Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2020
Azure Dedicated Hosts now provide support for Azure reservations
Azure Dedicated Hosts now offer Azure reservations and support for Lsv2, Msv2, Dasv4, and Easv4 Azure Virtual Machines in addition to providing new hardware options. Run a broader range of general purpose, memory-intensive or storage-intensive workloads on physical servers dedicated to your organization.
Azure Functions Premium plan is now available in 16 new regions
Target availability: Q1 2020
Run serverless function apps with no cold-start, virtual network connectivity, and larger instance sizes with the Azure Functions Premium plan. The plan supports running on either Windows-based or Linux-based instances, and is now available in 16 new regions.
Azure Functions Premium plan regional virtual network integration
Regional virtual network integration is now generally available in the Azure Functions Premium plan. Run serverless function apps with no cold-start, virtual network connectivity, and larger instance sizes with the Premium plan.
Azure Security Center—Protection for Azure Kubernetes Service is now available
Target availability: Q2 2020
Azure Security Center is expanding its container security features to protect Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
HBv2-Series VMs are Generally Available in West Europe
HBv2-series VMs for HPC now available in the Azure West Europe region
App Service regional Virtual Network integration is now available
The regional Virtual Network integration feature of Azure App Service, which enables access to resources across service endpoints or ExpressRoute connections, is now generally available.
Azure Functions custom handlers are now in preview
Extend the Azure Functions runtime with support for your preferred language or language version using a lightweight HTTP server.
Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.
Azure Functions—Python 3.8 support is now generally available
Azure Functions support for Python 3.8 is now generally available. This enables developing, debugging, and deploying Function Apps for production scenarios using the tools of your choice, specifically Visual Studio Code, the Azure portal, Azure Functions Core Tools and Azure CLI.
Azure Service Fabric 7.0 fourth refresh release is now rolling out
Azure Service Fabric 7.0 fourth refresh release, which includes bug fixes and performance enhancements for standalone and Azure environments, has started rolling out to various Azure regions.
Automatic instance repairs for Azure virtual machine scale sets now in preview
Azure virtual machine scale sets now provide the capability to automatically repair unhealthy instances based on application health status.
NDv2-Series VMs are now Generally Available
NDv2 GPU VMs for high-end deep learning training and HPC workloads are going GA in East US, South Central US, and West Europe.
NVv4-Series VMs are now Generally Available
We are announcing general availability of NVv4 Virtual Machines. NVv4 VMs are designed to provide you unprecedented GPU resourcing flexibility. You can now choose VMs with a whole GPU all the way down to 1/8th of a GPU.
Virtual machine scale sets now simpler to manage
Manage virtual machine scale sets more effectively by specifying the order in which virtual machines (VMs) are deleted, or by protecting one or more VMs in a scale set from specific actions, or by receiving notifications regarding VM deletions.
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