Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2019
Azure Search Document Cracking Image Extraction Resource GUID name change
From 1 July 2019, the Azure Search Document Cracking Image Extraction Resource GUID name will change.
Azure Search Basic Unit and Standard Unit Resource GUID change
From 1 July 2019, the resource GUIDs for Azure Search Basic Unit and Standard S1, S2 and S3 Unit for the Japan East region will change.
Azure App Service Basic, Standard, Premium v2 Plans Resource GUID change
On 1 July 2019, some resource GUIDs for Azure App Service Basic, Standard and Premium v2 Plans will change as the global region resource GUIDs will break out into regional resource GUIDs.
Azure Virtual Machines NVv2 meter name change
From 1 July 2019, the meter names for Azure Virtual Machines NVv2 will change.
Azure NetApp Files Resource GUID change
From 1 July 2019, the resource GUIDs for Azure NetApp Files will change due to a change in the unit of measure.
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
Corrected billing for Azure SQL Data Warehouse and other Azure services
We’ve corrected billing for Azure SQL Data Warehouse and other Azure services that affected EA customers only.
Azure Lab Services update: Address range feature now available
In Azure Lab Services, we have now added the ability to provide address range of virtual machines for the labs.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift now available
Azure Red Hat OpenShift, a fully managed Red Hat OpenShift service, jointly operated with Red Hat is now available.
New and improved SAP connector is now generally available
The SAP connector for Logic Apps enables bidirectional integration of data between SAP and other LOB applications or SaaS. The connector works with SAP’s classical releases such as R/3, ECC systems on-premises. The connector also enables integration with the SAP’s newer HANA-based SAP systems such as S/4 HANA, wherever they are hosted – on premises or in the cloud.
Durable Functions now supports a new stateful entities pattern
Durable Functions now supports a new stateful entities pattern, enabling you to build stateful Azure Functions that map to an actor.
IoT Central introduces capabilities for rules and alerts, visualisation, personalisation and more
IoT Central is introducing new capabilities that are designed to simplify IoT Central for developers and enable integration to a customer’s existing enterprise and line-of-business solutions by enabling more seamless integration to a customer’s existing enterprise and line-of-business solutions.
Azure ExpressRoute is generally available in eight additional locations
Azure ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection facilitated by a connectivity provider. The ExpressRoute footprint is expanding to eight new locations.
Inline code for Azure Logic Apps is in preview
Committed to meet customers where they are, the new Inline code feature enables developers to write and execute simple ECMAScript (also known as JavaScript) from within Logic Apps.
RosettaNet connector and standard support is now in preview
Logic Apps provides the ability to send and receive RosettaNet-based messages through RosettaNet connector, which supports the operations to decode or receive and encode or send messages.
Adaptive network hardening – now in public preview
Adaptive network hardening is now in public preview
Adaptive application controls – changing a VM group membership
Adaptive application controls – changing a VM group membership
Public preview of Azure Data Explorer capabilities to integrate deeper with ADLS Gen 2
At Build, Azure Data Explorer will preview the capability for enterprises to query data from ADLS Gen 2 without ingesting data
HBase accelerated writes in Azure HDInsight is now in preview
HBase accelerated writes significantly improves the value proposition for low-latency, high-throughput NoSQL workloads.
Group targeting for non-Azure Servers in Azure Update Management
Target availability: Q2 2019
Azure Update Management has released a new feature for public preview. Group targeting for non-Azure servers enables you to create dynamically resolved periodic update deployments for non-Azure servers.
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