Azure updates

Azure Private Link is now available in preview

Target availability: Q3 2019

Connect to services in your Azure virtual networks more securely and privately with Azure Private Link, now available in preview.

• Virtual Network
• Storage Accounts
• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Azure SQL Database
• SQL Data Warehouse
• Compliance
• Features
• Regions & Datacenters
• Security
• Services

Stream Analytics supports output to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2

Azure Stream Analytics now offers output adapter for egress to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2.

• Azure Stream Analytics
• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Features

Stream Analytics offers native support for Parquet format

Azure Stream Analytics now offers native support for Apache Parquet format when writing to Azure Blob storage or Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2.

• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Azure Stream Analytics
• Blob Storage
• Features

Multi-protocol Data Access for Azure Data Lake Storage is now in public preview

New functionality that will enable you to manage the same data using either Blob APIs or Data Lake Storage Gen2 APIs is now available in preview.

• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Blob Storage
• Storage Accounts
• Features
• Microsoft Inspire

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 support for Event Grid Notifications is now in preview

Azure Event Grid provides reliable event delivery at massive scale. Event Grid integration brings change notifications for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

• Event Grid
• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Features

Preserve ACLs when upgrading from ADLS Gen1 to Gen2 using Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Factory empowers you to copy data from Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Gen1 to Gen2 easily and performantly. Furthermore, now you can choose to preserve the access control lists (ACLs) set on the files/directories along with data.

• Data Factory
• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Features

Managed identities-based authentication for egress to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 1

If you use Azure Stream Analytics, you’ll now be able to run your real-time pipelines with MSI based authentication while writing to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 1.

• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Features

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 is now generally available

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 is a no-compromises data lake platform that combines the rich feature set of advanced data lake solutions with the economics, global scale, and enterprise grade security of Azure Blob Storage.

• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Services