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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Azure Virtual Machines DCsv2-series are now available in Canada East
Confidential computing DCsv2-series virtual machines (VMs) are now available in East US, Canada Central, Canada East, UK South, West Europe, and West US 2.
Azure Sphere OS version 20.08 is now available
The Azure Sphere 20.08 OS quality release is now available in the Retail feed. This update includes enhancements and bug fixes in the Azure Sphere OS including a security update that represents a critical update to the OS.
Azure Cognitive Services Translator Text— New languages now available
Translator Text now supports the Odia, Dari, Pashto, Central Kurdish and Northern Kurdish languages.
TypeScript 4.0 is generally available
TypeScript 4 is the latest major version of the TypeScript programming language.
Azure SQL Database gateways changes effective September 15, 2020
Beginning September 15, 2020, new & existing Azure SQL Database gateways in multiple regions will start accepting traffic
Azure Site Recovery update rollup 49 - August 2020
The latest Azure Site Recovery update provides fixes and download links for Site Recovery components.
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