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November 2018
Removing Kubernetes 1.7 and 1.8 support in AKS on 30th November 2018
On 30th November 2018, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) will stop supporting Kubernetes minor versions 1.7 and 1.8. We recommend that you upgrade to one of the newer minor versions.
October 2018
Background on Azure Sphere tenant concept
An Azure Sphere tenant provides a secure way for your organization to remotely manage its Azure Sphere devices in isolation from other customers’ devices.
Azure portal October update
The Azure portal received updates in October 2018.
Deleting abandoned AKS clusters
Delete your Azure Kubernetes Service abandoned deployments if you have just deleted the resource group that contains all the resources related to the cluster but left the AKS deployment resource.
General availability: Standard Load Balancer in Azure China cloud
Azure Standard Load Balancer is now generally available in Azure China cloud regions.
Azure DevTest Labs: Configure enforcing auto shutdown schedule for your lab
Configure enforcing auto shutdown schedule for your lab.
Deprecating older versions of the Azure API Management REST API
Older versions of the Azure API Management REST API are being deprecated and will be retired on 1st October 2019.
Send your Azure Active Directory data to Azure Log Analytics
The ability to forward your Azure Active Directory logs to Azure Log Analytics is now available.
General availability: Metric alerts for logs
Metric alerts for logs are generally available, enabling use of metric alerts for popular logs ingested by Log Analytics workspaces.
Power BI Embedded row-level security “username” property supports ASCII characters
The Power BI Embedded row-level security “username” property supports ASCII characters.
Power BI Embedded Update Datasources API to change connection between data sources
You can use the Power BI Embedded Update Datasources API to change the connection details between different data sources programmatically.
Power BI Embedded advanced URL filtering capabilities
Developers can define more filters with more complex definitions and operators with new URL filtering capabilities for reports.
Azure Site Recovery - Update Rollup 30
Target availability: , 2018
Update Rollup 30 for Azure Site Recovery is now available.
Health monitoring and alerts for Azure AD DS
You can monitor the health of your Azure Active Directory Domain Services managed domain and resolve configuration issues that affect your managed domain's health.
Disable NTLM, TLS v1 and secure your Azure AD DS managed domain
You can secure your Azure AD DS managed domain by disabling NTLM v1 support, TLS v1 and synchronisation of NTLM password hashes from the on-premises Active Directory instance.
Power BI Embedded capacity monitoring app
Power BI has released a new capacity monitoring app that helps you make more informed and data-driven decisions when managing your Power BI Embedded capacity.
Azure AD DS now supports Azure managed disks
Azure AD DS managed domains gain greater availability and resilience with support for Azure managed disks.
General availability: HDInsight Hadoop Enterprise Security Package
Easily set up an HDInsight cluster with Enterprise Security Package that is joined to an Azure AD DS managed domain.
Public preview: Azure AD authentication for Azure Files SMB access
Secure your Azure Files SMB shares by using your Azure AD DS managed domain.
Improved synchronisation performance from Azure AD to Azure AD DS managed domain
We have improved performance of synchronisation from Azure AD to your Azure AD DS managed domain.
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