Updates Archives
Monthly updates for July 2019
Azure AD support for FIDO2-based passwordless sign-in
Azure AD users can sign in password-free using a FIDO2 security key.
Update to Azure SQL Database serverless provides even greater price optimization
The minimum configurable auto-pause delay has decreased to 1 hour providing even greater price optimization opportunities for serverless databases.
Large storage for Azure Database for PostgreSQL now in preview
We are excited to announce support for up to 16TB of storage and up to 20,000 IOPS in Azure Database for PostgreSQL is now in preview.
Large storage for Azure Database for MySQL now in preivew
We are excited to announce support for up to 16TB of storage and up to 20,000 IOPS in Azure Database for MySQL is now in preview.
General Availability: Non-Azure Groups for Azure Update Management
Today we’re happy to announce the general availability of Non-Azure group targeting for Azure Update Management. This feature enables dynamic targeting of patch deployments to non-Azure…
Azure AD B2B collaboration direct federation with SAML and WS-Fed providers
Seamlessly collaborate with guests or partners whose IT managed identity solution supports the SAML or WS-Fed standards.
Apache Spark 2.4 and Apache Kafka 2.1 support on Azure HDInsight
Azure HDInsight now supports Apache Spark 2.4 and Apache Kafka 2.1. You can choose the Spark or the Kafka version that you want during cluster creation in the Azure portal. Both updates come with several new features, hundreds of bug fixes and improvements.
Azure DevOps adds new features including bi-directional traceability between Releases and Jira issues
We are releasing the Azure Pipelines for Jira app to the Atlassian marketplace. The integration adds links to Jira issues as work items deployed with the releases and allows you to view deployment details directly in Jira issues.
Azure Data Factory Mapping Data Flows public preview adds parameter support
Azure Data Factory Mapping Data Flows provides a code-free design environment for building and operationalizing ETL data transformations at scale. Now, the ADF team has added parameter support for Data Flows, enabling flexible & reusable data flows that can be called dynamically from pipelines.
Azure Data Factory upgrades Teradata connector to enable new features and enhancement
Azure Data Factory upgraded the Teradata connector with new feature adds and enhancement, including built-in Teradata driver, out-of-box data partitioning to performantly ingest data from Teradata in parallel, and more.
Azure Monitor Log now supports log search on multiple Azure resources
Many Azure services added support for new and easier way to search their logs
Introducing B12, B16 & B20 - new larger B-series VM sizes with flexible CPU usage
We have released three new B-series sizes: B12ms, B16ms and B20ms. These are lower cost VMs with flexible CPU usage.
Azure Search—New storage optimized service tiers are now available
Storage Optimized editions, L1 & L2, are now generally available-- offering more storage at a reduced price per tier.
Azure Cosmos DB ExpressRoute BGP Community now available
We are now announcing the addition of the Azure Cosmos DB community on ExpressRoute, which will allow for regional advertisements of Azure Cosmos DB.
Azure Data Factory logs now available as dedicated tables in Azure Monitor Logs
A new logging mode in Diagnostic Settings for an Azure Logs target, starting with Azure Data Factory, will allow you to take advantage of improved ingestion latency, query performance, data discoverability, and more!
Azure Monitor for Containers: Enhanced search on live data and other updates available
Feature Updates enhanced search on live data, node storage/network performance on AKS, and data collection filter
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