Ashish Sharma

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure API Center – January Updates Azure API Center is your one-stop solution for inventorying and managing your organization’s APIs. In this update, we are bringing you new features and improvements to help you discover, reuse, and consume your APIs more easily and efficiently. These features are designed to help you streamline your API lifecycle, improve your developer experience, and increase your API adoption. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Preview: Selectable search parameter capability for the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services The selectable search parameter capability for the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services allows you to tailor and enhance searches on FHIR resources. You can choose which inbuilt search parameters to enable or disable for the FHIR service according to your unique requirements. By enabling only the search parameters you need, you can store more FHIR resources and potentially improve performance of FHIR search queries. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Israel Central region added to Azure HDInsight . Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Italy North region added to Azure HDInsight . Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: ExpressRoute guided portal experience for multi-site resiliency With multi-site resiliency, you can configure your ExpressRoute circuits through more than a single peering location. This helps ensure that your’ private connection to Microsoft remains available even if one of the locations experiences an outage. The experience is targeted at helping you design a highly resilient ExpressRoute solution to connect their on-premises with Microsoft backbone and Azure Virtual Networks. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Improved exports experience Introducing an improved exports experience that makes FinOps easier and more efficient with access to additional datasets and optimized for handling large data. You can also create and manage your exports with a few clicks, download your cost data in FOCUS format, and maintain compatibility with previous schema versions, enhance your security and compliance while saving time and money. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Up to 50 test fail criteria in Azure Load Testing You can now specify up to 50 test criteria in your load test. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Red Hat OpenShift January 2024 updates Azure Red Hat OpenShift now offers Resource Health for clusters with integration with Azure Monitor via Signals and Alerts. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Preview: Selectable search parameter capability for the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services The selectable search parameter capability for the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services allows you to tailor and enhance searches on FHIR resources. You can choose which inbuilt search parameters to enable or disable for the FHIR service according to your unique requirements. By enabling only the search parameters you need, you can store more FHIR resources and potentially improve performance of FHIR search queries. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Dedicated clusters in Azure Monitor logs now support any commitment tier We are pleased to announce that it is now possible to create dedicated clusters in public and sovereign clouds at any commitment tiers, starting at a minimum of 100GB per day. This capability is… Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024 Migrate your cloud services to a new deployment model before 31 August 2024. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates New Features for graph-match KQL Operator: Enhanced Pattern Matching and Cycle Control The graph-match operator in Kusto Query Language (KQL) allows you to query your data as a graph and find matches for a specified pattern. The latest update introduces two new features: the cycles parameter and the nonlinear patterns. These features enable you to control how cycles are matched and express more complex and flexible patterns in your graph queries. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Automation Runtime environment & support for Azure CLI commands in runbooks Azure Automation introduces Runtime environment (preview) and enables support for Azure CLI commands in runbooks. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Dedicated clusters in Azure Monitor logs now support any commitment tier We are pleased to announce that it is now possible to create dedicated clusters in public and sovereign clouds at any commitment tiers, starting at a minimum of 100GB per day. This capability is… Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Advisor integration with Azure Monitor Log Analytics Workspace Advisor is a personalized cloud consultant that helps you follow best practices to optimize your Azure deployments. It analyzes your resource configuration and usage telemetry and then recommends solutions that can help you improve the cost effectiveness, performance, Reliability, and security of your Azure resources.   We in Azure Monitor believe that observability should be cost effective, and we want to help our customers control their cost, operational excellence, performance, reliability, and security of their  Azure  resources. This, in turn, helps grow their overall satisfaction with, and usage of Azure.  We have introduced several cost optimization related recommendations and added Azure Advisor to the Log Analytics Workspace admin experience. more recommendations are on the way.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Spring Apps Feature Update Q4 2024: Spring Cloud Gateway supports a response cache and more Recent updates to the Enterprise plan include improved response caching in Spring Cloud Gateway, a more secure try-out option in API Portal, and enhanced application-level settings in Service Connector. Additionally, there's richer build history information to help with troubleshooting. For both Enterprise and Basic/Standard plans, Azure Spring Apps now offer scheduled maintenance for updates and an auto-sync feature for certificates, making application management more efficient and secure. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Private Preview: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Site Recovery Private preview for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Site Recovery. