Updates Archives
Monthly updates for July 2022
General availability: Azure Sphere version 22.07
The 22.07 release includes reduced connect-to-cloud time for the OS, resulting in lower energy use; best practices guidance for production-ready applications; and optimized manufacturing scripts.
Public preview: Azure Synapse Analytics Spark elastic pool storage
Reduce job failures by using elastic pool storage.
Generally available: Trusted Launch support for DCsv3 and DCdsv3 series Virtual Machines
DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series virtual machines (VMs) now supports trusted launch feature.
Generally available: Guided tour experience added to Azure IoT Central
You now have the option to take the phone as a device guided tour when creating a new application in Azure IoT Central.
General availability: VM Applications – Manage and deploy applications to VMs and VMSS
VM Apps is a service that simplifies management, sharing, and global distribution of application packages at scale.
Public preview: SQL DB output connector improvements in Stream Analytics
You can now configure your Azure Stream Analytics job to write to a SQL table that hasn't yet been created or see schema mismatch detection for an existing SQL table.
Public preview: Share images across subscriptions and tenants with new Compute Gallery feature
Target availability: Q3 2022
Using direct shared gallery, a feature of Azure Compute Gallery, you can now share VM images directly with other subscriptions and tenants.
Generally available: Azure Stream Analytics in four new regions
Azure Stream Analytics is a fully managed, real-time analytics service designed to help you analyze and process fast moving streams of data.
Generally available: New KMS DNS in Azure Global Cloud
All Azure Windows VMs provisioned in Azure Global Cloud from July 2022, are activated via azkms.core.windows.net, which points to two new KMS IP addresses, 20.118.99.224 and 40.83.235.53.
Public preview: Managed attributes in Microsoft Purview data catalog
Target availability: Q3 2022
Append organizational metadata to your technical assets by creating and applying managed attributes in the Microsoft Purview data catalog.
Generally available: Rich text editor in Microsoft Purview data catalog
Target availability: Q3 2022
Add rich text formatting to asset and term descriptions in the Microsoft Purview data catalog.
General availability: Microsoft Cost Details API for EA and MCA customers
Target availability: Q3 2022
Cost Details API is now generally available for use by EA and MCA customers.
General availability: NVads A10 v5 Virtual Machines
Target availability: Q3 2022
NVads A10 v5 series virtual machines are now generally available. These are ideal for graphic, video, and AI workloads and include GPU portioning, making them perfect for any size workload.
Public preview: Enhanced experience to opt in to improved backup alerting
Move to Azure Monitor based alerts for Azure Backup with just a few clicks.
General availability: Azure confidential VMs (DCasv5/ECasv5-series VMs)
General availability of Azure confidential Virtual Machines.
Public preview: Azure Monitor for SAP solutions
Azure Monitor for SAP solutions allows you to collect and visualize end-to-end SAP telemetry in the Azure portal.
Generally available: CI/CD Guidance for Azure IoT Central
CI/CD Guidance and sample code now available for Azure IoT Central deployment pipelines.
Public preview: Azure Marketplace for Arc-enabled Azure Stack HCI
Get popular VM images directly from Microsoft and third-party publishers via the Azure Marketplace.
Public preview: Remote support for Arc-enabled Azure Stack HCI
Get remote access to your cluster for support and maintenance purposes.
Public preview: Arc-enabled guest VMs with extensions for Azure Stack HCI
Simplify management and configuration of your guest virtual machine.
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