Updates Archives

Generally Available: Azure Dedicated Host - Restart

Target availability: Q4 2022

Introducing Azure dedicated host - Restart functionality

• Features

General availability: Feature enhancements to Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Azure’s WAF now supports multiple new features - SQLi and XSS detection queries, new built-in Azure policies, and increased exclusions limit with support for exclusions on bot manager rule set.

• Web Application Firewall
• Application Gateway
• Azure Front Door
• Security
• Features

General availability: Yocto recipes for IoT Edge 1.4 LTS

Announcing refreshed recipes for IoT Edge to build the latest 1.4 LTS release.

• Azure IoT Edge
• Open Source
• Features
• Operating System

General availability: Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server data encryption with CMK

Encrypt your data with customer-managed keys to enable an extra layer of security for data at rest.

• Azure Database for MySQL
• Security
• Open Source
• Features

General availability: Azure AD authentication with Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server

Simplify permission management by using Microsoft Azure Active Directory identities to authenticate with instances of Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server.

• Open Source
• Features

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB Azure Functions extension version 4

Authenticate to Azure Functions with Azure Active Directory using the Azure Cosmos DB extension version 4.

• Features

Generally available: Updated API names for Azure Cosmos DB

See multiple updated API names in Azure Cosmos DB on product pages, in technical documentation, and billing that will not impact your experience, product functionality, or performance.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL now available in new regions

Create Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters now in the Sweden Central and Switzerland West regions.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Regions & Datacenters

General availability: JSON support in Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise tiers

Gain powerful tools for working with JSON formatted data in Azure Cache for Redis through the RedisJSON module.

• Azure Cache for Redis
• Features

Public preview: Azure Functions support for Python 3.10

You can now take advantage of Python 3.10 features with Azure Functions.

• Features

Generally Available: Azure Functions Extension Bundle v4

The latest Azure Functions Extension Bundle is now generally available.

• Features

Generally Available: Durable Functions support for Java

Durable Functions make it easy to orchestrate stateful workflows as-code in a serverless environment.

• Features

Generally Available: Azure Functions support for Java 17

You can now use the latest LTS version of Java with Azure Functions.

• Azure Functions
• Features

Generally available: Static Web Apps Diagnostics

You can now access guided troubleshooting information related to specific issues detected within your Azure Static Web Apps service configuration.

• Static Web Apps
• Features

Generally Available: Kubernetes 1.25 support in AKS

You can now benefit from Kubernetes 1.25 enhancements in AKS.

• Features

Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-December 2022

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-December 2022.

• Azure SQL Database
• Features

General availability: Stream Analytics no-code editor updates in December 2022

New features are now available in Stream Analytics no-code editor GA including multiple parameter built-in functions support, Delta Lake format support in ADLS Gen2 output sink.

• Azure Stream Analytics
• Event Hubs
• Features

Generally available: Software inventory & agentless dependency analysis generally available with Azure Migrate

Now generally available for Hyper-V virtual machines and bare-metal servers

• Management
• Features

General Availability: Azure Automation Hybrid Runbook Worker Extension

Azure Automation announces General Availability of Azure Automation Hybrid Runbook Worker Extension

• Management