Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2022
General availability: Azure Bastion IP based connection
You can now use Azure Bastion to connect to on-premises resources over ExpressRoute and Site-to-Site VPN
Generally available: Switzerland North Availability Zones
Three new zones provide you with options for additional resiliency and tolerance to infrastructure impact.
Generally available: Budget alert supports action groups with common alert schema
Azure cost management budget alert now supports action groups with common alert schema.
General availability: Enhanced IPv6 functionality for MultiValue profiles in Azure Traffic Manager
Azure Traffic Manager now enables you to specify minimum children property separately for IPv4 and IPv6 endpoints for MultiValue profiles.
Public preview: Automate scheduled emails of your saved cost views via API
Automate the creation and management of Azure Cost Management scheduled emails with the ScheduledActions API.
Generally available Azure Ebsv5 now available in 13 additional regions
Azure Virtual Machines Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 are now available in 13 additional regions.
Public preview: JavaScript and Python support in Azure SQL bindings
You can connect Azure SQL to Azure Functions more easily with input and output bindings, now available in public preview for C#, JavaScript, and Python.
Public preview: Azure Digital Twins 3D Scenes Studio
3D Scenes Studio allows you to build lightweight 3D visualization with contextual data visualizations that can be consumed easily from web browsers.
General availability: Azure Backup supports backup of Write Accelerator enabled disks
Target availability: Q2 2022
Azure Virtual Machine backup protects Write Accelerator enabled disks
IoT Hub IP address change notification
IoT Hub will be updating the underlying infrastructure and will go through an internal service update. The update will change the underlying DNS record for IoT Hub, resulting in a change of the IP address.
Generally available: Stream Analytics query development improvements
See improvements to the Stream Analytics query development experience on the Azure portal to increase productivity.
Generally available: Increased size of Stream Analytics jobs and cluster
Maximum size of a Stream Analytics job and a cluster is increased from 192 SUs to 396 SUs.
Public preview: NGINX for Azure
Natively integrate SaaS solution for advanced traffic management and monitoring on Azure.
In development: Dynatrace for Azure
Target availability: Q2 2022
Natively integrated SaaS solution that provides deep cloud observability, advanced AIOps, and continuous runtime application security capabilities on Azure.
Public preview: Azure Applied AI Services enhancements
Enhancements in preview include Power Virtual Agents to enable sophisticated conversational flows; Azure Form Recognizer helps to streamline patient check-in and verification; Azure Metrics Advisor has simplified service customization.
Public preview: Azure Cognitive Services updates
Azure Cognitive Services is announcing the following preview updates at Build: Azure OpenAI Service and summarization capabilities in Azure Cognitive Service for Language.
Generally available: Ledger in Azure SQL Database
Enable proof that your database has not been tampered with and restore it back to the original value if needed by enabling ledger in Azure SQL Database.
Generally available: Azure Cognitive Service for Language
Cognitive Service for Language now includes custom named entity recognition and custom text classification.
Public preview: Azure Synapse Link for SQL
Synapse Link for SQL enables seamless near-real-time data movement from relational sources to analytical stores without the need to build ETL pipelines.
Public preview: New modern capabilities for Azure SQL Database
Simplify and expedite application development and reduce time-to-market with new features for Azure SQL Database.
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