Updates Archives
Monthly updates for October 2019
Azure Mv2-series VMs with 12TB memory now GA in US West 2, US East & US East 2 regions
Azure Mv2-series Virtual Machines offering 416 vCPU and 12TB memory configurations are now generally available in the US West 2, US East and US East 2 regions. Mv2-series VMs are certified by SAP for SAP HANA OLTP and OLAP production workloads.
Azure Mv2-series VMs offering up to 12TB memory are now GA in the Southeast Asia Region
Azure Mv2-series Virtual Machines offering up to 416 vCPU in 3TB, 6TB and 12TB memory configurations are now generally available in the Southeast Asia region. Mv2-series VMs are certified by SAP for SAP HANA OLTP and OLAP production workloads.
Azure Mv2-series VMs offering up to 12TB memory are now GA in EU West and EU North regions
Azure Mv2-series Virtual Machines offering up to 416 vCPU in 3TB, 6TB and 12TB memory configurations are now generally available In the EU West and EU North regions. Mv2-series VMs are certified by SAP for SAP HANA OLTP and OLAP production workloads.
Virtual Machines Dav3 Eav3 meter name changes
Starting December 1, 2019, some meter names of the Virtual Machines Eav3/Easv3 and Dav3/Dasv3 series will change.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Key Vault references in App Service and Azure Functions are now available
Introduce secrets management into your apps without code changes using Key Vault references.
Execute Azure Machine Learning service pipelines in Azure Data Factory pipelines
You now have the ability to run your Azure Machine Learning service pipelines as a step in your Azure Data Factory pipelines. This allows you to run your machine learning models with data from multiple sources (more than 85 data connectors supported in Data Factory).
Azure Sphere 19.09 release adds new use cases for enterprise customers
Update 19.09 for Azure Sphere public preview now available in Retail feed
New reference data options in Stream Analytics—SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server on VM
Target availability: Q4 2019
It's now possible to configure an Azure SQL Database Managed Instance or even a SQL server running on a virtual machine as a reference data input for you Stream Analytics job.
New output options in Azure Stream Analytics—SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server on VM
It’s now possible to configure an Azure SQL Database Managed Instance or even a SQL server running on a virtual machine as an output in your Stream Analytics job.
Azure Media Indexer is being retired
Target retirement date: January 01, 2023
A year ago we announced the general availability of Azure Video Indexer, which is built on the capabilities of Azure Media Analytics, Azure Search, and Cognitive Services. This enables you to extract a rich set of machine learning insights based on multiple channels of your media files, all integrated together in one call and on a shared timeline.
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