Updates Archives
Monthly updates for April 2022
Azure Machine Learning Reinforcement Learning preview will be retired on 30 June 2022
Target retirement date: June 30, 2022
Start using Ray on Azure Machine Learning Library before 30 June 2022.
Generally available: Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault
Key Vault now enables you to automatically rotate keys for encryption of your data.
Public preview: Azure Lab Services April 2022 update
Improve performance, reliability, and scalability for Azure Lab Services in the latest update.
Generally available: Azure Functions Linux Elastic Premium plan increased maximum scale-out limits
Maximum scale-out limits for Functions Linux Premium plans have been increased in a number of regions.
Public preview: Azure Compute Gallery feature ‘community gallery’
Target availability: Q2 2022
New Azure Compute Gallery feature ‘community gallery’ makes your private images public.
Generally available: Azure SQL Database storage limits increase for selected compute sizes
Data storage limits have increased over 30% for selected mid-size compute configurations to help reduce costs.
Azure SQL—Generally available updates for late April 2022
Generally available enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late April 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Generally available: Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server higher burstable compute
Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server is now offering more options for burstable compute for you to choose from depending on your workload.
Generally available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) now includes PgBouncer 1.17
Create a Hyperscale Citus) server group using the latest 1.7 version of PgBouncer, a popular connection pooler for Postgres used with Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus).
Public preview: Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra enhancements
Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra now includes support for deploying Cassandra 4.0 clusters and running nodetool commands using Azure CLI.
Generally available: Database templates in Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse database templates are industry-specific schema definitions that provide a standardized way for you to store and shape data, enabling rapid digital transformation.
General availability: Azure Synapse Link now supports existing Azure Cosmos DB containers
Enable Azure Synapse Link on your existing Azure Cosmos DB containers using the SQL API for Azure Cosmos DB.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB portal—Azure Synapse Link seamless Power BI
Build Power BI reports using Azure Synapse Link from the Azure Cosmos DB portal.
General availability: Unique partial indexes in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB
Specify a partialFilterExpression along with the 'unique' constraint in your Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB index.
Public preview: Azure Storage as share in Windows Code in App Service
Mount Azure Files as a local share in Windows Code in Azure App Service.
Public preview: Azure Functions now supports PowerShell 7.2
You can now use the latest version of PowerShell with Azure Functions.
Public preview: Static Web Apps now supports Gitlab and Bitbucket for CI/CD
You can now use Gitlab and Bitbucket as your CI/CD providers for Static Web Apps.
Public preview: Azure Static Web Apps now support skipping API builds
You can now choose to skip your default API builds.
Generally available: Scale-down mode in AKS
You can now select if you would like your AKS nodes to be deleted or deallocated when scaled down.
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