Azure updates

Public preview: Optimize your workloads for reliability using new workbook template in Azure Advisor

Evaluate the reliability posture of your workloads, assess risks and plan improvements using the new Reliability workbook template which is now available in Azure Advisor.

• Azure Advisor
• Management

General Availability: Azure Center for SAP solutions

Target availability: Q2 2023

Azure Center for SAP solutions brings together an integrated set of capabilities for deploying and managing SAP landscapes by making Azure SAP aware. You can take advantage of the management capabilities for both new and your existing Azure-based SAP systems.

• Services
• Management

General Availability: Azure Automation supports Python 3.8 runbooks

Azure Automation support for Python 3.8 runbooks is now Generally Available.

• Management
• Features

Azure Advisor data in Azure Resource Graph is now available in Azure China and US Government clouds

Advisor recommendations are now available in Azure Resource Graph in Azure China and US Government clouds.

• Azure Advisor
• Management

Generalized Azure Compute Gallery custom image support in Update management center

VM Image support for Update management center has expanded with the addition of support for generalized Azure Compute Gallery custom images.

• Azure Update Manager
• Microsoft Build
• Management
• Features

Public Preview: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup

Target availability: Q2 2023

Public preview for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup.

• Azure Backup
• Management

Hotpatch is now available on preview images of Windows Server VMs on Azure with the Desktop Experience installation mode

Hotpatch is available for preview images of Windows Server Azure Edition VMs running the Desktop Experience installation mode.

• Services
• Management

Generally available: Large disk support for disaster recovery of Hyper-V VMs using Site Recovery

Target availability: Q2 2023

You can now enable disaster recovery for Hyper-VMs with data disks up to 32 TB in size.

• Azure Site Recovery
• Management

Public Preview: Support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup

Target availability: Q2 2023

Public preview for the support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup.

• Azure Backup
• Management

Public preview update: Azure Automation supports PowerShell 7.2 and Python 3.10 runbooks

Azure Automation has expanded Public preview support for PowerShell 7.2 and Python 3.10 runbooks.

• Management
• Features

Generally available: Simpler way to renaming Network Interface (NIC) and Disks for protected VMs in Azure Site Recovery

This article describes a new feature update for Azure Site Recovery. 

• Management
• Features

Public preview: Listener TLS certificates management available in the Azure portal

You can now manage the TLS certificates associated with Listeners through Azure portal.

• Application Gateway
• Services
• Security
• Management
• Features

Generally available: Immutable vaults for Azure Backup

Target availability: Q1 2023

Immutable vaults help you protect your backups against threats like ransomware attacks and malicious actors by ensuring that your backup data cannot be deleted before its intended expiry time.

• Azure Backup
• Security
• Management
• Features

Public preview: VBS enclaves for Always Encrypted in Azure SQL Database

VBS enclaves enable you with the flexibility to use Always Encrypted with secure enclaves in all Azure SQL Database offerings.

• Azure SQL Database
• Security
• Management
• Features

Generally available: Indirect enterprise agreement on Azure Cost Management and Billing

Manage your enrollment hierarchy, view account usage, and monitor costs directly from the Azure Cost Management and Billing menu on the Azure portal (for indirect enterprise agreement customers)

• Azure Cost Management and Billing
• Management