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General availability: Private endpoint user-defined routes support
Private endpoint user-defined routes (UDR) support is now generally available in most public regions.
Generally available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift new regions
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now available in West Central US, Australia Central, and Sweden Central.
General availability: Private endpoint network security group support
Azure private endpoint support of network security groups is now generally available in most public regions.
Public preview: Microsoft Dev Box
Self-service, high-performance workstations in the cloud that are preconfigured and ready-to-code for developers’ projects and tasks.
General availability: Microsoft Azure available from new cloud region in Qatar
The first hyperscale datacenter region in Qatar is now available.
Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 63 - August 2022
This update provides the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components.
Generally available: Azure Databricks in West US 3
Azure Databricks, a data analytics platform optimized for the Microsoft Azure cloud services platform, is now generally available in West US 3.
General availability: Upgrade VMware VMs protected by Site Recovery to modernized experience
Introducing the migration capability to move existing replications from classic to modernized experience for disaster recovery of VMware virtual machines, enabled using Azure Site Recovery.
Public preview: Update management center in Azure
Update management center is the next iteration of the Azure Automation Update Management solution. It works out of the box, with zero onboarding steps and has no dependency on Azure Automation and Log Analytics.
Public preview: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks
Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks provides instant compute to users for their BI and SQL workloads without waiting for clusters to start up or scale out.
Public preview: Azure Dedicated Host restart
Azure Dedicated Host restart is now in public preview.
General availability: Azure Lab Services August 2022 update
Improve performance, reliability, and scalability for Azure Lab Services with the latest update.
Retirement of Computer Vision API v3.2 previews
Target retirement date: January 30, 2023
Migrate your workloads to Computer Vision API v3.2 GA before 30 January 2023.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for early August 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early August 2022
Public preview: Migration tool feature with Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Use the new migration tool to migrate workloads from Single to Flexible Server on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.
Generally available: Audit log for continuous mode with Azure Cosmos DB
Audit your restore actions on continuous mode in Azure Cosmos DB accounts.
Public preview: RedisJSON available in Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise
Gain powerful tools for working with JSON formatted data in Redis through the RedisJSON module.
Public preview: Azure Load Testing in West US 2
Azure Load Testing is in public preview in West US 2.
Public preview: Policy blocking the deployment of vulnerable images
Use an Azure Policy to block the deployment of vulnerable images on AKS.
Generally available: AKS node pool user start/stop feature
You can now completely stop specific user node pools and pick up later where you left off with a switch of a button, saving time and costs.
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