Updates Archives
Monthly updates for April 2018
Name changes: Azure Cosmos DB, US Government regions
As part of the transition from Azure DocumentDB to Azure Cosmos DB, “DocumentDB” is changing to “Cosmos DB” in the service type and resource name on June 1, 2018.
Updates to global subscription filtering
You can filter subscriptions locally on browser resource blades without affecting the global subscription filter or subscription filtering settings on browser resource blades in other services.
Name changes: Cosmos DB
As part of the transition from Azure DocumentDB to Azure Cosmos DB, “DocumentDB” is changing to “Cosmos DB” in the service name and resource name on June 1, 2018.
GUID migration: Azure Redis Cache, US Government regions
Starting June 1, 2018, egress charges for Azure Redis Cache geo-replication will show up as a new line item on your bill. They’ll be broken out from networking egress.
Deployment for Azure MySQL, Kubernetes Helm, and Ruby - VSTS Sprint 133 Update
The Sprint 133 Update of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) expands the languages and platforms supported for VSTS build and release.
GUID migration: Azure Security Center
Starting July 1, 2018, billing will be reported on an hourly basis (per node, per hour).
GUID migration: Azure Redis Cache
Starting June 1, 2018, egress charges for Azure Redis Cache geo-replication will show up as a new line item on your bill. They’ll be broken out from networking egress.
GUID migration: Azure Security Center, US Government regions
Starting June 1, 2018, billing will be reported on an hourly basis (per node per hour).
GUID migration: Linux support
Microsoft and SUSE will implement some name changes to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) VM offers on Azure.
Name changes: Azure SQL Database long-term backup retention
Effective June 1, 2018, names for long-term backup retention will change from “LTR RA-GRS Backup Storage” to “LTR Backup Storage.”
GUID migration: Zone Redundant Storage
Starting June 1, 2018, we will migrate the GUIDs of zone-redundant snapshots and images for managed disks from Locally Redundant Storage GUIDs to Zone Redundant Storage GUIDs.
HTTP/2 support for Azure App Service is now available
Support for the HTTP/2 protocol, the top customer request for Azure App Service, is now globally available for all apps hosted on App Service.
Alerts created in the Operations Management Suite portal can extend into Azure
Alert rules created in the OMS portal can now extend into Azure to take advantage of the new Azure alerts experience. Monitoring isn't affected, and there's no downtime.
Azure Stream Analytics on IoT Edge
Azure Stream Analytics on IoT Edge empowers developers to deploy near-real-time analytical intelligence closer to IoT devices so that they can unlock the full value of device-generated data.
Enhanced portal capabilities for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Azure SQL Data Warehouse has enabled the next set of portal capabilities to help monitor, manage, and integrate your data warehouse.
Upload/download Azure dashboards
You can download an existing Azure dashboard in the same JSON format that you can use to programmatically create dashboards by calling Azure Resource Manager APIs.
Substream support in Azure Stream Analytics
Stream Analytics offers substream support to help customers process telemetry streams. The OVER keyword extends the TIMESTAMP BY clause for this purpose.
CI/CD in Azure Stream Analytics
Stream Analytics tools for Visual Studio include native support for CI/CD processes.
JavaScript user-defined aggregates in Azure Stream Analytics
Azure Stream Analytics supports extensibility with stateful JavaScript user-defined aggregates.
Stream Analytics supports compression input format
Stream Analytics supports GZIP and Deflate streams.
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