Updates Archives
Monthly updates for December 2020
Public preview: Support of Azure Container Registry across Availability Zones
Announcing the public preview support of Azure Container Registry across Availability Zones
Azure Automation Python 3 runbook support is now available in public preview
Execute Python 3 runbooks in Cloud Sandbox and Hybrid Worker.
Azure Monitor for Containers support for Private Clusters now in public preview
You can now view live monitoring data for private clusters.
Additional support for managed identity in Azure Stream Analytics now in public preview
Azure Stream Analytics now supports managed identity for Blob input, Event Hubs (input and output), Synapse SQL Pools and customer storage account. As a result, customers do not have to manage service-to-service credentials by themselves, and can process events when streams of data are coming from Event Hubs in a VNet or using a firewall.
API Management’s Named Values integration with Azure Key Vault
API Management’s Named Values can now be stored and managed in Azure Key Vault.
Azure Blob storage—NFS 3.0 protocol support public preview now supports GPV2 storage accounts
NFS 3.0 support for Azure Blob Storage preview now supports premium performance tier in all available regions and lower cost standard performance tier in Australia East, Korea Central, and South Central US.
Microsoft Azure Purview provides unified data governance
Announcing the public preview of a unified data governance service to maximize business value of data.
App Service Anti-Virus Logs in public preview
Receive improved application monitoring with support for anti-virus scans .
Azure resource logs for Azure Storage is now in public preview
With Azure Storage logs and native export options, it’s more convenient to troubleshoot issues on requests to your storage account.
App Service Environment v3 now available in public preview
Available with no stamp fee via new Isolated v2 SKU.
Public preview: Azure Monitor for containers new Reports (tab) and deployment live logs
Now access all your Kubernetes related visualisations such as node-disk, node-network, workloads and persistent volume and many more in the new Reports tab. As a part of this update you can also view, search and filter pod live logs of AKS deployments for quick troubleshooting.
Stop/start functionality for Azure Database for MariaDB is now in public preview
The stop/start feature can enable cost savings on your database servers as you can stop your Database for MariaDB server when not in use and start the server when you resume activity--paying only for what you use.
Private link for Azure SQL Data Sync on Azure SQL Database now in public preview
Private link enables SQL Data Sync users to choose a service managed private endpoint for the sync service to securely connect to member and hub databases during data synchronization.
Transparent Data Encryption with customer-managed keys for SQL Database Hyperscale
This feature enables bring your own key (BYOK) support for data protection at rest, using Azure Key Vault, for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale customers.
New Azure Monitor Agent and Data Collection Rules capabilities released in public preview
The new Azure Monitor Agent and the Data Collection Rules feature of Azure Monitor are announcing the release of several key features including support for on-premises servers (with Arc installed) and virtual machines scale sets, as well as sample ARM templates for programmatic installation and management, in addition to portal UI.
Azure Machine Learning updates December 2020 in public preview
Azure Machine Learning has new updates on View capabilities.
Public preview: AKS pod identity
Access cloud resources securely from AKS applications using Azure Active Directory (AAD).
Azure Stack Edge Virtual Machine Support is in public preview
Azure Stack Edge hosts Azure virtual machines so you can run your VM based IoT, AI, and business applications on an Azure appliance at your location.
Logic Apps runtime platform updates and development capabilities
This public preview refresh deepens development and testing support across platforms and offers the ability to deploy and run on Azure, on any container, or on premises.
Grafana query editor for Azure Data Explorer is in public preview
With the new Grafana query builder, it is now possible to build dashboards in just a few clicks using a simple graphical experience.
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