Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2021
AKS support for regulated industries
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) makes it easier for regulated industries, such as healthcare & finance, to adopt Kubernetes for their regulated workloads
Preview: AKS support for FIPS compliant nodes
Azure Kubernetes Service makes it easier for you to achieve FedRAMP compliance by supporting FIPS compliant nodes
General availability: Encryption at host support in AKS
You can now enable host-based encryption in AKS for end-to-end security.
General availability: Azure RBAC for Kubernetes Authorization in AKS
Achieve unified management and access control across Azure and AKS resources.
Always Encrypted for Azure Cosmos DB in public preview
Encrypt data inside the client application and never reveal the plain data or encryption keys to the database engine with Always Encrypted for Azure Cosmos DB.
Azure Cosmos DB Linux emulator in public preview
Develop and test locally at no cost on Linux and macOS with our new Azure Cosmos DB Linux emulator.
Azure Cosmos DB role-based access control (RBAC) now in general availability
Enable fine-grained access control to data and leverage Azure Active Directory (AAD) authentication with Azure Cosmos DB role-based access control (RBAC), now generally available.
Cost-optimized diagnostics feature for Azure Cosmos DB in public preview
Improve ingestion latency, query performance, and discoverability by setting up resource-specific diagnostics in log analytics with Azure Cosmos DB cost-optimized diagnostics.
Azure Cosmos DB serverless now in general availability
Optimize costs for spiky or intermittent workloads with Azure Cosmos DB serverless, a pure consumption offer where you are only billed for the Request Units and storage capacity consumed.
Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache now in public preview
Optimize read costs in Azure Cosmos DB by enabling an integrated cache, an in-memory cache that is easy to configure and requires only minimal application code changes.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server: Azure Free offer coming soon
Utilize the B1ms compute SKU and 32GB storage free offer (coming June 2021) on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Expanded Azure Cosmos DB free tier now in general availability
Get the first 1000 RU/s provisioned throughput and 25 GB storage free each month for the lifetime of one Azure Cosmos DB account with the Azure Cosmos DB free tier.
Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) support for Citus 10
With the support of Citus 10, columnar storage, and more are now included in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure.
Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) columnar compression
Included with Citus 10, columnar compression is now supported in the Hyperscale (Citus) option in Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure.
Public preview: Run App Service on Kubernetes or anywhere with Azure Arc
You can now run Web Apps against a range of fully managed App Service plans or choose to deploy against Azure Kubernetes Service or your own Kubernetes clusters connected through Azure Arc that are running on-premises, at the edge, or in other clouds.
Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) support for PostgreSQL 12 and 13
Create Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus) server groups with Postgres 12 and Postgres 13, in addition to previously supported Postgres 11.
Private preview: NVIDIA GPU Acceleration for Apache Spark™ in Azure Synapse Analytics
Beginning today, this GPU acceleration feature in Azure Synapse is available for private preview by request.
Public preview: Apache Spark 3.0 support in Azure Synapse Analytics
The public preview announced today starts with the foundation based on the open-source Apache Spark 3.0 branch with subsequent updates leading up to a Generally Available version derived from the latest 3.1 branch.
Azure Stack HCI now available in China
Azure Stack HCI is now available in the China cloud. Get started in China with a 60-day free trial.
Azure Stack HCI 60-Day Free Trial Now Available
Azure Stack HCI built-in free software trial has been extended from 30 to 60 days giving more time to evaluate the solution before making a purchasing decision.
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