Updates Archives
Monthly updates for July 2020
Azure Data Explorer LightIngest now supports actual creation time for historical data migration
LightIngest is a command-line utility for large volumes of data ingestion, and for querying records on the time created, rather than the time ingested.
Azure Monitor Community Repository is now available
Today we're launching the Azure Monitor Community Repository, which provides a collaborative space for community members to share and explore Azure Monitor artifacts such as queries [KQL], workbooks and alerts.
Remote Desktop client for Android now supports Windows Virtual Desktop connections
Access Windows Virtual Desktop from the new Remote Desktop client for Android.
Azure Sphere update 20.07 is now available
The 20.07 feature release contains new features for application development and tenant certificate renewal, additional promotions of beta features to long-term stable (LTS), and enhancements to improve stability and troubleshooting of device connections on Windows platforms.
Azure IoT Device Provisioning Service VNET ingress support is now available
Azure IoT Device Provisioning Service (DPS) has released general availability support for Virtual Networks (VNET).
Azure HDInsight now supports virtual network service endpoint policies
Azure HDInsight now supports virtual network service endpoint policies, which allow you to filter HDInsight egress virtual network traffic to certain Azure storage accounts.
Windows Virtual Desktop Azure portal and Microsoft Teams integrations are generally available
It’s now easier to deploy and manage Windows Virtual Desktop as well as provide seamless meeting and collaboration experiences through integration with Microsoft Teams.
SR-IOV availability on InfiniBand-equipped virtual machines
We will be enabling support for all MPI implementations and RDMA verbs for InfiniBand-equipped virtual machines. This greatly increases ability and options for leveraging InfiniBand for your workloads.
SR-IOV availability schedule on InfiniBand-equipped Virtual Machines
As a part of Azure’s ongoing commitment to providing industry-leading performance, we are enabling support for all MPI types and versions as well as RDMA verbs for InfiniBand-equipped virtual machines on the following schedule.
Machine Learning services on Azure SQL Managed Instance is in limited preview
Machine Learning Services, a feature of Azure SQL Managed Instance, provides in-database support for R and Python scripts (in limited preview).
One- and three- year reserved capacity for Azure DB for PostgreSQL-Hyperscale (Citus)
Azure Database for PostgreSQL-Hyperscale (Citus) reserved capacity is now available to reserve compute power for your existing and future Hyperscale (Citus) server groups.
New Azure Stack HCI Preview
Integrate hyperconverged infrastructure with Azure and hybrid services to run virtual workloads on-premises.
Updates to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight now fully supports distributions of Apache analytics projects in-house. Plus, in the coming months, we’re launching the next generation of HDInsight with new and improved features.
Now install network virtual appliances directly into an Azure Virtual WAN hub
Several new capabilities for Azure Virtual WAN are now in preview—including the option to install network virtual appliances directly into a virtual WAN hub as an option for SD-WAN connectivity.
Azure Stream Analytics—Debug queries using job diagram in Visual Studio Code is now available
A new feature in Visual Studio Code that enables you to debug Azure Stream Analytics queries using job diagram is now available.
Azure Sphere OS update 20.07 is available for compatibility testing
The Azure Sphere OS update 20.07 is now available for evaluation via the retail evaluation feed.
Microsoft Graph Service: Retiring TLS 1.0 and 1.1 and preparing for TLS 1.2 in US Gov Cloud
Update your Microsoft Graph clients in US Gov Cloud (https://graph.microsoft.us & https://dod-graph.microsoft.us) to TLS 1.2 by 8/5/2020 to ensure that you maintain uninterrupted access to Microsoft Graph Service.
Azure Private Link support for Azure Automation is now available in preview
You can now use Azure Private Link to securely connect virtual networks to Azure Automation using private endpoints (in preview).
Create virtual machines from Azure Shared Image Gallery (SIG)
You can now enable specialized images from your shared image gallery (SIG) for lab users to create virtual machines.
Azure Machine Learning studio web experience is generally available
Azure Machine Learning studio web experience is now generally available and bringing new features.
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