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Load Balancer in Azure API Management Customers have the ability to create a load balancer that directs traffic to multiple endpoints. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates New Features for graph-match KQL Operator: Enhanced Pattern Matching and Cycle Control The graph-match operator in Kusto Query Language (KQL) allows you to query your data as a graph and find matches for a specified pattern. The latest update introduces two new features: the cycles parameter and the nonlinear patterns. These features enable you to control how cycles are matched and express more complex and flexible patterns in your graph queries. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Automation Runtime environment & support for Azure CLI commands in runbooks Azure Automation introduces Runtime environment (preview) and enables support for Azure CLI commands in runbooks. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Automatic Image Creation using Azure VM Image Builder is now generally available We’re happy to announce automatic image creation using Azure Image Builder is now generally available. This feature improves your speed and efficiency by allowing you the ability to start image builds for new base images automatically. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General availability: Azure Data Explorer adds new geospatial capabilities Kusto now has three new geospatial functions: geo_polygon_to_h3cells(), geo_angle() and geo_azimuth(). These functions are designed to help you better understand and analyze your geospatial data. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally Available: Azure Monitor VM Insights Dependency Agent support for RHEL 8.6 Linux VMs Azure Monitor VM Insights now supports Dependency Agent for RHEL 8.6 Linux VMs, enabling you to monitor their network connections and processes in the Azure portal. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: FHIR service integration with Azure Active Directory B2C Use the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services with Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure AD B2C). This capability gives healthcare organizations a secure and convenient way to grant access the FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services without creating or commingling user accounts in their organization’s Microsoft Entra ID tenant. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Advisor integration with Azure Monitor Log Analytics Workspace Advisor is a personalized cloud consultant that helps you follow best practices to optimize your Azure deployments. It analyzes your resource configuration and usage telemetry and then recommends solutions that can help you improve the cost effectiveness, performance, Reliability, and security of your Azure resources.   We in Azure Monitor believe that observability should be cost effective, and we want to help our customers control their cost, operational excellence, performance, reliability, and security of their  Azure  resources. This, in turn, helps grow their overall satisfaction with, and usage of Azure.  We have introduced several cost optimization related recommendations and added Azure Advisor to the Log Analytics Workspace admin experience. more recommendations are on the way.  Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Spring Apps Feature Update Q4 2024: Spring Cloud Gateway supports a response cache and more Recent updates to the Enterprise plan include improved response caching in Spring Cloud Gateway, a more secure try-out option in API Portal, and enhanced application-level settings in Service Connector. Additionally, there's richer build history information to help with troubleshooting. For both Enterprise and Basic/Standard plans, Azure Spring Apps now offer scheduled maintenance for updates and an auto-sync feature for certificates, making application management more efficient and secure. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Private Preview: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Site Recovery Private preview for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Site Recovery. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Private Preview: Upgrade existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Gen2-Trusted launch Support to upgrade existing Gen1 VMs to Trusted launch in preview. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public preview: Partition merge now supports shared throughput databases You can now merge partitions in Azure Cosmos DB on shared throughput databases. Merging partitions allows you to reduce the number of physical partitions used for your container. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Create tests by adding HTTP requests in Azure Load Testing Azure Load Testing now supports creating load tests by HTTP requests. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disks support with Trusted launch Trusted launch VMs now support Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disks storage. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates General Availability: Customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption Azure NetApp Files volumes supports encryption with customer-managed keys (CMK), using Azure Key Vault for key storage, to enable an extra layer of security for data at rest. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Load Testing supports fetching secrets from Azure Key Vault with access restrictions (private AKV) You can now use secrets from an Azure Key Vault with access restrictions in Azure Load Testing. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in UK West and Poland Central Now available in the UK West and Poland Central regions, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in the West US3 and Germany West Central regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink (Public Preview) Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in the West US3 and Germany West Central regions. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Stream Analytics No-code Editor: new features and improvements in Jan 2024 Enhancements and new features have been introduced to the Stream Analytics no-code editor, accessible through both the Azure Event Hubs portal and the Azure Stream Analytics portal. These updates aim to deliver a more intuitive and user-friendly experience for users. Click here for more information.

Azure service updates Azure Spring Apps Enterprise is now eligible for Azure savings plan for compute Enjoy up to 47% savings when you commit to Azure savings plan for Azure Spring Apps Enterprise. Click here for more information.