Last week in Azure #23: Week of March 12
Catch up on what happened last week in Azure, including what’s now in preview, generally available, and other news & updates.
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Announcing backup and restore performance improvements and support for large disk backup
Announcing general availability of large disk support and backup and restore performance improvements.
Heuristic DNS detections in Azure Security Center
We have heard from many customers about their challenges with detecting highly evasive threats. Today, we are discussing some of our more complex, heuristic techniques to detect malicious use of this vital protocol and how these detect key components of common real-world attacks.
Last Week in Azure #22: Week of March 5
Last week, it became even more evident that Azure is the best place for all of your applications and data with numerous announcements about investments that dramatically expand the choice and ROI of moving your SQL Server and open source applications to Azure.
New isolated VM sizes now available
Today we are pleased to announce two new Virtual Machine (VM) sizes, E64i_v3 and E64is_v3, which are isolated to hardware and dedicated to a single customer.
Azure’s layered approach to physical security
Azure helps provide a highly secure foundation, built from the ground up, to host your infrastructure, applications, and data.
Update management, inventory, and change tracking in Azure Automation now generally available
Azure Automation provides the ability to automate, configure, and deploy updates across your hybrid environment using serverless automation. These capabilities are now generally available.
Get Reserved Instance purchase recommendations based on usage pattern
If you have Virtual Machines(VM) running in azure, you can take advantage of discounted pricing on Reserved Instances (RI) and pre-pay for your Virtual Machines.
Announcing Storage Service Encryption with customer managed keys general availability
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Storage Service Encryption with customer managed keys integrated with Azure Key Vault for Azure Blob Storage.
Just-in-Time VM Access is generally available
Azure Security Center provides several threat prevention mechanisms to help you reduce surface areas susceptible to attack. One of those mechanisms is Just-in-Time (JIT) VM Access.
NCv3 VMs generally available, other GPUs expanding regions
When we announced the preview of our new NCv3 virtual machines back in November, I knew they’d be very popular with our customers.
Visibility into network activity with Traffic Analytics – now in public preview
Announcing the public preview of Traffic Analytics, a cloud-based flow monitoring solution that provides visibility into user and application traffic on your cloud networks.