Updates Archives
Monthly updates for December 2019
Service-aided subnet configuration for managed instance in Azure SQL Database is now available
To address customer security and manageability requirements, managed instance, a deployment capability of Azure SQL Database, is transitioning from a manual to service-aided subnet configuration.
Azure SQL Database managed instance meter PITRs name changes
Effective February 1, 2020, the meter names of Azure SQL Database managed instance point-in-time restore (PITR) backup will change.
Azure SQL Database Gen 4 hardware approaching end of life in 2020
Target retirement date: December 18, 2019
Azure SQL Database is beginning the decommissioning process of Gen 4 Intel E5-2673 v3 (Haswell)-based CPUs and is transitioning to Intel E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) 2.3 GHz and Intel SP8160 (Skylake) processors for all new deployments.
Data Factory Expands Data Flow Parameterization Capabilities
Azure Data Factory expands parameterization capabilities to make data flows even more reusable and scalable.
Azure Data Factory supports preserving metadata during file copy
Azure Data Factory copy activity now supports preserving metadata during file copy among Amazon S3, Azure Blob, and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.
Azure Database for MySQL support for MySQL 8.0 is now available
Azure Database for MySQL now provides general availability support for the latest major version of MySQL, version 8.0.
Easily monitor backup storage costs for Azure SQL databases and elastic pools
Easily monitor backup storage costs for your single databases and elastic pools directly from the Azure portal.
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