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Monthly updates for August 2019
Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Switzerland
The new datacenter regions meet critical data residency, security and compliance requirements critical to leading Swiss organisations in regulated industries.
New region: Johannesburg (South Africa North) now supports Power BI Embedded
This new region allows customers to locate their Power BI Embedded deployments closer to their data sources, either in Azure or on-premises, enabling faster data refresh performance and lower networking egress costs.
Azure Migrate is now available in Australia, Canada, India and Japan
Azure Migrate now supports the creation of migration projects in Australia, Canada, India and Japan geographies.
Azure Backup is available in new Azure regions
Azure Backup is now available in West India, UAE Central, UAE North, South Africa North, and South Africa West Azure regions.
Azure Government support is now available for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in preview
The Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) service is now available for preview in US Gov Virginia.
Azure Site Recovery is now available in new Azure regions
Azure Site Recovery is now available in West India, UAE Central, UAE North, South Africa North and South Africa West Azure regions.
M-series virtual machines (VMs) are now generally available in the Brazil South Region
Azure M-series VMs are now available in the Brazil South region. M-series VMs offer configurations with memory from 192 GB to 3.8 TiB (4 TB) RAM and are certified for SAP HANA.
Azure NetApp Files is now available in three new regions
Azure NetApp Files is now available in three new regions: Central US, Australia East and South East Asia.
Media Services is now available in both South Africa regions
Media Services is now available in South Africa North and South Africa West regions
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