Azure-updates

Public Preview – DR for Shared Disks – Azure Site Recovery

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q2 2024

Now you can use the benefits of Shared Disk for your mission-critical applications such as SQL FCI, SAP ASCS, Scale-out File Servers, etc., while ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery.

• Services
• Compliance
• Management
• Features

Azure Machine Learning data collector is now generally available

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q2 2024

Azure Machine Learning data collector provides real-time logging of input and output data from models that are deployed to managed online endpoints or Kubernetes online endpoints. This data can be seamlessly used for model monitoring, debugging, or auditing, thereby providing observability into the performance of your deployed models.

• Azure Machine Learning
• Machine Learning
• Services

GA: Azure Monitor log search alerts support managed identities

A common challenge for developers is the management of credentials for applications to use when connecting to resources. Managed identities provide an automatically managed identity in Microsoft Entra ID. Applications can use managed identities to obtain Microsoft Entra tokens without having to manage any credentials.

• Waarschuwingen
• Features

Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for April 2024

Three features now available in GA enable you to seamlessly log inference data to a central location, set up event-driven applications, processes, or workflows based on Azure Machine Learning events, and utilize lifecycle management of features from creation through archival.

• Azure Machine Learning
• Features

Announcing Public Preview of Query editor in Azure Monitor Metrics

Public Preview of Query editor in Azure Monitor Metrics is now Available! Get started with Query editor to access advanced querying capabilities within Azure Monitor Metrics. With the Query Editor's seamless integration of the widely adopted Prometheus Query Language (PromQL), customers can unlock advanced querying capabilities within their Azure Monitor Workspace. With PromQL, you can now efficiently analyze Prometheus metrics, identify trends, troubleshoot issues, and optimize resource utilization for better performance and reliability.

• Azure Monitor
• Metrische gegevens
• Beheerd Prometheus
• Features

General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-April 2024

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q2 2024

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-April 2024.

• Azure SQL Database
• Features

Azure Red Hat OpenShift April 2024 updates

New features include support for ARO in Azure Terraform provider, ability to bring your own NSG, new GPU instance types for Day 2 operations, and more!

• Azure Red Hat OpenShift
• Features

Generally available: Defender for Cloud supports Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q2 2024

You can now protect Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

• Azure Database voor MySQL
• Features

Run Azure Load Testing on Azure App Service web apps

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q2 2024

Load test your web apps directly from Azure App Service in Azure portal.

• Azure Load Testing
• Web Apps
• Features

Azure Virtual Network Manager Security Admin Rule generally available in 45 regions

Azure Virtual Network Manager's security admin rule configuration is now generally available in 45 regions, empowering users to enforce security rules across their virtual networks globally.

• Azure Virtual Network Manager
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

Public Preview: Azure Monitor introduces Prometheus community recommended alerts

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Enable Prometheus community recommended alerts to monitor key signals to be promptly notified on potential critical issues within your clusters.

• Azure Monitor
• Beheerd Prometheus
• Waarschuwingen (klassiek)
• Features

Public preview: Azure Backup supports long term retention for backup of Azure Database for MySQL– Flexible Server

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Now you can retain backups for up to 10 years by defining your own backup and retention policy for MySQL- Flexible server.

• Azure Backup
• Flexibele servers van Azure Database for MySQL
• Compliance
• Security
• Features

Public Preview: Azure Container Apps OpenTelemetry Agent support

You can now use open-source standards to send your app’s data.

• Azure Container Apps
• Features

Support for Connector for AWS in Cost Management is ending on 31 March 2025

Streefdatum afschaffing: april 01, 2025

The Connector for AWS in the Cost Management service will be retired on 31 March 2025. By that date, please consider alternative cost management reporting for AWS available in the market.

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Retirements

Public preview: Database watcher for Azure SQL

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Enable in-depth, managed monitoring of Azure SQL databases, elastic pools, and managed instances.

• Azure Data Explorer
• Azure SQL
• Features

Operator and CRD support with Azure Managed Prometheus

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus will support CRD-based configs for scrape jobs to collect metrics from workloads running in your AKS cluster. With this new update, customers can use custom resources (service monitor and pod monitor) to configure metric collection with Managed Prometheus.

• Azure Monitor
• Beheerd Prometheus
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Billing for Azure Monitor stateful log search alerts

Starting from May 1, 2024, you will be charged for stateful log alerts in Azure Monitor.

• Services
• Compliance
• Features

Generally Available: Cost analysis add-on for AKS

You can now better understand the infra costs associated with running applications at the namespace and cluster levels and identify opportunities to optimize resource utilization through an Azure native experience.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features