Azure updates

Azure Backup: Encryption at rest using customer-managed keys is now generally available

Encrypt your backups using customer-managed keys for more security and control.

• Azure Backup
• Management
• Features

Azure Sphere OS version 21.01 is now available for evaluation

Learn more about compatibility testing with Azure Sphere OS version 21.01.

• Azure Sphere
• Operating System

Public IP SKU upgrade generally available

Azure public IPs now support the ability to be upgraded from Basic to Standard SKU, enabling customers to retain the same IP address for services that require Standard IP frontends.

• IP Addresses
• Load Balancer
• Features

Built-in Azure Policy support for NSG Flow Logs is now available

Network security group (NSG) Flow Logs can now be deployed and managed using built-in Azure policies. You don't need to write your own policies to manage NSG Flow Log deployments.

• Network Watcher
• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Features

Azure Health Bot is now generally available

Moving Microsoft Healthcare Bot to Azure and empowering organizations to deliver even better care for patients.

• Azure Bot Services
• Microsoft Healthcare Bot
• Services

Azure Automation is now available in UAE North

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

• Automation
• Regions & Datacenters

Azure Defender for SQL (in Azure Security Center)—News and updates for December 2020

December 2020's enhancements and updates to Azure Defender for SQL in Azure Security Center.

• Security Center
• Security

Azure Security Center—News and updates for December 2020

New enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in December 2020.

• Security Center
• Security

NCas_T4_v3-Series VMs are now generally available

These virtual machines are ideal to run ML and AI workloads utilizing Cuda, TensorFlow, Pytorch, Caffe, and other Frameworks or the graphics workloads using NVIDIA GRID technology.

• Virtual Machines
• Services
• Features

Ingress logs are now available for Azure Time Series Insights environments

Target availability: Q4 2020

Azure Time Series Insights has released Azure Monitor Logs for errors that occur in the ingress pipeline. This category includes errors that occur when receiving events (such as failures to connect to an Event Source) and processing events (such as errors when parsing an event payload). 

• Features

RabbitMQ Extension for Windows and Linux is now generally available

You can now use the RabbitMQ triggers and bindings extension to respond and send messages with Azure Functions.

• Azure Functions
• Features

Five more free services now available in the Azure free account

Free amounts of Archive Storage, Container Registry, Load Balancer, Service Bus, and VPN Gateway are now available for eligible Azure free account users, as well as and increased free amounts of Cosmos DB.

• Services

Azure Sphere OS version 20.12 is now available

Learn more about what's new in Azure Sphere OS version 20.12.

• Azure Sphere
• Operating System

Support for reference data up to 5GB and new improvements in Azure Stream Analytics now generally available

The latest update of Azure Stream Analytics, now deployed in every supported region, provides support for larger reference data ( up to 5 GB), and add support for composite keys for blob output partitioning.

• Azure Stream Analytics
• Security
• Features

Azure Digital Twins is now generally available

Azure Digital Twins is generally available and read for production deployments. Features include: Flexible modelling and general graph topology, richer compute, bring your own IoT Hub for easier integration, and improved scalability.

• Azure Digital Twins
• Services

Azure VMware Solution now available in UK South and Japan East Azure regions

The new Azure VMware Solution has expanded availability to Japan East and UK South Azure regions in addition to the existing regions: US East, US West, West Europe and Australia.

• Azure VMware Solution
• Services

Private Link support for Azure Automation is now generally available

Ensure a secure channel to connect to your Automation Accounts resources with the help of Private Links in Automation.

• Automation
• Azure Monitor
• Azure Private Link
• Security
• Management
• Services
• Features

HBv2-series VMs for HPC are now available in UAE North

Azure’s most powerful and scalable HPC VMs, the HBv2-series, are now available in the UAE North region. Customers in this region can now run scale-out MPI workloads to tens of thousands of CPU cores.

• Virtual Machines
• Services
• Features
• Regions & Datacenters