
Application Insights is now available in Australia East and Japan East.
Azure Monitor status blog is now available
Azure Monitor Status blog provides timely updates on the health of Azure Monitor products (Application Insights, Log Analytics, Service Map, Azure Alerts).
Protect Azure VMs by using Storage Spaces Direct with Azure Site Recovery
Azure Site Recovery now supports disaster recovery of Azure virtual machines by using Storage Spaces Direct.
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