Updates Archives
Monthly updates for July 2020
Azure Data Lake Storage lifecycle management is now generally available
Lifecycle management for Azure Data Lake Storage provides an automated solution for tiering down infrequently used data to cooler tiers, allowing you to easily optimize your data for both performance and cost.
Azure Data Explorer LightIngest now supports actual creation time for historical data migration
LightIngest is a command-line utility for large volumes of data ingestion, and for querying records on the time created, rather than the time ingested.
Azure Autoscale generally available in China North 2 and China East 2 regions
Azure Autoscale, which allows you to automatically manage your resources based on the load is now available in China North 2 and China East 2 regions
Azure Monitor Log Analytics Quick Start content is moving to the Overview page
Target availability: Q3 2020
In order to simplify and streamline Azure Monitor Logs, we're moving all links and content from the Quick Start page to the Overview page. The Quick Start page will be removed in August 2020.
Remote Desktop client for Android now supports Windows Virtual Desktop connections
Access Windows Virtual Desktop from the new Remote Desktop client for Android.
Azure Sphere update 20.07 is now available
The 20.07 feature release contains new features for application development and tenant certificate renewal, additional promotions of beta features to long-term stable (LTS), and enhancements to improve stability and troubleshooting of device connections on Windows platforms.
Azure IoT Device Provisioning Service VNET ingress support is now available
Azure IoT Device Provisioning Service (DPS) has released general availability support for Virtual Networks (VNET).
Azure Data Explorer Streaming Ingestion is generally available
The Streaming Ingestion feature can be used when you need Near Real Time (less than 10 seconds) ingestion with small amounts of data and multiple tables.
Azure HDInsight now supports virtual network service endpoint policies
Azure HDInsight now supports virtual network service endpoint policies, which allow you to filter HDInsight egress virtual network traffic to certain Azure storage accounts.
Windows Virtual Desktop Azure portal and Microsoft Teams integrations are generally available
It’s now easier to deploy and manage Windows Virtual Desktop as well as provide seamless meeting and collaboration experiences through integration with Microsoft Teams.
Migrate to the new version of the Azure Time Series Insights Gen2 APIs
Read about the process for migrating onto the new generally available API version for Time Series Insights Gen2.
A new Power BI component for React is now available
A new Power BI component is now available for easier integration with React, a popular open-source JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
Azure Log Analytics saved searches functionality is moving to query explorer
Azure Log Analytics saved searches functionality is now available in query explorer.
Azure Site Recovery update rollup 48—July 2020
The latest Azure Site Recovery updates provide fixes and download links for Site Recovery components.
SR-IOV availability on InfiniBand-equipped Virtual Machines
We will be enabling support for all MPI implementations and RDMA verbs for InfiniBand-equipped virtual machines. This greatly increases ability and options for leveraging InfiniBand for your workloads.
How to start with Azure Data Explorer—A new online course
A new online course that offers a comprehensive overview of data analytics with Azure Data Explorer is now available for free.
Azure Data Explorer—Allocate resources automatically for Azure Blob Storage data connection
Use the new automatic resource allocation feature to define a data connection from any Azure Storage to Azure Data Explorer database.
SR-IOV availability schedule on on InfiniBand-equipped Virtual Machines
As part of Azure’s ongoing commitment to providing industry-leading performance, we are enabling support for all MPI types and versions, and RDMA verbs for InfiniBand-equipped virtual machines on the following schedule.
Azure Stream Analytics is now available in the US Gov Arizona region
Azure Stream Analytics, a real-time analytics service that is designed for mission-critical workloads, is now available in the US Gov Arizona region.
New memory optimized and compute optimized hardware options in Azure SQL Database
New memory optimized and compute optimized hardware options are now generally available in Azure SQL Database.
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