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Monthly updates for December 2021

Dec 20

Public preview: Azure Percept DK November (2111) software update is available

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure Percept November update includes fixes related to security.

  • Azure Percept
  • Security
  • Operating System
  • Features
Dec 16

Soft delete for blobs capability for Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

If you have processes or tools to detect accidental deletion of files and directories for your Azure Data Lake Storage accounts, you can now also restore the deleted objects using soft delete for blobs capability. During the retention period that you specify, you can now restore a soft-deleted object to its state at the time it was deleted.

  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Features
Dec 16

Placement polices now generally available for Azure VMware Solution

NOW AVAILABLE

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
  • Services
  • Features
Dec 15

Azure SQL—General availability updates for December 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL for December 2021.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Dec 15

General availability: UI Library for Azure Communication Services

NOW AVAILABLE

Developers can simplify the cross-channel user experiences within their applications with Azure Communication Services UI Library.

  • Azure Communication Services
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
Dec 15

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): New toolkit certifications generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

New Toolkit certifications are now available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Dec 15

Azure Cache for Redis: Diagnostics for connected clients is generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Use Azure diagnostic settings to log information on all client connections to your Azure Cache for Redis instance.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Features
Dec 14

Azure HPC Cache now generally available in Germany West Central and US West 3

NOW AVAILABLE

New regional availability of Azure HPC Cache expands access to low-latency compute.

  • Azure HPC Cache
  • Regions & Datacenters
Dec 14

Azure HPC – CycleCloud 8.2.1 is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

The new release includes Slurm and VMSS improvements as well as seven new bug fixes.

  • Azure CycleCloud
  • Features
Dec 9

General availability: Azure Communication Services interoperability with Microsoft Teams

NOW AVAILABLE

Improving customer interactions across apps with Microsoft Teams and Azure Communication Services interoperability.

  • Azure Communication Services
  • Services
Dec 8

Immutable storage with versioning for Blob Storage is now generally available

NOW 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 Blob Storage
  • Features
Dec 8

Azure Machine Learning – December 2021 general availability

NOW AVAILABLE

A new feature now available in general availability includes Manage Azure Machine Learning resource using Hashicorp Terraform

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Features
Dec 7

India Central Availability Zones now generally available

NOW 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.

  • Regions & Datacenters
Dec 6

Microsoft Defender for Cloud: General availability updates for November 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in November 2021.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Security
  • Features
Dec 1

IaaS Agent extension full mode no restart for SQL VMs generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

SQL Server IaaS Agent extension can now be upgraded to full mode from lightweight mode without any service disruptions.

  • SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
  • Features
Dec 1

SQL Server IaaS Agent extension for Linux SQL VMs generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

SQL Server IaaS Agent extension license management capabilities are now available for Ubuntu Linux virtual machines.

  • SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
  • Features
Dec 1

General availability: Audit Logs of Azure Monitor log queries

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Monitor logs is announcing a new capability to collect audit logs about query execution

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Dec 1

General availability: Create AKS clusters without local user accounts

NOW AVAILABLE

Disable local accounts for AKS cluster and use AAD only for more secure cluster access.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Features
Dec 1

General availability: AKS auto-certificate rotation

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Dec 1

General availability: AKS node image auto-upgrade

NOW AVAILABLE

AKS now handles the routine task of node image upgrade for you.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features

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