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Monthly updates for May 2021

27 May

Query Delta Lake files using T-SQL in Azure Synapse Analytics (public preview)

IN PREVIEW

Use T-SQL in Azure Synapse to read Delta Lake format.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Features
26 May

Azure Storage Blob inventory public preview is now available in all public regions

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Premium Blob Storage
  • Hot/Cool/Cold Blob Storage Tiers
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Services
26 May

Public preview: Introducing new Durable Functions storage provider options

IN PREVIEW

Durable Functions, an extension to the Azure Functions runtime, adds two new storage provider options in public preview.

  • Azure functions
  • Features
26 May

Azure Security Center integration with GitHub Actions, in public preview

IN 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.

  • GitHub
  • Security
26 May

Public preview: Announcing Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse

IN PREVIEW

Power your business applications data with analytical and predictive insights.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Services
25 May

Public preview: Scan and view lineage of data stored in Hive Metastore Database using Azure Purview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Purview now supports automated scanning from a Hive Metastore Database to extract schema and lineage between data.

  • Microsoft Purview
  • Features
25 May

Event Hubs Premium now available in public preview

IN 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.

  • Event Hubs
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
25 May

Azure SQL Database ledger available in public preview

IN 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.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Security
25 May

Partial document update for Azure Cosmos DB in private preview

IN 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.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Management
  • Features
25 May

Public preview: Native support for WebSocket APIs in Azure API Management

IN PREVIEW

Azure API Management announces native support for WebSocket APIs.

  • API Management
  • Features
25 May

Public preview: Azure Confidential Ledger

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Security
25 May

Azure Machine Learning public preview announcement //Build, May 2021

IN PREVIEW

New feature: Prebuilt Docker images for Inferencing, now in public preview.

  • Features
25 May

Azure IoT Verified Telemetry is now in public preview

IN 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.

  • Windows 10 IoT Core Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
25 May

Public preview: Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics adds question answering feature

IN PREVIEW

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 AI services
  • Features
25 May

Azure Applied AI Services public preview updates for Build 2021

IN PREVIEW

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
  • Azure AI services
  • Services
25 May

Azure Machine Learning managed online and batch endpoints now in public preview //Build 2021.

IN PREVIEW

Managed online and batch endpoints, in public preview, allow for seamless deployment and operationalisation

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Features
25 May

Public preview: Log Analytics workspace insights from Azure Monitor

IN PREVIEW

A new workbooks-based insights experience for all log analytics workspaces available per resource, and at scale.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
25 May

Public preview: Export Azure Monitor logs to multiple destinations

IN PREVIEW

Logs export can be separated between multiple destinations to overcome destination rate limit and to maintain access control in destinations.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Management
  • Features
25 May

Public preview: Easily onboard application insights for Java apps on Azure App Services

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
25 May

Public preview: Save and share log analytics queries with new query packs in Azure Monitor

IN PREVIEW

Query packs are a new capability within log analytics intended to make creating, saving, managing and discovering log analytics queries simpler and more efficient.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features

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