Updates Archives
Monthly updates for August 2020
Azure Blob – Soft Delete for Containers public preview
Soft delete for containers expands upon Azure Blob Storage’s existing capabilities such as soft delete for blobs, account delete locking, and immutable blobs, making our data protection and restore capabilities even better.
Public preview: CSI storage driver support in Azure Kubernetes Service
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports Container Storage Interface (CSI), a standard for exposing arbitrary block and file storage systems to containerized workloads on Kubernetes. This offers more flexibility in exposing storage systems in Kubernetes.
Public preview: Azure Resource Health support in AKS
You can now easily see when your AKS resources were unavailable due to any problems encountered as well as under any maintenance operation.
Public preview: Ephemeral OS disk support in AKS
AKS now supports ephemeral OS disk for AKS agent nodes in public preview.
General Availability: Azure Kubernetes Service node image upgrade
Users can now initiate a targeted upgrade to agent nodes for a given node pool to pull the latest available node updates and patches without requiring a full cluster upgrade
Azure Data Share in-place sharing for Azure Data Explorer now generally available
Share big data in-place easily, securely, and at no additional cost.
Azure DevOps Artifacts storage exploration
Target availability: Q3 2020
More granular breakdowns and analyses into artifact storage.
Data Factory managed virtual network support is now in public preview
Run your data integration pipelines in an isolated and highly secure environment.
Log Analytics new System Center configuration blade
System center configuration now has it’s own dedicated blade in Log Analytics.
Line numbers in Log Analytics query editor
Log Analytics query editor now show line numbers when composing a query
Azure Blob storage—Network File System 3.0 protocol support public preview region expansion
NFS 3.0 support to block blob storage accounts with premium performance public preview regions now include: Australia Southeast, North Europe, UK West, Korea Central, Korea South, West Central US.
Improvements to Azure VM backups are now available
Azure Backup now supports restoring unmanaged VMs/Disks as Managed Disks, backup for Virtual Machine Scale Sets, and allows replacing existing disks for VMs with Managed Service Identity
Encryption of backup data using customer managed keys is in public preview
Use self-managed RSA keys stored in the Azure Key Vault to encrypt your backups and maintain full control of your data.
Azure Functions: PowerShell 7 support is now generally available
Develop and deploy Azure Functions Apps for production scenarios using the latest version of PowerShell.
Data encryption with customer managed keys for Azure DB for PostgreSQL-single server
Data encryption with customer-managed keys for Azure Database for PostgreSQL-single server (generally available) enables you to bring your own key (BYOK) for data protection at rest.
Infrastructure double encryption for Azure Database for PostgreSQL-single server is in preview
Infrastructure double encryption adds a second layer of encryption using a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic module and a different encryption algorithm which gives an additional layer of protection for your data at rest.
Data encryption with customer managed keys for Azure Database for MySQL is now generally
Data encryption with customer-managed keys for Azure Database for MySQL enables you to bring your own key (BYOK) for data protection at rest.
Infrastructure double encryption for Azure Database for MySQL is in public preview
Infrastructure double encryption adds a second layer of encryption and a different encryption algorithm which gives an additional layer of protection for your data at rest.
New GPU NCas T4 v3 VMs are in public preview
NCas T4 v3 Series VMs are now available for preview in US West 2.
Selective disks backup for Azure Virtual Machine is in public preview
Optimize your costs and enjoy faster backup and restore operations by selectively backing up a subset of the data disks in a VM.
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