Updates Archives
Monthly updates for October 2022
Public preview: Computer Vision Image Analysis 4.0
Get results from all Image Analysis visual features including Read (OCR) with only need one API call.
Public preview: Microsoft Azure Deployment Environments
Azure Deployment Environments has entered public preview and helps dev teams create and manage all types of environments throughout the application lifecycle.
Generally available: Service Bus Explorer for the Azure portal
Manage and work with your messages directly in the portal integrated version of Service Bus Explorer.
Public preview: Support for HANA System Replication in Azure Backup for HANA
Now, if a HANA database fails over with HANA System Replication, backups are automatically continued from the new primary, with Azure Backup for HANA.
Generally available: Control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Service Bus
Configure your Service Bus namespace to require that clients send and receive data with a minimal version of transport layer security (TLS).
Public preview: Job diagram simulator in VS Code
The job diagram simulator provides a capability to visualize your Stream Analytics job’s topology and help you improve the query’s parallelism as you develop your streaming query.
Public preview: Oracle to Azure migration with Database Migration Assessment for Oracle
Migrate from Oracle to Azure Database for PostgreSQL with the Database Migration Assessment for Oracle extension available in Azure Data Studio.
Public preview: Azure Active Directory for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Use Azure Active Directory-based authentication methods using Azure Active Directory principals, managed identities, and groups to connect and access Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server.
Azure Machine Learning—Public preview updates for October 2022/Ignite
Features include functionality to promote pipelines and models across workspaces, perform data wrangling at scale, shorten training times, and lower set-up costs with Azure Container for PyTorch.
General availability: Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server with AMD compute
Take advantage of AMD compute for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server general purpose and business critical tiers, with tuned performance out of the box.
Public preview: MySQL extension for Azure Data Studio
Connect to, query, and develop for MySQL hosted on-premises or in the cloud with the MySQL extension for Azure Data Studio.
Public preview: Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server auto scale IO
Use auto scale IO to automatically scale the IO on an instance of Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server to efficiently adapt for workload needs without manual intervention.
Public preview: Infrastructure encryption using customer managed key for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Infrastructure encryption with customer managed keys adds a second layer of encryption for your data at rest using customer managed keys.
General availability: 16MB limit per document in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB
Develop your applications with more flexibility with a higher 16MB document limit in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB.
Generally available: Azure Advisor score across all Azure regions
Azure Advisor score enables you to quickly prioritize the Azure Advisor recommendations that will have the greatest impact on your workload health.
Generally available: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Build distributed PostgreSQL applications that scale globally with cross-region read replicas with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL.
Public preview: Azure resource topology
Enhancing network and resource health visualization with unified and dynamic topology across subscriptions, regions, and resource groups.
Public preview: ExpressRoute Traffic Collector
ExpressRoute Traffic Collector enables sampling of network flows sent over ExpressRoute Direct circuits.
Public preview: Integration of Azure Monitor Agent with Connection Monitor
Integration of Azure Monitor Agent support in Connection Monitor for monitoring connectivity to ARC enabled endpoints.
Public preview: Azure Migrate - SQL Server migration assessment for migration or modernization
Save cost in Azure for your SQL estate through the new unified discovery and assessment feature in Azure Migrate.
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