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Azure Active Directory support in Azure Database for MySQL
We're excited to announce preview support of Azure Active Directory integration for Azure Database for MySQL.
Private Link for Azure Database for MariaDB is now in preview
Azure Private Link support for Azure Database for MariaDB is now available in preview.
Private Link for Azure Database for MySQL is now in preview
Azure Private Link support for Azure Database for MySQL is now available in preview.
Private Link for Azure Database for PostgreSQL single server now in preview
Azure Private Link support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single server is now available in preview.
December 2019
Service-aided subnet configuration for managed instance in Azure SQL Database is now available
To address customer security and manageability requirements, managed instance, a deployment capability of Azure SQL Database, is transitioning from a manual to service-aided subnet configuration.
Azure SQL Database Gen 4 hardware approaching end of life in 2020
Target availability: Q4 2019
Azure SQL Database is beginning the decommissioning process of Gen 4 Intel E5-2673 v3 (Haswell)-based CPUs and is transitioning to Intel E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) 2.3 GHz and Intel SP8160 (Skylake) processors for all new deployments.
Azure SQL Database managed instance meter PITRs name changes
Effective February 1, 2020, the meter names of Azure SQL Database managed instance point-in-time restore (PITR) backup will change.
Azure Database for MySQL support for MySQL 8.0 is now available
Azure Database for MySQL now provides general availability support for the latest major version of MySQL, version 8.0.
Easily monitor backup storage costs for Azure SQL databases and elastic pools
Easily monitor backup storage costs for your single databases and elastic pools directly from the Azure portal.
November 2019
Azure SQL Database—Extensions for index resumable online operations
Now in general availability, a new configuration option, PAUSED_RESUMABLE_INDEX_ABORT_DURATION_MINUTES, has been added to ALTER DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION (Transact-SQL) for resumable online index operations.
Azure Active Directory server principals (logins) for SQL managed instance
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) server principals (also known as Azure AD logins) for managed instance are now in general availability.
Azure private endpoint support for Azure Cosmos DB is now in preview
Azure private endpoint for Azure Cosmos DB is a network interface that connects you privately and securely to a service powered by Azure Private Link.
Azure Cosmos DB supports GROUP BY for queries for SQL (Core) API
Now in general availability, Azure Cosmos DB supports GROUP BY for queries for SQL (Core) API. This is one of our top asks from users and we are excited to release this capability.
Azure Cosmos DB API now supports MongoDB version 3.6
The Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB now supports MongoDB wire protocol version 6 and server version 3.6. All new accounts provisioned using the Azure portal will have the option to provision with server version 3.6.
New Azure SQL Database backup storage metrics are now generally available
New metrics are now available to monitor Azure SQL Database backup storage consumption.
Azure Database for MySQL—Service health notifications in East US and UK South
Now in preview for East US and UK South regions only, Azure Database for MySQL provides support for service health notifications for planned maintenance.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Service notifications in East US and UK South
Now in preview for East US and UK South regions only, Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server provides support for service health notifications for planned maintenance.
Azure Database for MariaDB—Service health notifications in East US and UK South
Now in preview for the East US and UK South regions only, Azure Database for MariaDB provides support for service health notifications for planned maintenance.
PostgreSQL and MySQL and MariaDB General Purpose Large Scale Storage Meter ID and Name Changes
Effective January 1, 2020, the meter IDs and names of Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL and MariaDB General Purpose -Large Scale Storage will change.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL single server is now available in Switzerland regions
Azure Database for PostgreSQL is now generally available in the recently announced regions of Switzerland.
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