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    December 2018

    11 Dec

    Connect Cognitive Services subscription to enable unlimited skillset execution

    Starting 21st December 2018, you will be able to associate your Cognitive Services subscription with an Azure Search skillset. The skillset execution will be charged as part of the Cognitive Services subscription. On 21st December 2018, we will also begin charging for image extraction as part of our document-cracking stage. Text extraction from documents will continue to be offered at no additional cost.

    11 Dec

    Python images for App Service Linux are now in preview

    Public Preview of built-in images for Python on Azure App Service

    11 Dec

    Azure Monitor for containers is now available

    Azure Monitor for containers is now generally available. Azure Monitor for containers monitors the health and performance of Kubernetes clusters hosted on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

    11 Dec

    MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB migration is in preview

    Perform offline (one-time) migrations from on-premises or cloud implementations of MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB by using the Azure Database Migration Service, which enables resilient migrations of MongoDB data at scale and with high reliability. To perform the migration, provision an instance of the Azure Database Migration Service from the Azure portal or via Azure CLI and create a project.

    11 Dec

    General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in East Asia

    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available in East Asia.

    10 Dec

    Azure Database for MariaDB name changes

    Effective 1st February, 2019, names for Azure Database for MariaDB will change.

    10 Dec

    Azure databases for MySQL and PostgreSQL resource GUID changes

    Effective 1st February, 2019, the resource GUIDs for Azure databases for MySQL and PostgreSQL will change due to the migration from Gen 4 compute to Gen 5 compute.

    8 Dec

    General availability: Azure Virtual Network service endpoints for Azure SQL Data Warehouse

    Azure Virtual Network service endpoints for Azure SQL Data Warehouse is now generally available in all Azure regions.

    7 Dec

    Public preview: JavaScript and page contracts in Azure Active Directory B2C policies

    Define page contracts for your content definitions and enable JavaScript for your custom policies, now in public preview for Azure Active Directory B2C.

    6 Dec

    General availability: Increased compute in Azure Database for MySQL servers

    Customers can now scale up their compute to 64 vCores in the General Purpose pricing tiers and 32 vCores in the Memory Optimised tiers in Azure Database for MySQL.

    6 Dec

    General availability: Increased compute in Azure Database for PostgreSQL servers

    Customers can now scale up their compute to 64 vCores in the General Purpose pricing tiers and 32 vCores in the Memory Optimised tiers in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

    6 Dec

    Disaster recovery for virtual machines deployed in Availability Zones to another region

    You can now replicate and fail over virtual machines deployed in Availability Zones to other regions by using Azure Site Recovery. This capability is generally available in all regions that support Availability Zones.

    6 Dec

    Azure portal December 2018 update

    Learn about updates made available to the Azure portal for December 2018.

    6 Dec

    Public preview: Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for MariaDB

    Virtual network service endpoints for Azure Database for MariaDB are in public preview.

    5 Dec

    Now available: Azure Service Fabric Mesh fall refresh

    The serverless Azure Service Fabric Mesh Fall refresh is now available with improvements such as auto-scale and network and gateway resources in addition to storage improvements and fixes.

    5 Dec

    Azure Container Service Will Retire on 31st January 2020

    The Azure Container Service (ACS) will retire on 31st January 2020. Customers should begin transitioning to the Azure Kubernetes Service or other options now.

    4 Dec

    API Management consumption tier is in preview

    API Management is now available in preview in a new consumption-based usage plan called consumption tier.

    4 Dec

    Now available: Azure Service Fabric runtime version 6.4 and SDK updates

    Azure Service Fabric runtime version 6.4 with the corresponding SDK and tooling updates is now available with many enhancements.

    4 Dec

    Azure Database for MariaDB is now available

    The Azure Database for MariaDB service offers enterprise-ready, fully managed community MariaDB featuring open-source compatibility, built-in high availability and dynamic scaling, as well as flexible pricing. 

    4 Dec

    Smaller SKUs for Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2

    Smaller SKUs for Azure SQL Data Warehouse Gen2

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