Updates Archives
Monthly updates for November 2018
Move to Azure Resource Manager REST APIs for Azure SQL Database
Target retirement date: December 01, 2019
Azure Resource Manager is our cloud infrastructure stack that fully replaces the classic Azure Service Manager deployment model. As a result, support for Service Manager REST APIs for Azure SQL Database will be retired on December 1, 2019.
Data Factory supports service principal and MSI authentication for Data Lake Storage Gen2
Azure Data Factory now supports service principal and MSI authentication for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 connectors.
Azure API Management update November 28
Learn about the latest regular update to Azure API Management.
Azure SQL DB Managed Instance recommendation for Database Migration Assistant
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance SKU Recommendation for Database Migration Assistant is now in preview.
User-assigned managed identity support for App Service on Linux/Web App for Containers
Use managed identities with Linux apps and use user-assigned identities on the App Service platform, including Azure Functions hosted under an App Service plan.
Azure Functions—Key Vault integration
Azure Key Vault integration with Azure Functions lets you build more secure serverless applications out of the box, taking advantage of secrets management to get the benefits of rotation policies and centralized access control.
Power BI service update
The latest update to the Power BI services includes the preview of dataflows and paginated reports in Power BI.
Power BI Desktop November update
This month’s update for Power BI Desktop includes several new features the Power BI community has asked for, including follow-up questions for Q&A explorer, a new modeling view making it easier to work with large models, expand and collapse matrix row headers, and copy and paste between PBIX files.
Azure Blockchain Development Kit integrates blockchain with the best of Microsoft and Azure
Connect any user interface, integrate with existing systems, and simplify smart contract DevOps with the Azure Blockchain Development Kit, now available to the public.
Your own hardware security module in the cloud
Directly access your own cloud-based security module
Azure Security Center update - November
These updates and enhancements were made to Azure Security Center in November.
General availability: Zone-redundant SQL databases and elastic pools in additional regions
Zone-redundant SQL databases and elastic pools are now generally available in two additional regions: West Europe and South-East Asia.
Japanese Era Update
On May 1, 2019, a new Japanese era and associated calendar will begin. Microsoft is preparing for these changes.
Azure Site Recovery supports firewall-enabled storage accounts
Azure Site Recovery now supports firewall-enabled storage accounts.
Service Bus name changes
Effective January 1, 2019, the names for Azure Service Bus Messaging will change.
Azure SignalR Service GUID changes
Effective January 1, 2019, resource GUIDs and names for Azure SignalR Service will change.
Security Center Workload Protection for App Service name changes
Effective January 1, 2019, names for Security Center Workload Protection for App Service will change.
Blob storage Germany resource GUID and name changes
Effective January 1, 2019, resource GUIDs and names for Azure Blob storage for Germany regions will change.
Tomcat for Azure App Service on Linux now generally available
Azure App Service on Linux now supports Apache Tomcat 8.5 and 9. Azure App Service for Tomcat on Linux allows developers to quickly build, deploy, and scale their Tomcat web applications on a fully managed Linux-based service.
Update 18.11 for Azure Sphere in public preview
We are pleased to announce the 18.11 update to the Azure Sphere Operating System, Azure Sphere Security Service, and Visual Studio development environment.
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