Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2020
Azure Front Door—March 2020 updates
Azure Front Door is a cloud-native modern content delivery network offering that enables customers to improve their apps for performance, security, availability, and scalability by providing a high-performant and low-latency network, web application firewall, global load balancing, SSL offload, and TCP/SSL optimizations. Several new capabilities for Front Door are now generally available.
Azure Database for MySQL—Connection redirection support for PHP drivers
Redirection support for the mysqlnd PHP driver used to connect to Azure Database for MySQL is now available in preview. Take advantage of the mysqlnd_azure extension to improve the connection latency between applications and Azure Database for MySQL.
Azure Cloud Shell now supports additional storage regions
Azure Cloud Shell now supports additional storage regions.
Http Raw logs for Azure Content Delivery Network
Azure Content Delivery Network now supports HTTP raw logs.
Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.
Azure Private Link for Azure Cosmos DB is now generally available
Limit data exposure to the public internet and reduce the risk of data exfiltration by accessing your Azure Cosmos accounts from virtual networks via private IP addresses.
Translator encryption of data at rest with customer managed keys
Encrypt customer data stored at rest by default, with no additional action required from you, using Microsoft Custom Translator.
Azure Data Explorer deployment into Azure Virtual Networks now generally available
Deployment of an Azure Data Explorer into a virtual network is now generally available. Use this feature to isolate the network traffic and limit the attack surface for Azure Data Explorer and their corresponding communications.
Azure Private Link for Azure Database for MariaDB is now generally available
Azure Private Link support for Azure Database for MariaDB is now generally available.
Private Link for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server is now available
Azure Private Link support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server is now generally available.
Azure Private Link for Azure Database for MySQL is now available
Azure Private Link support for Azure Database for MySQL is now generally available.
Azure Cognitive Services—Brazilian Portuguese added to neural Text to Speech
Target availability: Q1 2020
Francisca, our new Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR) voice, has been added to neural Text to Speech. Francisca features the same human-like natural prosody of the other neural Text to Speech voices on Azure.
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.
Private Endpoints for Azure Storage are now Generally Available
Private Endpoints provide secure connectivity to Azure Storage from a Azure virtual network (VNet). On-premises networks can also securely connect to a storage account using a private endpoint when that network is to a VNet using Express Route or VPN. Private Endpoints for Azure Storage are now generally available in all Azure public regions.
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.
ACR built-in audit policies for Azure Policy is now in preview
Azure Container Registry now supports built-in audit policies for Azure Policy
Managed keys for Azure Container Registry is now in preview
Bring your own encryption key for Azure Container Registry.
Azure Monitor Application Insights now supports Python
Azure Monitor now supports distributed tracing, metric collection, and logging of Python applications through integration with OpenCensus.
Azure SQL Database default configurations are changing
Target availability: Q1 2020
Azure SQL Database now has the latest Gen 5 hardware in place to ensure optimal service performance. As a result, the default database configurations and the default elastic pool configurations are being changed for all new Azure SQL databases.
Virtual Network NAT now generally available
Azure Virtual Network NAT (network address translation) simplifies outbound-only Internet connectivity for virtual networks. NAT can be configured for one or more subnets of a virtual network and provides on-demand connectivity for virtual machines.
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