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Monthly updates for August 2022
General availability: Managed identity to connect Azure Cache for Redis to storage
Connect Azure Cache for Redis to storage accounts via managed identity established through Azure Active Directory to provide a more streamlined and secure process.
Public preview: Node.js 18 in Azure Functions
You can now use the latest features in Node.js 18 with Azure Functions.
Azure SQL—General availability updates for late August 2022
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late August 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late August 2022
Generally available: Unity Catalog for Azure Databricks
Unity Catalog is a unified and fine-grained governance solution for all data assets in your Lakehouse.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache
Optimize your Azure Cosmos DB workloads using the integrated cache, an in-memory cache built-in to the Azure Cosmos DB dedicated gateway.
Generally available: Azure Functions extension for Event Grid blob trigger
Use the Event Grid blob trigger in Azure Functions to handle events raised by a storage account.
Public preview: App Configuration references for App Service and Azure Functions
App Service and Azure Functions now support referencing key-values from Azure App Configuration.
Public preview: Azure Storage Explorer support for Azure App Configuration resources
Work with your App Configuration resources in Storage Explorer on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Generally available: Enterprise-grade edge for Azure Static Web Apps
Azure Static Web Apps now offers faster page loads, enhanced security, and reliability for your global applications.
Generally available: API Management custom widget support in developer portal
Add custom logic to the managed developer portal capabilities and leverage improved custom widget development.
General availability: Azure Communication Services support for Teams identities
Azure Communication Services now supports communication experiences for Teams identities. With this capability developers can build custom standalone applications that integrate audio, video, and telephony for Teams users.
Generally available: Enterprise-ready Azure Monitor change analysis capability released
Azure Monitor change analysis, which extends observability into Azure, is announcing general availability with enhanced performance and security, improved change data quality, and easy navigation from the Azure Monitor portal.
Public preview: Enterprise VMware Cloud Director Service for Azure VMware Solution
VMware Cloud Director Service on Azure VMware Solutions allows you to self-service provision and manage multiple virtual datacenters through multi-tenancy in your Azure VMware Solutions private clouds, reducing time and complexity.
Generally available: Live resize for Premium SSD and Standard SSD Disk Storage
Dynamically increase your disk storage capacity without any application downtime with the Azure Disk Storage live resize feature.
Public preview: Azure Arc-enabled servers in Azure China
Target availability: Q3 2022
Secure, govern, and manage your hybrid servers from Azure
Generally available: Azure Arc-enabled servers in South Africa North
Secure, govern, and manage your hybrid servers from Azure
Public preview: Ephemeral OS disks supports host-based encryption using customer managed key
Create Ephemeral VMs with customer managed key encryption types for host-based encryption.
Generally available: IoT Edge 1.4
The Azure IoT Edge release 1.4 is the long term servicing (LTS) release of IoT Edge. The companion release of Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW) 1.4 long term servicing will be coming later this fall.
Generally available: Prevent a lifecycle management policy from archiving recently rehydrated blobs
Use daysAfterLastTierChangeGreaterThan condition in lifecycle management policy to prevent unintended archiving.
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