Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2022
Public preview: Azure App Configuration soft delete capability
Soft deletion, recovery, and purge protection capabilities in standard tier.
Public preview: Protect Azure Static Web Apps environments with a password
You can now protect your Static Web Apps with a password.
Generally available: Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server in two new regions
Provision your Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server today in the China East 2 and China North 2 regions.
Public preview: Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB partitioning Spark 3.1
Use Azure Synapse Spark 3.1 to partition your Azure Cosmos DB data in analytical store for improved query performance.
Public preview: Trusted launch support for Virtual Machines using Ephemeral OS disks
Trusted launch virtual machine (VM) support for VMs using Ephemeral OS disks improves the security of generation 2 VMs in Azure.
Generally available: Pin analytics tile to dashboards in Azure IoT Central
Quickly build new visuals by simply pinning an analytics tile from data explorer to the dashboard directly.
General availability: Support for Private Link in Azure Digital Twins
Support for Private Link is now generally available for Azure Digital Twins, a platform that enables you to create digital representation of real-world things, places, and business processes.
Public preview: On-demand capacity reservation with Azure Site Recovery safeguards VMs failover
Integrating Site Recovery with capacity reservation to reserve compute capacity in the disaster recovery region and use that for failover.
Public preview: Azure Purview workflows
You can now manage approvals for business terms or self-service data access requests for your entire data estate without having to use manual controls like emails or worksheets.
Public preview: Azure Backup support for trusted launch Azure Virtual Machines
Target availability: Q2 2022
Trusted Launch VM Backup support from Azure Backup helps to protect Trusted Launch VMs which improves the security of generation 2 VMs in Azure.
Public preview: Azure Chaos Studio Key Vault and Classic Cloud Services faults
Azure Chaos Studio has new faults available for denying access to a Key Vault and shutting down a Classic Cloud Service.
Public preview: Schedule automated emails of your saved cost views
Subscribe to daily, weekly, or monthly updates of your saved cost views in Azure Cost Management to stay informed about changes in cost.
General availability: SOAP and XML request and response validation
Target availability: Q1 2022
Minimize API attack surface for SOAP or XML- based REST APIs with custom schemas in addition to the schemas specified in the API's definition.
Public preview: Azure Percept DK February (2202) software update
The Azure Percept February update includes fixes related to security.
Azure IoT Central generally available in South Central US and Canada Central
You can now use Azure IoT Central in South Central (United States) and Canada Central (Canada) to build reliable, scalable, and secure enterprise grade IoT Solutions.
Generally available: Specify API language runtime version in Azure Static Web Apps
Configuration file now allows you to specify version for supported API language runtimes.
Azure SQL—General availability updates for early March 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for early March 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Public preview: SKU recommendation in Azure SQL Migration extension - Azure Data Studio
Use the new SKU recommendation support in the Azure SQL Migration extension in Azure Data Studio for Azure SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
Public preview: Enhancements to Azure Form Recognizer for Azure Applied AI Services
Azure Form Recognizer now supports extraction from custom documents, W-2 forms, access to the read API, additional human languages and enhancements.
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