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Azure Service Health security advisories are now available

Azure Service Health now has security advisories. These are a notification type that will communicate urgent security-related information affecting your Azure workloads.

• Azure Service Health
• Services

Spatial geometry in Azure Cosmos DB now generally available

Support for spatial geometry in Azure Cosmos DB is now generally available. Store both spatial geometry and geography data in Azure Cosmos DB with this capability.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

Hyperscale (Citus) backup now supports availability zones

Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Hyperscale (Citus) now supports Availability Zones for node backup storage and is generally available. Automated backup enabled on each Hyperscale (Citus) node throughout the cluster lifecycle is now replicated to three availability zones in Azure regions that support AZs.

• Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Features

The self-hosted gateway feature of API Management is now generally available

The self-hosted gateway feature provides new deployment options and expands API Management support for hybrid and multi-cloud environments that are common among enterprise customers.

• API Management
• Services
• Features

Azure Sphere 20.04 update 2 is now available for compatibility testing

This update fixes a bug that prevented ISU features (SPI, I2C, UART) from working in RTApps. Azure Sphere 20.04 update 2, now available on the retail evaluation feed, fixes this problem.

• Azure Sphere
• Operating System

Azure Data Explorer—One-click ingestion support is now available

Azure Data Explorer now has support for one-click ingestion from containers, along with continuous ingestion for new blobs with intuitive schema definition.

• Azure Data Explorer
• Event Grid
• Features

Azure Security Center—Dynamic compliance packages now generally available

The Azure Security Center regulatory compliance dashboard now includes dynamic compliance packages (now generally available) to track additional industry and regulatory standards.

• Security

Maintenance control for platform updates now generally available

The maintenance control feature of Azure Virtual Machines platform updates is now generally available for Azure Dedicated Hosts and isolated VMs. Use this feature to control all host updates, including rebootless updates, within a 35-day window.

• Virtual Machines
• Services
• Features

Managed identity support in AKS is now available

With managed identities, there’s no need to manage your own service principals or rotate credentials often.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Azure Advisor integration with AKS now generally available

By analyzing your AKS configuration and usage telemetry, Azure Advisor can recommend solutions that help improve the performance, high availability, and security of your AKS cluster.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Azure Private Link for AKS is now generally available

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Private Link is now generally available. Use it to isolate your Kubernetes API server within your Azure virtual network, enabling fully private communication with the managed Kubernetes control plane hosted by AKS.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Windows Server containers in AKS now generally available

Run Linux and Windows workloads side-by-side in a single cluster with AKS support for Windows Server containers.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Azure IoT Central—March 2020 updates

March 2020 feature updates in Azure IoT Central

• Azure IoT Central
• Features

Azure Red Hat OpenShift on OpenShift 4 now available

Azure Red Hat OpenShift on OpenShift 4 is now generally available.

• Azure Red Hat OpenShift
• Services
• Features

New DCsv2-series virtual machines are now available

Azure confidential computing enables customers to develop applications that protect data while in-use, meaning that it protects data while its been processed in the CPU. DCsv2-Series VMs are use Intel SGX technology to protect data while in-use, and they are now generally available.

• Services

Monitoring your reservation and Marketplace purchases with Budgets

Budget evaluations in Azure Cost Management now include your reservation and Marketplace purchases

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Management

Azure App Service—.NET Core 3.1 is now generally available

.NET Core 3.1 LTS available on App Service for Linux and Windows applications.

• Features

Azure Archive expanded capabilities now generally available

Target availability: Q2 2020

Three new feature enhancements for Azure Block Blob storage and Azure Archive storage are now generally available, making the service faster, simpler, and more capable.

• Archive Storage
• Hot/Cool/Cold Blob Storage Tiers
• Azure Blob Storage
• Services
• Features

Custom views with view designer are migrating to Azure Monitor workbooks

Target retirement date: July 01, 2022

Azure Monitor is making changes to the custom views experience in Log Analytics Workspaces. Beginning March 2020, we will be replacing the View Designer tool with Azure Monitor Workbooks. Workbooks provide a flexible canvas for data analysis and the creation of rich visual reports within the Azure portal. They allow you to tap into multiple data sources from across Azure and combine them into unified interactive experiences.

• Azure Monitor
• Retirements