Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Azure Machine Learning Reinforcement Learning preview will be retired on 30 June 2022 Start using Ray on Azure Machine Learning Library before 30 June 2022. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault Key Vault now enables you to automatically rotate keys for encryption of your data. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Lab Services April 2022 update Improve performance, reliability, and scalability for Azure Lab Services in the latest update. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra enhancements Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra now includes support for deploying Cassandra 4.0 clusters and running nodetool commands using Azure CLI. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Database templates in Azure Synapse Analytics Azure Synapse database templates are industry-specific schema definitions that provide a standardized way for you to store and shape data, enabling rapid digital transformation. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Synapse Link now supports existing Azure Cosmos DB containers Enable Azure Synapse Link on your existing Azure Cosmos DB containers using the SQL API for Azure Cosmos DB. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Cosmos DB portal—Azure Synapse Link seamless Power BI Build Power BI reports using Azure Synapse Link from the Azure Cosmos DB portal. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Unique partial indexes in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB Specify a partialFilterExpression along with the 'unique' constraint in your Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB index. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Storage as share in Windows Code in App Service Mount Azure Files as a local share in Windows Code in Azure App Service. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Functions now supports PowerShell 7.2 You can now use the latest version of PowerShell with Azure Functions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Static Web Apps now supports Gitlab and Bitbucket for CI/CD You can now use Gitlab and Bitbucket as your CI/CD providers for Static Web Apps. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Static Web Apps now support skipping API builds You can now choose to skip your default API builds. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Scale-down mode in AKS You can now select if you would like your AKS nodes to be deleted or deallocated when scaled down.When a node is deallocated, the attached storage as well as the container image is still present on the node. When scaling up your deployments, all deallocated nodes will be started first before provisioning new nodes. This allows for faster operation speeds as your deployment leverages cached images. Scale-down mode allows you to no longer have to pre-provision nodes and pre-pull container images. With the move of preview to GA, scale-down mode now supports spot node pools. For more info, visit: https://ift.tt/kLyjHF7 Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Node pool snapshot You can now take a snapshot of the node pool configuration and then create a node pool from that snapshot. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Group Managed Service Accounts security policy support on Windows AKS now supports Group Managed Service Accounts (GMSA) configuration, as well as maintaining trust during scale operations in the Windows nodepool. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Container Apps built-in authentication Microsoft Azure Container Apps Use configured identify providers to sign in to your container apps by writing little or no code. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Controls to block domain fronting behavior on customer resources Block domain fronting behavior on Azure Front Door, Azure Front Door (classic), and Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) resources. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: App Service - Networking capabilities added to Basic pricing tier Virtual network integration and private endpoints now supported in Basic pricing tier. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: App Service - Configure networking in Azure Portal during app creation VNet integration and private endpoints options now configurable when creating a web application. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Windows Server guest licensing offer for Azure Stack HCI Bring simplicity and flexibility to licensing when you purchase unlimited Windows Server guest licenses for your Azure Stack HCI cluster through your Azure subscription. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Rehydrate an archived blob to a different storage account Segregate your backup data in different storage accounts with Archive across-accounts copy. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Stable URLs for preview environments in Azure Static Web Apps Azure Static Web Apps preview deployments now support stable URLs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Archive Storage now available in Switzerland North Reduce spending by storing cold data to Azure Archive Storage, now in new regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Monitor and Azure Managed Grafana integrations New Grafana integrations with Azure Monitor include the ability to pin Azure Monitor visualizations from Azure Portal to Grafana dashboards and new out-of-the-box Azure Monitor dashboards. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Managed identities support in Azure Container Apps You can now use managed identities with Azure Container Apps instead of passing secrets in connection strings. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Support for Windows clients using Azure Monitor agent Using the new Windows client installer launched today, you can now get the benefits of the new agent and data collection rules on your Windows 10 and 11 client devices. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Java 17 and Tomcat 10.0 on Azure App Service Use new supported versions of Java and Tomcat to run web applications on Azure App Service. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: new result set grid in Azure Monitor log analytics The new result set grid in log analytics boasts a brand-new experience, introduces numerous new features, and is much easier to use! Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Monitor activity log insights Azure Monitor activity log insights let you view information about changes to resources and resource groups in a subscription. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Redesign of alerts summary (landing) page The summary (landing) page for alerts has been simplified to improve usability and actionability. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Recommended alert rules for virtual machines You can now enable a set of recommended alert rules for your existing virtual machines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Migrate devices across templates at scale in Azure IoT Central Migrating devices across device templates at scale is now supported in Azure IoT Central jobs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.04 Azure Sphere OS quality release 22.04 is available now. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Service tags support for user-defined routing Simplify route creation and management by using service tags to represent multiple IP ranges in a single user-defined route. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Customize application text labels in Azure IoT Central You can now replace ‘Device’ label in your Azure IoT Central application with your preferred text. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Databricks Delta Live Tables Build reliable, maintainable, and testable data processing pipelines with Delta Live Tables. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Glossary terms in Azure Purview data catalog search The Azure Purview data catalog search experience now includes glossary terms in the search results.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: DNS reservations to prevent subdomain takeover in Cloud Services deployments As a preventive measure, DNS record is reserved for seven days to allow clean-up of dangling DNS domains or reclaim from same Azure Active Directory tenant only. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Diagnostic audit logs for Automation accounts Forward Azure Automation diagnostic audit logs to Log analytics workspace to keep track of changes at the automation account level. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Backup now supports vault-archive tier for Azure VMs Azure Backup now provides the capability to move long term retention (LTR) recovery points to low-cost archive tier for Azure Virtual Machines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Data Explorer supports Azure private endpoints Enhance your security posture by leveraging Azure private endpoints to connect to your Azure Data Explorer cluster privately Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure storage table access using Azure Active Directory Accessing Azure storage table using Azure AD for authentication and Azure RBAC for authorization provides superior security over using shared key for access. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Support for Private Link in Azure IoT Central Enhance your security posture by privately connecting devices to Azure IoT Central via private endpoint, eliminating exposure to the public internet. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Backup supports metrics and metric alerts for Azure Blobs You can now monitor the restore job health of your backed up blobs via Azure Monitor metrics and write custom alert rules on these metrics. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Virtual Machines increase storage throughput by up to 300% Microsoft is announcing the general availability of the Ebs/Ebds v5 memory optimized Azure VM series, that deliver up to 300% increase in remote storage performance compared to prior generation VMs. Click here for more information.

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

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Data Explorer Inline script deployment with ARM Template We can now build an entire Azure Data Explorer environment with ARM template. Schema entities (e.g. tables, functions, policies) can be deployed without an external storage account. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Support for copying tiles added to Azure IoT Central IoT Central customers will now be able to quickly build new visuals in their dashboards by simply copying an existing tile. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Arm64-based Azure VMs can deliver up to 50% better price-performance New general-purpose and memory-optimized Azure Virtual Machines, which feature Ampere Altra Arm-based processors, deliver even better price-performance than comparable x86-based Azure Linux Virtual Machines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Apache Kafka 2.4 in Azure HDinsight Apache Kafka 2.4 is now in Azure HDinsight. Click here for more information.