Azure updates

Export and manage Azure Policy as code with GitHub

New integrations in between Azure Policy and GitHub are now in public preview.

• Azure Policy
• Compliance
• Management

Azure Boards - Delivery Plans 2.0 is now in preview

With this release, we're announcing the public preview release of Delivery Plans 2.0 and other improvements.

• Azure DevOps
• Features

Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines Guest Health is in public preview

Announcing the Public Preview of the Guest Health feature of Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines, that monitors the health of your virtual machines and fires an alert when any of the parameters being monitored are outside the acceptable range.

• Azure Monitor
• Virtual Machines
• Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Management
• Features

A new version of Text Analytics is now in public preview

Text Analytics new API version supports batch processing and healthcare scenarios.

• Text Analytics
• Features

Node.js 14 for Azure Functions is now available in public preview

Developers can now build and publish Azure Functions Apps using Node.js 14.

• Azure Functions
• Features

SMB Multichannel preview is now available on Azure Files premium tier

Lower your deployment cost and increase you Server Message Block (SMB) 3.x client’s performance with Azure Files SMB Multichannel.

• Premium Files Storage
• Azure Files
• Services
• Features

Cognitive Services Speech adds new Neural TTS voices and general availability of Neural TTS in containers

Speech service adds 10 new neural Text to Speech (TTS) voices and announces general availability of Neural TTS in containers.

• Azure Cognitive Services
• Text to Speech
• Features

Azure Backup for SAP HANA databases now supports Incremental backups – Public preview

Azure Backup for SAP HANA now supports HANA incremental backups which allows you to have faster and more cost-effective backups.

• Azure Backup
• Management
• Services
• Features

Public preview: Application Insight in UAE North

UAE North is now in public preview for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyze their services for health using Application Insight.

• Application Insights
• Azure Monitor
• Regions & Datacenters

Public preview: Azure Log Analytics in Germany West Central, UAE North, and Switzerland West

Germany West Central, UAE North, and Switzerland West are now in public preview for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyze their services for health and usage using Azure Log Analytics.

• Log Analytics
• Azure Monitor
• Regions & Datacenters

Redis 6.0 is now in preview for Azure Cache for Redis

Redis 6.0 (preview) for Azure Cache for Redis brings several new features enhancing developer productivity including Redis Streams (new list data type), new commands, improved HyperLogLog performance, and more.

• Azure Cache for Redis
• Management
• Features

Azure Machine Learning updates--November 2020

Numerous updates across security, performance, experimentation and automated ML capabilities have been implemented.

• Azure Machine Learning
• Features

Azure Cosmos DB transactional batch support for Java SDK 4.7.0 and above is now available

This new support satisfies a frequent customer ask for ACID-compliant transactions that succeed or fail altogether.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features
• SDK and Tools

Serverless offer for Azure Cosmos DB in preview on all APIs

A new consumption-based offer that complements the existing range of provisioned throughput options is now in preview for all Azure Cosmos DB APIs.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Management
• Features
• Pricing & Offerings

QnA Maker introduces deep learning (Public Preview)

The next version of QnA Maker introduces state-of-art deep learning technologies and advances several core capabilities like better relevance and precise answering.

• Azure Cognitive Services
• QnA Maker
• Features

Azure HDInsight now supports Private Link in preview

Azure HDInsight private link integration allows you to create VNET injected clusters with no public IP and access them using your own private endpoints.

• HDInsight
• Security

Power BI dynamic M query parameter support

Power BI dynamic M query parameter allows users to explicitly inject filters at the designated place in the query and improve query performance by a few factors, especially when the report is built on top of a very big dataset, or using complex query logic.

• Azure Data Explorer
• Features

Generate Azure Functions using Azure API Management extension for Visual Studio Code

Target availability: Q4 2020

Using Azure API Management extension for Visual Studio Code, you can now generate Azure Functions. This will help you scaffold all the necessary functions for your API based on the API definitions.

• API Management
• Features