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May 2021

24 May

Azure Stack HCI 60-Day Free Trial Now Available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Stack HCI built-in free software trial has been extended from 30 to 60 days giving more time to evaluate the solution before making a purchasing decision.

  • Azure Stack HCI
  • Pricing & Offerings
3 May

Azure Security Center: General availability updates for April 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Azure Security Center in April 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Services
3 May

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for April 2021

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in April 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Services

April 2021

1 Apr

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for March 2021

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in March 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Services
1 Apr

Azure Security Center: General availability updates for March 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released for general availability in Azure Security Center in March 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Services

March 2021

3 Mar

Azure trusted launch for Virtual Machines now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure offers trusted launch as a seamless way to bolster the security of Generation 2 VMs. Designed to protect against boot kits, rootkits, and kernel-level malware, trusted launch is comprised of secure boot, virtual trusted platform module (vTPM), and boot integrity monitoring.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Security
  • Features
2 Mar

Windows Server 2022 is now available in preview.

IN PREVIEW

Windows Server 2022 brings innovation in security, hybrid and application platforms to Windows Server, enabling you to run your existing and new business critical applications with confidence on Azure, on-premises and at the edge.

  • Operating System
2 Mar

Azure Spring Cloud: General availability of Managed Virtual Network and Autoscale

NOW AVAILABLE

Two related features: Managed Virtual Network and Autoscale for Azure Spring Cloud are now generally available.

  • Features
1 Mar

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for February 2021

IN PREVIEW

Preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in February 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Services
1 Mar

Azure Security Center: General availability updates for February 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released for general availability in Azure Security Center in February 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Services

February 2021

24 Feb

Microsoft plans to establish first data centre region in Indonesia

IN DEVELOPMENT

Microsoft increases its investment in Indonesia’s digital economy, with plans to establish its first data centre region in the country.

  • Regions & Datacenters
11 Feb

Azure Databricks Achieves DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) on Microsoft Azure Government

NOW AVAILABLE

DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) on Azure Government further validates security and compliance for Azure Databricks.

  • Azure Databricks
  • Compliance
1 Feb

Azure Security Center – General availability updates for January 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New general availability enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in January 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Security
1 Feb

Azure Security Center – Public preview updates for January 2021

IN PREVIEW

New preview enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in January 2021.

  • Security Center
  • Security

January 2021

4 Jan

Azure Defender for SQL (in Azure Security Center)—News and updates for December 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

December 2020's enhancements and updates to Azure Defender for SQL in Azure Security Center.

  • Security Center
  • Security
4 Jan

Azure Security Center—News and updates for December 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in December 2020.

  • Security Center
  • Security

December 2020

10 Dec

Azure Stack HCI is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Flexible HCI delivered as an Azure Hybrid Service

  • Azure Arc
  • Hybrid Data Services
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
1 Dec

Azure Security Center—News and updates for November 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in November 2020.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Features

November 2020

17 Nov

Azure Kubernetes Service updates for November 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

AKS updates in general availability include ephemeral OS disk support, AKS containerd support, maxSurge support, Kubernetes 1.19 support and more.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Features
2 Nov

Azure Security Center—News and updates for October 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in October 2020.

  • Security Center
  • Security
  • Features

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