New Azure features and functionality for April 2022
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 April 2022 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
- Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault
- Azure Functions Linux Elastic Premium plan increased maximum scale-out limits
- Azure SQL Database storage limits increase for selected compute sizes
- Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server higher burstable compute
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) now includes PgBouncer 1.17
- Database templates in Azure Synapse Analytics
- Azure Synapse Link now supports existing Azure Cosmos DB containers
- Azure Cosmos DB portal—Azure Synapse Link seamless Power BI
- Unique partial indexes in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB
- Scale-down mode in AKS
- Node pool snapshot
- Group Managed Service Accounts security policy support on Windows
- Controls to block domain fronting behavior on customer resources
- App Service – Networking capabilities added to Basic pricing tier
- Windows Server guest licensing offer for Azure Stack HCI
- Rehydrate an archived blob to a different storage account
- Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio
- Zone redundancy for Azure SQL Database general purpose tier
- Azure Static Web Apps support for private endpoints
- IBM WebSphere on Azure with evaluation licensing
- Java 17 and Tomcat 10.0 on Azure App Service
- New result set grid in Azure Monitor log analytics
- Migrate devices across templates at scale in Azure IoT Central
- Service tags support for user-defined routing
- Customize application text labels in Azure IoT Central
- Azure Databricks Delta Live Tables
- Glossary terms in Azure Purview data catalog search
- DNS reservations to prevent subdomain takeover in Cloud Services deployments
- Diagnostic audit logs for Automation accounts
- Azure Backup now supports vault-archive tier for Azure VMs
- Azure Data Explorer supports Azure private endpoints
- Azure storage table access using Azure Active Directory
- Support for Private Link in Azure IoT Central
- Azure Data Explorer Inline script deployment with ARM Template
- Support for copying tiles added to Azure IoT Central
Updates
- Azure SQL – updates for late April 2022
- Azure Sphere OS version 22.04
- Apache Kafka 2.4 in Azure HDinsight
- Apache Spark 3.1.2 in Azure HDinsight
Misc
- Azure Cosmos DB autoscale RU/s entry point is 4x lower
- Azure Virtual Machines increase storage throughput by up to 300%
