Updates Archives
Monthly updates for April 2020
Identity recommendations now included in Azure Security Center free tier
Security recommendations for identity and access on the Azure Security Center free tier are now generally available. This is part of the effort to make the cloud security posture management (CSPM) features completely free. Until now, these recommendations were only available on the standard pricing tier.
Azure HPC Cache – Express Snapshots is now available
Azure HPC Cache recent updates include express snapshots, MTU setting support, expansion to South Central US and more.
Azure Sphere 20.04 Update 1 is now available for compatibility testing
Azure Sphere 20.04 Update 1 will replace Azure Sphere 20.04 for compatibility testing in the evaluation feed. This update fixes a bug that was reported by customers during the initial Retail Evaluation period.
Azure Migrate is now available in Azure Government
All Azure Migrate features, including agentless discovery and assessment, application inventory, and migration, are now available in Azure Government.
Azure Support API is generally available
Create and manage Azure support tickets programmatically
Automatic instance repairs for virtual machine scale sets now available
Virtual machine scale sets now provide the capability to automatically repair unhealthy instances based on application health status.
Azure DevOps update to increase productivity and reduce latency
An update to Azure DevOps includes improvements to pull-request actionability, pipeline security and compliance, and npm API performances to increase productivity and reduce latency.
Azure Analysis Services—Improved query replica synchronization now available
Improved query replica synchronization in Azure Analysis Services is now generally available. Analysis Services features improved query-replica synchronization in scale-out environments with client queries distributed across one or more query replicas, reducing response times for high concurrency workloads.
Azure Analysis Services—Query interleaving is now generally available
Query interleaving in Azure Analysis Services is now generally available. Query interleaving helps to improve the user experience in high-concurrency scenarios where a lot of queries are submitted close to each other.
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale—Change tracking support now available
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale now fully supports change tracking, a lightweight solution that provides an efficient change tracking mechanism for applications. Use Azure SQL engine’s native ability to keep track of which rows have been inserted, updated, or deleted on behalf of the user.
SQL Server 2019 IaaS images with Linux distribution support now available
Azure Marketplace pay-as-you-go images for SQL Server 2019 on RHEL 8.0, Ubuntu 18.04, and SLES 12 SP5 are now generally available.
Azure Monitor for virtual machines is now generally available
Azure Monitor for virtual machines (VMs), which provides an in-depth view of VM performance trends and dependencies, is now generally available. Get key monitoring data about your Windows and Linux VMs to help you discover dependencies, identify hotspots, and troubleshoot issues faster with Azure Monitor for VMs.
IoT Hub deprecation of support for TLS 1.0/1.1 is postponed
The deadline for IoT Hub deprecation of support for transport layer security (TLS) 1.0/1.1 is postponed indefinitely. IoT Hub will continue to support TLS 1.0/1.1 until further notice to ensure compatibility with existing applications and devices.
Many-to-many relationships in Azure Analysis Services are now generally available
Many-to-many relationships in Azure Analysis Services are now generally available. These are relationships between tables where both columns are non-unique, and are based on many-to-many relationships in Power BI.
Azure Analysis Services calculation groups are now generally available
Calculation groups for Azure Analysis Services are now generally available. Use them to declutter the user interface and improve the overall navigation experience for your users.
Azure Virtual Network now supports reverse DNS lookup
Azure Virtual Network now supports reverse DNS lookup (PTR DNS queries) for virtual machine IP addresses by default.
Replace existing disks is now supported for virtual machines with custom images
Support is now available for virtual machines (VMs) with custom images to replace existing disks during the restore flow.
Azure Machine Learning—New log streaming feature is now available
Log streaming is now available in the Azure Machine Learning studio UI.
Azure Sphere update 20.04 is now available for compatibility testing
The Azure Sphere update 20.04 is now available via the retail evaluation feed, which is meant for backwards compatibility testing. Use it to verify production-signed applications against the new release before it's deployed broadly via the retail feed.
Azure Monitor Logs new create workspace experience
Collect and analyze logs from your Azure estate using the power and flexibility of Azure Monitor Logs.
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