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Azure Monitor Logs – Log Analytics REST APIs general availability
Log Analytics control plane REST APIs are generally available under a new consolidated version 01-08-2020.
TypeScript 4.0 is generally available
TypeScript 4 is the latest major version of the TypeScript programming language.
Azure Cloud Shell can now run in an isolated virtual network (public preview)
Cloud Shell now supports virtual networks.
The Azure Cloud Shell tools image is now open sourced
The Azure Cloud Shell tools image is now generally available on GitHub.
The Azure IoT Node.js SDK releases a new long term support (LTS) branch
A new Node.js IoT SDK LTS branch has been released offering customers a guarantee that they will benefit from any necessary security or critical bug fixes with minimal impact to their device’s stable code.
July 2020
Azure Sphere update 20.07 is now available
The 20.07 feature release contains new features for application development and tenant certificate renewal, additional promotions of beta features to long-term stable (LTS), and enhancements to improve stability and troubleshooting of device connections on Windows platforms.
June 2020
Azure CLI June 2020 update
The Azure CLI continues to expand with support for new Azure services. This release includes 23 new modules to manage as many Azure services.
Azure SDK for embedded devices
The new Azure Embedded C SDK is designed to allow small and embedded devices, such as IoT, to communicate with Azure services.
Azure SDKs—June 2020 release
The June 2020 release for the Azure SDKs include updates to these libraries: Cosmos DB (Java), Event Hubs, Azure Storage, and Text Analytics. Additionally, the following are now available in preview: Azure.Identity, Azure Search, Form Recognizer, and Service Bus.
An update to Python SDK v2 for Azure IoT has been released
A new release of the Python SDK v2 for Azure IoT is now available. This update fixes issues with reconnection logic.
Azure Quota REST APIs to manage service limits (quota) are now available in preview
Target availability: Q4 2020
Use Azure REST Quota APIs to manage the service limits (quota) of Azure Virtual Machines (cores/vCPU) and Azure Machine Learning (in preview). Take advantage of this capability to query current usage and quotas for the supported resources and update these limits.
Azure Sphere OS update 20.06 is now available for compatibility testing
The Azure Sphere OS quality update 20.06 is now available for evaluation via the retail evaluation feed. The release includes an OS update and an updated Linux SDK.
Azure Service Fabric 7.1 First Refresh Release
The Azure Service Fabric 7.1 first refresh release includes bug fixes and performance enhancements for standalone and Azure environments.
A new consolidated API version in Azure Monitor Logs is now available
A new API version for Azure Monitor Logs resource provider, 2020-03-01-preview, is now available. This API supports new functionality like customer-managed keys (CMK), bring your own storage (BYOS), along with other capabilities.
May 2020
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.
Azure Databases extension for Visual Studio Code
Azure Databases extension for Visual Studio Code, with support for Azure Cosmos DB and Azure PostgreSQL, is now available.
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).
Announcing .NET 5 Preview 4 and our Journey to one .NET
Preview 4 for .NET 5 is now available, with general availability coming in November. This release continues the journey to unify the .NET platform across workloads and will provide developers more productive cloud native development.
ASP.NET Blazor now supports WebAssembly
ASP.NET Blazor, which allows developers to build interactive web UIs with C#, now supports WebAssembly. Build client-side web apps that run completely in the browser and run faster and with less memory than JavaScript.
.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) announced
.NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) will allow developers to build apps for any device from a single code codebase and project system, including desktop and mobile devices across operating systems.
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