Updates Archives
Monthly updates for August 2020
Azure Private Link support in Azure Data Factory now available
Azure Data Factory (ADF) now supports Azure Private Link.
Azure Blob versioning is now general available
Azure storage strives to protect your business critial data from any accident or attack. We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Blob versioning.
Azure Container Registry now available in Switzerland West region
Target availability: Q3 2020
Azure Container Registry is now generally available in the Switzerland West region, bringing the total number of Azure regions that it's available in to 35. See the list of all regions where Azure Container Registry is available and where it's coming next.
Windows Virtual Desktop is now available in the Azure Government cloud (in preview)
Get started today with Windows Virtual Desktop in public preview in US Government regions. Deploy and scale Windows desktops and apps on Azure in minutes.
Upcoming changes to Standard Public IPs and Standard Load Balancers
The zone related behavior in Standard Public IP address and Standard Load Balancer is being changed.
Azure Container Registry now available in UAE Central region
Azure Container Registry is now generally available in the UAE Central region, bringing the total number of Azure regions that it's available in to 36. See the list of all regions where Azure Container Registry is available and where it's coming next.
Stream Analytics now can be run on Azure Stack Hub
Azure Stream Analytics is now available on Azure Stack Hub via IoT Edge Runtime.
Upcoming billing changes to Azure Bastion
Azure Bastion to start billing in Azure US Gov Zone 1.
Configure upstream source for universal Packages with Azure Artifacts
This feature will add the ability to configure your Azure Artifacts feeds to automatically download Universal Packages from upstream sources on demand.
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 access control list recursive update in public preview
Set, update, or remove access control lists (ACLs) recursively for existing Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 directories and files.
Azure Monitor Logs – Log Analytics REST APIs general availability
Log Analytics control plane REST APIs are generally available under a new consolidated version 2020-08-01.
Update your Traffic Analytics queries by 31 August 2022
Target retirement date: August 31, 2022
Update Traffic Analytics log schema to use new fields in queries
Version 2 of Translator is retiring on 24 May 2021
Target retirement date: May 24, 2021
Migrate to version 3 of Translator
Update your Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK by 31 August 2022
Target retirement date: August 31, 2022
We’ll be retiring version 1.x and 2.x of the Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK
Immersive Reader is now generally available
Immersive Reader is an Azure Cognitive Service for developers who want to embed inclusive capabilities into their apps for enhancing text reading and comprehension for users regardless of age or ability.
Azure Certified for Plug and Play is now available
IoT Plug and Play device certification is now available from Microsoft as part of the Azure Certified device program.
Azure Data Explorer: Create a table with the new 1-click experience
Create a table easily and quickly using an intuitive 1-click wizard experience.
Ingestion data isolation in Log Analytics
To provide you with additional service stability, we have added the ingestion volume rate limit to additional Log Analytics data sources including Diagnostic Settings, agents, and data collector API.
Support to assess physical, AWS, GCP servers now generally available
The assessments offer Azure suitability analysis, migration cost planning and performance-based rightsizing.
AzCopy v10.6 released with updated sync features and larger blob size support
AzCopy v10.6 sync now supports access control lists (ACLs) and properties as well as larger block blob size and blob versioning.
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