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The Azure Quota REST API to manage service limits (quotas) is now generally available
Use Azure REST Quota APIs to manage the service limits (quota) of Azure Virtual Machines (cores/vCPU) and Azure Machine Learning. Take advantage of this capability to query current usage and quotas for the supported resources and update these limits.
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 Sphere OS version 21.01 is now available for evaluation
Learn more about compatibility testing with Azure Sphere OS version 21.01.
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.
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.
Azure Health Bot is now generally available
Moving Microsoft Healthcare Bot to Azure and empowering organizations to deliver even better care for patients.
Azure Automation is now available in UAE North
Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.
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.
Azure Security Center—News and updates for December 2020
New enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in December 2020.
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.
December 2020
Azure Automation is now available in Germany West Central
Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.
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).
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.
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.
Azure Sphere OS version 20.12 is now available
Learn more about what's new in Azure Sphere OS version 20.12.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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