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Azure Data Share in US Gov Arizona and Virginia regions
Data Share is now generally available to Government customers
Azure IoT Connector for FHIR now in preview
Azure IoT Connector, a feature of Azure API for FHIR, is now available for preview in additional Azure regions. It enables remote patient monitoring, telehealth and clinical trial scenarios by ingesting health data from medical and non-medical devices in a secure, scalable and compliant manner.
Now install network virtual appliances directly into an Azure Virtual WAN hub
Several new capabilities for Azure Virtual WAN are now in preview—including the option to install network virtual appliances directly into a virtual WAN hub as an option for SD-WAN connectivity.
SAP and Microsoft team up to deliver digital supply chain solutions in the cloud
Today, SAP and Microsoft announced an expanded partnership to enable customers to design and operate intelligent digital supply chain and industry 4.0 solutions in the cloud and at the edge.
Azure ultra disks are now available in the US Gov Arizona region
Azure ultra disks are now available in the US Gov Arizona region.
Azure Disk Storage with Azure Private Link integration is in preview
Azure Disk Storage now enables enhanced security options for export and import via integration with Azure Private Link.
Performance tiers for Azure Disk Storage are in limited preview
Azure Disk Storage now allows you to set performance tiers (in limited preview) for a specific duration of time based on workload demand.
Shared disks in Azure Disk Storage are now available
Shared disks are now available in Azure Disk Storage – the only shared block storage in the cloud that supports both Windows- and Linux-based clustered or high-availability applications.
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions is now available in preview
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions is a new Azure-native monitoring product for customers running SAP landscapes on Azure. It’s now available in public preview in US East, US East 2, US West 2, and West Eu regions.
Secure Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) pods with Azure Policy (in preview)
To improve the security of your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster, secure your pods with Azure Policy (in preview). Users can choose from a list of built-in options and apply those policies to secure pods.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for containerd runtime is in preview
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports creation of clusters and node pools with containerd, an industry-standard container runtime, in preview. Containerd enhances pod creation speed as well as stability.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports bring-your-own control plane managed identity
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports bring-your-own identities for the control plane managed identity.
AKS-managed Azure Active Directory support is now generally available
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)-managed Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) support is now generally available.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift on OpenShift 4.4 now available
Red Hat OpenShift 4.4 is now available on Azure Red Hat OpenShift.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now ISO 27001-certified
To help you meet your compliance obligations across regulated industries and markets worldwide, Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now ISO 27001-certified.
Azure Application Gateway – URL rewrite and wildcard listener are now in preview
URL rewrite and wildcard host names in listener for Azure Application Gateway are now available in preview. Use URL rewrite to rewrite the host name, path and query string of the request URL. Use the wildcard listener capability to add wildcard characters and configure up to five host names per listener.
Azure Monitor for containers now supports recommended alerts
Azure Monitor for containers now includes recommended alerts. Use this feature to enable alerts in one click on your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters. These preconfigured metrics alerts enable you to monitor your system resource when it’s running on peak capacity or hitting failure rates. This feature is in currently preview.
Azure Blob versioning public preview region expansion
We have expanded the preview regions to include East US 2, Central US, West Europe and North Europe. You can start previewing this feature on any existing or new General-purpose (GPv2) storage accounts in those regions.
Data Factory connector support for Delta Lake and Excel is now available
New connectivity added to Azure Data Factory enables managing your Data Lakes using Delta and reading data directly from Excel files.
Azure Stream Analytics—Debug queries using job diagram in Visual Studio Code is now available
A new feature in Visual Studio Code that enables you to debug Azure Stream Analytics queries using job diagram is now available.
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