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Monthly updates for May 2020

May 20

Point-in-time-restore (PITR) for Azure Cosmos DB

IN DEVELOPMENT

Azure Cosmos DB backup and restore capabilities will be enhanced with the addition of point-in-time-restore (PITR) in preview in the upcoming months. PITR will enable continuous backups of Azure Cosmos DB data and is designed to protect against accidental writes or delete

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
May 20

Azure Media Services is now available in Switzerland and Germany

NOW AVAILABLE

Announcing the general availability of Media Services in Switzerland (North and West) and Germany (North, West Central) regions.

  • Media Services
  • Video Indexer
  • Services
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
May 19

Build updates for Azure Cognitive Search

IN PREVIEW

At Build, we are announcing the new capabilities in Azure Cognitive Search making it easier for developers to build search experience and customize with new skills to deliver more relevant results

  • AI Enrichment
  • Features
May 19

Azure Storage—Routing preferences now available for preview

IN PREVIEW

Routing preferences provide the flexibility to optimize traffic to your Storage account for premium network performance by using the Microsoft global network, or to help lower costs using the public Internet. Publish route-specific endpoints for your storage account. The preview is available for all Storage accounts located in France South, South Central US, and the West Central US regions.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Features
May 19

Authenticate Azure Stream Analytics to Azure SQL Database using managed identities (preview)

IN PREVIEW

Azure Stream Analytics now supports managed identity authentication with Azure SQL Database.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
May 19

High throughput output from Stream Analytics to Azure Synapse Analytics (preview)

IN PREVIEW

Azure Stream Analytics jobs now have the ability to output to an existing SQL pool table in Azure Synapse Analytics, and to process throughput rates up to 200 MB/s.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Features
May 19

Announcing Project Bonsai and Project Moab

IN PREVIEW

Announcing Project Bonsai, Microsoft’s machine teaching service to create intelligent industrial control systems, along with Project Moab, a new open-source balancing robot to help engineers and developers learn how to build these real-world autonomous systems.

  • Features
May 19

‘Learn TV’ daily online program to provide developers with education and skills

IN PREVIEW

Microsoft Learn will launch “Learn TV,” daily live programming and discussions for developers and a one-stop shop to learn and grow with live content from Microsoft Cloud Advocates and Product Group leaders.

  • Features
May 19

Azure IoT Central - Build 2020 announcements

NOW AVAILABLE

New Azure IoT Central features, including new template and support for Azure Sphere and Azure IoT Edge, are now available.

  • Azure IoT Central
  • Features
May 19

Azure Container Registry diagnostic logs now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Container Registry diagnostic logs are now available.

  • Azure Container Registry
  • Features
May 19

Static Web Apps single page hosting option available in App Service now in preview

IN PREVIEW

Static Web Apps is a simplified hosting option for developers building modern web apps with static front-ends and dynamic back-ends powered by serverless APIs.

  • App Service
  • Services
  • Features
May 19

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) resource provider on Azure Stack preview

IN DEVELOPMENT

The private preview of AKS on Azure Stack Hub will be available soon.

  • Azure Stack Hub
  • Features
May 19

Azure Stack Hub fleet management preview

IN DEVELOPMENT

Six new Azure Stack Hub features will soon be in limited or public preview beginning summer 2020.

  • Azure Stack Hub
  • Features
May 19

Easily deploy and manage Azure Stack through Avanade

NOW AVAILABLE

Avanade, a cloud services partner, now offers a way to easily deploy and manage Azure Stack in remote locations like factories, oil rigs, retail locations, warehouses, and all edges in between.

  • Azure Stack Hub
  • Features
May 19

CloudAssert multicloud management solution for Hub now available

NOW AVAILABLE

CloudAssert multicloud management solution is now available.

  • Azure Stack Hub
  • Features
May 19

Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub private preview

IN DEVELOPMENT

Announcing a private preview of Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub.

  • Azure Stack Hub
  • Features
May 19

Azure Container Registry support for Azure Private Link and firewall is now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Container Registry support for Private Link and ingress firewall, a means to limit the network traffic of resources within a virtual network, is now generally available.

  • Azure Container Registry
  • Features
May 19

IoT Hub support for virtual networks is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

IoT Hub support for virtual networks is now generally available.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Features
May 19

High throughput output from Azure Stream Analytics to Azure Synapse Analytics in preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Stream Analytics jobs now have the ability to output to an existing SQL pool table in Azure Synapse Analytics, and to process throughput rates up to 200 Mbps.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Features
May 19

Authenticate Azure Stream Analytics to Azure SQL Database using managed identities

IN PREVIEW

Azure Stream Analytics now supports managed identity authentication with Azure SQL Database.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features

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