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General availability: Change performance tiers for Azure Premium SSDs with no downtime
Azure Premium SSDs now enables you to change performance tiers without any downtime to your applications.
General availability: Automatic key rotation of customer-managed keys for encrypting Azure disks
Azure Disk Storage now enables you to automatically rotate keys for encryption of your data.
Generally available: Azure Monitor support for Availability Zones
Azure Monitor support for Availability Zones (AZ) is now available on West US 2 and East US 2. Currently, only workspaces created on dedicated clusters can have AZ support, by selecting to use Availability Zones when creating the cluster.
General availability: Cross service queries between Azure Monitor and Azure Data Explorer
You can now write cross service queries between Azure Monitor and Azure Data Explorer, to access relevant data where you need it.
Azure SQL - General availability updates for early September 2021
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL Managed Instance in early September 2021.
Azure SQL - Public preview updates for early September 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL Managed Instance in early September 2021.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) now supports PostgreSQL 11.12 minor version
PostgreSQL 11.12 is now supported on Hyperscale (Citus) for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure.
Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server automated intelligent tuning
Intelligent tuning, an automated tuning service, is now available on Flexible Server for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Germany West Central region generally available
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) is now available in the Germany West Central region to distribute your Postgres database to horizontally scale queries across multiple machines using sharding.
Azure AD Graph is retiring on 30 June 2022
Target retirement date: June 30, 2022
Update your apps to use Microsoft Graph before 30 June 2022
August 2021
Run Commands for Azure VMware Solution now in public preview
Run commands are a collection of PowerShell packages available in the Azure VMware Solution portal that simplify the execution of certain operations on vCenter. With this announcement your cloud administrator can now more easily run management tasks that require elevated privileges.
Azure Functions support for Node 10 is ending on 30 September 2022
Target retirement date: September 30, 2022
Functions App support for Node 10 apps is ending on 30 September 2022, we recommend you upgrade to Node 14.
Azure Functions support for PowerShell 6 is ending on 30 September 2022
Target retirement date: September 30, 2022
Functions Apps support for PowerShell 6 apps is ending on 30 September 2022.
Azure Functions support for Node 6 is ending on 28 February 2022
Target retirement date: February 28, 2022
Functions App support for Node 6 apps is ending on 28 February 2022, we recommend you upgrade to Node 14.
General availability: Azure Backup Offline backup with Azure Data Box
The capability to seed large initial Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) backups offline to recovery services vault using Azure Data Box is now generally available.
Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for August 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in August 2021.
Azure Security Center: General availability updates for August 2021
New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Azure Security Center in August 2021.
Public preview: Simplified disaster recovery for VMware machines using Azure Site Recovery
A new and more reliable way to protect VMware machines using simplified ASR replication appliance
General availability: Azure ExpressRoute: New ExpressRoute Direct locations available
ExpressRoute Direct gives you the ability to connect directly into Microsoft’s global network at peering locations strategically distributed around the world.
General availability: Azure ExpressRoute: New ExpressRoute peering locations available
ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection with the help of a connectivity provider.
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