Updates Archives
Monthly updates for September 2020
Azure Stack Edge Mini R is now generally available
The new lineup of rugged edge devices are now generally available. Azure Stack Edge Mini R is a lightweight, portable, battery-operated device - small enough to fit into a backpack - designed for the harshest environments and disconnected scenarios.
Azure Key Vault Managed HSM available in public preview
A new key management offering is now available in public preview: Azure Key Vault Managed HSM (hardware security model). Azure Key Vault Managed HSM offers a fully managed, highly available, single-tenant, standards-compliant cloud service that enables you to safeguards cryptographic keys for your cloud applications, using FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated HSMs.
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 Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack HCI now in public preview
Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) on Azure Stack HCI enables developers and admins to deploy and manage containerized apps on Azure Stack HCI.
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.
512 Sector Size support on Azure Ultra Disks is now available
Azure Ultra Disks now support 512 sector sizes.
Export and import securely to Azure Disk Storage with Azure Private Links integration (GA)
Azure Disk Storage now enables enhanced security options for export and import via integration with Azure Private Links
Blazor and C# APIs now supported in Azure Static Web Apps
Developers can now build and publish applications built entirely in .NET with Static Web Apps using Blazor WebAssembly and C# API's.
Achieve higher performance and cost savings on Azure Disk Storage with performance tiers
Azure Disk Storage now enables you to set performance tiers (public preview) for a chosen duration of time based on workload demand.
New disk IO and Bandwidth metrics to identify bottlenecks
New disk IO utilization metrics that help users gain insight into their disk IO and bandwidth bottlenecks have been released. These metrics simplify identifying resources that are limiting application s performance. Now with a couple of metric views, users can make informed decisions on how to upgrade their products to and see a direct impact to their performance.
Announcing Azure SQL Edge now in general availability
You can reduce cost, drive innovation, and improve operational efficiencies by using Azure SQL Edge to stream, store, and analyze IoT data.
Support for Dapr applications in Azure API Management
Dapr microservices can now be directly exposed as APIs in API Management.
General Availability of the New Azure VMware Solution
Microsoft announces general availability (GA) of the Azure VMware Solution service. The new Azure VMware Solutions is a first party Microsoft Azure Compute services that is directly operated, delivered, and supported by Microsoft.
Virtual Machine (VM) level Disk Bursting on Dvs3 and Esv3 VMs
Virtual Machine (VM) level Disk Bursting is now enabled on for our Dsv3 and Esv3 virtual machines, allowing customer s workloads to handle unforeseen disk traffic spikes smoothly without the need to overprovision their virtual machine.
Azure Arc enabled servers are now generally available
Azure Arc enabled servers are now generally available for Windows and Linux servers outside of Azure
Azure Stack Hub with GPU's now generally available
Azure Stack Hub now supports NVIDIA V100, NVIDIA T4 and AMD Mi25 GPU enabling ML, VDI and Inferencing on the edge.
App Service introduces the new Pv3 SKU for Windows and Linux customers
App Service announces general availability of new Premiumv3 offering delivering increased performance and memory headroom for Windows and Linux customers, now with Reservations pricing and dev/test capabilities.
Migrate servers to Availability Zones with Azure Migrate
Azure Migrate: Server Migration now offers Availability Zones, a platform native capability.
Azure Stack Edge Pro with GPU now generally available
Run your workloads and get quick actionable insights right at the edge where data is created with Azure Stack Edge Pro, now available with the NVIDIA T4 GPU.
Azure Stack Edge Pro R now generally available
Azure Stack Edge Pro R with NVIDIA's T4 GPU and a ruggedized case is designed to operate in remote areas and runs powerful analytics at the edge for quick results.
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