Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2020
Azure Monitor for containers now supports GPU monitoring on AKS GPU-enabled node pool
Target availability: Q1 2020
Azure Monitor for containers now supports monitoring of GPU usage on AKS GPU-enabled node pool
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 Container Registry support for Private Link now in preview
Azure Container Registry now supports Private Link, a means to limit network traffic of resources within the virtual network.
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).
Azure Database for MySQL—Three years 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.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Three years 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 for three years.
Azure Database for MariaDB reserved capacity pricing is now available
Azure Database for MariaDB reserved capacity pricing is now available to reserve compute power for your existing and future MariaDB servers.
Azure Web Application Firewall for Azure Content Delivery Network is in preview
Protect your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities with Web Application Firewall for Azure Content Delivery Network. Web Application Firewall is already natively integrated with Azure Application Gateway and Azure Front Door services.
101 services at FedRAMP High as Azure Government continues expanding capacity
21 new services added to FedRAMP High ATO, delivering on continued commitment to accelerating compliance for government customers
Azure IoT Edge 1.0.9 release is now available
The Azure IoT Edge 1.0.9 release is available with support for x.509 certs and the 'iotedge support-bundle' command.
HBv2-Series VMs are Generally Available in West Europe
HBv2-series VMs for HPC now available in the Azure West Europe region
Azure Shared Disks for clustered applications preview now available
Azure Shared Disks is a shared block storage offering, enabling customers to run latency-sensitive workloads without compromising on well-known deployment patterns for fast failover and high availability.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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