Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2020
Azure Text Analytics—Opinion mining is now available in preview
Opinion mining is now available in preview. A feature of sentiment analysis, it provides more granular information on the opinions related to aspects of a product or service mentioned in a review.
Windows Virtual Desktop media optimization for Microsoft Teams is now available in preview
Media optimization for Microsoft Teams is now available for Windows Desktop client on Windows 10 machines
Azure Text Analytics v3 is now generally available
Azure Text Analytics v3 with sentiment analysis, key phrase extraction, language detection, and named entity recognition capabilities, as well as model version controls, is now generally available.
Key Vault bring your own key (BYOK) is now generally available
A new bring your own key (BYOK) method to import keys securely from on-premises HSMs into Azure Key Vault is now generally available. This BYOK method can be used to import keys from any supported on-premises HSM.
Azure Site Recovery now supports proximity placement groups
Target availability: Q2 2020
Ensure both lower latency and greater resiliency of your business-critical applications by using proximity placement groups and Azure Site Recovery in tandem.
Azure Databases extension for Visual Studio Code
Azure Databases extension for Visual Studio Code, with support for Azure Cosmos DB and Azure PostgreSQL, is now available.
Backup your SAP HANA databases running on RHEL using Azure Backup
Azure Backup support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), one of the widely used Linux operating systems running SAP HANA, is now available in preview. This preview is available across all Azure regions except for Germany Northeast, Germany Central, France South, and US Gov IOWA.
Azure Advisor recommendation digests now available
Receive a periodic, customizable notification of your available Advisor recommendations to help you stay current on Azure best practices.
Azure Content Delivery Network from Verizon Rules Engine is upgrading to V4
Azure Content Delivery Network from Verizon is upgrading from version 3 (V3) to version 4 (v4). No downtime or end user impact is anticipated.
Rehost or modernize existing applications and support modern cloud apps with Azure SQL
Azure SQL is the family of SQL cloud databases providing flexible deployment options for a wide variety of application patterns and control requirements.
Azure Service Health—Emerging issues now available
Service Health now surfaces new widespread Azure service issues which were previously only available on the Azure Status page.
Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in more regions
Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in Central US, West US, South Central US, US Gov Virginia, France Central, and Japan East.
Azure server-side encryption with customer-managed keys now available for Azure Ultra Disks
Server-side encryption (SSE) with customer-managed keys (CMK) is now available for Azure Ultra Disks in all regions that support Ultra Disks.
Azure Backup now provides protection against accidental deletion of Azure file shares
To provide protection against cyberattacks or accidental deletion, Azure Backup now has protection against the accidental or malicious deletion of backed-up file shares. shares
Azure DevTest Labs environments are now available in Azure Government
Azure DevTest Labs environments are now available in Azure Government.
Azure DevTest Labs is now available in Switzerland regions
Azure DevTest Labs is now available in the Switzerland North and Switzerland West regions.
Azure Firewall May 2020 updates
Two new key features are now available in Azure Firewall—forced tunneling and SQL FQDN filtering. Additionally, we’re increasing the limit for multiple public IP addresses from 100 to 250 for both DNAT and SNAT.
Service Bus Explorer on the Azure portal is now available in preview
Send, receive, and peek from queues, topics, and subscriptions, now from the Azure portal (in preview).
Azure Monitor Logs—New experience for agents is now available
The management and download page for Azure Monitor Logs agents has been updated and enhanced with a new menu item and an improved UI.
Azure Monitor for VMs is now in preview in US Gov Virginia
Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines is now available in US Gov Virginia. It's also available in an additional eighteen public regions around the world.
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