Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates General availability: Managed identity to connect Azure Cache for Redis to storage Connect Azure Cache for Redis to storage accounts via managed identity established through Azure Active Directory to provide a more streamlined and secure process. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Node.js 18 in Azure Functions You can now use the latest features in Node.js 18 with Azure Functions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Live resize for Premium SSD and Standard SSD Disk Storage Dynamically increase your disk storage capacity without any application downtime with the Azure Disk Storage live resize feature. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Arc-enabled servers in Azure China Secure, govern, and manage your hybrid servers from Azure Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Arc-enabled servers in South Africa North Secure, govern, and manage your hybrid servers from Azure Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Ephemeral OS disks supports host-based encryption using customer managed key Create Ephemeral VMs with customer managed key encryption types for host-based encryption. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: IoT Edge 1.4 The Azure IoT Edge release 1.4 is the long term servicing (LTS) release of IoT Edge. The companion release of Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW) 1.4 long term servicing will be coming later this fall. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Prevent a lifecycle management policy from archiving recently rehydrated blobs Use daysAfterLastTierChangeGreaterThan condition in lifecycle management policy to prevent unintended archiving. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: ExpressRoute IPv6 Support for Global Reach IPv6 support for Global Reach expands the possibilities for customers building dual-stack, hybrid networks with Azure. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Data Explorer supports native ingestion from Amazon S3 Azure Data Explorer (ADX) now supports bringing data from S3 natively without complex ETL pipelines.   Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: UAE North Availability Zones Azure Availability Zones are now generally available in the UAE. 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: Four new features in no code editor in Event Hubs Explore four new features in the no code editor in Azure Event Hubs. This editor allows you to easily develop a Stream Analytics job without writing a single line of code. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Public IP Capability for Azure VMware Solution Public IP capability on Azure VMware Solution provides internet connectivity for Azure VMware Solution workloads. You can now use NSX-T manager as your security terminating point. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: vRealize Log Insight Cloud with Azure VMware Solution integration vRealize Log Insights Cloud with Azure VMware Solution support is now generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure VMware Solution now in Sweden Central Azure VMware Solution has now expanded to Sweden Central. This is in addition to multiple regions across US, Europe, Australia, Japan, UK, Canada, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: JetStream DR for AVS supports Azure NetApp Files datastores JetStream DR enables cost-effective disaster recovery by consuming minimal resources at the DR site and using cost-effective cloud storage. JetStream DR now also automates recovery to Azure NetApp Files datastores. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Automated deployments in AKS You can now hook up a GitHub Action to your Kubernetes application and deploy it to AKS. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure API Management - expanded support for Azure Policy definitions Support for 11 policy definitions increases security of Azure API Management services and APIs that they expose. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure API Management support for MSAL in developer portal Enable a secure OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow when using Azure Active Directory or Azure Active Directory B2C identity providers. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Monitor Logs data export supports application insights tables Investigate alert incidences with Azure Monitor Logs connector scoped to the exact time range of alert. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Dapr release 1.8 support in Azure Container Apps You can now use Dapr release 1.8 with Azure Container Apps. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Private endpoint user-defined routes support Private endpoint user-defined routes (UDR) support is now generally available in most public regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift new regions Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now available in West Central US, Australia Central, and Sweden Central. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Private endpoint network security group support Azure private endpoint support of network security groups is now generally available in most public regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Microsoft Dev Box Self-service, high-performance workstations in the cloud that are preconfigured and ready-to-code for developers’ projects and tasks. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Microsoft Azure available from new cloud region in Qatar The first hyperscale datacenter region in Qatar is now available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 63 - August 2022 This update provides the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Databricks in West US 3 Azure Databricks, a data analytics platform optimized for the Microsoft Azure cloud services platform, is now generally available in West US 3. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Upgrade VMware VMs protected by Site Recovery to modernized experience Introducing the migration capability to move existing replications from classic to modernized experience for disaster recovery of VMware virtual machines, enabled using Azure Site Recovery. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Update management center in Azure Update management center is the next iteration of the Azure Automation Update Management solution. It works out of the box, with zero onboarding steps and has no dependency on Azure Automation and Log Analytics. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks Serverless SQL for Azure Databricks provides instant compute to users for their BI and SQL workloads without waiting for clusters to start up or scale out. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Dedicated Host restart Azure Dedicated Host restart is now in public preview. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Lab Services August 2022 update Improve performance, reliability, and scalability for Azure Lab Services with the latest update. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Retirement of Computer Vision API v3.2 previews Migrate your workloads to Computer Vision API v3.2 GA before 30 January 2023. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure App Service Environment v3 support for custom domain suffix General availability: Azure App Service Environment v3 support for custom domain suffix Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: .NET 7 support in Linux Consumption Plan Announcing the .NET 7 support for Azure functions in isolated process in public preview for Linux Consumption Plan. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Container insights portal integration with basic logs Container insights customers using basic logs on the ContainerLogV2 schema (preview) can now get the same drill-in querying experience in the portal as with analytics logs at a reduced cost. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Enable VM insights using Azure Monitor agent Public preview for a version of VM insights that makes use of the new Azure Monitor agent and would replace the existing Log Analytics agent. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Azure Dedicated Host support for Ultra SSD Introducing support for Azure Ultra Disks on Azure Dedicated Host. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Monitor metric alerts dynamic thresholds outage detection Azure Monitor metric alerts with dynamic thresholds detection, leverages advanced machine learning (ML) to learn metrics' historical behavior and identify patterns and anomalies that indicate… Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Firewall Premium is now ICSA labs certified Azure Firewall Premium Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) certification from ICSA Labs is now generally available. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Log Analytics in China North 3 and China East 3 Log Analytics, a feature of Azure Monitor, is now generally available for you to start collecting telemetry and analyzing your services for health and usage in China North 3 and China East 3. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Reservation administrator and reader roles in the Azure Portal You can now assign reservation administrator and reader roles in the Azure Portal. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Enforcement mode of machine configuration (previously guest configuration) Set the configuration of your Azure Virtual Machine or Azure Arc-enabled server using the enforcement mode of machine configuration (formerly guest configuration). Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Application Insights in China North 3 and China East 3 Application Insights, a part of Azure Monitor, is now generally available in China North 3 and China East 3 regions for you to collect telemetry and analyze your service health in production environments. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Next hop IP support for Route Server Peer Route Server with network virtual appliances (NVAs) deployed behind an Azure Internal Load Balancer (ILB). Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: AMD-based confidential VMs for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Announcing the public preview of confidential node pools on AKS with AMD SEV-SNP confidential VMs. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: US West 3 price adjustment Pricing adjustment to bring value to our Azure customers in western US regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure StorSimple 8000/1200 series will no longer be supported starting 31st December 2022 Updated announcement for Azure StorSimple 8000/1200 series end of life. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Azure Public IPv6 offerings are free as of July 31 Decrease the cost of your transition to IPv6 when Azure Public IPv6 offerings go free on July 31 2022. Click here for more information.