Azure-updates

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

Custom .Net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.

Streefdatum afschaffing: september 30, 2024

Custom .Net deserializer for Azure Stream Analytics will be retired on 30 September 2024.

• SDK and Tools
• Features
• Retirements

General availability: Availability zone volume placement for Azure NetApp Files

Deploy new Azure NetApp Files volumes in Azure availability zones (AZs) of your choice to support workloads across multiple availability zones

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

GA: Improved throughput performance on Azure Disks’ Standard SSD

Azure Disks Standard SSD throughput limits are now 100 MB/s on disks sized 8191 GBs and lower.

• Azure Disk Storage
• Managed Disks
• Services
• Features

GA: Azure Logic Apps Designer for Consumption

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

We're thrilled to announce the general availability of the new Azure Logic Apps Designer for Consumption, revolutionizing your workflow experience with unparalleled speed, smoothness, and reliability. Unifying the designer experience across all supported platforms, including standard Azure Logic Apps, the Azure Logic Apps Visual Studio Code extension, and consumption Azure Logic Apps in the portal, ensures seamless usability and familiarity wherever you work.

• Features

Public Preview: Safety evaluations for generative AI applications in Azure AI Studio

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Measure your generative AI application’s susceptibility to jailbreak attacks and to producing unsafe content, so you can implement effective mitigations and go from prototype to production with confidence.

• Azure AI Studio
• Features

GA: Azure SQL Trigger support for Azure Functions

You can now build application logic in Azure Function apps which can be driven by the data from Azure SQL database

• Azure Functions
• Features

General Availability: Azure Files geo-redundancy for standard large file shares

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Azure Files geo-redundancy for 100TiB standard SMB file shares is now generally available.

• Azure Files
• Opslagaccounts
• Features

Generally Available: Free managed certificates on Azure Container Apps

Azure Container Apps now provides a free managed certificate for your custom domain.

• Azure Container Apps
• Security
• Features

Public preview: Support for Key Vault Certificates in Azure Container Apps

You can now use Azure Key Vault to store and manage your own TLS/SSL certificates for use with Azure Container Apps.

• Azure Container Apps
• Security
• Features

Public preview: PowerShell 7.4 support for Azure Functions

You can now develop apps using PowerShell 7.4 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions

• Azure Functions
• 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

General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2024 .

• Azure SQL Database
• Features

Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2024.

• Azure SQL Database
• Features

Public Preview: Real-time text translation using the azure_ai extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Text translation right within SQL facilitates building intelligent multilingual applications on Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

• Azure Database voor PostgreSQL
• Features

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

General availability: Migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Seamlessly migrate PostgreSQL to Azure using a managed service for complete schema and data transfers, hassle-free.

• Azure Database voor PostgreSQL
• Features

General availability: Rate Limiting on ExpressRoute Direct Circuits

Rate Limiting is now generally available over ExpressRoute Direct port circuits, providing enhanced control over bandwidth usage. This Quality of Service (QoS) feature prevents circuits from bursting beyond their configured bandwidth, thereby improving network performance and reliability. Rate Limiting can be enabled for each circuit individually, offering flexibility to prioritize certain circuits. This feature can be activated during or after the creation of the ExpressRoute Direct circuit.

• ExpressRoute van Azure
• Features