Updates Archives
Monthly updates for October 2020
Azure Monitor for containers now support monitoring of Network configurations with Network Policy Manager (Preview)
For your AKS cluster network configurations using Network Policy Manager (NPM), Azure monitor for containers will start collecting NPM Prometheus metrics allowing you to visualize Network performance and Network configuration anomalies.
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare is now generally available
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare will make it easier for healthcare organizations to remain agile and focus on what they do best—delivering better experiences, insights, and care.
Preview: Azure Monitor for containers now support capacity monitoring of Persistent Volume (PV)
In this preview support you can monitor the capacity of the PVs. You can visualize, query and enable fast alert on the PV capacity & inventory metrics.
Schema Registry for Azure Event Hubs public preview
Utilize the Schema Registry in Azure Event Hubs to provide data governance and operational efficiencies for message delivery.
Azure Backup Price and Meter ID Change - ZA North and ZA West regions of South Africa
Effective 12/01/2020, the price and meter IDs of Azure Backup will change.
Azure API Management updates- October 2020
Regular Azure API Management service updates including new features, bug fixes, changes and other improvements.
Azure Cognitive Services has achieved human parity in image captioning
Computer Vision, part of Azure Cognitive Services, now offers an updated image captioning capability that has achieved human parity based on the Novel Object Captioning at Scale (NOCAPS) benchmark.
Public Preview: JBoss EAP on Azure App Service
A managed JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) experience is now available in Public Preview on Azure App Service. Deploy your Web Application Archive (WAR) and Enterprise Application Archive (EAR) apps to a PaaS for Java EE apps.
Azure Virtual Machines DCsv2-series expanding within Europe, United Kingdom and United States
Confidential computing DCsv2-series virtual machines (VMs) are now available in North Europe, UK West, US West.
Azure IoT Edge 1.0.10 release is now available
The Azure IoT Edge 1.0.10 release is available with support for diagnostic metrics, message priorities, module startup order, and arrays in twins.
Update: Azure Dev Spaces retired 15 May 2021
Start using Bridge to Kubernetes in Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio Code
Azure Blob storage point-in-time restore now generally available
Azure Blob storage point-in-time restore provides continuous data protection and restoration capabilities for block blob data. This extends protection features to provide an easy way to restore to a previous date/time
Azure Files premium tier is now available in more regions with LRS, ZRS, and NFS support
More Azure Files premium tier regions - more premium files regions with locally redundant storage (LRS), zone redundant storage (ZRS) support, and Network File System (NFS 4.1) public preview support.
Analysis Services Tabular improves MDX query performance in the cloud
With a recent update of the Analysis Services Tabular engine in Azure Analysis Services (AAS) and in Power BI, Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) clients, such as Microsoft Excel, can now enjoy improved query performance. This MDX performance improvement alleviates some of the optimization burden for measures used in a PivotTable.
Azure Communication Services SMS and Telephony now available in Public Preview
Build engaging communication experiences with the same secure platform used by Microsoft Teams. Add video, voice, SMS, chat and telephony capabilities into almost any web, mobile or desktop application.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift - Pricing and service updates
Lower prices, more flexible purchase options, and an improved SLA.
Announcing new lower pricing for Azure Files premium tier
Azure Files premium tier price is dropped by more than 33% in all regions and for all redundancy options.
Action required: Review your applications to avoid service disruption during Azure changes
Certificate authority changes are currently in progress for most applications. Update your application to avoid service disruption.
Raw Logs and Metrics are generally available on Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) from Microsoft CDN
New options for analytics on Azure CDN are now available to unblock more scenarios for you
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