Updates Archives

Mapping Data Flows feature is now available in Azure Data Factory

The new Mapping Data Flows feature in Azure Data Factory allows Data Engineers to visually design, debug, manage and operationalise data transformations at scale in the cloud.

• Azure Data Factory
• Features

Identity secure score in the Azure AD Portal

Gain visibility and control over your security posture by discovering opportunities that will help to improve security across your organisation

• Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
• Security
• Features

Azure Monitor classic alerts retirement date extended to 31 August 2019

Target retirement date: August 31, 2019

Azure Monitor classic alerts retirement date which was originally scheduled for 30 June 2019 is being extended to 31 August 2019 to provide customers with more time to voluntarily migrate their classic alerts. You can migrate your classic alerts today using the migration tool. After 31 August 2019, we will perform an automatic migration on your behalf.

• Management
• Features
• Retirements

Generation 2 virtual machines in Azure - Public Preview

Generation 2 (UEFI Boot) Virtual Machines available in Azure for public preview

• Virtual Machines
• Pricing & Offerings
• Features

Azure Security Center new analytics agent for Linux

Azure Security Center is beginning roll-out of a new Azure Linux analytics agent to improve the onboarding of Linux VMs and servers to Security Center

• Security Center
• Security
• Services
• Features

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports Windows Server containers

Use managed Kubernetes for all your workloads whether they’re in Windows, Linux or both.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Kubernetes integration with Azure pipelines is now available

You can now use GitHub identity to login into the Azure DevOps portal. In addition, you can take your GitHub repo all the way to Kubernetes using a YAML-based multistage pipeline.

• Azure DevOps
• Azure Pipelines
• Features

Azure AD Conditional Access policy for the combined MFA and password reset security info registration experience

Control the conditions in which sensitive security information for multi-factor authentication and self-service password reset can be registered.

• Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
• Security
• Features

Network Security Group service tag for Azure Backup is now available

NSG service tag for Azure Backup aims to ease the process of running backups in an environment locked down using NSGs. With this, you now have the option to simply use the ‘AzureBackup’ tag to allow outbound access to Azure Backup for your workload (SQL Server) agent running inside the VM, instead of managing whitelisting of required IPs.

• Azure Backup
• Security
• Management
• Features

Upgraded Gremlin API functionality for Azure Cosmos DB is now available

Enhanced Gremlin functionality in Cosmos DB Gremlin API is now available.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

Enhanced SQL API query functionality in Azure Cosmos DB is now available

Azure Cosmos DB SQL API provides support for Distinct, Skip & Take, Correlated Subquery and Composite indexes.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

Slow query log integration with Azure Monitor for Azure Database for MariaDB is now supported

Azure Database for MariaDB users can now take advantage of generally available support for slow query log integration with Azure Monitor, which allows you to export your logs to Azure Monitor logs (previously named Log Analytics), Event Hubs and Azure Storage.

• Azure Database for MariaDB
• Features

The Orafce extension on Azure Database for PostgreSQL is now available

Now generally available, the orafce extension is supported on Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

• Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Features

Read replica across regions for Azure database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL

Cross-region asynchronous replication is now in preview for Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

• Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Azure Database for MySQL
• Features

Azure Cosmos DB Operator role for role-based access control (RBAC) is now available

Azure Cosmos DB now provides a new RBAC role: Cosmos DB Operator. This new role lets you provision Azure Cosmos accounts, databases and containers, but can’t access the keys that are required to access the data.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

Enhanced Azure Resource Manager support for Azure Cosmos DB is now available

Azure Cosmos DB now provides support for databases, containers and offers in Azure Resource Manager.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

High-performance Computing Virtual Machines are now available in South Central US, Western Europe

HB-Series VMs are now available in South Central US, Western Europe

• Virtual Machines
• Services
• Features

Expansion of the password character limit in Azure AD

Passwords for accounts created in Azure AD can now be up to 256 characters including spaces.

• Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
• Security
• Features

General availability: Azure Dev Spaces

Azure Dev Spaces is now available in the East US, East US 2, Central US, West US 2, North Europe, West Europe, UK South, Southeast Asia, Australia East, Canada Central and Canada East regions.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features