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Monthly updates for August 2021

Aug 31

Run Commands for Azure VMware Solution now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Run commands are a collection of PowerShell packages available in the Azure VMware Solution portal that simplify the execution of certain operations on vCenter. With this announcement your cloud administrator can now more easily run management tasks that require elevated privileges.

  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Services
  • Features
Aug 31

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for August 2021

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in August 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Security
  • Services
Aug 31

Public preview: Simplified disaster recovery for VMware machines using Azure Site Recovery

IN PREVIEW

A new and more reliable way to protect VMware machines using simplified ASR replication appliance

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Management
  • Features
Aug 24

Public preview: Apply settings inside machines using Azure Policy's guest configuration

IN PREVIEW

Azure Policy can audit or configure settings inside a machine, both for machines running in Azure and Arc-enabled hybrid machines.

  • Azure Policy
  • Azure Arc enabled servers
  • Azure Arc
  • Azure Guest Configuration for Azure Arc Connected Servers
  • Azure Automanage
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features
Aug 23

Windows 11 public preview is now available on Azure Virtual Desktop

IN PREVIEW

You can now run Windows 11 preview images on Azure Virtual Desktop.

  • Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Features
  • Operating System
Aug 18

Azure Static Web Apps adds public preview support for Private Endpoints

IN PREVIEW

Secure your static web apps with Private Endpoints by limiting exposure to the public internet.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
Aug 18

Public preview: Application Insights auto-instrumentation of .NET apps on Linux

IN PREVIEW

Application Insights, an Application Performance Management (APM) observability feature of Azure Monitor, is announcing the release of several key features including .NET on Linux auto-instrumentation for the preview of .NET6, including support for self-contained and framework-dependent deployments.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Aug 18

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server: New regions now available in public preview

IN PREVIEW

You can now provision Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server in five new regions

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Open Source
Aug 18

Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server: Standby Zone selection in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Choose your standby server zone location for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Open Source
Aug 18

Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server: Burstable credit metrics in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Flexible Server enables users to monitor burstable credits using Azure monitor on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Open Source
  • Pricing & Offerings
Aug 18

Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server: Burstable credit metrics in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server enables users to monitor burstable credits using Azure monitor.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Open Source
  • Pricing & Offerings
Aug 16

Placement polices now in public preview for Azure VMware Solution

IN PREVIEW

Placement policies enable admins to specify constraints or rules when allocating Virtual Machines within an Azure VMware Solution private cloud. With this update the creation and assignment of vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) rules for running Virtual Machines in an Azure VMware Solution SDDC has been simplified and is now executable directly from the Azure Portal for cloud admin roles.

  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Compliance
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Aug 13

Public preview: Address changes on an Azure virtual network that has active peerings

IN PREVIEW

You can now update your virtual network address space without needing to remove the peering links on their virtual networking and incurring any downtime.

  • Virtual Network
  • Features
Aug 12

Azure Machine Learning public preview announcements - August 2021

IN PREVIEW

New features Cross Location Compute, Hierarchical Time Series, and Compute Instance auto-shutdown and auto-start capabilities are now available in preview in Azure Machine Learning.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Features
Aug 10

Public preview: Discovery and assessment for ASP.NET web apps with Azure Migrate

IN PREVIEW

Secure your connection to Azure Migrate services with Azure Migrate Private Link

  • Azure Migrate
  • Services
Aug 10

Public preview: Containerize apps and migrate to AKS and Azure App Service with Azure Migrate

IN PREVIEW

Azure Migrate: App Containerization helps you containerize and migrate ASP.NET and Java web applications to Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure App Service.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Services
Aug 4

Public preview: Azure Monitor Scheduled Query Rules API 2021-02-01-preview

IN PREVIEW

Target retirement date: October 31, 2021

Scheduled Query Rules API version 2021-02-01-preview is now available and is replacing API version 2020-05-01-preview.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Retirements
  • Features
Aug 4

Azure SQL—public preview updates for early August 2021 

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL Managed Instance in early August 2021.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features
Aug 4

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) support for PostgreSQL versions 13.3 and 12.7 in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Hyperscale (Citus) now supports the latest PostgreSQL minor versions 13.3 and 12.7 for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Open Source
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features
Aug 4

Private DNS zone integration for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Private DNS zone integration is now available for Flexible Server on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Open Source
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features

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