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Monthly updates for November 2021
General availability: Citrix supports Virtual Apps and Desktop Service on Azure VMware Solution
Citrix has announced official support for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Azure VMware Solution. With this announcement you gain more choice and flexibility in the migration and modernization of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to Azure.
Hardware-accelerated pools now in public preview for Apache Spark on Azure Synapse Analytics
Speed up big data processing in Azure Synapse with hardware-accelerated Spark pools.
General availability: Azure Archive rehydration priority update
Reduce high-priority retrieval costs for Archive Storage by deferring the decision to rehydrate with high priority, then updating the priority while the operation is pending.
SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines: Multi subnet high availability generally available
Configure high availability and disaster recovery for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines using multiple subnets that’s easier and natively supported by SQL Server.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-November 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL Managed Instance for mid-November 2021.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) support for Citus 10.2 generally available
The support of Citus 10.2 with PostgreSQL 14 is now included in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.
Azure Security Center: General availability updates for October 2021
New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Azure Security Center in October 2021.
Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for October 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in October 2021.
Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-November 2021
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL Managed Instance for mid-November 2021.
Azure Cosmos DB: Names indexes for Cassandra API now in general availability
Create and drop named indexes while defining a new index or on existing data using the Cassandra API within Azure Cosmos DB.
Azure Cosmos DB: Glowroot support for Cassandra API in general availability
Get better monitor application performance using Glowroot support for the Azure Cosmos DB Cassandra API.
Azure Backup for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Single Server: Long-term retention generally available
Azure Backup supports long term data retention and improved compliance for your Single Server on Azure Database PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure.
Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server: Terraform support is generally available
Generate automated configuration files used with Terraform to automate provisioning and configuration on your Flexible Server for Azure Database for MySQL.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): PostgreSQL 14 support in general availability
Create Hyperscale (Citus) server groups with PostgreSQL 14 (or PostgreSQL 11, PostgreSQL 12, and PostgreSQL 13) on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open-source Postgres database.
Application Insights auto-instrumentation for .NET6 App Services
With the release of .NET 6.0, Application Insights is offering day-zero auto-instrumentation support for it on Azure App Services
Azure App Service support for .Net 6 now generally available
Deploy and scale .Net 6-based web apps on an enterprise-grade service
Azure Web PubSub service now generally available
WebSockets support enables loosely coupled, scalable, real-time messaging applications.
Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server is now generally available
Use Flexible Server for a simplified developer experience with high availability options, predictable performance, and maximum control of your databases with more cost optimization controls.
Public preview: Azure Bastion native client support
Azure Bastion native client support brings you the ability to connect to target VMs from the command line and log in using their Azure Active Directory credentials.
General availability: Azure Data Explorer cache policy hot windows
Azure Data Explorer always supported to cache the latest ingested data for best performance. It now supports selectively caching older data which is ideal when auditing a given time period.
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