Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2020
Azure Text Analytics—Opinion mining is now available in preview
Opinion mining is now available in preview. A feature of sentiment analysis, it provides more granular information on the opinions related to aspects of a product or service mentioned in a review.
Windows Virtual Desktop media optimisation for Microsoft Teams is now available in preview
Media optimisation for Microsoft Teams is now available for Windows Desktop client on Windows 10 machines
Azure Text Analytics v3 is now generally available
Azure Text Analytics v3 with sentiment analysis, key phrase extraction, language detection and named entity recognition capabilities, as well as model version controls, is now generally available.
Key Vault bring your own key (BYOK) is now generally available
A new bring your own key (BYOK) method to import keys securely from on-premises HSMs into Azure Key Vault is now generally available. This BYOK method can be used to import keys from any supported on-premises HSM.
Azure Site Recovery now supports proximity placement groups
Target availability: Q2 2020
Ensure both lower latency and greater resiliency of your business-critical applications by using proximity placement groups and Azure Site Recovery in tandem.
Backup your SAP HANA databases running on RHEL using Azure Backup
Azure Backup support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), one of the widely used Linux operating systems running SAP HANA, is now available in preview. This preview is available across all Azure regions except for Germany Northeast, Germany Central, France South and US Gov IOWA.
Rehost or modernize existing applications and support modern cloud apps with Azure SQL
Azure SQL is the family of SQL cloud databases providing flexible deployment options for a wide variety of application patterns and control requirements.
Azure Backup now provides protection against accidental deletion of Azure file shares
To provide protection against cyberattacks or accidental deletion, Azure Backup now has protection against the accidental or malicious deletion of backed-up file shares. shares
Azure DevTest Labs environments are now available in Azure Government
Azure DevTest Labs environments are now available in Azure Government.
Service Bus Explorer on the Azure portal is now available in preview
Send, receive and peek from queues, topics and subscriptions, now from the Azure portal (in preview).
Azure Monitor Logs—New experience for agents is now available
The management and download page for Azure Monitor Logs agents has been updated and enhanced with a new menu item and an improved UI.
Log Analytics New Query Experience - Example Queries
Introducing the new Example Query experience in Log Analytics. Example queries are now "front and center" complete with a brand new look and over 250 example queries for our top Azure resources
Azure Monitor Logs IntelliSense improvements are now available
Target availability: Q2 2020
Azure Monitor Logs IntelliSense has been upgraded. IntelliSense now features a variety of new features and enhancements designed to make query and insight creation quicker and easier.
Minimal TLS version setting is now available for Azure SQL Database and Azure Synapse Analytics
Enforce a minimal TLS version at the server level that applies to Azure SQL Databases and Azure Synapse Analytics workspaces hosted on the server using the new TLS version setting.
Azure Database for MySQL support for intelligent performance with MySQL 8.0 is now available
Intelligent performance support for MySQL 8.0 now available. Use this set of features to better understand your workloads, including to visually inspect them and to identify bottlenecks.
Improved Azure Monitor Logs workspace delete and recovery experiences
Workspace soft-delete functionality has been added to help you recover your workspace if necessary. In that situation, the workspace goes into a soft-delete state to allow its recovery, including data and connected agents within 14 days. It is also possible to override the soft-delete behaviour and permanently delete your workspace.
Object replication public preview for Azure Blob storage
Object replication allows you to replicate your block blob data at the blob level from one storage account to another anywhere in the Azure.
Change feed with full database operations for Azure Cosmos DB
Preview support for Azure Cosmos DB change feed with full database operations history will be available in the coming months. Users will be able to filter the change feed by operation type (write, update or delete) and there will also be an option to include the previous version of documents in the change feed.
Azure Stream Analytics now supports error codes in activity and resource logs
Azure Stream Analytics now supports the use of activity logs and resource logs for troubleshooting errors related to configuration, data and both upstream and downstream services.
Serverless pricing model for Azure Cosmos DB
The serverless pricing model for Azure Cosmos DB is ideal for spiky workloads that don’t need sustained throughput. Serverless requires no resource planning or management and will be in preview soon.
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