Updates Archives
Monthly updates for June 2020
Large storage for Azure Database for MariaDB
Support for up to 16 TB of storage and up to 20,000 IOPS in Azure Database for MariaDB is now available in preview. This functionality not only provides five times more storage for database servers, but also more than triples the available IOPS.
Data encryption with customer-managed keys for Azure Database for MySQL
We’re excited to announce the preview of data encryption for Azure Database for MySQL. Data encryption with customer-managed keys for Azure Database for MySQL enables you to bring your own key (BYOK) for data protection at rest.
Redirection support for the mysqlnd PHP driver connecting to MariaDB now in preview
Redirection support for the mysqlnd PHP driver used to connect to Azure Database for MariaDB is now available in preview.
Azure SQL Database Hyperscale—Transparent data encryption with customer-managed keys now in preview
For the Hyperscale service tier in Azure SQL Database, TDE with bring your own key (BYOK) support is now available in preview. TDE with BYOK gives customers full and granular control over usage and management of the database encryption key (also known as TDE protector) and enables central management of keys in Azure Key Vault.
Machine Learning on Azure SQL Managed Instance limited preview available
Machine Learning services with support for R and Python languages now include limited preview support on Azure SQL Managed Instance.
Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK 4.0 for Core (SQL) API release now in general availability
Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK for Core (SQL) API enables interaction with Azure Cosmos DB from Java applications. This latest SDK version 4.0 allows sending requests to Azure Cosmos DB via the recommended Core (SQL) API.
Azure Policy support for Azure Cosmos DB is now available
Azure Cosmos DB resource governance can now be implemented with Azure Policy.
Azure IoT Central—May 2020 dashboard updates
Azure IoT Central May 2020 dashboard feature updates are now available.
Azure Databricks is now available in the Azure Government cloud (in preview)
Azure Databricks is now available in preview to Azure Government customers in the US Gov Virginia and Arizona regions. Azure Databricks provides a fast, easy, and collaborative Apache Spark™-based analytics platform as a fully managed service. It helps you increase your developer productivity, automatically scales with your most demanding workloads, and enables enterprise-grade security that’s easy to use on Azure.
Azure DevOps Services now simplifies Azure Artifacts integration with other services
The latest update to Azure DevOps Services includes new features for Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, and Azure Pipelines. Of particular note is a new Azure Artifacts feature that makes it easier to authenticate Azure Artifacts with other popular package managers.
Data Factory adds management hub, inline datasets, and support for CDM in data flows
Azure Data Factory adds new features for ADF pipelines, Synapse pipelines and data flow formats
Azure Site Recovery update rollup 46—June 2020
The latest Azure Site Recovery updates provides fixes and download links for Site Recovery components.
Minimal TLS version setting is now available for Azure Database for MariaDB
Enforce a minimal TLS version at the server level that applies to Azure Database for MariaDB using the new TLS version setting.
Minimal TLS version setting is now available for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Enforce a minimal TLS version at the server level that applies to Azure Database for PostgreSQL using the new TLS version setting.
Minimal TLS version setting is now available for Azure Database for MySQL
Enforce a minimal transport layer security (TLS) version at the server level that applies to Azure Database for MySQL using the new TLS version setting.
HBv2-Series VMs now available in West US 2
HBv2-series VMs for HPC now available in the West US 2 region.
New Azure Virtual Machines with high-performance local SSD are now generally available
The new Dd v4-series and Ed v4-series Azure Virtual Machines feature the Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL custom processor. The Dd v4-series and Dds v4 virtual machine (VM) sizes are well suited for applications that benefit from low latency, high-speed local storage (up to 2,400 GiB.) The Edv4-series and Edsv4-series VM sizes are ideal for various memory-intensive enterprise applications and feature up to 504 GiB of RAM, in addition to high-performance local SSD storage (up to 2,400 GiB.)
Azure Dedicated Hosts now support additional Azure Virtual Machines
Deploy M-series, NV v3-series and NV v4-series Azure Virtual Machines on Azure Dedicated Hosts. This will expand the range of workloads you can run on Dedicated Hosts to include memory-intensive and graphics-intensive applications.
Azure Shared Image Gallery features are now available
New features in Azure Shared Image Gallery are now generally available.
Azure Shared Image Gallery—New features are now available in preview
New preview features now available in Azure Shared Image Gallery.
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