Azure Updates – January 31- February 04 2022

Get the latest updates on Azure products and features to meet your cloud investment needs.

Feb 2 Public Preview: Microsoft Azure Payment HSM Service

Azure Payment HSM Service is now in public preview to accelerate the digital transformation of payment ecosystem in Azure

Feb 2 Generally available: Azure Monitor Diagnostic settings for Azure Storage

With the general availability of Azure Monitor Diagnostic settings for Azure Storage, review the pricing model for Diagnostic settings for Azure Storage logs.

Feb 2 Generally available: Azure PostgreSQL backup with long term retention

Azure Backup and Azure Database Services bring to you a new backup solution for your PostgreSQL servers that retains backups for up to 10 years.

Feb 2 Public preview: Execute Azure Monitor Logs connector on an exact time range

Investigate alert incidences with Azure Monitor Logs connector scoped to an exact time range of alert.

Feb 2 Public preview: Test action groups in Azure Monitor

Start testing your alert notification settings using the new test action groups functionality in Azure Monitor.

Feb 2 Generally available: Azure Monitor agent extension support for automatic upgrade extension feature

Enable the ‘automatic extension upgrade’ feature on the Azure Monitor agent extension to automatically get new extension versions rolled out to your virtual machines and scale sets in Azure.

Feb 2 Generally available: Improved Syslog RFC compliance using the new Azure Monitor agent

Azure Monitor agent now supports additional syslog RFC formats collected from various networking devices.

Feb 2 Public preview: Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW) update

The update brings enhancements to IoT Edge 1.2, Microsoft Defender for IoT, and chipset support.

Feb 2 Generally available: Azure Monitor diagnostic settings for Azure Storage

Azure Monitor diagnostic settings now supports Azure Storage logs in log analytics workspaces, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Storage, and select Marketplace partners.

Feb 2 Generally available: PowerShell on Linux OS in Azure Functions

Azure Functions now supports PowerShell on Linux.

Feb 2 Public preview: Custom virtual network support in Azure Container Apps

Start deploying Azure Container Apps into your own Azure virtual netowrks.

Feb 2 General availability: Azure Cache for Redis active geo-replication in enterprise tiers

Link cached data across regions for multi-primary writes and higher availability with active geo-replication in enterprise tiers for Azure Cache for Redis.

Feb 2 Public preview: Azure SQL updates for early February 2022

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.

Feb 2 General availability: Azure SQL updates for early February 2022

Generally available enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.

Feb 2 General availability: Automated backup enhancements for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

The Automated backup feature on SQL Server for Azure Virtual Machines blade comes with the ability for increased retention and better manageability with your choice of storage container per instance.

Feb 2 General availability: Deployment enhancements for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

Deploy SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines with a setup-like experience where configuration of the instance is done during deployment of the Azure Marketplace image.

Feb 2 General availability: Enhanced storage configuration with tempdb

Manage your SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machine storage configuration with tempdb directly from the SQL virtual machine blade in the Azure portal.

Feb 2 General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) supports PostgreSQL minor versions

Use PostgreSQL 11.14, 12.9, 13.5, and 14.1 minor versions with Hyperscale (Citus) for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure.

Feb 2 General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) new certifications

New compliance certifications are now available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.

Feb 2 Public preview: Anomaly Detector adds synchronous multivariate detection and improved anomaly interpretation

Start using Anomaly Detector’s multivariate detection synchronously for quicker response, easier operations, and more informative result interpretation to help you analyze root causes.

Feb 2 General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Private access support

Private access is now generally available for Hyperscale (Citus) on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.

Feb 2 General Availability: The Azure Sphere OS 22.01 release is cancelled

The next release of Azure Sphere will be version 22.02.

Feb 3 General Availability: IoT Edge monitoring with Azure Monitor

Use the latest IoT Edge Metrics collector module to send metrics to Azure Monitor and leverage updated visualizations to monitor and troubleshoot your IoT Edge devices.

Feb 3 Public preview: Microsoft Azure Communication Services Telephony capabilities in Denmark and UK

Customers in Denmark and the UK can now purchase Toll-Free and Geographic phone numbers.

Feb 4 Microsoft Defender for Cloud: General availability updates for January 2022

New enhancements and updates released for general availability in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in January 2022.

Feb 4 Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Public preview updates for January 2022

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Microsoft Defender for Cloud in January 2022.

Feb 4 Generally available: Azure IoT Edge supports Ubuntu Server 20.04 and ARM64

The latest Azure IoT Edge releases provide official packages for Ubuntu Server 20.04 on AMD64 and ARM64 devices.

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