Azure Updates – Number 21 – October 9, 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

Public preview: Dynamic concurrency in Azure Functions

General availability: Azure Monitor container insights portal experience update

Public preview: Standard network features for Azure NetApp Files

Reminder: Azure Service Management API for Messaging Services will be retired on 1 November 2021

General availability: Azure Sphere version 21.10 expected on Oct. 20, 2021

Azure Functions Python 3.9 support is now generally available

Windows 11 is now generally available on Azure Virtual Desktop

South Africa North Availability Zones now generally available

Korea Central Availability Zones now generally available

Azure Applied AI Services | Latest public preview enhancements to Azure Form Recognizer

Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for September 2021

General availability: Azure NetApp Files waitlist removal

Public preview of Azure NetApp Files Backup capability

Azure NetApp Files Datastores for Azure VMware Solution is coming soon

HCX Enterprise Edition is now generally available for Azure VMware Solution

Azure VMware Solution now available in Brazil South and East US 2 regions

Azure Stream Analytics: 2 new regions are now generally available

General availability: Azure DevOps September 2021 updates

Azure Maps Geolocation Service is now generally available

General availability: Announcing the release of Swiss German dialect speech recognition support

Object replication in public preview for Premium Block Blob Storage

General availability: Azure Data Factory managed virtual network

Azure Site Recovery update rollup 58 is now generally available – September 2021

General availability: Enable hierarchical namespace for existing Azure Storage accounts

Azure Automation Hybrid Worker Extension for Azure and Arc-enabled servers now in public preview

Az module support in Azure Automation is now available

Azure Purview is now generally available

Azure IoT middleware for FreeRTOS in general availability

Norway East Availability Zones now generally available

Azure Site Recovery: Upgrade to TLS 1.2 or later by November 15, 2021 – for improved security

Azure Blog

Microsoft named as a Leader in 2021 Gartner?? Magic Quadrant??? for Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service

New Azure VMware Solution updates and global expansion drives customer success

The wait (list) is over: Azure NetApp Files is enterprise-ready in your Azure portal

Microsoft named a Leader in 2021 Gartner?? Magic Quadrant??? for data integration tools

Advancing reliability through a resilient cloud supply chain

Streamline your DDoS management with new Azure Firewall Manager capabilities

Microsoft partners with the EDM Council to empower Chief Data Officers to achieve more in the cloud

Govern your data wherever it resides with Azure Purview

Azure Cost Management and Billing updates ??? September 2021

Azure Sentinel Blog

Simple Row-Based Access Workbook: Lab Walk-Through with Azure Sentinel and Azure Data Explorer (ADX)

The Azure Sentinel Anomalies Simulator

Querying WHOIS/Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) with Azure Sentinel and Azure Functions

Monitoring Azure Sentinel Analytical Rules – Push Health Notifications

General Availability of Azure Sentinel Threat Intelligence in Public and Azure Government??cloud