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Azure Sphere OS version 21.01 is now available for evaluation
Learn more about compatibility testing with Azure Sphere OS version 21.01.
Monitoring your Azure Data Explorer Clusters with Azure Monitor (Insights) - public preview
Azure Monitor for Azure Data Explorer (public preview) provides comprehensive monitoring of your Azure Data Explorer clusters by delivering a unified view of the performance, operations, and usage.
View change data through Azure Monitor workbook integration with Application Change Analysis
Target availability: Q2 2021
Application Change Analysis integration with Azure Monitor workbook is now in public preview
Public IP SKU upgrade generally available
Azure public IPs now support the ability to be upgraded from Basic to Standard SKU, enabling customers to retain the same IP address for services that require Standard IP frontends.
Built-in Azure Policy support for NSG Flow Logs is now available
Network security group (NSG) Flow Logs can now be deployed and managed using built-in Azure policies. You don't need to write your own policies to manage NSG Flow Log deployments.
Activity Log Alerts - Change in "Description" property in the alert payload now in development
Target availability: Q2 2020
Starting April 1, 2021, the fired alert property "Description“ will contain the alert rule description. A new property “Activity Log Event Description“ added to the Activity Log fired Alert payload that will replace the old property "Description“.
Azure Health Bot is now generally available
Moving Microsoft Healthcare Bot to Azure and empowering organizations to deliver even better care for patients.
Cross resource query between Azure Monitor and Azure Data Explorer in public preview
Azure Monitor cross resource query enables you to run cross-resource queries by using client tools that support Kusto queries.
Microsoft to establish new datacenter region in Chile
The new region is anticipated to include Microsoft Azure, with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform to follow.
Azure Automation is now available in UAE North
Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.
View changes at-scale with Application Change Analysis now in public preview
Application Change Analysis now has a new UI to view changes in all resources under selected subscriptions, without 10 rows per page limitation. Check it out and monitor your Azure resources at-scale.
Azure Defender for SQL (in Azure Security Center)—News and updates for December 2020
December 2020's enhancements and updates to Azure Defender for SQL in Azure Security Center.
Azure Security Center—News and updates for December 2020
New enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in December 2020.
NCas_T4_v3-Series VMs are now generally available
These virtual machines are ideal to run ML and AI workloads utilizing Cuda, TensorFlow, Pytorch, Caffe, and other Frameworks or the graphics workloads using NVIDIA GRID technology.
Public preview | Azure NetApp Files : Application Consistent Snapshot tool (AzAcSnap)
AzAcSnap leverages the volume snapshot and replication functionalities in Azure NetApp Files and Azure Large Instance.
December 2020
Azure Automation is now available in Germany West Central
Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.
Public preview: Support of Azure Container Registry across Availability Zones
Announcing the public preview support of Azure Container Registry across Availability Zones
Ingress logs are now available for Azure Time Series Insights environments
Target availability: Q4 2020
Azure Time Series Insights has released Azure Monitor Logs for errors that occur in the ingress pipeline. This category includes errors that occur when receiving events (such as failures to connect to an Event Source) and processing events (such as errors when parsing an event payload).
Azure Automation Python 3 runbook support is now available in public preview
Execute Python 3 runbooks in Cloud Sandbox and Hybrid Worker.
Azure Monitor for Containers support for Private Clusters now in public preview
You can now view live monitoring data for private clusters.
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