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Azure Backup support for up to 32 disks is now generally available
Azure Backup now supports Azure Virtual Machines with up to 32 attached managed disks.
Azure Key Vault Managed HSM available in public preview
A new key management offering is now available in public preview: Azure Key Vault Managed HSM (hardware security model). Azure Key Vault Managed HSM offers a fully managed, highly available, single-tenant, standards-compliant cloud service that enables you to safeguards cryptographic keys for your cloud applications, using FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated HSMs.
Azure Cognitive Search - Managed identity support and Private Endpoints are GA
You can now request Azure Cognitive Search to create an outbound private endpoint connection in order to securely access data from such data sources via indexers . You can also create identity for a search service in Azure Active Directory, then use RBAC permissions to grant the identity permissions to Azure data sources.
Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack HCI now in public preview
Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) on Azure Stack HCI enables developers and admins to deploy and manage containerized apps on Azure Stack HCI.
Azure Machine Learning updates Ignite 2020
Azure Machine Learning is bringing new capabilities to customers at no additional cost. Azure Machine Learning designer and automated ML UI are now generally available.
512 Sector Size support on Azure Ultra Disks is now available
Azure Ultra Disks now support 512 sector sizes.
Export and import securely to Azure Disk Storage with Azure Private Links integration (GA)
Azure Disk Storage now enables enhanced security options for export and import via integration with Azure Private Links
Blazor and C# APIs now supported in Azure Static Web Apps
Developers can now build and publish applications built entirely in .NET with Static Web Apps using Blazor WebAssembly and C# API's.
Achieve higher performance and cost savings on Azure Disk Storage with performance tiers
Azure Disk Storage now enables you to set performance tiers (public preview) for a chosen duration of time based on workload demand.
New disk IO and Bandwidth metrics to identify bottlenecks
New disk IO utilization metrics that help users gain insight into their disk IO and bandwidth bottlenecks have been released. These metrics simplify identifying resources that are limiting application s performance. Now with a couple of metric views, users can make informed decisions on how to upgrade their products to and see a direct impact to their performance.
Announcing Azure SQL Edge now in general availability
You can reduce cost, drive innovation, and improve operational efficiencies by using Azure SQL Edge to stream, store, and analyze IoT data.
Support for Dapr applications in Azure API Management
Dapr microservices can now be directly exposed as APIs in API Management.
Change data integration in Azure Monitor for VMs is now in public preview
You can now observe degradation of performance or health in a VM with the new change data integration in Azure Monitor for VMs.
Azure Monitor Log Analytics UI improvements September 2020
Target availability: Q3 2020
Log Analytics UI gets several improvements in September including, search in query history, search in query dialog, and time picker enhancements.
General Availability of the New Azure VMware Solution
Microsoft announces general availability (GA) of the Azure VMware Solution service. The new Azure VMware Solutions is a first party Microsoft Azure Compute services that is directly operated, delivered, and supported by Microsoft.
Oracle WebLogic Server on Azure Virtual Machines major release now available
Enable lift-and-shift migration of mission critical enterprise Java workloads with a major release for solutions to run Oracle WebLogic Server (WLS) on Azure Linux virtual machines.
General availability of workspace-based Application Insights
Azure Monitor Application Insights now integrates deeply with Log Analytics for a unified workspace-based mode enabling you to store your app logs and your platform/infrastructure logs together in one place.
Azure Monitor ITSM Connector for BMC Helix with Secure Export
Introducing a preview of Secure Export as a new version of Azure Monitor ITSM Connector, providing integration with BMC Helix.
General availability of Azure Monitor for Key Vault and Azure Cache for Redis
Azure Monitor for Key Vault and Azure Monitor for Azure Cache for Redis provide out of the box insights for these resources using platform telemetry.
Public Preview: Azure App Service Migration Assistant - Java Tomcat Support
You can now migrate your Java Tomcat web apps to Azure using the Azure App Service Migration Assistant tool.
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