Updates Archives
Monthly updates for November 2019
Azure SQL Database—Extensions for index resumable online operations
Now in general availability, a new configuration option, PAUSED_RESUMABLE_INDEX_ABORT_DURATION_MINUTES, has been added to ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION (Transact-SQL) for resumable online index operations.
Azure Active Directory server principals (logins) for SQL managed instance
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) server principals (also known as Azure AD logins) for managed instance are now in general availability.
Azure private endpoint support for Azure Cosmos DB is now in preview
Azure private endpoint for Azure Cosmos DB is a network interface that connects you privately and securely to a service powered by Azure Private Link.
Azure Cosmos DB API now supports MongoDB version 3.6
The Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB now supports MongoDB wire protocol version 6 and server version 3.6. All new accounts provisioned using the Azure portal will have the option to provision with server version 3.6.
Azure Cosmos DB supports GROUP BY for queries for SQL (Core) API
Now in general availability, Azure Cosmos DB supports GROUP BY for queries for SQL (Core) API. This is one of our top asks from users and we are excited to release this capability.
New Azure SQL Database backup storage metrics are now generally available
New metrics are now available to monitor Azure SQL Database backup storage consumption.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Service notifications in East US and UK South
Now in preview for East US and UK South regions only, Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server provides support for service health notifications for planned maintenance.
Azure Database for MariaDB—Service health notifications in East US and UK South
Now in preview for the East US and UK South regions only, Azure Database for MariaDB provides support for service health notifications for planned maintenance.
Azure Database for MySQL—Service health notifications in East US and UK South
Now in preview for East US and UK South regions only, Azure Database for MySQL provides support for service health notifications for planned maintenance.
PostgreSQL and MySQL and MariaDB General Purpose Large Scale Storage Meter ID and Name Changes
Effective January 1, 2020, the meter IDs and names of Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL and MariaDB General Purpose -Large Scale Storage will change.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL single server is now available in Switzerland regions
Azure Database for PostgreSQL is now generally available in the recently announced regions of Switzerland.
Azure Database for MariaDB server is now available in Switzerland regions
Azure Database for MariaDB is now generally available in the recently announced regions of Switzerland.
Azure Database for MySQL is now available in Switzerland regions
Azure Database for MySQL is now generally available in the recently announced regions of Switzerland.
Migrate SQL Server databases for Windows users to SQL managed instance
Support is now available in preview for T-SQL Data Definition Language (DDL) for Windows users and groups migrating from SQL Server databases to SQL managed instance with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus)—User role management is now available
Now in general availability, user role management enables management of Postgres user roles on Hyperscale (Citus) server group nodes in addition to "citus" and other built-in roles.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus)—64 vCore compute option is now available
Now in general availability, Hyperscale (Citus) supports a 64 vCore compute option in addition to the 4, 8, 16, and 32 vCore choices previously available.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus)—High availability (HA) is now generally available
Now in general availability, HA allows for minimal database downtime by maintaining standby replicas of every node in a server group.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server—Reserved capacity is now available
Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server reserved capacity is now available to reserve compute power for your existing and future PostgreSQL servers.
Azure Database for MariaDB—Reserved capacity is now available
Azure Database for MariaDB reserved capacity is now available to reserve compute power for your existing and future MariaDB servers.
Azure Database for MySQL—Reserved capacity is now available
Azure Database for MySQL reserved capacity is now available to reserve compute power for your existing and future MySQL servers.
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