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General availability: Feature general availability and feature expansion of regional availability
Various Azure NetApp Files features have reached general availability and regional coverage has been expanded for Azure NetApp Files cross-region replication.
General availability: Azure Databricks available in new regions
Sweden Central and West Central US regions added to Azure Databricks.
General availability: Azure SDK for Go
The Azure SDK for Go has received a major update and data plane support for new services like Identity, Key Vault, Service Bus, and Tables.
Public preview: Azure Load Testing supports splitting input data across test engines
You can now configure your test to automatically split large input data evenly across the test engine instances.
Public preview: Azure Load Testing support for user specified JMeter properties
Azure Load Testing preview now supports user specified JMeter properties, making load tests more configurable.
Public preview: Azure Load Testing support for customer-managed keys
You can now add another layer of security by bringing your own customer-managed keys.
Public preview: Azure Load Testing supports quick start tests with web URL
You can now create load tests quickly without prior knowledge of testing tools by entering your URL in the Azure Load Testing resource from the Azure portal.
Public preview: Azure Load Testing support for user-assigned managed identities
Use Azure AD managed identities with Azure Load Testing Preview to easily access other AAD-protected resources, like Azure Key Vault. Both system-assigned and user-assigned managed identities are now supported.
Generally available: Azure Container Apps support for custom domains and TLS certificates
You can now use custom domains and secure them with TLS certificates.
Public preview: Linux portal editing for applications
You can now edit Azure Functions running on Linux from within the Azure portal.
Public preview: Mount Azure Files and ephemeral storage in Azure Container Apps
You can now mount a file share as well as share data between multiple containers in Azure Container Apps.
Public preview: Microsoft Graph API integration with Azure Event Grid
Use the Event Grid Microsoft Graph API integration to subscribe to events from Azure AD, Outlook, and more.
Static Web Apps CLI now available
Deploy static web apps to the cloud using a simple CLI command.
Generally available: API Management reusable policy fragments
Organise policy components into reusable modules that can be inserted into any policy document.
Public preview: API Management authorisations
Simplify the process of managing authorisation using APIs against backend services using OAuth2.
Public preview: Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager enables on-premises System Center Virtual Machine Manager environments to be connected to Azure, unlocking Azure-based self-service for end users and developers.
Generally available: Azure Monitor Agent available on latest Linux distros
Ubuntu 22.04, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux now supported via the Azure Monitor Agent.
Public preview: Connection Monitor Support for virtual machine scale sets
Azure Network Watcher Connection Monitor announces support for virtual machine scale sets which enables faster performance monitoring and network troubleshooting through connectivity checks.
Public preview: Network Watcher packet capture support for virtual machine scale sets
Azure Network Watcher packet capture announces support for virtual machines scale sets. This is as an out of the box, on-demand capability, enabling faster diagnostics and troubleshooting of networking issues.
Azure SQL—Generally available updates for early June 2022
Generally available updates made in early June 2022 for Azure SQL.
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