Updates Archives
Monthly updates for November 2021
Public preview: ExpressRoute FastPath improvements
ExpressRoute FastPath now supports more network scenarios, enabling customers with more complex Azure environments to unlock the benefits of FastPath.
Automatic VM guest patching is now generally available
Automatic VM guest patching provides safe and automatic patching for virtual machines to simplify update management and maintain security compliance.
Logic Apps Standard Plan updates in general availability
Logic Apps Standard was released at Ignite 2020 and since then we have added a lot of features to enable better enterprise integration between mission critical systems on cloud, on premises, and in a hybrid way with runtime available on Azure, Azure Arc and locally. This post includes capabilities that are now generally available.
General availability: Native support for WebSocket APIs
Native support for WebSocket APIs is now available across all pricing plans of Azure API Management except Consumption. This will help you manage WebSocket APIs along with REST APIs in Azure API Management.
Public preview: GraphQL passthrough support in Azure API Management
GraphQL is increasingly seen as more efficient, flexible, and powerful way of working with APIs, as they have tremendous benefits such as faster performance, longer API call limit threshold, and lesser time retrieving data.
Public preview: Azure Virtual Machines DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series now available
New DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series Azure Virtual Machines transform the state-of-the-art for confidential workloads.
Public preview: New Azure Arc capabilities in November 2021
Azure Arc is announcing new functionality, which includes improved machine learning capabilities, and new features for Azure Arc-enabled data services.
General availability: Azure Monitor container insights for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
Azure Monitor container insights for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes is now generally available. You can now monitor all Kubernetes, AKS or non-AKS through container insights.
Azure SQL—general availability updates for early November 2021
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL Managed Instance in early November 2021.
Private preview: New Azure Arc capabilities in November 2021
Azure Arc is announcing new functionality, which includes enhanced lifecycle management on VMware and Azure Stack HCI virtual machines.
Azure Applied AI Services | Azure Cognitive Search updates now generally available
Azure Cognitive Search has expanded language and regional availability.
Azure Applied AI Services | Azure Video Analyzer updates in public preview
Azure Video Analyzer now has new cloud-based capabilities that deliver low-latency available in preview.
Public preview: Near real-time analytics for telemetry, time series, and log data on Azure Synapse
Azure Synapse data explorer is optimized for efficient log analytics, using powerful indexing technology to automatically index structured, semi-structured, and free-text data commonly found in telemetry data.
Additional ML options for Spark on Azure Synapse now in public preview
Save time and reduce risk when batch scoring in Azure Synapse Analytics with the new PREDICT keyword.
Public preview: Azure Chaos Studio - Systematically improve resilience with controlled chaos
Improve the resilience of your applications by deliberately introducing faults that simulate real-world outages. See how your Azure apps respond to different failures through controlled chaos engineering experimentation – in testing or production – to understand and ultimately mitigate resilience gaps.
General availability: IoT Central - Organizations
IoT solution builders can now build an IoT solution once and onboard multiple tenants into it – keeping cost down and reducing management overhead.
Public preview: OpenID Connect integration between Azure AD and GitHub Actions
Developers can secure their deployments to Azure through OpenID Connect integration between Azure AD and GitHub Actions
Autoscale public preview is now available for Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop now supports autoscale for pooled host pools to help you optimize costs.
Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI public preview is now available
With Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI, you can maintain full control over your infrastructure and enjoy the advantages of Azure Virtual Desktop in your own datacenter, including a full Windows 10 and 11 desktop experience for users with multi-session or single session support to optimize cost and performance.
Public preview: Azure Purview’s Integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Prioritise sensitive data in cloud workloads using Azure Purview’s Integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
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