Updates Archives
Monthly updates for July 2022
Public preview: Azure Synapse Analytics Spark elastic pool storage
Reduce job failures by using elastic pool storage.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Public preview: Azure Stack HCI version 22H2
Evaluate the latest Azure Stack HCI version 22H2 in the preview channel.
Public preview: Azure Spring Apps feature updates
New Azure Spring Apps updates and features for basic/standard and enterprise tiers are in preview.
Public preview: Azure Load Testing - additional metrics for pass/fail criteria
Azure Load Testing now supports additional client metrics (in addition to response time and error percentage) and aggregate functions on client metrics to define pass/fail criteria for a test.
Public preview: Azure Load Testing now displays load engine health metrics
You can view engine health metrics to understand the performance of the test engine during the run, enabling confidence in the test results and better test configuration.
Public preview: API Server VNet integration
You can now create an AKS private cluster without private link/tunnel.
Public preview: Microsoft Azure Web PubSub Premium Tier
Microsoft Azure Web PubSub Premium Tier now supports enterprise capabilities such as Availability Zones and Autoscaling.
Public preview: Cross-region read replicas for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus)
Create read replicas of your Hyperscale (Citus) server group in different regions.
Public preview: TLS 1.3 support on Application Gateway
Use TLS 1.3 in Azure Application Gateway to improve security and performance.
Public preview: Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage
Premium SSD v2 is the next generation Azure Premium SSD Disk Storage. Provision the IOPS and throughput you need without necessarily purchasing additional storage capacity.
Public preview: OVN-Kubernetes network provider for Azure Red Hat OpenShift
OVN-Kubernetes Container Network Interface (CNI) for Azure Red Hat OpenShift cluster is now in public preview.
Public preview: Azure Active Directory authentication for exporting and importing Managed Disks
Improve security with the new integration to Azure Active Directory (AD) used to export and import data to Azure Managed Disks.
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