Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2021
Query Delta Lake files using T-SQL in Azure Synapse Analytics (public preview)
Use T-SQL in Azure Synapse to read Delta Lake format.
Azure Storage Blob inventory public preview is now available in all public regions
Blob inventory allows you to get a full listing of all blobs within a storage account or container. This can be used in conjunction with Synapse to calculate per container metrics such as capacity and count.
Public preview: Introducing new Durable Functions storage provider options
Durable Functions, an extension to the Azure Functions runtime, adds two new storage provider options in public preview.
Azure Security Center integration with GitHub Actions, in public preview
GitHub’s integration with Azure Security Center is now in public preview – offering new ways for you to integrate security and compliance into early stages of the software development lifecycle.
Public preview: Announcing Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse
Power your business applications data with analytical and predictive insights.
Public preview: Scan and view lineage of data stored in Hive Metastore Database using Azure Purview
Azure Purview now supports automated scanning from a Hive Metastore Database to extract schema and lineage between data.
Event Hubs Premium now available in public preview
Event Hubs Premium is a new product SKU that is tailor-made for high-end event streaming scenarios that require elastic, superior performance with predictable latency.
Azure SQL Database ledger available in public preview
Use Azure SQL Database ledger (preview) to eliminate the additional cost, complexity and performance overhead of decentralised blockchain technology and enable tamper-evidence through cryptographic verification of your centralised data store.
Partial document update for Azure Cosmos DB in private preview
You now have the ability to perform path-level updates on specific fields/properties in a document with partial document update for Azure Cosmos DB.
Public preview: Native support for WebSocket APIs in Azure API Management
Azure API Management announces native support for WebSocket APIs.
Public preview: Azure Confidential Ledger
Create a managed service built on top of the Confidential Consortium Framework that spins up a permissioned blockchain network of nodes within Azure confidential computing.
Azure Machine Learning public preview announcement //Build, May 2021
New feature: Prebuilt Docker images for Inferencing, now in public preview.
Azure IoT Verified Telemetry is now in public preview
Azure IoT Verified Telemetry provides data reliability and is available as a part of Dependable IoT SDK and can be seamlessly integrated into current Azure IoT offerings such as Azure RTOS and IoT PnP.
Public preview: Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics adds question answering feature
The new, standard question answering feature provides users with the capability to answer questions over a passage of text without having to create knowledge bases and manage additional storage
Azure Applied AI Services public preview updates for Build 2021
Azure AI is introducing a new category of services called Azure applied AI services. These services accelerate time-to-value in building AI solutions for common business processes. Within this category, Azure Video Analyzer is now in public preview. The service brings Live Video Analytics and Video Indexer together so that developers can quickly build AI-powered video analytics solutions.
Azure Machine Learning managed online and batch endpoints now in public preview //Build 2021.
Managed online and batch endpoints, in public preview, allow for seamless deployment and operationalisation
Public preview: Log Analytics workspace insights from Azure Monitor
A new workbooks-based insights experience for all log analytics workspaces available per resource, and at scale.
Public preview: Export Azure Monitor logs to multiple destinations
Logs export can be separated between multiple destinations to overcome destination rate limit and to maintain access control in destinations.
Public preview: Easily onboard application insights for Java apps on Azure App Services
Customers writing Java apps on Azure App Services can now onboard to application insights for application monitoring without making any code changes. App Service Linux, both code-based and custom containers, and App Service Windows code-based are supported.
Public preview: Save and share log analytics queries with new query packs in Azure Monitor
Query packs are a new capability within log analytics intended to make creating, saving, managing and discovering log analytics queries simpler and more efficient.
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