New Azure features and functionality for October 2020
It’s been a busy month as far as new Azure features and functionality go! Just in case you’ve missed something, we’ve collected all of the announcements from October 2020 in one place. Be sure to give this list a read through, as there’s a wealth of exciting new functions and updates to check out!
General Availability
- Soft delete for Azure file shares is now generally available in all regions
- Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare is now generally available
- General Availability: Azure Spot on Azure Kubernetes Service
- General Availability: Azure Kubernetes Service support for proximity placement groups
- Policy to control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Storage now generally available
- Java 11 support for Azure Functions is now generally available
- Increased functionalities to 1-click on Azure Data Explorer is now generally available
- Azure Key Vault Event Grid integration is now available
- Windows Virtual Desktop is now generally available in the Azure Government cloud
- App Service Private Endpoints now generally available
- Azure Blob storage point-in-time restore now generally available
- Row Level Security now generally available for Azure Data Explorer
- Reserved capacity on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is now available
- Raw Logs and Metrics are generally available on Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) from Microsoft CDN
Updates
- Azure Sphere 20.10 Update 1 is now available for compatibility testing
- Azure Site Recovery update rollup 51 – October 2020
- Azure API Management updates- October 2020
- Log Analytics Linux Agent for Fall 2020 now available
- SQL Server on Virtual Machines: Machine Learning with Microsoft R Open 4.0.2 now available
- Azure IoT Central new and updated features—September 2020
- Azure IoT Edge 1.0.10 release is now available
- Azure portal September 2020 update
Misc.
- Action required: Review your applications to avoid service disruption during Azure changes
- New Azure Batch capabilities
- Learn how to manage and optimize your Azure costs with our guided learning modules
- New VM series supported by Azure Batch
- Register Your Azure SQL Virtual Machines with SQL Server IaaS Agent extension today
- App Service Discount for Premium Plans
- Azure Blob storage lifecycle management now supports blob versions management
- Azure DevTest Labs – Create a network isolated lab
- Azure Cognitive Services has achieved human parity in image captioning
- T-digest extension for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus)
- Machine Learning open sourcing for R and Python Custom Runtime
- New alert query examples topic in Log Analytics
- HPC Cache new namespace page and region expansion
- Azure Site Recovery – TLS Certificate Changes
- Azure Data Explorer now support Compute Isolated SKUs
- Analysis Services Tabular improves MDX query performance in the cloud
- Azure Repos adds a default branch at the org-level
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift – Pricing and service updates
- Announcing new lower pricing for Azure Files premium tier
- Standard Load Balancer and Public IP addresses support resource group move
- Dark theme is now available for the Azure mobile app
- New analytics and windowing capabilities in Stream Analytics
- Public preview of Azure Stream Analytics unit testing capability in an CI/CD pipeline
Useful Links
- Get stuck into more Azure on Microsoft Learn
- New Azure features and functionality for September 2020
- View live and on-demand sessions on Azure and more on Microsoft Learn TV
- A look at the announcements from Microsoft Build 2020
- Catch up with Build 2020’s on-demand sessions
- How to skill up while stuck at home
- I want to skill up – but what do I learn?
