Updates Archives
Monthly updates for June 2020
Azure Data Lake Storage archive tier is now generally available
The archive tier for Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available. The archive tier provides an ultra-low cost tier for long term retention of data while keeping your data available for future analytics needs.
Azure Firewall July 2020 update
Custom DNS, DNS Proxy, and FQDN filtering in network rules are now in preview. IP Groups and IP Groups in Firewall policy are now generally available.
Company branding feature is now available on your organization's Azure AD sign-in page
The enhanced company branding feature is now generally available on your organization’s Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) sign-in page.
Azure Sphere OS quality update 20.06 is now available
The Azure Sphere OS quality update 20.06 is now available in the retail feed.
Azure Speech Services REST API v3.0 is now available
Azure Azure Speech Services REST API v3.0 is now available, along with several new features.
Azure CLI June 2020 update
The Azure CLI continues to expand with support for new Azure services. This release includes 23 new modules to manage as many Azure services.
Azure Pipelines now supports Linux/ARM64
Azure Pipelines now supports Linux/ARM64, as was highly requested by the community. Other key features to enhance the overall user experience are also now available.
Database engine auditing for Azure Database for MySQL is now available
Azure Database for MySQL now provides general availability support for using audit logs to record database activity and events such as connections and queries.
Database engine auditing for Azure Database for MariaDB is now available
Azure Database for MariaDB now provides general availability support for using audit logs to record database activity and events such as connections and queries.
Wildcard indexes in Azure Cosmos DB's API for MongoDB
Wildcard indexes in the Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB, a popular MongoDB feature introduced in MongoDB version 4.2, are now available.
Case-insensitive string functions with Azure Cosmos DB now available
Case-insensitive support in Azure Cosmos DB was released for the following string system functions—Contains, EndsWith, StringEquals, and StartsWith.
Azure SDK for embedded devices
The new Azure Embedded C SDK is designed to allow small and embedded devices, such as IoT, to communicate with Azure services.
Create a formula in Azure DevTest Labs using a shared image gallery image
Your customers can now create a formula in DevTest Labs using a shared image gallery image. Formulas provide a dynamic way to create virtual machines from the desired configuration and settings. Changes in the environment can be captured on the fly via artifacts.
Azure Content Delivery Network standard rules engine is now available
Take advantage of new rules to further customize the behavior of standard Azure Content Delivery Network to best meet the needs of your customers. Use the rules engine to modify request and response headers or dynamically override your existing route behavior based on incoming requests. Now generally available with the ability to add additional rules. The first five rules are free.
Azure Front Door rules engine now generally available
Azure Front Door rules engine is now generally available. Take advantage of these new rules to further customize the behavior of your Front Door to best meet the needs of your customers. Rules engine empowers you to modify request and response headers, or dynamically override your existing route behavior based on incoming requests. Create up to 25 rules per configuration.
Improvements to Azure Monitor log alerts include new links and added dimensions
Updates to log alerts in Azure Monitor include new links to the Log Analytics API and links filtered by dimensions. Dimensions are also now included in the payload of most action types.
Updates for monitoring and troubleshooting Azure IoT Hub message routing
More detailed monitoring metrics and diagnostic logs, plus a new troubleshooting guide, are now available to accelerate monitoring and troubleshooting for Azure IoT Hub message routing.
Azure Automation updated DNS records
Target availability: Q2 2020
To support new features in Azure Automation, like Azure Private Links, the automation URLs have been updated. Instead of region-specific URLs, there are now account-specific URLs.
Azure SDKs—June 2020 release
The June 2020 release for the Azure SDKs include updates to these libraries: Cosmos DB (Java), Event Hubs, Azure Storage, and Text Analytics. Additionally, the following are now available in preview: Azure.Identity, Azure Search, Form Recognizer, and Service Bus.
Azure Virtual Machines DCsv2-series is now available in West Europe
Confidential computing DCsv2-series virtual machines (VMs) are now available in East US, Canada Central, UK South, and West Europe.
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