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Generally available: Jobs API to support bulk import in Azure Digital Twins
GA release for bulk import support for Azure Digital Twins
May 2023
Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer bindings for Azure Functions
Target availability: Q2 2023
Azure Data Explorer Bindings for Azure Functions (Public Preview)
Setting Up a CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions for Stream Analytics Jobs
Are you using GitHub for managing your Stream Analytics project and looking to leverage GitHub's powerful CI/CD pipeline? Follow this comprehensive guide and learn to set up a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions for your Stream Analytics jobs.
Public Preview – Support for WebSocket APIs in Azure API Management Self-hosted Gateway
We are announcing the native support for WebSocket APIs in the self-hosted gateway feature inside Azure API Management.
Public Preview: Data mapping designer in Azure Logic Apps (Standard)
Microsoft has re-envisioned data transformations in Azure Logic Apps (Standard) by building a new data mapper experience from the ground up.
PublicPreview: Azure API Management: API Center
Centrally organize and manage APIs across the entire organization, regardless of API type, deployment location, lifecycle stage, or choice of API gateway or API management solution using Azure API Center. Boost developer productivity by facilitating API discovery and promoting API reuse. Establish a governance model for API portfolio across the entire organization. Elevate API inventory management by organizing and enriching APIs with custom metadata, API versions, and deployment details. Click here to learn more.
GA: Logic Apps (Standard) adds support for .NET Framework extensibility in XSLT data.
Developers can now add .NET Framework methods to XSLT data transformations in Azure Logic Apps (Standard).
Generally Available – New Azure Event Grid events for Azure API Management Self-hosted gateway
We are announcing the support for 11 new Azure Event Grid event types in Azure API Management.
Generally Available – Custom domain support for self-hosted gateway configuration endpoint v2
We are announcing the support of custom domain for the self-hosted gateway configuration endpoint v2.
GA Azure API Management Self-hosted gateway authentication using Azure Active Directory
New authentication method for the Self-hosted gateway with the configuration endpoint
Generally Available: Exactly Once Delivery to ADLS Gen2 Output
Azure Stream Analytics supports for end-to-end exactly once semantics when writing to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.
Private Preview: Kafka Input and Output with Azure Stream Analytics
Target availability: Q2 2023
You can connect directly to Kafka to ingest from Kafka clusters or output data to Kafka clusters in your Azure Stream Analytics (ASA) job.
Generally Available: Exactly Once Delivery to Event Hub Output
Stream Analytics now supports end-to-end exactly once semantics when writing to Event Hub output.
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB SDKs OpenTelemetry and Application Insights integration
Monitoring your applications is easier than ever with new support for OpenTelemetry and improved Application Insights integration.
Public Preview: Azure Stream Analytics Schema Registry Integration
Azure Stream Analytics can now fetch schema from the Schema Registry and deserialize data from Event Hub inputs for Avro format.
Generally Available: V2 programming model for Azure Functions using Python
A simplified programming model for Python developers.
Public Preview: Time-travel for Azure Synapse Link for Cosmos DB
Rewind to read previous transactions in Synapse Link containers to analyze previous versions of your document with time-travel for Azure Synapse Link
Generally Available: Cost-optimizations with transformations on Log Analytics for troubleshooting Cosmos DB
Optimize costs on your Log Analytics workspace by adding transformation rules to your Cosmos DB LA tables.
Public Preview: Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore enhances AI-driven applications using OpenAI API or custom-built solutions by incorporating vector similarity search into your database.
Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB serverless container with 1 TB storage
Azure Cosmos DB serverless 1-TB is now generally available. Enjoy expanded storage capacity, allowing you to store up to 1 TB of data in a single container.
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