Updates Archives
Monthly updates for October 2019
Azure Notification Hubs updates for iOS 13
Azure Notification Hubs updates for iOS 13 - Apple's update to the push notification service and its impact to Azure Notification Hubs customers.
Azure Resource Graph—New join support functionality is now available
Azure Resource Graph now supports join, enabling you to correlate between resources and their properties.
Cost Management features available as of October 2019
Here are the Cost Management features that are generally available as of October 2019.
Cost Management Preview Features October 2019
Please find a table below outlining the Cost Management features that are currently in preview.
New Azure Boards and Azure Repos app for Microsoft Teams
In the latest Azure DevOps update, we added new Microsoft Teams apps for Azure Boards and Azure Repos. The Azure Boards app will let you monitor work item activity and create work items from your Microsoft Teams channel. On the other hand, the Azure Repos app will allow you to monitor your repositories.
SR-IOV availability schedule on NCv3 Virtual Machines SKU
As part of Azure’s ongoing commitment to providing industry-leading performance, we are enabling support for all MPI types and versions, and RDMA verbs for InfiniBand-equipped virtual machines, beginning with NCv3 coming in early November 2019.
SR-IOV availability on NCv3 Virtual Machines SKU
We are announcing enhancements to enable support for all MPI implementations and versions, and RDMA verbs for InfiniBand-equipped virtual machines, beginning with NCv3 coming in early November 2019.
Azure Backup support for large disks up to 32 TB is now generally available
Azure Backup support for larger and more powerful Azure Managed Disks of up to 32 TB is now generally available. No user action is required to get the backups running for the large sized disks, if the virtual machine is already configured with Azure Backup.
Variable retention for Azure Monitor Application Insights is now generally available
Target availability: Q4 2019
Variable data retention for Azure Monitor Application Insights is now generally available.
Azure Monitor log analytics ingestion service undergoing maintenance from October 14 – 25
Target availability: Q4 2019
The ingestion service for the log analytics feature of Azure Monitor is undergoing maintenance from October 14 – 25. This shouldn't have any impact on data ingestion or usage of log analytics.
Performance-optimized storage configuration for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Self-installations of SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines can now benefit from performance-optimized storage configurations when they register with Resource Provider.
Azure Advisor cost recommendation enhancements
Advisor has made enhancements to its popular cost recommendation to resize or shut down under-utilized virtual machines. Although certain scenarios result in low utilization by design, you can often save money by managing the size and number of your virtual machines.
Azure Monitor updates—Containers for China regions, Grafana dashboard template, Agent
Updates on Azure Monitor for containers for China Region, Grafana dashboard template, and Agent.
Azure Monitor for containers is now available in Azure US Government region
Azure Monitor for containers is now generally available in the Azure US Government region.
Azure Site Recovery—Updates for Windows servicing stack and SHA-2
Windows servicing stack and SHA-2 updates for Azure Site Recovery Mobility agent/extension.
Azure Container Registry is now generally available in UAE North region
Azure Container Registry is now generally available in the UAE North region, bringing the total number of Azure regions that it's available in to 33. See the list of all regions where Azure Container Registry is available and where it's coming next.
Updates to Azure Monitor for virtual machines (preview) before general availability release
Updates to Azure Monitor for virtual machines (preview) will be launched in mid-November, 2019, ahead of the general availability (GA) release.
Azure IoT Central is now available in Asia Pacific
Azure IoT Central is now available in Asia Pacific geographies.
OMS Agent for Linux October release is now available
Target availability: Q4 2019
The OMS Agent for Linux October 2019 release is now available. This release contains many stability and reliability improvements.
Azure Stream Analytics is now available in France Central region
Customers can now use Azure Stream Analytics in the France Central region.
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