Updates Archives
Monthly updates for September 2020
New guided UI experience to deploy machine learning models in Azure Synapse Analytics (in preview)
We are introducing a guided UI experience in the Synapse Studio that enables users to deploy machine learning models from the Azure Machine Learning model registry directly to Azure Synapse for inferencing.
Azure HDInsight --Autoscale for Interactive Query with HDInsight 4.0 is now generally available
Enable HDInsight Autoscale to drive higher utilization of your clusters.
New maintenance control features
Increase control over maintenance operations and ensure higher availability for your business-critical applications with two new features now in preview. You can now schedule host maintenance operations in addition to the already-available manual updates. We are also adding the ability for you to control when guest OS image updates on virtual machine scale sets are rolled out.
Azure Stream Analytics clusters with VNet support (Preview)
Azure Stream Analytics clusters delivers support for Azure Virtual Network (VNet) and more predictable performance.
Announcing the public preview of Azure Automanage
A new approach to managing Windows Server virtual machines in Azure.
Network Virtual Appliances from Cisco can be installed directly into the Virtual WAN hub
Azure is partnering with third-party Network Virtual Appliance (NVA) partners to allow customers to choose to deploy an NVA directly into the Virtual WAN hub as an option for SD-WAN connectivity.
Azure Machine Learning offers added capabilities at lower cost
Azure Machine Learning Enterprise Edition (preview) and Basic Edition are merging on September 22, 2020. This change does not cause any downtime or impact existing deployments.
Selective disks backup for Azure Virtual Machines
Using the Selective disks backup feature, you get an option to backup subset of the data disks in an Azure Virtual Machine.
Azure Backup support for up to 32 disks is now generally available
Azure Backup now supports Azure Virtual Machines with up to 32 attached managed disks.
Azure Machine Learning updates Ignite 2020
Azure Machine Learning is bringing new capabilities to customers at no additional cost. Azure Machine Learning designer and automated ML UI are now generally available.
Virtual Machine (VM) level Disk Bursting on Dvs3 and Esv3 VMs
Virtual Machine (VM) level Disk Bursting is now enabled on for our Dsv3 and Esv3 virtual machines, allowing customers’ workloads to handle unforeseen disk traffic spikes smoothly without the need to overprovision their virtual machine.
Global virtual network peering support for Azure SQL Managed Instance now available
Utilize global virtual network peering for your managed instances to save time through easy network configuration and by offloading your gateways from database replication traffic.
Machine Learning on Azure SQL Managed Instance in preview
Machine Learning Services with support for R and Python languages now include preview support on Azure SQL Managed Instance.
Introducing Azure Backup Center
Backup Center currently is in public preview for the workloads of Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Database for PostgreSQL servers and limited public preview for the workloads SQL in Azure VMs, SAP HANA in Azure VMs and Azure Files.
App Service introduces the new Pv3 SKU for Windows and Linux customers
App Service announces general availability of new Premiumv3 offering delivering increased performance and memory headroom for Windows and Linux customers, now with Reservations pricing and dev/test capabilities.
New disk performance metrics in Azure Monitor
New metrics in Azure Monitor help users gain insights into performance bottlenecks caused by virtual machine or disk throttling.
FastTrack for Azure now supports Windows Virtual Desktop
FastTrack for Azure is a technical enablement programme that helps customers with rapid and effective design and deployment of cloud solutions.
Azure Private Link for Azure Cache for Redis now in preview
You can now use Azure Private Link to connect to an Azure Cache for Redis instance from your virtual network via a private endpoint.
Oracle WebLogic Server on Azure Virtual Machines major release now available
Enable lift-and-shift migration of mission-critical enterprise Java workloads with a major release for solutions to run Oracle WebLogic Server (WLS) on Azure Linux virtual machines.
New Azure Dedicated Hosts capabilities
Azure can now select the dedicated host to which your VM is deployed. Additionally, Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets can be deployed in conjunction with Dedicated Hosts.
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