Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2020
Azure Cosmos DB logical partition size increased to 20 GB
Azure Cosmos DB has increased the size of logical partitions for customers to 20 GB, doubling the size from 10 GB.
Azure Cosmos DB—Limit of 25 collections per database
Azure Cosmos DB accounts using shared database throughput are now limited to 25 collections per database.
Web Application Firewall with Azure Front Door service now supports exclusion lists
Web Application Firewall exclusion lists allow you to omit certain request attributes from a rule evaluation. Use them to fine tune Web Application Firewall policies for your applications.
Vulnerability scanning for images in Azure Container Registry is now generally available
Target availability: Q1 2020
Vulnerability scanning for images stored in Azure Container Registry is now generally available in Azure Security Center.
Improved resource governance for Azure Analysis Services
Today, we are excited to announce the release of two enhancements concerning the memory governance options of Azure Analysis Services. Specifically, the enhancements improve the accuracy of the…
Azure Site Recovery mobility service automated deployment using JetPatch
Automate the Azure Site Recovery Mobility service deployment using JetPatch.
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.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Planned maintenance notifications now in preview
The planned maintenance notifications feature of Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Single Server is now in preview. Use this feature to receive alerts about upcoming planned maintenance to your Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Azure Database for MySQL—Planned maintenance notification now in preview
The planned maintenance notifications feature of Azure Database for MySQL is now in preview. Use this feature to receive alerts for upcoming planned maintenance to your Azure Database for MySQL.
Azure Database for MariaDB—Planned maintenance notifications now in preview
The planned maintenance notifications feature of Azure Database for MariaDB is now in preview. Use this feature to receive alerts for upcoming planned maintenance to your Azure Database for MariaDB.
New features in Azure Cosmos DB Jupyter notebooks are now in preview
Azure Cosmos DB has several new features available in the preview of built-in Jupyter notebooks, making it easier for developers and data scientists to analyze and visualize their Azure Cosmos DB data.
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.
Active Directory for authentication on SMB access to Azure File in preview
Azure Files Active Directory (AD) Authentication is now in preview. Use it to mount your Azure Files using AD credentials with the exact same access control experience as on-premises.
Data Factory adds Flatten transformation, single-row lookups, and updated UI for container activities
Azure Data Factory added several new features to mapping data flows and pipeline activities this week: Flatten transformation, Lookup transformation, container UI.
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