Updates Archives
Monthly updates for August 2019
Soft delete for virtual machines in Azure Backup
We now provide soft delete capability to help protect cloud backups for IaaS virtual machines from accidental as well as malicious deletion.
Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Switzerland
The new datacenter regions meet critical data residency, security, and compliance requirements critical to leading Swiss organizations in regulated industries.
Azure Data Factory mapping data flows adds SQL scripts to sink transformation
Azure Data Factory has added the ability to execute custom SQL scripts from your SQL sink transformation in mapping data flows. Now you can easily perform options such as disabling indexes, allows identity inserts, and other DDL/DML operations from data flows.
It’s now easier to share customized views in Azure Cost Management
There’s a new, more convenient way to share customized views in Azure Cost Management—directly from cost analysis.
Service Fabric Azure Files Volume Driver is now generally available
Service Fabric Azure Files Volume Driver is now generally available. The Azure Files volume plugin is a Docker volume plugin that provides Azure Files based volumes for Docker containers.
Azure Monitor Application Insights variable retention is now available in preview
It’s now possible to configure the data retention on your Azure Monitor Application Insights resources from 30 days up to 730 days.
Azure Cost Management – Save and share customized views
Customizing a view in Azure Cost Management is easy. Pick the date range you need, group the data to see a breakdown, choose the right visualization, and you're good to go. See how to pin your view to a dashboard, share links, and to save and share customized views.
Azure Site Recovery update rollup 39—August 2019
This update provides information on recent fixes as well as download links to the latest versions of Site Recovery components.
Storage Ultra Disks meter name change
Effective October 1, 2019, the meter (also known as resource GUID) names for Ultra Disks in US East 2 regions will change.
Azure Service Fabric 6.5 third refresh release is now available
The Azure Service Fabric 6.5 third refresh release, which includes bug fixes and performance enhancements, has started rolling out to various Azure regions. The updates for .NET SDK, Java SDK, and Service Fabric Runtime will soon be available for all regions through Web Platform Installer, NuGet packages, and Maven repositories.
Announcing pricing decrease for Azure App Service on the Premium plan
We are happy to announce a price reduction of an average of 35% for Linux App Service on the Premium v2 plan (pricing may vary by regional meters). This price reduction makes the decision point between hosting on a Standard App Service plan or a Premium v2 App Service plan a much simpler one.
Global trace flags are now available in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance
You can now enable trace flags on Azure SQL Database Managed Instance to increase compatibility of your Managed Instance Database Engine and SQL Server Database Engine.
Azure IoT Hub manual failover now available
This feature is part of IoT Hub cloud service and allows customers to failover an IoT hub instance from its primary Azure region to its corresponding geo-paired region.
Azure Function Consumption plan for Linux is now available
The Azure Functions Consumption hosting plan is now generally available for Linux-based applications.
Python support in Azure Functions is now available
Python support in Azure Functions is now generally available and ready for production workloads.
Just-in-time (JIT) VM access for Azure Firewall is now generally available
Secure your Azure Firewall protected environments, in addition to your NSG protected environments, with just-in-time VM access.
Security Center now has single click remediation to boost your security posture (in preview)
Remediate recommendations on a bulk of resources in a single click by using Secure Score, a tool that helps you assess your workload security posture.
Azure SQL provides a unified management experience
Azure SQL is a modern SQL platform that serves developers and enterprises by offering a rich selection of deployment options, powered by an industry leading SQL Server engine.
SQL data discovery and classification for Azure SQL Database is now available
SQL data discovery and classification, which provides advanced capabilities built into Azure SQL Database for discovering, classifying, labeling, and protecting sensitive data, is now available.
Same region read replica is now available for Azure Database for MariaDB
Azure Database for MariaDB now supports asynchronous replication of data from one Azure Database for MariaDB server (the ‘master’) to up to five Azure Database for MariaDB servers (the ‘replicas’) in the same region.
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