Updates Archives
Monthly updates for July 2020
Azure IoT Central UI new and updated features—June 2020
June 2020 feature updates for Azure IoT Central are now available.
Azure SQL Managed Instance management pack is now generally available
Target availability: Q3 2020
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) management pack for Azure SQL Managed Instance is now generally available.
Azure IoT Central UI and documentation updates—June 2020
June 2020 UI and documentation updates for Azure IoT Central are now available.
State transition restriction rules for Azure Boards are now generally available
State transition restriction rules for Azure Boards are now generally available. This update allows you to restrict work items from being moved from one state to another.
Choose to allow or disallow blob public access on Azure Storage accounts
Azure Storage now supports anonymous public read access for containers and blobs. Learn more about how to evaluate anonymous access to your data.
Notification of upcoming changes to Azure Time Series Insights web experience URL
Notification of changes coming to Azure Time Series Insights Web Experience URL
Generally available: Azure Private Link for Azure SignalR Service
Use private endpoint to connect to Azure SignalR Service.
Azure Site Recovery now supports replication with private links
Ensure a secure channel for replication of your Azure and on-premises workloads with the help of private links capability of Azure and Site Recovery.
Azure Site Recovery update rollup 47—July 2020
The latest Azure Site Recovery updates provides fixes and download links for Site Recovery components.
Private endpoints for Azure File Sync are now generally available
Starting with Azure File Sync agent 10.1, Azure File Sync supports private endpoints in all public and Azure US Government cloud regions where Azure File Sync is available.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports confidential workloads through DCSv2 SKUs (private preview)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports confidential workloads through integration with DCSv2 SKU node pools powered by Intel SGX.
Create virtual machines from Azure Shared Image Gallery (SIG)
You can now enable specialized images from your shared image gallery (SIG) for lab users to create virtual machines.
Azure Digital Twins enhanced features are now in preview
Create new generation IoT connected solutions that model the real world
Azure Machine Learning studio web experience is generally available
Azure Machine Learning studio web experience is now generally available and bringing new features.
Neural Text to Speech expands to new languages
Neural Text to Speech is expanding language support, with 15 new natural-sounding voices that feature state-of-the-art neural speech synthesis models:
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.
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