Updates Archives
Monthly updates for January 2022
General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.01 expected on Jan 26
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing.
Announcing price reductions for Azure confidential computing
Lower prices for Azure confidential computing virtual machines
General availability: Multiple custom BGP APIPA addresses for active VPN gateways
Get more flexibility for your on-premises BGP connections to Azure and create BGP-enabled VPN connections between Azure and other cloud providers.
Generally available: Load Balancer SKU upgrade through PowerShell script
Upgrade to Standard SKU Load Balancer easily through a simple PowerShell script and take advantage of enhanced capabilities.
Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now generally available in West US 3
Now available in West US 3 region, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads such as SAP HANA and top tier databases.
Azure Backup - Automation updates - 2021
Summary of key automation updates for Azure Backup in 2021
Generally available: Azure Policy support for Azure Site Recovery
Target availability: Q1 2022
You can now use Azure Policy to enable Azure Site Recovery for your VMs at scale and ensure organizational standards.
Azure Traffic Manager: Additional IP addresses for endpoint monitoring service.
Update your network access control rules if you see Traffic Manager health probes with new IP addresses.
General availability: Microsoft Defender for Cloud updates for December 2021
Target availability: Q4 2021
New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in December 2021.
Generally available: Support for copying dashboards added to Azure IoT Central
Start reusing tiles and dashboards through the new Copy Dashboard feature in Azure IoT Central.
Generally available: Data mapping for transforming data at ingress in Azure IoT Central
Target availability: Q1 2022
Transform complex device telemetry into structured data inside Azure IoT Central so you can use that telemetry within Rules, Analytics, Dashboards and Data Export.
Generally available: Display limits on tiles increased to 100 homogeneous devices
You can now select and display up to 100 devices on a single tile within IoT Central.
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