Updates Archives
Monthly updates for August 2019
Storage Ultra Disks meter name change
Effective October 1, 2019, the meter (also known as resource GUID) names for Ultra Disks in US East 2 regions will change.
Azure Service Fabric 6.5 third refresh release is now available
The Azure Service Fabric 6.5 third refresh release, which includes bug fixes and performance enhancements, has started rolling out to various Azure regions. The updates for .NET SDK, Java SDK, and Service Fabric Runtime will soon be available for all regions through Web Platform Installer, NuGet packages, and Maven repositories.
Azure IoT Hub manual failover now available
This feature is part of IoT Hub cloud service and allows customers to failover an IoT hub instance from its primary Azure region to its corresponding geo-paired region.
Azure Function Consumption plan for Linux is now available
The Azure Functions Consumption hosting plan is now generally available for Linux-based applications.
Python support in Azure Functions is now available
Python support in Azure Functions is now generally available and ready for production workloads.
Azure Archive Expanded Capabilities now in Public Preview
Azure Archive Storage follows-up price drop with 3 new feature enhancements in public preview.
Announcing new lower pricing for Azure Archive Storage
Effective August 1, Azure Archive Storage dropped prices by up to 50% in some regions.
Azure portal August 2019 feature update
This month, Azure portal has updates to Azure Security Center and a new experience for Azure Migrate.
Microsoft Azure Ultra Disks now generally available
Microsoft Azure Ultra Disks is the new managed disks offering which is now generally available for running data intensive business critical workloads on cloud requiring high IO performance and low latency
Azure Service Fabric 6.5 Second Refresh Release is Now Available
Azure Service Fabric 6.5 Second Refresh Release rolled out last month with key announcements, along with bug fixes, and performance enhancements.
Service Fabric Azure Resource Manager (ARM) application and service deployment is now generally available
The deployment of Service Fabric applications as resources via Azure Resource Manager is now generally available.
Public Preview of Managed Identity for Azure Service Fabric applications
Azure Service Fabric applications now support user-assigned and system-assigned managed identities.
Announcing Azure Backup limited public preview support for large disks up to 30TB size
Today, we are announcing the limited public preview of larger and more powerful Azure Managed Disks of up to 30 TiB size. This preview provides production level support for managed virtual machines.
Azure SignalR Service introduces Event Grid integration feature
Announcing a new Azure SignalR Service feature that enables the service to publish client events to Event Grid. SignalR applications can subscribe and respond to these client events without the need for a dedicated app server for these events.
Azure Migrate is now available in Australia, Canada, India, and Japan
Azure Migrate now supports the creation of migration projects in Australia, Canada, India, and Japan geographies.
Azure Firewall feature updates for July 2019
Here are the Azure Firewall feature updates for July 2019.
Azure Blob Storage on IoT Edge is now generally available
Azure Blob Storage on IoT Edge is a lightweight, Azure-consistent IoT module that provides local block blob storage and enables you to automatically upload data to Azure from your local block blob storage using deviceToCloudUpload properties.
Navigator now provides dependency mapping and change analysis in App Service Diagnostics
Navigator is now available in App Service Diagnostics for Windows web apps. Navigator provides a centralized view of an app and its dependencies along with changes made over time.
New AMD-based Azure VMs for general purpose and memory intensive workloads in preview
New AMD-based Azure Dav3 and Eav3-series virtual machines – ideal for general purpose and memory intensive workloads – are now in Preview.
Cognitive Services—Azure Active Directory authentication and custom subdomains are now in preview
Target availability: Q4 2019
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication allows you to authenticate to Cognitive Services using Azure AD or user principals. This capability provides greater flexibility for managing access to Cognitive Services and makes it easier to use existing policies for credential rotation and to enforce custom password standards.
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