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Backup your SAP HANA databases running on RHEL using Azure Backup
Azure Backup support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), one of the widely used Linux operating systems running SAP HANA, is now available in preview. This preview is available across all Azure regions except for Germany Northeast, Germany Central, France South, and US Gov IOWA.
Machine Learning on Azure SQL Managed Instance limited preview available
Machine Learning services with support for R and Python languages now include limited preview support on Azure SQL Managed Instance.
Service Bus Explorer on the Azure portal is now available in preview
Send, receive, and peek from queues, topics, and subscriptions, now from the Azure portal (in preview).
Azure Monitor for VMs is now in preview in US Gov Virginia
Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines is now available in US Gov Virginia. It's also available in an additional eighteen public regions around the world.
Object replication public preview for Azure Blob storage
Object replication allows you to replicate your block blob data at the blob level from one storage account to another anywhere in the Azure.
Azure Stream Analytics now supports error codes in activity and resource logs
Azure Stream Analytics now supports the use of activity logs and resource logs for troubleshooting errors related to configuration, data, and both upstream and downstream services.
Build updates for Azure Cognitive Search
At Build, we are announcing the new capabilities in Azure Cognitive Search making it easier for developers to build search experience and customize with new skills to deliver more relevant results
Azure Storage—Routing preferences now available for preview
Routing preferences provide the flexibility to optimize traffic to your Storage account for premium network performance by using the Microsoft global network, or to help lower costs using the public Internet. Publish route-specific endpoints for your storage account. The preview is available for all Storage accounts located in France South, South Central US, and the West Central US regions.
Authenticate Azure Stream Analytics to Azure SQL Database using managed identities (preview)
Azure Stream Analytics now supports managed identity authentication with Azure SQL Database.
High throughput output from Stream Analytics to Azure Synapse Analytics (preview)
Azure Stream Analytics jobs now have the ability to output to an existing SQL pool table in Azure Synapse Analytics, and to process throughput rates up to 200 MB/s.
Announcing .NET 5 Preview 4 and our Journey to one .NET
Preview 4 for .NET 5 is now available, with general availability coming in November. This release continues the journey to unify the .NET platform across workloads and will provide developers more productive cloud native development.
Announcing Project Bonsai and Project Moab
Announcing Project Bonsai, Microsoft’s machine teaching service to create intelligent industrial control systems, along with Project Moab, a new open-source balancing robot to help engineers and developers learn how to build these real-world autonomous systems.
‘Learn TV’ daily online program to provide developers with education and skills
Microsoft Learn will launch “Learn TV,” daily live programming and discussions for developers and a one-stop shop to learn and grow with live content from Microsoft Cloud Advocates and Product Group leaders.
Azure VM Image Builder service will be generally available Q3 2020
Unify and simplify your image building process across Azure and Azure Stack using Azure VM Image Builder. It helps give you ease of use with automated image building pipeline, management for the images you’ve built, and DevOps integration with Azure DevOps and other DevOps management solutions you use. In addition, it enables Azure integration for governance and compliance with virtual network configuration and connectivity via enterprise networking options and authentication.
Static Web Apps single page hosting option available in App Service now in preview
Static Web Apps is a simplified hosting option for developers building modern web apps with static front-ends and dynamic back-ends powered by serverless APIs.
Support for Windows containers Azure Container Networking Interface on Azure Stack Hub coming soon in private preview
Windows containers and Azure Container Networking Interface on in AKS engine deployed Kubernetes clusters will soon be available in private preview.
ManageIQ (formerly known as CloudForms) is now available in preview
ManageIQ, a Red Hat platform that allows cloud operators to manage their resources on Azure Stack Hub platforms, such as virtual machines, and track usage data, is now available in preview.
High throughput output from Azure Stream Analytics to Azure Synapse Analytics in preview
Azure Stream Analytics jobs now have the ability to output to an existing SQL pool table in Azure Synapse Analytics, and to process throughput rates up to 200 Mbps.
Authenticate Azure Stream Analytics to Azure SQL Database using managed identities
Azure Stream Analytics now supports managed identity authentication with Azure SQL Database.
Azure Data Explorer ingests up to 10,000 blobs with auto-suggestive schema definition
Learn how to ingest up to 10,000 blobs with auto-suggestive schema definition and continue ingestion for new blobs in only a few minutes.
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