Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure NetApp Files application volume group for SAP HANA With Azure NetApp Files application volume group (AVG) for SAP HANA, you are able to deploy all volumes required to install and operate an SAP HANA system according to best practices. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server now generally available Use the Flexible Server deployment option allowing better control, flexibility, zone-redundant high availability, and cost optimization on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source PostgreSQL database. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Load Testing now available in public preview You can now generate high scale load with ease and integrate it into existing CI/CD workflows. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server: Geo-redundant backup and restore in public preview Strengthen your business continuity and disaster recovery plan with geo-redundant backup and restore for Flexible Server on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure HDInsight API version updated New HDInsight API adds new networking and availability features that help you build more resilient and secure networks. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Data transformation at Export in Azure IoT Central This update allows the ability for you to transform device data in IoT Central into your preferred structure and export that transformed data to an external destination. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Secure Data Egress via Managed Identity in Azure IoT Central Azure IoT Central now supports System Assigned Managed Identity allowing you to configure secure data exports. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: VPN Gateway NAT Azure VPN Gateway NAT (Network Address Translation) can be used to connect on-premises networks or branch offices to an Azure virtual network with overlapping IP addresses. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Wildcard listener on Application Gateways Application Gateway now supports wildcard characters for multi-site listeners. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview refresh: Azure IoT Central REST API new and updated endpoints IoT Central REST API now supports a series of new API endpoints that you can access through the 1.1-preview endpoint. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Private preview: Root cause analysis, new telemetry, & alerts for SAP NetWeaver in AMS View root cause analysis (RCA) for SAP system unavailability caused by virtual machine or host outage and new telemetry for SAP NetWeaver in Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions (AMS). Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: New SAP HANA telemetry in AMS SAP HANA license status, delta merges, and more telemetry now available in Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability of custom OpenID providers in App Service and Azure Functions Support for authenticating clients of App Service and Azure Functions using OpenID Connect is now generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Scheduler will be retired on 31 January 2022 Transition to Azure Log Apps before 31 January 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates In development: New planned datacenter region in Belgium (Belgium Central) Microsoft has announced plans to bring a new datacenter region to Belgium, including Availability Zones. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Improved legends in IoT Central Analytics charts Grouping by Device Name is now supported in IoT Central Analytics charts. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Virtual Machines DCasv5 and ECasv5-series now available New DCasv5 and ECasv5-series Azure Confidential Virtual Machines are available in public preview Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Node.js 16 in Azure Functions Node.js 16.x is the latest Long Term Support (LTS) release of the Node.js runtime and includes features such as a new version of the V8 JavaScript engine. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Site Recovery update rollup 59 is now generally available - November 2021 Information about the improvements and fixes provided in Update Rollup 59. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Dynamic allocation for Apache Spark in Azure Synapse now generally available Expanded options for autoscale for Apache Spark in Azure Synapse are now available through dynamic allocation of executors. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Increased connection limit for VPN Gateways VPN Gateways can now support up to 100 Site-to-Site/VNet-to-VNet connections for some VPN Gateway SKUs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Virtual Machines DCv3-series now available in Europe West and North Confidential computing DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series virtual machines (VMs) are now available in Europe West and Europe North. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: New Sweden Central region added to Azure HDInsight HDInsight is now available in more European regions, Sweden Central. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure VMware Solution now generally available in the France Central Azure Region Azure VMware Solution has now expanded availability to France Central, this update is in addition to the existing availability multiple Azure regions in US, Europe, Australia, Japan, UK, Canada, Brazil and Southeast Asia (Singapore). Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Machine Learning announcements - November 2021 general availability capabilities New features now available in general availability include deploy with pre-built Inferencing docker images. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Machine Learning announcements - November 2021 public preview capabilities New features now available in public preview include test AutoML models and calculate test metrics, support for storage account IP firewall, and new pipeline capabilities using CLI v2. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Machine Learning updates - November 2021 The new feature in general availability for Azure Machine Learning includes deploying with pre-built Inferencing docker images. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Machine Learning updates - November 2021 New features now available in public preview for Azure Machine Learning include test AutoML models and calculate test metrics, support for storage account IP firewall, and new pipeline capabilities using CLI v2. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Virtual machines selector now generally available The newly released virtual machines selector lets you quickly find the Azure VMs and disk storage options that meet your requirements. Localized in 26 different languages, the tool guides your selection based on workload categories, operating systems, and Azure regions of your choice. The virtual machine selector is integrated with the pricing calculator. