Azure-updates

General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption availability in all regions

Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines.

• Virtual Network
• Services
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

General Availability: Virtual private network (VPN) with Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q2 2024

For enhanced security in your virtual network architectures where outbound connectivity is not allowed.

• Azure Managed Instance voor Apache Cassandra
• Features

App Service virtual network integration multi plan subnet join

We're excited to announce that the multi plan subnet join for virtual network integration is now available in preview in all regions!

• Features

General Available: Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4 is now GA

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q3 2024

Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.4 is now Generally Available

• Features
• Open Source

Public preview: Backup and restore of virtual machines with private endpoint enabled disks

Azure Backup can now help you back up virtual machines using private endpoint-enabled disks. You can now also specify network settings to be used by the restored disks while initiating the restore process.

• Azure Backup
• Security
• Management
• 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 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 Backup enables vaulted backups for Azure Files for comprehensive data protection.

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Azure Backup now supports transferring Azure Files backups to the vault for comprehensive protection against severe data loss scenarios like ransomware attack.

• Security
• Features

Standard_NC6s_v3, Standard_NC12s_v3 and Standard_NC24s_v3 Azure virtual machines will be retired on September 30, 2025

Standard_NC6s_v3, Standard_NC12s_v3 and Standard_NC24s_v3 Azure virtual machines will be retired on September 30, 2025

• Retirements

Public Preview: Invoke Azure Machine Learning models using the azure_ai extension

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Invoke Azure Machine Learning models in real-time from SQL in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

• Azure Database voor PostgreSQL
• Features

Public Preview: On-demand capacity reservations for Specialty SKUs

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q2 2024

You can now reserve capacity with SLA for following Specialty VM sizes, Mv3 series, NC-series (v3 and newer), NV-series (v2 and newer), and Lsv2 series

• Pricing & Offerings

General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity pools

Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 2 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.

• Azure NetApp Files
• Pricing & Offerings
• Regions & Datacenters
• 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

Public preview: Windows GPU support in AKS

You can now run GPU workloads, such as machine learning, video encoding, large simulations, and gaming, on Windows nodepools in AKS.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

General Availability: App Service Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network

Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app's files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account.

• Features

General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption now in additional regions

Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines. Now available in additional regions.

• Virtual Network
• Services
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

Public preview: Change Actor

Change Actor allows you to see who initiated the change and with which client that change was made, for changes across all your tenants and subscriptions. 

• Azure Resource Graph
• Management
• Features