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January 2023

Jan 18

Generally available: Azure Active Directory authentication for SQL Server 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

Customers with SQL Server 2022 can enable Azure Active Directory authentication, single sign-on, unify SQL Server authentication and leverage multi-factor authentication.

  • Services
  • Features
Jan 18

Public Preview of Viewing SQL Server Databases via Azure Arc

IN PREVIEW

Surfaces all the active databases and their configurations for each of the Arc-enabled SQL Servers in Azure.

  • Services
  • Features
Jan 18

Public Preview: Microsoft Purview access policies for SQL Server 2022

IN PREVIEW

Author policies that govern the access to Active Directory users directly from Azure to all your SQL Server 2022 data sources at scale.

  • SQL Server – Azure Arc
  • Services
  • Features
Jan 12

General availability: IoT Edge Metrics Collector 1.1

NOW AVAILABLE

This refresh updates the module's dependencies and base image.

  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Services
Jan 9

Azure VM backup: General availability updates for Dec, 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure VM backup now takes a SQL COPY_ONLY_FULL snapshots in SQL Virtual machines to avoid reset of Log sequence numbers and reduce snapshot delays

  • Azure Backup
  • Services
  • Management
Jan 9

Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Brazil Southeast

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2023

Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now available in Brazil Southeast region.

  • Azure Red Hat OpenShift
  • Open Source
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features
Jan 5

General Availability: Azure Sphere support for European Data Boundary

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Sphere Security Service EU data processing and storage is now generally available.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Services
Jan 4

Public Preview: IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Tokyo version

NOW AVAILABLE

The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster.

  • Compliance
  • Services
Jan 4

Azure Backup for SAP HANA: General availability updates for Dec 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

In Dec 2022, the following updates and enhancements were made for Azure Backup for SAP HANA – a backint certified database backup solution for SAP HANA databases in Azure VMs.Long term retention for…

  • Azure Backup
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Jan 4

Private Preview: Featured Clothing

IN PREVIEW

This insight provides information on key items worn by individuals within a video and the timestamp in which the clothing appears.

  • Services

December 2022

Dec 14

Public preview: Build a business case with Azure Migrate

IN PREVIEW

Build a business case in Azure Migrate today to understand the return on investment for migrating your servers, SQL Server deployments and ASP.NET web apps running in your VMware environment to Azure.

  • Services
  • Features
Dec 2

Public Preview: Azure Sphere support for European Data Boundary

IN PREVIEW

Azure Sphere Security Service EU data processing and storage (Public Preview) 

  • Azure Sphere
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Services

November 2022

Nov 30

Generally available: Additional Always Free Services for Azure Free Account and PAYG

NOW AVAILABLE

With an Azure free account, you can explore with free amounts of 55+ always free services.

  • Azure AI services
  • Azure Web PubSub
  • Azure Resource Mover
  • Azure Container Apps
  • Services
Nov 30

General availability: 12 months free services for new Azure PAYG customers

NOW AVAILABLE

With an Azure free account, you can explore with free amounts of 55+ always free services.

  • Media Services
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Service Bus
  • Load Balancer
  • Virtual Machines
  • Key Vault
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Azure Files
  • Azure AI services
  • Azure AI Vision
  • Security
  • Services
Nov 30

Public preview: Call automation capabilities for Azure Communication Services

IN PREVIEW

A new set of APIs are in preview, to help developers build server-based, calling workflows.

  • Azure Communication Services
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
Nov 30

Generally available Day 0 support for .NET 7.0 on App Service

NOW AVAILABLE

Day 0 support for .NET 7.0 on App Service.

  • App Service
  • Services
  • Features
Nov 22

Public Preview: Use Azure Quota Rest APIs to manage service limits (quotas)

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2022

Use Azure REST Quota API to manage service limits (quotas), query current usage and quotas, and even update limits for your supported Azure resources, when required.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Services
Nov 15

General availability: TLS 1.3 with Application Gateway

NOW AVAILABLE

Start using the new policies with TLS 1.3 for your Azure Application Gateway to improve security and performance.

  • Application Gateway
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features
Nov 14

Public preview: Use Azure Quota REST APIs to manage service limits (quotas)

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2022

Use Azure REST Quota APIs to manage the service limits (quotas) for Azure VMs, HPC Cache, Purview services, and networking.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Services
Nov 14

Limited preview: Azure Backup support for confidential VMs using Platform Managed Keys

IN PREVIEW

You can use this feature to back up confidential VMs using Platform Managed Keys.

  • Services
  • Features

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