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Monitor Spring Boot apps in Azure Spring Cloud with AppDynamics With the integration of AppDynamics in Azure Spring Cloud, developers can keep using a popular and familiar application performance monitoring (APM) tool to monitor Spring Boot applications. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Spring Cloud start and stop, bring your own persistent storage, and Service Connector Azure Spring Cloud now lets you start and stop your applications to reduce costs, bring your own persistent storage for logs and dumps, and connect your apps with Azure services more easily using Service Connector. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates SFTP support for Azure Blob Storage - now in public preview Azure Blob Storage is the only storage platform that supports SFTP over object storage natively in a serverless fashion, enabling you leverage object storage economics and features with legacy workloads that use SFTP. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Copy data to/from Azure Data Explorer using Azure Data Factory or Synapse Analytics Mapping Data Flows provides scale-out data transformation in the cloud in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics. With these additional connectors, you can build ETL patterns at Spark scale in a code-free design environment without ever touching the Spark compute. Azure Integration Runtimes allow you to define the Spark environment and provide a serverless Spark compute for your data transformation pipelines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Hardware-accelerated pools now in public preview for Apache Spark on Azure Synapse Analytics Speed up big data processing in Azure Synapse with hardware-accelerated Spark pools. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure SQL bindings for Azure Functions You can connect Azure SQL to Azure Functions more easily with input and output bindings, now available in public preview. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates JetStream Disaster Recovery for Azure VMware Solution now generally available JetStream Disaster Recovery is now generally available on Azure VMware Solution, enabling DR protection for VMware based business applications. JetStream Disaster Recovery for Azure VMware Solution is also cost-effective, leveraging Azure Blob Storage to minimize resources at the DR site. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Machine Learning updates - November 2021 The new feature in general availability for Azure Machine Learning includes deploying with pre-built Inferencing docker images. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Machine Learning updates - November 2021 New features now available in public preview for Azure Machine Learning include test AutoML models and calculate test metrics, support for storage account IP firewall, and new pipeline capabilities using CLI v2. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Virtual machines selector now generally available The newly released virtual machines selector lets you quickly find the Azure VMs and disk storage options that meet your requirements. Localized in 26 different languages, the tool guides your selection based on workload categories, operating systems, and Azure regions of your choice. The virtual machine selector is integrated with the pricing calculator. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Monitor Spring Boot apps in Azure Spring Cloud with AppDynamics With the integration of AppDynamics in Azure Spring Cloud, developers can keep using a popular and familiar application performance monitoring (APM) tool to monitor Spring Boot applications. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Spring Cloud start and stop, bring your own persistent storage, and Service Connector Azure Spring Cloud now lets you start and stop your applications to reduce costs, bring your own persistent storage for logs and dumps, and connect your apps with Azure services more easily using Service Connector. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates SFTP support for Azure Blob Storage - now in public preview Azure Blob Storage is the only storage platform that supports SFTP over object storage natively in a serverless fashion, enabling you leverage object storage economics and features with legacy workloads that use SFTP. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Copy data to/from Azure Data Explorer using Azure Data Factory or Synapse Analytics Mapping Data Flows provides scale-out data transformation in the cloud in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics. With these additional connectors, you can build ETL patterns at Spark scale in a code-free design environment without ever touching the Spark compute. Azure Integration Runtimes allow you to define the Spark environment and provide a serverless Spark compute for your data transformation pipelines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Hardware-accelerated pools now in public preview for Apache Spark on Azure Synapse Analytics Speed up big data processing in Azure Synapse with hardware-accelerated Spark pools. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure API Management updates- October 2021 Azure API Management is now available with new updates such as support for managed identity authentication for communication with Application Insights, ability to import Container App as an API and more. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates East Asia Availability Zones now generally available Azure Availability Zones are now generally available in the East Asia region. These three new zones provide you with options for additional resiliency and tolerance to infrastructure impact. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Run Command – Execute PowerShell or shell scripts on Virtual Machines and Scale Sets The updated Run Commands are now management orientated, allows to run multiple scripts, track their progress and define Run Command resources in ARM templates to automate VM deployments. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Microsoft Azure available from new cloud region in Sweden Azure is now available from our newest sustainable datacenter region Sweden Central. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: NFSv4.1 support on Azure Files With NFS (Network File Share) on Azure Files, you can now deploy fully managed, POSIX compliant, distributed NFS file shares in your production environments for a wide variety of workloads.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server is now generally available Use Flexible Server for a simplified developer experience with high availability options, predictable performance, and maximum control of your databases with more cost optimization controls. Click here for more information.