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General availability: Network security groups support for private endpoints
Target availability: Q3 2022
Network security groups (NSGs) support for private endpoints is now generally available.
General availability: User-defined routes support for private endpoints
User-defined routes (UDRs) support for private endpoints is now generally available.
Public preview: Microsoft Azure Load Testing supports private endpoints testing
With Azure Load Testing, you can now run load tests against private endpoints - endpoints deployed in a virtual network, public endpoints with access restrictions (restricting client IP addresses, etc.)
Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-August 2022
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Generally available: Hierarchical forecasting for Azure Machine Learning
Hierarchical forecasting, now generally available, offers you the capability to produce consistent forecasts for all levels of your data.
Azure Machine Learning—Public preview updates for August 2022
New features now available in public preview include AutoML Code Generation enhancements and AutoML in Pipelines.
Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL
The latest PostgreSQL minor versions 14.5, 13.8, 12.12, and 11.17 are available for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus).
General availability: Server logs for Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Enable server logs and log types for detailed insights of server activities to help you identify and troubleshoot potential issues.
General availability: Reserved instance pricing for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise
Gain up to a 55 percent discount with reserved pricing on the Enterprise tiers of Azure Cache for Redis by committing to spend for one- or three-years.
Public preview: Backup database with S3-compatible storage for Arc-enabled SQL MI
Use S3-compatible object storage as a backup and restore destination.
Public preview: App Configuration geo replication support
Standard tier subscribers can synchronize any updates from the configuration store to replicas in other Azure regions.
Public preview: Use managed identity-based authentication to enable Azure Monitor container insights
Announcing public preview for enabling container insights with managed identity authentication.
Public preview: Azure Monitor basic logs, archive, restore and search jobs
Azure Monitor Logs is in public preview in four new regions: US Virgina Gov, US Arizona Gov, China East 3, and China North 3.
Generally available: Azure Monitor container insights agent renaming
Container insights agent is being renamed from OMSAgent to Azure Monitor agent, along with some related resource name changes. Please update your alerts, queries, and scripts to avoid any issues.
Public preview: AKS DevX extension for Visual Studio Code
Easily create Dockerfiles, deployment files, and GitHub Actions through Visual Studio Code using the AKS DevX extension.
Generally available: Kubernetes 1.24 support
Take advantage of the latest Kubernetes 1.24 features with AKS.
Generally available: Azure Dedicated Host Support
You can now use Azure Dedicated Hosts with AKS.
Generally available: Key management system integration with AKS
Securely manage your keys in production using bring your own key (BYOK) encrypted etcd and key management system (KMS).
Public preview: Blob CSI support in AKS
You can now use built in storage classes for NFS and BlobFuse to provision new persistent volumes backed by Azure Blob storage.
Public preview: Automated deployments in AKS
You can now hook up a GitHub Action to your Kubernetes application and deploy it to AKS.
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