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Azure Machine Learning updates December 2020 in public preview
Azure Machine Learning has new updates on View capabilities.
Public preview: AKS pod identity
Access cloud resources securely from AKS applications using Azure Active Directory (AAD).
Azure Stack Edge Virtual Machine Support is in public preview
Azure Stack Edge hosts Azure virtual machines so you can run your VM based IoT, AI, and business applications on an Azure appliance at your location.
Logic Apps runtime platform updates and development capabilities
This public preview refresh deepens development and testing support across platforms and offers the ability to deploy and run on Azure, on any container, or on premises.
Grafana query editor for Azure Data Explorer is in public preview
With the new Grafana query builder, it is now possible to build dashboards in just a few clicks using a simple graphical experience.
Public preview: Azure Data Explorer dashboards October update
Azure Data Explorer dashboards keeps evolving constantly. In this update we cover cascading filters, clickable URLs in tables, multi-stat cards, and text font size control in stat cards.
Azure Monitor for Windows Virtual Desktop in public preview
Azure Monitor for Windows Virtual Desktop is a new capability that provides a centralized monitoring view to help you identify and troubleshoot issues with Windows Virtual Desktop.
Azure Storage blob inventory public preview
The Azure Storage blob inventory, which provides an overview of your blob data within a storage account, is now available for public preview in France Central, Canada Central, and Canada East.
November 2020
New feature in public preview for intelligent ingestion from Event Hubs source
New ingestion feature intelligently suggests relevant table schema and mapping definitions to Event Hubs source
Export and manage Azure Policy as code with GitHub
New integrations in between Azure Policy and GitHub are now in public preview.
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 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.
A new version of Text Analytics is now in public preview
Text Analytics new API version supports batch processing and healthcare scenarios.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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