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September 2019
Azure Private Link is now available in preview
Target availability: Q3 2019
Connect to services in your Azure virtual networks more securely and privately with Azure Private Link, now available in preview.
Data transfer from Azure Origins to Azure CDN from Microsoft is now free of charge
Data transfer from Azure services, such as Azure Storage, Azure Media Services, Azure Application Gateway, and more, to Azure CDN from Microsoft will be free of charge starting October 2019.
Azure Backup support for large disks up to 30 TB is now in public preview
Announcing the public preview support for larger and more powerful Azure Managed Disks of up to 30 TB size.
New Azure ExpressRoute sites now available
Announcing three new ExpressRoute meet-me sites in Europe.
Azure CDN feature updates
Announcing Bring your own SSL Certificate [BYOC] functionality for Azure CDN from Verizon, as well as CDN managed SSL Certificates for Azure CDN from Akamai.
Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics—New sentiment analysis capability is now available
Cognitive Services Text Analytics has a new sentiment analysis capability supporting Japanese and Simplified Chinese languages in addition to the previously announced English language model.
Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Germany
Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, SAP, and others trust Microsoft for their digital transformations
Copy data from Netezza to Azure with Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory now provides built-in data partitioning to copy data from Netezza.
Monthly payment options are now available for Azure reservations
Lower your upfront payment by selecting monthly payment options—at no additional cost—when purchasing Azure reservations.
Azure Cost Management updates – August 2019
Azure Cost Management can help you better understand where you're accruing costs in the cloud, identify and prevent bad spending patterns, and optimize costs to empower you to do more with less. Read about what's new in Azure Cost Management Labs, learn about recent updates including how to create targeted budgets with filters and forecast costs, and watch new videos.
SQL Server Data Tools is now available with Visual Studio 2019 Preview
SQL Server Data Tools preview for Azure SQL Data Warehouse is now downloadable with the latest preview release of Visual Studio 2019. SQL Server Data Tools enables a stable change management and deployment experience when developing your data analytics solution using SQL Data Warehouse.
Azure Logic Apps updates for July and August 2019
The Azure Logic Apps updates for July and August 2019 include new features for ISE, designer improvements including support for portal themes, support for gateway across subscriptions, SAP connector features, new connectors, and other major feature updates and announcements.
Updates to Azure DevOps and App Service improvements
In the sprint 157 update of Azure DevOps, we added rollup columns to backlogs that let you track progress across work item hierarchies (for example, epics/features/user stories). We also added multiple improvements for deploying Azure App Service apps.
Upgrade all Kubernetes 1.10.x clusters to a supported version by October 25, 2019
Target availability: Q4 2019
Required action Please upgrade all Kubernetes 1.10.x clusters to a supported version (1.11, 1.12, 1.13, or 1.14) by October 25, 2019.
We’re retiring v1.x of the JavaScript SDK for Azure Cosmos DB, on August 30, 2020
We've recently released updates to the JavaScript SDK for Azure Cosmos DB to provide performance, stability, and feature improvements.
Legacy media encoders are being retired on November 30, 2019
We've been making steady improvements to the robustness, reliability, performance, price and capabilities of the encoding features of Azure Media Services.
Reserved Capacity for Azure SQL Data Warehouse Now Available in Additional 18 Regions
Today, we are announcing Reserved Capacity for SQL Data Warehouse in an additional 18 regions.
Azure Blueprints—NIST SP 800-53 R4 blueprint release is now live
NIST SP 800-53 R4 is now live as a built-in blueprint in Azure Blueprints.
Diagnostic log collection is now generally available for Azure Stack
The Azure Stack diagnostic log collection service provides a simplified way for Azure Stack operators to collect and share diagnostic logs with Microsoft Customer Support Services (CSS).
Azure Stack integration with Azure Government Secret cloud
Work is currently in progress to allow Azure Stack operators in government organizations to connect their Azure Stacks to the Azure Government Secret cloud for identity, Pay-As-You-Go billing, marketplace syndication, and hybrid scenarios.
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