Azure updates

Azure Data Factory supports loading data into Azure Synapse Analytics using COPY statement

Azure Synapse Analytics introduced a new COPY statement (preview) which provides the most flexibility for high-throughput data ingestion.

• Data Factory
• Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Active Directory B2C—Send customized emails using a custom policy

Target availability: Q1 2020

Use your own third-party email provider to send customized verification emails during sign up or password reset.

Private Link for Azure Database for MariaDB is now in preview

Azure Private Link support for Azure Database for MariaDB is now available in preview.

• Azure Database for MariaDB

Private Link for Azure Database for MySQL is now in preview

Azure Private Link support for Azure Database for MySQL is now available in preview.

• Azure Database for MySQL

Private Link for Azure Database for PostgreSQL single server now in preview

Azure Private Link support for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single server is now available in preview.

• Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Update servers and applications to TLS 1.2 by March 13, 2020

Update your servers and applications that communicate with Azure Container Registry to use transport layer security (TLS) 1.2 by March 13, 2020, to improve secure communication and to avoid any service interruptions.

• Container Registry

Csharp and Java SDKs for IoT Plug and Play are now in Preview

We have added two more SDK languages to the IoT Plug and Play public preview. You can now develop with the Azure IoT Csharp SDK and the Azure IoT Java SDK, in addition to Azure IoT SDK for Node.js and Azure IoT SDK for C.

• Azure IoT Hub
• Azure IoT Central

Serial console for Azure Virual Machines now available in US Government Cloud

Serial console is now available in preview in the Azure US Government Cloud, allowing customers in the government-only clouds to access the serial console of their VMs or virtual machine scale set instances.

• Virtual Machines
• Linux Virtual Machines
• Windows Virtual Machines
• Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Azure Migrate—Agentless dependency analysis is now available in preview

Azure Migrate now supports agentless dependency analysis in a limited preview.

Azure Private Link support in AKS now in preview

Use Azure Private Link support in AKS to Interact with the Kubernetes API server as a private endpoint in your virtual network, ensuring that all Kubernetes management operations remain completely isolated.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Private Link
• Virtual Network

Web Application Firewall—New bot protection rule now in preview

A new bot protection ruleset (Microsoft_BotManagerRuleSet_1.0) is now in preview for Azure Web Application Firewall with Azure Front Door service.

Azure Sphere update 19.11 is now available via retail feed

The Azure Sphere preview, OS version 19.11, is now available via the retail feed. This release includes a quality release of the OS along with two new features for application development—an SDK for Linux and a Visual Studio Code extension.

• Azure Sphere

Azure Spot VMs now in Preview

Buy unused compute capacity at deep discounts and run interruptible workloads at scale with Azure Spot VMs now in Preview.

• Virtual Machines
• Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Update 19.11 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation

The Azure Sphere public preview 19.11 quality release is now available via the retail evaluation feed. The retail evaluation is meant for backwards compatibility testing. Use the retail evaluation feed to verify production-signed applications against the new release before we deploy it broadly on the retail feed.

• Azure Sphere

Application discovery with Server Assessment in Azure Migrate is now in preview

Discover installed applications, roles, and features with server assessment in Azure Migrate.

• Azure Migrate

Azure Migrate—Assessment of imported servers is now supported in preview

Target availability: Q4 2019

Azure Migrate now supports the assessment of server inventories imported using a CSV file.

• Azure Migrate

Azure Database for MySQL—Service health notifications in East US and UK South

Now in preview for East US and UK South regions only, Azure Database for MySQL provides support for service health notifications for planned maintenance.

• Azure Database for MySQL