Updates Archives
Monthly updates for December 2021
Immutable storage with versioning for Blob Storage is now generally available
Immutable storage with versioning is now generally available. Set time-based policies or legal holds on data so that the data becomes non-erasable and non-modifiable and protect all versions of a blob.
Azure Monitor containers insights preview version for Azure Red Hat OpenShift v4.x will be retired by 31 May 2022
Target retirement date: May 31, 2022
Transition to Container Insights by 31 May 2022.
Azure Machine Learning – December 2021 general availability
A new feature now available in general availability includes Manage Azure Machine Learning resource using Hashicorp Terraform
India Central Availability Zones now generally available
Azure Availability Zones are now generally available in India Central. These three new zones provide customers with options for additional resiliency and tolerance to infrastructure impact.
Public preview availability of Virtual Machine restore points
Take multi-disk consistent point in time snapshots of all the disks attached to a VM for backup and disaster recovery purposes.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud: General availability updates for November 2021
New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in November 2021.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Public preview updates for November 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Microsoft Defender for Cloud in November 2021.
Public preview: FSLogix profiles support for Azure AD-joined VMs for Azure Virtual Desktop
Create an Azure Files share to store FSLogix profiles and configure it to support Azure AD authentication.
Public preview: Measure product effectiveness with new user analytics experience in Application Insights
A new experience based on Google’s “HEART framework” helps you measure product effectiveness.
IaaS Agent extension full mode no restart for SQL VMs generally available
SQL Server IaaS Agent extension can now be upgraded to full mode from lightweight mode without any service disruptions.
SQL Server IaaS Agent extension for Linux SQL VMs generally available
SQL Server IaaS Agent extension license management capabilities are now available for Ubuntu Linux virtual machines.
Public preview: Azure Monitor action rules are now 'alert processing rules'
We are enhancing the preview of alert processing rules with capabilities for richer at-scale management.
General availability: Audit Logs of Azure Monitor log queries
Azure Monitor logs is announcing a new capability to collect audit logs about query execution
General availability: Create AKS clusters without local user accounts
Disable local accounts for AKS cluster and use AAD only for more secure cluster access.
General availability: AKS auto-certificate rotation
You no longer need to monitor and manually rotate non-CA certificates on the AKS control plane and agent nodes for compliance or policy reasons.
General availability: AKS node image auto-upgrade
AKS now handles the routine task of node image upgrade for you.
Azure Communication Services: Short code functionality for SMS now available in public preview
Execute high-volume SMS campaigns in seconds with easy, automated short code functionality.
General availability: New capabilities in Network Watcher Diagnostic tools to evaluate AVNM Security rules
Through updates to Network Watcher Diagnostic tools, you now have the ability to view and evaluate AVNM security rules in addition to the existing support of NSG security rules.
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