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.
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.
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.
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.
General availability: Azure confidential VMs (DCasv5/ECasv5-series VMs)
General availability of Azure confidential Virtual Machines.
Generally available: CI/CD Guidance for Azure IoT Central
CI/CD Guidance and sample code now available for Azure IoT Central deployment pipelines.
Generally available: Tag filtering in Azure Advisor
Tag filtering is now available in Azure Advisor
Generally available: Calico for Windows on AKS
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for Calico on Windows Server is now generally available.
Generally available: Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7.2
Azure Functions support for PowerShell 7.2 is now generally available.
Generally available: Bring your own Container Network Interface plugin
Use third-party open source or commercial Container Network Interface (CNI) plugins with AKS.
Pubic preview: .NET 7 support for Azure Functions in isolated process model
Azure functions now support .NET 7 in an isolated process model to build serverless applications with Azure Functions v4.
Generally available: Azure Event Grid partner events
Partner events, now generally available on Azure Event Grid, adds several additional features to enhance security.
General availability: Azure Confidential Ledger
Azure Confidential Ledger provides a managed and decentralized ledger for data entries; built on an open source blockchain-based framework and confidential computing infrastructure, confidential ledger is now generally available.
Generally available: Azure SignalR Service Premium Tier
Azure SignalR Service Premium Tier now supports enterprise capabilities such as Availability Zones and Autoscaling.
Generally available: Premium-series hardware for Azure SQL Managed Instance
Leverage new Azure SQL Managed Instance premium-series hardware based on the latest Intel CPUs that offers significantly improved performance and scalability.
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