Changes Microsoft announces – page 154

New and changed items from the Microsoft 365 roadmap and Azure Updates.

ChangeListStatusKey dateMicrosoft updatedVersions
General availability: Azure Blob storage supports objects up to 200 TB in sizeAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20211
Azure Maps Weather Services are now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20211
Log Analytics Windows Agent for Winter 2021 now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20211
Public preview: Announcing Azure STIG solution templates to accelerate compliance for DoDAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20211
Azure Active Directory B2C in Australia is available in public previewAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20211
Azure Automation is now generally available in South IndiaAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20211
Public preview: Azure Purview is now available in the Central India regionAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20211
Public preview: Start VM on connect feature for Azure Virtual DesktopAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20211
Public preview: Azure Monitor container insights support for Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes extension modelAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20211
New Azure Cloud Services deployment model now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20211
Public preview: Announcing platform support migration of Azure Cloud Services (classic) to Azure Resource ManagerAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20211
Continued region expansion: Azure Data Factory just became generally available in two more regionsAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20211
AMD-based Eav4-series virtual machines are now generally available in Azure HDInsightAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20211
Updated App Service Authentication portal experience is now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20211
Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for March 2021Azure UpdatesIn previewApril 20211
Azure Security Center: General availability updates for March 2021Azure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20211
General availability: Azure Monitor for Azure Virtual DesktopAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20211
Public preview: Backup & restore of Azure VM Scale Sets with flexible orchestration is now supportedAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20211
General availability: Azure Backup supports backup and restore of Azure Dedicated HostAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20211
Azure Sphere OS version 21.03 is now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Public preview: Azure Event Grid now provides support for delivery headers and additional advanced filters among other updatesAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
Azure SQL Managed Instance - A performance optimization change to default settings is coming soonAzure UpdatesIn developmentMarch 20211
Public preview: Azure Static Web Apps now supports deployment with Azure DevOpsAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
General availability: ExpressRoute monitoring in Azure Monitor network insightsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Enabling IBM WebSphere on Azure Kubernetes ServiceAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Azure Private Link for Azure Cache for Redis in general availabilityAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Public preview: Open Service Mesh (OSM) add-on for AKSAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
General availability: Kubernetes v1.20 support in AKSAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server (public preview) available in new regionsAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
Public preview: Zone redundant configuration for Azure SQL Database serverless compute tierAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
Insights and workbooks for Azure Cosmos DB now in public previewAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now supports node image autoupgrade in public previewAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
Public preview of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) run-command featureAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
Public preview: Cognitive Services - Form Recognizer new featuresAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
General availability: Virtual machine (VM) level disk bursting available on all Dsv3 and Esv3 familiesAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Public preview: Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server now connects with Azure CLIAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now connects with Azure CLIAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
General availability: Networking for Key Vault references on Windows in App Service and Azure FunctionsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
General availability: Changes coming to Azure Pipelines free grantsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Wire Data 2.0 (preview) will be retired on 31 March 2022Azure Updates–
Retirement
31 March 20221
General availability: Azure Data Explorer external tablesAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Encryption scopes in Azure Storage now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
General availability: Azure Communication ServicesAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Backup for Azure Managed Disk is now generally availableAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Public preview: Service Tags for User Defined RoutingAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211
General availability: Stream Analytics runs on Azure Stack HubAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Generally available: Azure HPC – CycleCloud 8.1.1Azure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
General availability: New VM series supported by Azure BatchAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
General availability: IoT Hub Azure portal extension updateAzure UpdatesLaunchedMarch 20211
Public preview: Announcing the new Power BI embedded analytics playgroundAzure UpdatesIn previewMarch 20211

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