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Public preview: Manage your Log Analytics data export rules in Azure portal
Data export rules in Azure Monitor log analytics can now be configured and managed directly via Azure Portal with ease.
Cost saving recommendations in Azure Advisor for Azure Cosmos DB now generally available
Refer to the Azure Advisor recommendations for possible cost savings in Azure Cosmos DB, which are calculated based on historical usage patterns.
Azure Cosmos DB: Server side retries for Cassandra API in public preview
Enable server-side retries for the Cassandra API with Azure Cosmos DB to enjoy a better experience when ingesting data.
General availability: EventHub action in Azure Monitor action groups
The new EventHub action enhances your alert configuration capabilities.
Public preview: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Exporters
Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Exporters provide a vendor-neutral way to instrument your application and send telemetry to Application Insights.
Azure Cosmos DB Logic Apps Standard Connector in public preview
Use the new built-in Azure Cosmos DB Logic Apps Standard Connector with a trigger for the change feed and several actions to enable high throughput data processing with low latency.
Azure Cosmos DB: Partial document update now in general availability
Send update requests and only pass the data that has changed for an item with partial document update in Azure Cosmos DB.
Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra service now generally available
With Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, scale on-premises Cassandra data to the cloud with automated deployment, scaling, and management operations for open-source Apache Cassandra datacenters.
Provisioned throughput spending limit for Azure Cosmos DB in general availability
You can now set a hard limit on the total throughput provisioned across a single account in Azure Cosmos DB.
Link feature in Azure SQL Managed Instance now in limited public preview
The link feature in SQL Managed Instance reimagines SQL Server database replication to enable application migration with minimal downtime and offloading read-only workloads to secondaries in the cloud.
On-demand disk bursting for Azure Premium SSDs now generally available
On-demand disk bursting is now generally available for Premium SSDs, allowing you to scale performance to meet demand whenever needed and optimize costs.
Public preview: Dapr extension for AKS
You can now easily provision Dapr on AKS clusters. No need to download Dapr tooling and manually installing and managing the runtime on AKS clusters.
Azure Cache for Redis: Redis 6.0 supported in general availability
Azure Cache for Redis now supports Redis 6.0, which includes several new features and commands that enhance developer productivity and ease of use.
Public preview: AKS node pool user start/stop feature
Easily stop node pools and restart with a single command.
Install Azure Service Operator via Visual Studio Code extension for AKS
You can now quickly install Azure Service Operator for your AKS clusters using Visual Studio Code extension for AKS by passing on Service Principal credentials.
New indexing metrics for Azure Cosmos DB in general availability
Identify which indexes your queries utilized and then view the recommended new indexes in Azure Cosmos DB.
Public preview: NAT gateway integration with AKS
Provision a NAT gateway is now easier with AKS clusters.
Azure Backup: Multi-user authorization for Backup is now in public preview
Multi-user authorization for Backup provides enhanced protection for your Recovery Services vaults against unauthorized critical operations.
General availability: Stream Analytics now offers support for Availability Zones with Dedicated Cluster
Azure Availability Zones enabled Stream Analytics allows you to run mission-critical applications with higher availability and fault tolerance to datacenter failures.
Public preview: Metrics and Metric alerts for Azure Backup
Azure Backup now provides built-in metrics to enable you to monitor the health of your backups and write custom alert rules on these metrics.
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