Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Percept DK November (2111) software update is available The Azure Percept November update includes fixes related to security. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview of Snowflake connector for Azure Purview You can now scan your Snowflake artifacts including streams, columns, stored procedures, and functions/pipes. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Soft delete for blobs capability for Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available If you have processes or tools to detect accidental deletion of files and directories for your Azure Data Lake Storage accounts, you can now also restore the deleted objects using soft delete for blobs capability. During the retention period that you specify, you can now restore a soft-deleted object to its state at the time it was deleted. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Placement polices now generally available for Azure VMware Solution Placement policies enable admins to specify constraints or rules when allocating Virtual Machines within an Azure VMware Solution private cloud. With this update, the creation and assignment of vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) rules for running Virtual Machines in an Azure VMware Solution SDDC has been simplified and is now executable directly from the Azure Portal for cloud admin roles. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Cosmos DB: Python SDK async IO support in public preview Improve database performance by running IO tasks concurrently using the Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK async support capability. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Service configuration management with GitOps You can now enable and use GitOps to manage configuration and applications in AKS clusters. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): New toolkit certifications generally available New Toolkit certifications are now available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Stream Analytics jobs to write to Azure Database for PostgreSQL in public preview Choose Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Single Server, Flexible Server, or Hyperscale (Citus) as an output for your Azure Stream Analytics jobs to store real time analytical data. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Microsoft Defender for Containers adds new capabilities for Kubernetes Take advantage of several new and improved Kubernetes related capabilities via the Microsoft Defender for Containers offering. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Cache for Redis: Diagnostics for connected clients is generally available Use Azure diagnostic settings to log information on all client connections to your Azure Cache for Redis instance. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure HPC Cache now generally available in Germany West Central and US West 3 New regional availability of Azure HPC Cache expands access to low-latency compute. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure HPC – CycleCloud 8.2.1 is now generally available The new release includes Slurm and VMSS improvements as well as seven new bug fixes. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Storage: Secure access to storage account from a virtual network/subnet in any region now in public preview This preview enables secure access to your storage account by configuring virtual network rules in the storage firewall that allow access from subnets in any Azure region of your choice. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Storage: Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC) conditions with principal attributes now in public preview Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC) is an authorization mechanism that defines access levels based on attributes associated with security principals, resources, requests or the environment. You can now use Azure AD custom security attributes for principals in role assignment conditions for Azure Storage, along with resource and request attributes. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Communication Services interoperability with Microsoft Teams Improving customer interactions across apps with Microsoft Teams and Azure Communication Services interoperability. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: New Azure Maps features: Historical Weather, Air Quality, and Tropical Storms Develop weather and climatology enabled solutions using the Historical Weather, Air Quality and Tropical Storms features from Azure Maps Weather Services. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure HDInsight 2018-06-01 preview API will be retired on 30 November 2024 Transition to the new Azure 'HDInsight API 2021-06-01' before 30 November 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Immutable storage with versioning for Blob Storage is now generally available Immutable storage with versioning is now generally available. Set time-based policies or legal holds on data so that the data becomes non-erasable and non-modifiable and protect all versions of a blob. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Monitor containers insights preview version for Azure Red Hat OpenShift v4.x will be retired by 31 May 2022 Transition to Container Insights by 31 May 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Machine Learning – December 2021 general availability A new feature now available in general availability includes Manage Azure Machine Learning resource using Hashicorp Terraform Click here for more information.

Azure service updates India Central Availability Zones now generally available Azure Availability Zones are now generally available in India Central. These three new zones provide customers with options for additional resiliency and tolerance to infrastructure impact. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview availability of Virtual Machine restore points Take multi-disk consistent point in time snapshots of all the disks attached to a VM for backup and disaster recovery purposes. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Microsoft Defender for Cloud: General availability updates for November 2021 New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in November 2021. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Public preview updates for November 2021 Public preview enhancements and updates released for Microsoft Defender for Cloud in November 2021. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: FSLogix profiles support for Azure AD-joined VMs for Azure Virtual Desktop Create an Azure Files share to store FSLogix profiles and configure it to support Azure AD authentication. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates IaaS Agent extension full mode no restart for SQL VMs generally available SQL Server IaaS Agent extension can now be upgraded to full mode from lightweight mode without any service disruptions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates SQL Server IaaS Agent extension for Linux SQL VMs generally available SQL Server IaaS Agent extension license management capabilities are now available for Ubuntu Linux virtual machines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Monitor action rules are now 'alert processing rules' We are enhancing the preview of alert processing rules with capabilities for richer at-scale management. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Measure product effectiveness with new user analytics experience in Application Insights A new experience based on Google’s “HEART framework” helps you measure product effectiveness. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Audit Logs of Azure Monitor log queries Azure Monitor logs is announcing a new capability to collect audit logs about query execution Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Create AKS clusters without local user accounts Disable local accounts for AKS cluster and use AAD only for more secure cluster access. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: AKS auto-certificate rotation You no longer need to monitor and manually rotate non-CA certificates on the AKS control plane and agent nodes for compliance or policy reasons. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: AKS node image auto-upgrade AKS now handles the routine task of node image upgrade for you. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Communication Services: Short code functionality for SMS now available in public preview Execute high-volume SMS campaigns in seconds with easy, automated short code functionality. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: New capabilities in Network Watcher Diagnostic tools to evaluate AVNM Security rules Through updates to Network Watcher Diagnostic tools, you now have the ability to view and evaluate AVNM security rules in addition to the existing support of NSG security rules. Click here for more information.