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Monthly updates for July 2019

31 Jul

Azure Site Recovery update rollup 38 (July 2019)

NOW AVAILABLE

The latest update rollup for Azure Site Recovery is now available.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Features
31 Jul

Azure DevOps Roadmap update for Q3 of 2019

IN DEVELOPMENT

The engineering team behind Azure DevOps is constantly at work delivering enhancements and new features across our services. We recently added new capabilities at an unprecedented pace for Azure DevOps. The highlights listed below are just a few of the new features coming in the next few months. Visit the DevOps feature timeline for a complete list.

  • Azure DevOps
  • Features
31 Jul

Managed Instance enhances security with network traffic containment within Azure cloud

NOW AVAILABLE

The network traffic of Azure SQL Database managed instance is now contained within Azure cloud by default. This update enhances the security and prevents exfiltration of data via Internet.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
30 Jul

GPU Optimized Visualisation VMs now available in South Central US, West US, West Europe and North Europe Azure Regions

NOW AVAILABLE

NVv3-Series VMs are now available in South Central US, West US, West Europe and North Europe Azure regions.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Services
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
29 Jul

New features added to Data Factory Mapping Data Flows making schema drift handling easy

IN PREVIEW

New features added to the ADF service this week make handling flexible schemas and schema drift scenarios super easy when construction Mapping Data Flows for data transformation at scale

  • Data Factory V2
  • Features
29 Jul

Azure marketplace charges are now available in Azure Cost Management for Pay-As-You-Go customers!

IN PREVIEW

We are excited to announce a preview release of Azure marketplace charges within our Cost Analysis tool for Pay-As-You-Go customers. As a part of this preview you can now analyse your marketplace charges alongside your Azure service charges within Cost Analysis and reconcile your Azure marketplace invoice using both Cost Analysis and a new usage csv download API.

  • Azure Cost Management and Billing
  • Features
29 Jul

Network security group improvements—ICMP support and override default Azure platform considerations

NOW AVAILABLE

New improvements have been added to network security group (NSG), which filters network traffic to and from various Azure resources—Specify ICMP as the protocol in your NSG rules and override the default Azure platform considerations.

  • Features
26 Jul

New Analytics reports and Azure Boards app available for Slack

NOW AVAILABLE

In the Sprint 155 Update of Azure DevOps, we are introducing new Azure Boards reports to make it easier for you to track important team metrics. You will see the new reports under the Analytics tab in the Boards, Backlog and Sprint hubs.

  • Azure DevOps
  • Features
25 Jul

Azure Blob lifecycle management is now available in all Azure regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Blob lifecycle management is now enhanced with expanded regional availability and intuitive portal experience.

  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Services
  • Features
24 Jul

Azure Search is now integrated with the Azure Government cloud

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Search is now integrated with the Azure Government cloud, enabling U.S. public sector customers to create sophisticated search solutions.

  • Azure AI Search
  • Features
24 Jul

Azure Database for MySQL support for MySQL 8.0 is in preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Database for MySQL now provides preview support for the latest major version of MySQL, version 8.0.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Features
24 Jul

Azure Lab Services now has a new instance size available—Medium (nested virtualisation)

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Lab Services now has a new instance size available—Medium (nested virtualisation) that is priced at USD0.55 per hour across all regions (55 lab units per hour).

  • Azure Lab Services
  • Features
24 Jul

Azure Lab Services has removed the unlimited option from quota per user to help save on costs

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Lab Services has removed the unlimited option from quota per user so lab owners can intentionally choose a specific number of hours needed for each lab to help save costs.

  • Azure Lab Services
  • Features
24 Jul

Azure Lab Services—Ability to reset passwords and support for Ubuntu Images has been added

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Lab Services now supports the ability to reset passwords and to provide added support for Ubuntu images.

  • Azure Lab Services
  • Features
24 Jul

Linux support on Azure Functions Premium plan

IN PREVIEW

The Azure Functions Premium plan preview is now expanded to Linux hosting and custom Docker containers.

  • Azure Functions
  • Services
  • Features
  • Open Source
24 Jul

SQL Server CTP 3.2 big data cluster is now in preview

IN PREVIEW

Big data clusters, one of the hero features for SQL Server 2019, is now available in preview. It combines SQL Server with Apache Spark and Hadoop Distributed File System for a unified data platform that enables analytics and AI over all data, relational and non-relational.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
24 Jul

Azure Database Migration Service—Integration with Azure Migrate v2

IN PREVIEW

The integration of Azure Data Migration tools and Azure Database Migration Service with the Azure Migrate hub is now available in preview.

  • Azure Database Migration Service (classic)
  • Features
24 Jul

PostgreSQL 11 is now generally available in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

PostgreSQL 11, the latest major version of PostgreSQL, is now generally available in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
24 Jul

Azure Container Registry—Buildpacks support in Tasks is now in preview

IN PREVIEW

Use Container Registry Tasks to assemble Buildpacks and base stack tracking for OS and framework patching.

  • Azure Container Registry
  • Features
24 Jul

New developer pricing tier for integration service environment

NOW AVAILABLE

We now offer a developer pricing tier (general availability) that allows customers to deploy an integration service environment (ISE) at a reduced cost.

  • Logic Apps
  • Features

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