Updates Archives
Monthly updates for April 2019
Apache Hadoop 3 on Azure HDInsight 4.0 is now available
New features in Hadoop 3 provide significant improvements to performance, stability, and availability, helping reduce total cost of ownership and accelerating time-to-value.
Pod security policy for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now available in preview
Pod Security Policy enables customers to control sensitive aspects of a pod specification by defining a set of conditions that a pod must run with in order to be accepted.
Announcing Azure Backup support to move Recovery Services vaults across subscriptions and resource groups
Announcing the GA support for move functionality for recovery services vaults where you can migrate a vault between subscriptions and resource groups with a few steps, in minimal downtime and without any data-loss of old backups. You can move RS vault and retain recovery points of protected VMs to restore to any point in time later.
Home realm discovery during sign-in for Microsoft 365 services
We are changing our Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) sign-in behavior to make room for new authentication methods and improve usability. During sign-in, Azure AD determines where a user needs to authenticate. Azure AD makes intelligent decisions by reading organization and user settings for the username entered on the sign-in page. This is a step towards a password-free future that enables additional credentials like FIDO 2.0.
More sign-in options for Microsoft accounts in Microsoft 365
Target availability: Q2 2019
We're updating the Microsoft 365 sign-in page for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to add a new sign-in options link. This link will be added only to sign-in pages that accept personal Microsoft accounts.
AzCopy Preview now supports Amazon Web Services S3 as a data source
Target availability: Q2 2019
AzCopy Preview (v10) now supports Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 as a data source and can copy an entire AWS S3 bucket (or even multiple buckets) to Azure Blob storage.
Classic API Management Analytics will be retired on May 31, 2019
Target availability: Q2 2019
On May 30, 2019, classic API Management Analytics in the publisher portal will be retired.
General Availability: Azure Group Targeting for Azure Update Management
Azure group targeting for Azure update management is now generally available. This feature enables targeting of patch deployments to machines based on Azure-based queries.
Azure FXT Edge Filer is in public preview
The Avere FXT Edge Filer solution is currently being previewed. This redesigned hardware takes advantage of Avere Systems’ software technology to accelerate network-attached storage (NAS) environments and expand access to Azure Blob.
Azure Functions Premium plan
The Premium Plan is a new hosting option for Function Apps which provides pre-warmed workers to run your app with no delay after being idle, VNET connectivity, and more powerful hardware, without compromising on latency or scale
Azure Lab Services updates: GPU size, saving images, and connecting to on-premises resources
Updates to features in Azure Lab Services include GPU size, connecting to on-premises resources, saving an image, sending registration link in email, and connecting to Linux machines by using Remote Desktop.
Anomaly Detector is now available
Anomaly Detector, a new service within Azure Cognitive Services, is now available for developers. Easily embed anomaly detection capabilities into your apps to quickly identify problems and help minimize loss and customer impact.
Azure Firewall is now available in Azure Government
Azure Firewall Service is now generally available in Azure Government, and has been generally available in all Azure public regions since September 2018.
Cognitive Services Custom Vision is now available
Easily customize your own state-of-the-art computer vision models for your unique use case. Just upload a few labeled images and let Custom Vision Service do the hard work. With just one click, you can export trained models to be run on a device or as Docker containers.
Azure portal April 2019 update
The Azure portal has been updated in the areas of IaaS, Azure Data Explorer, Security Center, Azure Site Recovery, RBAC, support, and more.
The identity experience framework orchestration platform of Microsoft Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure AD B2C) is now available
Craft custom policies and user flows for identity (for example, sign-in, sign-up, profile edit, password reset) in consumer and e-commerce applications with the identity experience framework orchestration platform of Microsoft Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure AD B2C)
Speech service region expansion to ten additional regions
The post is about informing customer of the ten new regions Speech is now available.
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