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March 2019
Windows Virtual Desktop now in public preview
Get started today with Windows Virtual Desktop in public preview. Deploy and scale Windows desktops and apps on Azure in minutes.
General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in India Central
Azure Kubernetes Service is now generally available in India Central. It's the 19th Azure region to offer the service.
Azure Boards and Azure Pipelines GitHub Integration Improvements - Sprint 149 Update
In the Sprint 149 Update of Azure DevOps, we added the ability to navigate to Azure Boards directly from mentions in a GitHub comment as well as support for Azure Boards in GitHub Enterprise.
Azure Backup SQL Servers running in Azure Virtual Machines is now generally available
Target availability: Q1 2019
Learn about this pay-as-you-go service that uses native SQL backup and restore APIs to provide a comprehensive solution to backup SQL servers running in Azure IaaS VMs.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster autoscaler is in preview
AKS cluster autoscaling lets you scale more efficiently and run applications without downtime.
Azure premium blob storage is now generally available
Target availability: Q1 2019
Premium blob storage is a new tier of Blob storage (hot, cool, and archive are the existing tiers) ideal for demanding workloads that require high transaction rates or faster and more consistent response times like IOT and telemetry.
TimescaleDB for Azure Database for PostgreSQL to power IoT and time-series workloads
Microsoft has established a partnership with Timescale that introduces support for TimescaleDB in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Azure Kubernetes service (AKS) control plane audit logging is now in preview
Target availability: Q1 2019
: Use audit logging in AKS to keep a chronological record of calls that have been made to the Kubernetes API server, also known as the control plane.
PostgreSQL extension in Azure Data Studio and PostgreSQL extension in Visual Studio Code
Target availability: Q1 2019
Azure Data Studio, our cross-platform data editor, now provides preview support for PostgreSQL. A Microsoft extension for PostgreSQL in Visual Studio Code is now also in preview.
Public preview: Azure Log Analytics in France Central, Korea Central, North Europe
France Central, Korea Central, and North Europe are now GA for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyze their services for health and usage using Azure Log Analytics.
Public preview: Adaptive network hardening in Azure Security Center
Adaptive network hardening in Azure Security Center is in public preview and can help you secure connections to and from the public internet.
Support for virtual network peering in Azure Security Center
The network map in Azure Security Center now supports virtual network peering.
Azure Security Center adaptive application control updates
In Azure Security Center, adaptive application control in audit mode is now available for Azure Linux VMs, as well as non-Azure Windows and Linux VMs and servers that are connected to Azure Security Center.
Azure Security Center: Regulatory compliance dashboard in public preview
The new Azure Security Center regulatory compliance dashboard is in public preview. It helps streamline the process for meeting regulatory compliance requirements by providing insights into your compliance posture.
Azure Security Center: Secure score impact changes
In Azure Security Center, the secure score impact has changed for several recommendations. The change might affect your overall secure score.
Azure Security Center policy migration to Azure Policy
Azure Security Center policy updates are now performed from Azure Policy.
Azure Security Center update: Secure score for compliance metrics
Use secure score to evaluate your security posture in Azure Security Center.
Azure Security Center update: Azure App Service recommendation improvements
Azure App Service security recommendations have been improved to provide greater accuracy and environment compatibility.
Azure portal March 2019 update
Learn about updates to the Azure portal for March 2019, including Virtual Network Gateway overview page changes, new full-screen DNS Zone and Load Balancer create blades, and Azure Management Group integration with Activity Log.
Update 19.03 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
We now support both a Retail Evaluation feed and a Retail feed for the Azure Sphere OS.
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