Updates Archives
Monthly updates for January 2021
Public preview: Azure Machine Learning Data Labeling – Image Instance Segmentation
Data Labeling in Azure Machine learning gives you a central place to create, manage, and monitor labeling projects.
Resource instance rules for access to Azure Storage now in public preview
Resource instance rules enable secure connectivity to Azure Storage by restricting access to specific resources of select Azure services. Resource instance rules to control access to Azure Storage are now in preview in all Azure public regions.
99.99% uptime for Azure Active Directory Premium customers is coming April 1st, 2021
SLA for Azure AD is increasing the up-time commitment to 99.99% for Azure AD Premium customers to support the need for an Identity service with high resilience and low interruptions.
Python 3.9 in Azure Functions is now in public preview
Announcing some enhancements to the development experience for Python workloads in Azure Functions, including support for Python 3.9.
New Azure Cloud Services deployment model in public preview
Use Azure Cloud Services (extended support), now in public preview, to increase regional resiliency and gain access to new capabilities that the Azure Resource Manager-based deployment model provides.
Public preview: Automatic Cluster Upgrades in AKS
AKS simplifies the task of deploying new Kubernetes releases by enabling users to configure automatic cluster upgrades.
Public preview: Azure Log Analytics in UAE Central & Japan West
Azure Log Analytics is now in public preview for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyzing their services for health and usage in UAE Central & Japan West.
Public preview: Application Insight in Japan West
Application Insight is now in public preview for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyzing their services for health in Japan West.
Public preview: Prevent Shared Key authorization on Azure Storage accounts
Target availability: Q2 2021
Enhance secure access to Azure Storage accounts with Prevent Shared Key authorization.
App Service Authentication portal experience is now in public preview
A new version of the App Service Authentication/Authorization portal experience is now in preview.
Public preview of Linux Diagnostics Agent 4.0
A new major version release of the Linux Diagnostic Extension is now available in public preview.
Confidential computing using Always Encrypted with secure enclaves now in public preview
Always Encrypted with secure enclaves enables in-place encryption and rich confidential queries on sensitive data by leveraging Intel SGX secure enclaves, available in the new DC-series hardware configuration.
Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows available for public preview
Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows provides the ability to run Linux containers on Windows under the Azure IoT Edge context. This allows you to connect your Azure IoT Edge for Linux instance to your Azure IoT Hub subscription and deploy your custom Linux Edge Modules to Windows devices.
Azure Monitor ITSM Connector for ServiceNow ITOM with Secure Export
Introducing a public preview of Secure Export as a new version of Azure Monitor ITSM Connector, providing integration with ServiceNow ITOM.
Backup for Azure Managed Disk is in limited preview
Target availability: Q1 2021
Azure Backup offers snapshot lifecycle management to Azure Managed Disk by automating periodic creation of snapshot and retain it for configured duration using Backup policy.
Monitoring your Azure Data Explorer Clusters with Azure Monitor (Insights) - public preview
Azure Monitor for Azure Data Explorer (public preview) provides comprehensive monitoring of your Azure Data Explorer clusters by delivering a unified view of the performance, operations, and usage.
View change data through Azure Monitor workbook integration with Application Change Analysis
Target availability: Q2 2021
Application Change Analysis integration with Azure Monitor workbook is now in public preview
Activity Log Alerts - Change in "Description" property in the alert payload now in development
Target availability: Q2 2020
Starting April 1, 2021, the fired alert property "Description“ will contain the alert rule description. A new property “Activity Log Event Description“ added to the Activity Log fired Alert payload that will replace the old property "Description“.
Cross resource query between Azure Monitor and Azure Data Explorer in public preview
Azure Monitor cross resource query enables you to run cross-resource queries by using client tools that support Kusto queries.
Microsoft to establish new datacenter region in Chile
The new region is anticipated to include Microsoft Azure, with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform to follow.
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