Azure updates

General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) additional regions available

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) is now available in the Central US, South Central US, West Central US, and West US regions to distribute your Postgres database.

• Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Regions & Datacenters
• Management

Generally available: Alert processing rules in Azure Monitor

Alert processing rules (formerly action rules) provide post-processing capabilities for fired alerts in Azure Monitor.

• Azure Monitor
• Management
• Features

Public preview: Azure Monitor predictive autoscale for Azure virtual machine scale sets

Predictive autoscale for Azure virtual machine scale sets can manage and scale your virtual machine scale sets by observing and learning from historical CPU usage patterns.

• Azure Monitor
• Management
• Features

Private preview: AKS cluster persistent volume backup

AKS persistent volume backup provides backup and restore ability for the persistent volumes of your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster.

• Azure Backup
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Open Source
• Management
• Features

General Availability: IoT Edge monitoring with Azure Monitor

Use the latest IoT Edge Metrics collector module to send metrics to Azure Monitor and leverage updated visualizations to monitor and troubleshoot your IoT Edge devices.

• Azure IoT Edge
• Azure Monitor
• Azure IoT Central
• Azure IoT Hub
• Open Source
• Management
• Features

General availability: Automated backup enhancements for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

The Automated backup feature on SQL Server for Azure Virtual Machines blade comes with the ability for increased retention and better manageability with your choice of storage container per instance.

• SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
• Management
• Features

General availability: Azure Cache for Redis active geo-replication in enterprise tiers

Link cached data across regions for multi-primary writes and higher availability with active geo-replication in enterprise tiers for Azure Cache for Redis.

• Azure Cache for Redis
• Regions & Datacenters
• Management
• Features

Generally available: Azure Monitor diagnostic settings for Azure Storage

Azure Monitor diagnostic settings now supports Azure Storage logs in log analytics workspaces, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Storage, and select Marketplace partners.

• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Management
• Features

Generally available: Improved Syslog RFC compliance using the new Azure Monitor agent

Azure Monitor agent now supports additional syslog RFC formats collected from various networking devices.

• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Management
• Features

Generally available: Azure Monitor agent extension support for automatic upgrade extension feature

Enable the ‘automatic extension upgrade’ feature on the Azure Monitor agent extension to automatically get new extension versions rolled out to your virtual machines and scale sets in Azure.

• Azure Monitor
• Security
• Services
• Management
• Features

Public preview: Test action groups in Azure Monitor

Start testing your alert notification settings using the new test action groups functionality in Azure Monitor.

• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Management
• Features

Public preview: Execute Azure Monitor Logs connector on an exact time range

Investigate alert incidences with Azure Monitor Logs connector scoped to an exact time range of alert.

• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Management
• Features

Public preview: Support for private links available on the new agent

Start using the new agent and data collection rules in environments with special network requirements and maintain network isolation by leveraging private links.

• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Management
• Features

Generally available: Azure Site Recovery support for ZRS Managed Disks

With ASR, you can protect your VMs that uses ZRS managed disks by replicating them to a secondary region of your choice.

• Azure Site Recovery
• Management
• Features

Generally available: Azure Monitor log alerts new version

Scheduled Query Rules API version 2021-08-01 is now available and fully supported, replacing API version 2021-02-01-preview.

• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Management

Public preview: Support for managed identity in Azure Cache for Redis

Connect Azure Cache for Redis to storage accounts via managed identity.

• Azure Cache for Redis
• Management
• Features

Scheduled Query Rules API preview version 2021-02-01 will be retired on 31 January 2022

Target retirement date: January 31, 2022

Transition to Scheduled Query Rules API version 2021-08-01 before 31 January 2022.

• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Management
• Features
• Retirements

Public preview: Create multiple data export rules to the same event hub namespace

When exporting data to event hub, you now have the flexibility to create multiple rules and event hub names to the same event hub namespace. This feature is in preview.

• Azure Monitor
• Services
• Management