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Monthly updates for May 2021
The public preview of Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supported in new regions
Provision new Flexible Server deployments in France Central and Brazil South regions for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure.
Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server: PowerShell Module in public preview
Use PowerShell to manage dependent resources and Azure Database for MySQL- Flexible Servers.
Zone redundant storage (ZRS) option for Azure managed disks in public preview
Now available in public preview in West Europe, North Europe, West US 2, and France Central, Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) option for Azure managed disks protect disks from zonal failures which may occur due to natural disasters or hardware issues.
Capacity calculator with Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB now generally available
Use the Azure Cosmos DB capacity calculator to estimate your RU/s for your API for MongoDB workloads.
General availability: Announcing lower pricing for provisioned throughput on Azure Ultra Disks
Provisioned throughput price on Azure Ultra Disks is reduced by 65% in all regions where Ultra Disks are available
General availability | Azure NetApp Files : Application Consistent Snapshot tool (AzAcSnap)
AzAcSnap is a command-line tool for simplifying data protection for third-party databases in Linux environments
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) managed PgBouncer in public preview
PgBouncer, a popular connection pooler for Postgres, is now part of the Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus) managed service.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server with managed PgBouncer in preview
PgBouncer, a popular connection pooler for Postgres, is now part of the Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server managed service
General availability: Azure DevOps updates for May 2021
There are several new announcements for May 2021 including repos as protected resource in YAML pipelines and updates to Delivery Plans 2.0.
General availability: Azure IoT Central new and updated features—April 2021
April updates include API general availability, new guidance articles, dashboard updates, IoT Edge updates, and device connectivity events.
General availability: Enable Azure Site Recovery (ASR) while creating Azure Virtual Machines
With ASR, you can now protect your business-critical Azure virtual machines from regional outages at the time of VM creation.
Azure Storage — Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC) now available for preview
Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC) is an authorization mechanism that defines access levels based on attributes associated with security principals, resources, requests or the environment. You can now use ABAC in Azure Storage for Blobs and ADLS Gen2 by defining conditions on role-assignments based on resource and request attributes.
Prevent Shared Key authorization for an Azure Storage account
Target availability: Q2 2021
Enhance secure access to Azure Storage accounts with Prevent Shared Key authorization.
Append blob support in Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available
Applications can now create append blobs in addition to block blobs in Azure Data Lake Storage accounts and append to them using Append Block operations. Applications that need to add information to existing files efficiently and continuously can leverage append blobs.
General availability: Multiple features for Azure VPN Gateway
Take advantage of multiple new enhancements and features that are now generally available in Azure VPN Gateway.
General availability: Custom Translator—May new features, improvements and bug fixes
Review the Microsoft Custom Translator new features, improvements, bug fixes, and new/refreshed models for May 2021.
Azure Backup: Operational backup for Azure Blobs is now generally available
Operational backup for Azure Blobs gives you a managed data protection solution for block blobs in your storage accounts.
General availability: Azure Log Analytics UI updates May 2021
Azure Log Analytics for May 2021 include a new and updated experience for custom logs management and pinned parts filter integration.
Azure Data Share Preview API versions will no longer be supported starting August 1, 2021
Target retirement date: August 01, 2021
Beginning August 1, 2021, you will no longer be able to access Azure Data Share preview API versions (2018-11-01-preview, 2020-06-01-preview) through REST API or SDK.
New NPv1 virtual machines are now generally available
New Xilinx Alveo U250 FPGA NPv1 VMs are now generally available in West US 2, East US, West Europe, and Southeast Asia.
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