Updates Archives
Monthly updates for July 2019
Azure Site Recovery update rollup 38 (July 2019)
The latest update rollup for Azure Site Recovery is now available.
Managed Instance enhances security with network traffic containment within Azure cloud
The network traffic of Azure SQL Database managed instance is now contained within Azure cloud by default. This update enhances the security and prevents exfiltration of data via Internet.
GPU Optimized Visualization VMs now available in South Central US, West US, West Europe and North Europe Azure Regions
NVv3-Series VMs are now available in South Central US, West US, West Europe and North Europe Azure regions.
Azure Security Center launched new SQL recommendations
New SQL related recommendations are now available
Network security group improvements—ICMP support and override default Azure platform considerations
New improvements have been added to network security group (NSG), which filters network traffic to and from various Azure resources—Specify ICMP as the protocol in your NSG rules and override the default Azure platform considerations.
Azure Security Center for IoT now available
Azure Security Center allows you to protect your end-to-end IoT deployment with threat protection that identifies emerging threats and provides you with steps for remediation.
New Analytics reports and Azure Boards app available for Slack
In the Sprint 155 Update of Azure DevOps, we are introducing new Azure Boards reports to make it easier for you to track important team metrics. You will see the new reports under the Analytics tab in the Boards, Backlog and Sprint hubs.
Azure Blob lifecycle management is now available in all Azure regions
Azure Blob lifecycle management is now enhanced with expanded regional availability and intuitive portal experience.
The recommendation for storage access restriction has been retired
The following recommendation has been disabled: Access to storage accounts with firewall and virtual network configurations should be restricted (Preview)
Azure Search is now integrated with the Azure Government cloud
Azure Search is now integrated with the Azure Government cloud, enabling U.S. public sector customers to create sophisticated search solutions.
Azure Mv2-series virtual machines (VMs) offering up to 6 TB of memory are now available for the US West 2 region
Azure Mv2-series virtual machines offering up to 208 vCPU in 3 TB and 6 TB memory configurations are now generally available for the US West 2 region. Mv2 VMs are certified by SAP for SAP HANA OLTP and OLAP production workloads.
Azure Lab Services now has a new instance size available—Medium (nested virtualization)
Azure Lab Services now has a new instance size available—Medium (nested virtualization) that’s priced at USD0.55 per hour across all regions (55 lab units per hour).
Azure Lab Services has removed the unlimited option from quota per user to help save on costs
Azure Lab Services has removed the unlimited option from quota per user so lab owners can intentionally choose a specific number of hours needed for each lab to help save costs.
Azure Lab Services—Ability to reset passwords and support for Ubuntu Images has been added
Azure Lab Services now supports the ability to reset passwords and to provide added support for Ubuntu images.
PostgreSQL 11 is now generally available in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL 11, the latest major version of PostgreSQL, is now generally available in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
New developer pricing tier for integration service environment
We now offer a developer pricing tier (general availability) that allows customers to deploy an integration service environment (ISE) at a reduced cost.
Azure IoT Edge 1.0.8 release is now available
Azure IoT Edge 1.0.8 release is available with multiple improvements.
Azure portal July 2019 feature update
This month, Azure portal updates include updates to Azure Security Center, the ability to use ephemeral OS disks on Azure VMs, sending Windows diagnostics data to Azure Monitor and more.
Premium Blob now supports Blob Lifecycle Management
Premium Blob now supports policy-based object deletion.
Azure Monitor Log Analytics UI updates – June 2019
We are excited and happy to share with you our latest updates and improvements to the Log Analytics UI!1. Log Analytics dashboard picker Log Analytics dashboards can visualize all of your saved log…
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