Updates Archives
Monthly updates for November 2019
Onboard on-prem servers to Security Center from Windows Admin Center
Windows Admin Center is a management portal for Windows Servers that are not deployed in Azure, offering them several Azure management capabilities such as backup and system updates. We have recently added an ability to onboard these non-Azure servers to be protected by ASC directly from the Windows Admin Center experience.
Azure Arc for Servers in Public Preview
Azure Arc is a set of technologies that unlocks new hybrid scenarios for customers by bringing Azure services and management to any infrastructure.
Developer tool enhancements for Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum
Today we are announcing enhancements to the Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum to provide integration with new capabilities for public and private Ethereum developers.
Visual Studio Online is now in preview
Create cloud-powered development environments that work with your favourite tools, or a built-in browser-based editor.
Traffic Analytics accelerated processing option
Traffic Analytics, a cloud-based network audit and compliance solution, now provides faster insights into user and application activity on cloud networks.
New analytics storage for Azure Cosmos DB is now in preview
Azure Cosmos DB containers are now internally backed by two storage engines – a transactional storage engine and a new analytical storage engine. Both of the storage engines are log-structured and write-optimised for blazing fast updates.
New PowerApps and Azure SQL Database integration experience in Azure portal
Now in preview, the Azure SQL Database experience in the Azure portal offers an entry point to create an app with PowerApps that’s automatically connected to a table in a given database. Quickly create low-code, robust user experiences for any device, using data from your SQL Database tables.
New Stream Analytics and Azure SQL Database integration experience in Azure portal
Stream real-time data into a SQL Database table directly from the Azure portal using Azure Stream Analytics (now in preview).
Azure Blockchain Service enhancements are now in preview
Azure Blockchain Service keeps getting better, with the addition of a new blockchain data manager and support for additional ledgers.
Azure Cognitive Services capabilities are now in preview
The following Azure Cognitive Services capabilities are now in preview – Custom Neural Voice capability Custom Speech with Office 365 data Text Analytics; Sentiment Analysis 3.0 Text Analytics; Expanded Entity Type Support in Entities 3.0 endpoint Text Analytics; Personally Identifiable Information support in Entities 3.0 endpoint.
New virtual machine scale sets capabilities are now in preview
New virtual machine scale sets features simplify the management of virtual machines while improving their runtime and performance capabilities.
Autopilot mode for provisioned throughput is now in preview
With Autopilot mode, users select a throughput tier and Azure Cosmos DB will automatically scale RU/s up and down as needed to match capacity with demand.
Azure Spring Cloud service is now in private preview
Simplify Spring Boot-based microservices development and application lifestyle management.
Azure Peering Service is now in managed preview
Azure Peering Service is a partnership with service providers to provide highly reliable and optimised Internet connectivity to Microsoft services. It also provides Internet latency telemetry and route monitoring with alerting against hijacks, leaks and any other BGP misconfigurations.
.NET Core 3 support in Azure Functions, now in preview
Azure Functions now supports .NET Core 3 as an official language in preview.
Event-driven secrets management with Azure Key Vault events now in Event Grid
Azure Key Vault becomes a first-party event publisher for Azure Event Grid, publishing events about keys and secrets management.
Simplify ML workloads with Azure Machine Learning events now in Event Grid
Azure Machine Learning becomes a first-party event publisher for Azure Event Grid, publishing events about model training, model registration, model deployment and data drift detection
Azure Blob Storage on IoT Edge integration with Event Grid in preview
Blob Storage module now provides integration with Event Grid on IoT Edge
Azure Sphere will be generally available in February 2020
Azure Sphere will be generally available in February 2020. General availability will mark our readiness to fulfil our security promise at scale, and to put the power of Microsoft’s expertise to work for our customers every day.
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