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Monthly updates for September 2019

30 Sep

Secure hybrid access to apps behind existing F5 infrastructure

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure AD and F5 Networks integration to secure legacy applications.

  • Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
  • Security
  • Features
30 Sep

Azure HDInsight G-series VMs deprecation—Migrate before 31st October 2019

Target retirement date: October 31, 2019

Azure HDInsight will deprecate G-series virtual machines (VMs) on 31st October 2019. After this date, you will not be able to create any new clusters using G-series VMs or to scale up clusters having G-series nodes.

  • HDInsight
  • Services
  • Retirements
  • Features
26 Sep

Configure Azure AD as the trusted corporate identity provider in SAP Identity Authentication Service

NOW AVAILABLE

Connect enterprise identities between Microsoft services such as, Azure and Office 365 and the SAP Cloud Platform, so you can build unique cross-cloud experiences.

  • Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
  • Security
  • Features
26 Sep

Azure API Management update—September 2019

NOW AVAILABLE

A regular Azure API Management service update was started on September 23, 2019, that included the following bug fixes, changes and new features, along with other improvements. Please note that we deploy updates gradually and it takes over a week for every active API Management service instance to receive them.

  • API Management
  • Features
25 Sep

Azure Cosmos DB recommendations keep you on the right track

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Cosmos DB gets updated frequently, so to make it easier to stay up-to-date, we have introduced automatic and tailored recommendations for all Azure Cosmos DB users.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Management
  • Features
24 Sep

Register your SQL Server on Azure VMs self-installations with Resource Provider

NOW AVAILABLE

For the first time ever, you can register your self-installations of SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines with Resource Provider to unlock features and functionality previously only available with our Azure Marketplace images.

  • Virtual Machines
  • SQL Server on Virtual Machines
  • Security
  • Features
23 Sep

Azure portal September 2019 feature update

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure portal has updates to Azure Data Explorer and to Azure SQL.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Services
  • Features
23 Sep

Data Factory supports copying data into Azure Database for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Data Factory now supports Azure Database for PostgreSQL as a sink. Use the copy activity feature to load data into Azure Database for PostgreSQL from any supported data source.

  • Data Factory
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
23 Sep

Azure CLI support for Azure HDInsight is now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure CLI support for Azure HDInsight is now generally available. This enables administrators to easily manage their HDInsight clusters using simple Azure CLI commands.

  • HDInsight
  • Features
22 Sep

Azure Logic Apps updates for July and August 2019

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2019

The Azure Logic Apps updates for July and August 2019 include new features for ISE, designer improvements including support for portal themes, support for gateway across subscriptions, SAP connector features, new connectors and other major feature updates and announcements.

  • Logic Apps
  • Features
18 Sep

Azure SQL Database—Auto-failover groups feature now available in all regions

NOW AVAILABLE

The Auto-failover groups feature of Azure SQL Database is now available for managed instance deployments in all regions.

  • Services
  • Features
18 Sep

Copy Activity in Azure Data Factory supports creating a destination table automatically

NOW AVAILABLE

Load data faster with new support from the Copy Activity feature in Azure Data Factory. Now, if you are trying to copy data from any supported source into SQL database/data warehouse and find that the destination table does not exist, Copy Activity will create it automatically.

  • Data Factory
  • Features
18 Sep

Azure Data Factory now supports copying data into Azure Database for MySQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Data Factory now supports copying data into Azure Database for MySQL. Use the Copy Activity feature to load data into Azure Database for MySQL from any supported data sources.

  • Data Factory
  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Features
18 Sep

Public Preview - Video Indexer Multilingual identification and transcription

IN PREVIEW

Automatic spoken language identification leverages machine learning technology to identify the different languages used in a media asset.

  • Media Services
  • Video Indexer
  • Services
  • Features
18 Sep

Public Preview - Video Indexer Animated Character Detection

IN PREVIEW

Azure Media Services Video Indexer supports detection, grouping and recognition of characters in animated content.

  • Media Services
  • Video Indexer
  • Services
  • Features
18 Sep

Egress lockdown in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Achieve additional security by restricting outbound (egress) traffic for cluster nodes to a limited number of ports and addresses.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Features
  • Gallery
  • Open Source
18 Sep

Azure Lab Services now supports new GPU Virtual Machine sizes

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Lab Services now supports two new 6-core GPU Virtual Machine sizes.

  • Azure Lab Services
  • Features
18 Sep

Azure Advisor alerts are now in preview

IN PREVIEW

Get your Azure best practice recommendations as soon as they become available with Azure Advisor user-configured alerts, now available in preview.

  • Azure Advisor
  • Services
  • Features
18 Sep

A preview upgrade for Azure DevTest Labs Tasks extension is now available

IN PREVIEW

We recently released a preview upgrade for the Azure DevTest Labs Tasks.

  • Azure Pipelines
  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Features
18 Sep

Audit logging on Azure Database for PostgreSQL is now in preview

IN PREVIEW

Audit logging on Azure SQL Database for PostgreSQL via PGAudit is now available in preview. Produce audit logs of events including writes, reads, role changes, and DDL with the audit extension.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features

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