Updates Archives
Monthly updates for July 2020
Text Analytics for health is now available in preview
The health feature of Text Analytics uses natural language processing techniques to find and label valuable information in unstructured clinical documents such as doctor’s notes, discharge summaries, clinical documents, and electronic health records.
Custom Commands is now generally available
Streamline the process for creating task-oriented voice applications with Custom Commands (now generally available).
Distributed network name for SQL Server on Virtual Machines is now available
Support for distributed network name (DNN) for SQL Server failover cluster instance (SQL FCI) on Azure IaaS with SQL Server 2019 CU2 and higher is now available.
Preview support for Azure Shared Disks for SQL Server failover cluster instance on Azure IaaS is now available
Preview support is now available for Azure Shared Disks for SQL Server failover cluster instance (SQL FCI) on Azure IaaS with SQL Server 2019 on Windows Server 2019 and higher.
Form Recognizer is now generally available
Form Recognizer extracts text, tables, and key value pairs quickly and accurately from documents, both-on premises and in the cloud.
Azure Load Balancer support for IP-based backend pool management is in preview
Azure Load Balancer now supports adding and removing resources from a backend pool via an IPv4 or IPv6 addresses and virtual network ID. This will enable you to easily manage the containers, virtual machines, and virtual machine scale sets associated with their load balancer. It will also allow IP addresses to be reserved as part of a backend pool before the associated resources are created.
Upcoming changes to JSON flattening and storage for new Azure Time Series Insights deployments
Azure Time Series Insights is making changes to JSON telemetry data flattening and storage. These changes will go into effect 10 July 2020 for new deployments only.
Azure Stream Analytics tools for Visual Studio Code now supports Visual Studio Codespaces
Azure Stream Analytics tools for Visual Studio Code now supports Visual Studio Codespaces.
Azure Virtual WAN: Multiple capabilities and new partners now generally available
Today we are announcing the General Availability of multiple enhancements in Azure Virtual WAN, including hub-to-hub, custom routing and transit capabilities.
Disabling public network access for Azure IoT Hub will disable access to built-in Azure Event Hub endpoint on September 30, 2020
When public network access to Azure IoT Hub is disabled, the built-in Azure Event Hub-compatible endpoint in IoT Hub may continue to be accessible via the public internet On September 30, 2020, this behavior will change, and public access to the built-in endpoint will be disabled when public network access is disabled for IoT Hub.
Azure Firewall Manager is now generally available
Firewall Manager is a security management service that provides central security policy and route management for cloud-based security perimeters.
Virtual machine scale sets—Automatic image upgrades for custom images now available
Virtual machine scale sets now provide the ability to automatically deploy new versions of custom images to scale set virtual machines.
Azure Security Center—News and updates for June 2020
New enhancements and updates were made to Azure Security Center in June 2020.
Azure Active Directory B2C meter IDs will change on August 1, 2020
Effective August 1, 2020, the meter IDs will change for Azure Active Directory B2C monthly active users.
Visual Studio Online meter names will change on August 1, 2020
Effective August 1, 2020, the meter name of Visual Studio Online will change.
Azure Maps private atlas meter names will change on August 1, 2020
The meter names of Azure Maps private atlas will change on August 1, 2020.
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