Azure service updates Query Delta Lake files using T-SQL in Azure Synapse Analytics (public preview) Use T-SQL in Azure Synapse to read Delta Lake format. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Cognitive Services - Form Recognizer adds new version in general availability Support for 73 languages, prebuilt ID model, invoice line item extraction, table header extraction tagging as table, and more generally available in Azure Form Recognizer, part of Applied AI Services. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure Log Analytics in South India Log Analytics, a feature of Azure Monitor, is now generally available for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyzing their services for health and usage in South India. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Application Insight in South India Application Insight, a part of Azure Monitor, is now generally available in South India region for customers to collect telemetry and analyze their service health in production environments. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Storage Blob inventory public preview is now available in all public regions Blob inventory allows you to get a full listing of all blobs within a storage account or container. This can be used in conjunction with Synapse to calculate per container metrics such as capacity and count. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Introducing new Durable Functions storage provider options Durable Functions, an extension to the Azure Functions runtime, adds two new storage provider options in public preview. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates PowerShell support in Durable Functions is now generally available PowerShell users can use Durable Functions create serverless workflows to orchestrate complex, long-running automation processes. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Security Center integration with GitHub Actions, in public preview GitHub’s integration with Azure Security Center is now in public preview—offering new ways for you to integrate security and compliance into early stages of the software development lifecycle. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Native support for WebSocket APIs in Azure API Management Azure API Management announces native support for WebSocket APIs. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Confidential Ledger Create a managed service built on top of the Confidential Consortium Framework that spins up a permissioned blockchain network of nodes within Azure confidential computing. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure IoT Verified telemetry is now in public preview Azure IoT Verified Telemetry provides data reliability and is available as part of Dependable IoT SDK and can be seamlessly integrated into current Azure IoT offerings such as Azure RTOS and IoT PnP. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Machine Learning public preview announcement //Build, May 2021 New feature: Prebuilt Docker images for Inferencing, now in public preview. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics Adds Question Answering Feature The new, standard Question Answering feature provides users the capability to answer questions over a passage of text without having to create knowledgebases and manage additional storage Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics for Health Now generally available, use Text Analytics for Health to detect words and phrases mentioned in unstructured text as entities in the healthcare and biomedical domain. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Logic Apps with new hosting options Logic Apps has been updated with new hosting options, improved performance, and developer workflows. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure Cognitive Services Translator Document Translation feature Now generally available, use Document Translation to translate documents at scale. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Introducing Developer Velocity Lab to improve developers’ work and well-being Developer Velocity Lab (DVL) is a new research initiative that includes contributions across Microsoft, its research labs and GitHub. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Improved Python support in Visual Studio Code with Pylance The latest release of the Python extension for VS Code comes with a much improved experience for Python developers thanks to the new Pylance language server in general availability. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates App Service Managed Certificates now generally available You can secure your custom domains at no additional cost. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Azure Stack HCI is now generally available AKS on Azure Stack HCI is a Kubernetes based platform that developers and administrators can use to build, deploy and manage containerized applications in their datacenters and edge locations. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Applied AI Services public preview updates for Build 2021 Azure AI is introducing a new category of services called Azure Applied AI Services. These services accelerate time-to-value in building AI solutions for common business processes. Within this category, Azure Video Analyzer is now in public preview. The service brings Live Video Analytics and Video Indexer together so developers can quickly build AI-powered video analytics solutions. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure Applied AI Services Azure AI is introducing a new category of services called Azure Applied AI Services. These services accelerate time-to-value in building AI solutions for common business processes. Within this category, there are important enhancements and status updates for Azure Bot Service and Azure Metrics Advisor. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Machine Learning general availability announcements //Build, May 2021 New features now generally available including Data Labeling – Image Instance Segmentation and MLflow support Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Machine Learning Managed Online and Batch Endpoints now in public preview //Build 2021. Managed Online and Batch Endpoints, in public preview, allow for seamless deployment and operationalization Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Log Analytics workspace insights from Azure Monitor A new workbooks-based insights experience for all log analytics workspaces available per resource, and at scale. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Export Azure Monitor logs to multiple destinations Logs export can be separated between multiple destinations to overcome destination rate limit and to maintain access control in destinations. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Save and share log analytics queries with new query packs in Azure Monitor Query packs are a new capability within log analytics intended to make creating, saving, managing, and discovering log analytics queries simpler and more efficient. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Easily onboard Application Insights for Java apps on Azure App Services Customers writing Java apps on Azure App Services can now onboard to application insights for application monitoring, without making any code changes. App Service Linux, both code-based and custom containers, and App Service Windows code-based are supported. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Traversal Using Relays Around NAT (TURN) is now in public preview for Azure Communication Services This enables real-time communication when users are behind Network Address Translation (NAT) or firewalls. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Communication Services Calling SDK for Windows Apps in public preview Add voice and video calling capabilities to applications that run on Microsoft Windows. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Communication Services UI Library available in public preview Developers can simplify the cross-channel user experiences within their applications with Azure Communication Services UI Library. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Stack HCI now available in China Azure Stack HCI is now available in the China cloud. Get started in China with a 60-day free trial. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Stack HCI 60-Day Free Trial Now Available Azure Stack HCI built-in free software trial has been extended from 30 to 60 days giving more time to evaluate the solution before making a purchasing decision. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure ExpressRoute: 5 New Peering Locations Available ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection with the help of a connectivity provider. The service is now available in 5 new peering locations. Click here for more information.
