Updates Archives
Monthly updates for September 2020
Accelerate analytics and AI workloads with Photon powered Delta Engine on Azure Databricks
Photon powered Delta Engine is a 100% Apache Spark-compatible vectorized query engine designed to take advantage of modern CPU architecture for extremely fast parallel processing of data.
Azure Cognitive Services general availability updates
General availability updates in Azure Cognitive Services Decision, Speech, and containers categories.
New Azure Cognitive Services and capabilities in preview
Preview capabilities in Azure Cognitive Services Decision, Vision, and containers categories.
Azure Machine Learning offers added capabilities at lower cost
Azure Machine Learning Enterprise Edition (preview) and Basic Edition are merging on September 22, 2020. This change does not cause any downtime or impact existing deployments.
Azure Cognitive Search - Managed identity support and Private Endpoints are GA
You can now request Azure Cognitive Search to create an outbound private endpoint connection in order to securely access data from such data sources via indexers . You can also create identity for a search service in Azure Active Directory, then use RBAC permissions to grant the identity permissions to Azure data sources.
Azure Machine Learning updates Ignite 2020
Azure Machine Learning is bringing new capabilities to customers at no additional cost. Azure Machine Learning designer and automated ML UI are now generally available.
Azure Communication Services now available in public preview
Build engaging communication experiences with the same secure platform used by Microsoft Teams. Add video, voice, SMS, chat, and telephony capabilities into almost any web, mobile, or desktop application.
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