Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2022
General availability: Azure HBv3 virtual machines for HPC now upgraded
Target availability: Q1 2022
Azure HBv3 virtual machines are now upgraded to and generally available with AMD EPYC 3rd Gen processors with 3D V-Cache, codenamed “Milan-X”, in the Azure East US, South Central US, and West Europe regions.
General availability: Enablement of combined security information registration for Azure Active Directory
Target availability: Q3 2022
Beginning 1 October 2022, combined registration for multifactor authentication and self-service password reset is rolling out to you.
Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 61 - March 2022
Review the improvements and fixes provided in Update Rollup 61.
Generally available: Best practices assessment for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Evaluate SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines for configuration best practices using the SQL best practices assessment feature on the SQL virtual machine blade in the Azure portal.
General availability: Azure Database for MySQL—Flexible Server - New US government region
Provision Azure Database for MySQL—Flexible Server in the US Gov Virginia region.
General availability: New extensions for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Install timescaleDB, pg_repack and orafce on newly created Flexible Servers on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
General availability: New high availability regions—Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
You can now provision Flexible Server in a zone redundant high availability mode in more regions on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server—new US government regions
Provision Flexible Server in the US Gov Virginia and US Gov Arizona regions on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server supports PostgreSQL minor versions
Flexible Server now supports PostgreSQL versions 11.14, 12.9, and 13.5 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL,.
General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Hyperscale (Citus) supports PostgreSQL minor versions
Use PostgreSQL 11.15, 12.10, 13.6, and 14.2 minor versions with Hyperscale (Citus) for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure.
Generally available: Support for private links in Azure Monitor agent
Use Azure Monitor agent and data collection rules in restricted environments and maintain network isolation by leveraging private links.
Generally available: Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server in two new regions
Provision your Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server today in the China East 2 and China North 2 regions.
Generally available: Pin analytics tile to dashboards in Azure IoT Central
Quickly build new visuals by simply pinning an analytics tile from data explorer to the dashboard directly.
General availability: Support for Private Link in Azure Digital Twins
Support for Private Link is now generally available for Azure Digital Twins, a platform that enables you to create digital representation of real-world things, places, and business processes.
General availability: SOAP and XML request and response validation
Target availability: Q1 2022
Minimize API attack surface for SOAP or XML- based REST APIs with custom schemas in addition to the schemas specified in the API's definition.
Azure IoT Central generally available in South Central US and Canada Central
You can now use Azure IoT Central in South Central (United States) and Canada Central (Canada) to build reliable, scalable, and secure enterprise grade IoT Solutions.
Generally available: Specify API language runtime version in Azure Static Web Apps
Configuration file now allows you to specify version for supported API language runtimes.
Azure SQL—General availability updates for early March 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Generally available: Azure Backup protects Azure Files snapshots via lease feature integration
Azure Backup now acquires a lease on the snapshots taken by scheduled/on-demand backup jobs.
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