In this session, I have covered how to deploy WAF in Azure Application Gateway & Azure Front door to secure your web applications. I will also cover features of WAF, different rulesets, logging mechanism of Azure WAF. Refer the below YouTube video on how to configure WAF in Azure subscription.
In this session, I have covered the security recommendations that you should follow for establishing a secure baseline configuration for Microsoft PAAS components such as Azure App Service, Azure SQL, Storage Account etc on your Azure Subscription. Refer the below YouTube video to understand more about Azure security recommendations:
Few weeks back, I presented a session on how to develop chatbot using Azure Bot service. This session was special because I was presenting Microsoft technologies in Hindi. We had great line of speakers from the Globe for this event. Refer the below youtube video and sessions details for more details: May 08 2021, Saturday – 10:15 AM SGT – 07:30 PM SGT | 07:45 AM IST – 05:00 PM IST 1. 10:15 AM SGT | 07:45 AM IST - Keynote for Global Microsoft Hindi Bootcamp – Nilesh Gule 2. 10:45 AM SGT | 08:15 AM IST – Power Platform Quiz by Reza Dorrani and Deepak Shrivastava 3. 11:45 AM SGT | 09:15 AM IST – Custom Machine Learning skill set with Azure Cognitive Search by Priyanka Shah 4. 12:45 PM SGT | 10:15 AM IST – Bring your Governance and Security with RBAC and PIM by Nanddeep Nanchan and Smita Nanchan 5. 01:45 PM SGT | 11:15 AM IST – The Magic of Microsoft 365 CLI by Siddharth Vaghasia 6. 02:45 PM SGT | 12:15 AM IST – Become efficient using Power Automate by Roma Gupta 7. 03:45 PM SGT | 01:15
Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Percept DK May (2105) software update is available Azure Percept DK May (2105) SW update is available. The Azure Percept May update includes improvements for example to security, log rotation fixes, and provisioning experience. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Windows Virtual Desktop web client to end support for Internet Explorer 11 on September 30, 2021 Beginning September 30, 2021, the Windows Virtual Desktop web client will no longer support IE 11. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Sphere 21.05 will not be released - 21.06 coming in June This month, Azure Sphere will not release an updated OS or SDK for 21.05. The next software update will be generally available in June. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Health Bot adds new regions and languages for it’s systems checker Azure Health Bot's new regions empower customers to build critical business applications by hosting database in the same region as the application stack and close to customers for better performance. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Stream Analytics: 5 new regions are now generally available Azure Stream Analytics is a fully managed, real-time analytics service designed to help you analyze and process fast moving streams of data that can be used to get insights, build reports, or trigger alerts and actions. The service is now available in 5 new regions. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure Key Vault SLA raised to 99.99% Key Vault is now being offered at a 99.99% availability SLA, an improvement over our previous 99.9% SLA. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: IoT Hub service API support for Azure Active Directory based access control IoT Hub support for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is now generally available for service APIs. This means you can secure your service connections to IoT Hub with much more flexibility and granularity. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: 99.99% availability for Azure Key Vault Key Vault is now being offered at a 99.99% availability SLA, an improvement over our previous 99.9% SLA. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Sphere 21.05 will not be released - 21.06 coming in June This month, Azure Sphere will not release an updated OS or SDK for 21.05. The next software update will be generally available in June. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Sphere 21.05 will not be released - 21.06 coming in June This month, Azure Sphere will not release an updated OS or SDK for 21.05. The next software update will be generally available in June. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Action Required: Migrate your Azure Blockchain Service data by 10 September 2021 Migrate your data to the ConsenSys Quorum Blockchain Service. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview of Azure VPN Client for macOS Azure VPN Client for macOS enables customers to utilize features of Azure AD natively, such as multi-factor authentication, Conditional Access, and user-based policies for their Mac clients. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: VNET peering support for Azure Bastion You can now deploy Azure Bastion in a peered Virtual Network (VNet), enabling RDP/SSH connectivity to virtual machines deployed in a peered Virtual network (VNet) Click here for more information.
Azure service updates General availability: Azure API Management updates - May 2021 A regular Azure API Management service update was started on May 5, 2021, and included the following new features, bug fixes, and other improvements. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Azure Purview now supports Private Endpoints in public preview Add a layer of security and network isolation to your Purview account. Click here for more information.
Azure service updates Public preview: Application Gateway Mutual Authentication Application Gateway now supports fronted mutual authentication and listener specific SSL policies. Click here for more information.