Azure Updates – Number 15 – July 17, 2021

A summary update on Azure News that includes updates released from Microsoft Azure related to Azure, Architecture, Compute, and Sentinel topics. I’ll provide links to all the resource updates with each item. Hopefully this will save you some time digging around to find recent releases and changes.

Updates will include preview and general availability announcements, news, and technical articles published in the listed topic areas for the previous 2 week snapshot. Presented is a subset of news that is highlighted here, visit Azure Blog or Azure Updates Blog to see all the updates.

Azure Updates

Azure VMware Solution now generally available in the Australia Southeast region

Azure Automation support for User Assigned Managed Identities is now in public preview

General availability: Azure IoT Central new and updated features???June 2021

Session and cache provider using Azure Cosmos DB in general availability

Limited preview: Migrate your Azure Data Lake Storage from Gen1 to Gen2 using the Azure Portal

Azure Maps Creator v1 preview will be retired on 6 September 2021

Public preview: Azure Service Bus support for large messages

General availability: Deliver a secure hybrid workplace with Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365

General availability: Azure Spring Cloud Pricing Model Change

Free Extended Security Updates only on Azure for Windows Server 2012 /R2and SQL Server 2012

Public preview: API Management and Event Grid integration

Azure SQL enabled by Azure Arc generally available on July 30, 2021

Public preview: Azure Spring Cloud New Relic One integration and additional feature updates

General availability: Application Insights integration with App Services for Java & Node.js apps

Azure Machine Learning public preview announcements July 2021

Confidential computing using Always Encrypted with secure enclaves for Azure SQL Database in general availability

Call recording in public preview for Azure Communication Services

Insights and workbooks for Azure Cosmos DB now in general availability

Azure AD authentication for Application Insights

Public preview: Create AKS clusters without local user accounts

Public preview: New Application Insights standard test for synthetic monitoring

General availability: New Azure Monitor built-in policy for Log Analytics workspace and linked automation account

Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) smart defaults

Public preview: Event Grid integration with AKS

Now available: Azure Purview product glossary

Disk pool for Azure VMware Solution now in public preview

General availability: Azure API Management updates – July 2021

General availability: Azure Automation Customer Managed Keys

Azure Bastion Standard SKU public preview

General availability: HPC Cache for NVME-based Storage, Storage Target Management, and HIPAA Compliance

HPC Cache on E-Series VMs Support of Blob NFS 3.0 now generally available

Azure Sphere version 21.07 Update 1 is now available for evaluation

General availability: Updates to secrets configuration options in App Service and Azure Functions

General availability: Transition to Cloud Services (extended support) with new migration tool

App Service Environment v3 now generally available

Direct routing for Azure Communication Services now available in public preview

Public preview of OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set 3.2 for Azure Web Application Firewall

Upgrade to Azure Communication Services Calling JavaScript SDK 1.1.0 by 31 July 2021

IoT Hub IP address change notification

Public Preview: Form Recognizer container support

Virtual Machine (VM) level disk bursting is now generally available on more VM types

Azure AD Privileged Identity Management (PIM) integration with Azure Lighthouse is now in public preview

Azure Blog

Accelerate your Azure migration and modernization journey with expanded programs and offers

Drive growth with the most partner-focused business platform

Innovate from cloud to edge on your terms with Azure

Manage RDP and SSH connectivity at scale with Azure Bastion

Deliver scalable, cost-effective Disk Storage for Azure VMware Solution

Enhance your cloud skills and accelerate digital transformation with Inside Azure for IT

Accelerate big data analytics with the Spark 3.0 connector for SQL Server???now generally available

Advancing application reliability with the Azure Well-Architected Framework

Privileged Identity Management with Azure Lighthouse enables Zero Trust

Advancing resiliency threat modeling for large distributed systems

Azure Sentinel Blog

What???s New: Azure Sentinel Hunting supports ADX cross-resource queries

Azure Sentinel Solutions for Partners: Build Combined Value for a Wider Audience

Watchlist is now Generally Available

What’s new: ASIM Authentication, Process, Registry and enhanced Network schemas

Testing the New Version of the Windows Security Events Connector with Azure Sentinel To-Go!