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Public Preview: Use Azure Quota Rest APIs to manage service limits (quotas)
Target availability: Q4 2022
Use Azure REST Quota API to manage service limits (quotas), query current usage and quotas, and even update limits for your supported Azure resources, when required.
Public preview: Cross Subscription Restore for Azure Virtual Machines
Target availability: Q4 2022
Cross Subscription Restore for Azure Virtual Machines is provides flexibility to choose any subscription during restore.
Public preview: Azure Bastion now support shareable links
Shareable links allows users to connect to target resources via Azure Bastion without access to the Azure portal.
Public preview: Add an Azure Cosmos DB custom endpoint in IoT Hub
Azure IoT Hub now supports the ability to setup an Azure Cosmos DB account as a custom endpoint. This will help route device data from IoT Hub to Azure Cosmos DB directly.
Public preview: Azure SQL trigger for Azure Functions
You can invoke an Azure Function when a row in a SQL database is created, updated, or deleted through the Azure SQL trigger for Azure Functions, now available in public preview.
General availability: Arm-based VMs now available in four additional Azure regions
The Azure Arm-based VMs are now available in four more regions.
General availability: DR secondary free with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Optimize business costs by licensing your Disaster Recovery secondary for free with SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines.
Public preview: License Geo-redundant Disaster Recovery for SQL Managed Instance for free
Save on business continuity costs and license geographically redundant Disaster Recovery with Azure SQL Managed Instance.
Generally available: Azure SQL Managed Instance backup portability to SQL Server 2022
Backup of your Azure SQL Managed Instance database can now be restored to a SQL Server 2022 instance.
Generally available: Azure Synapse Link for SQL
Azure Synapse Link for SQL enables seamless near-real-time data movement from relational sources in Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2022 to analytical stores without needing to build ETL pipelines.
Generally available: Azure SQL Managed Instance link for SQL Server 2022
The link feature in Azure SQL Managed Instance connects your SQL Servers hosted anywhere to SQL Managed Instance, providing hybrid flexibility and database mobility.
Public preview: Azure SQL Managed Instance feature wave updates for November 2022
New feature wave enhancements for Azure SQL Managed Instance make it even more performant, reliable, and secure with on-premises SQL Server and the broader Azure platform.
General availability: Azure SQL Managed Instance feature wave updates for November 2022
New feature wave enhancements for Azure SQL Managed Instance make it even more performant, reliable, and secure with on-premises SQL Server and the broader Azure platform.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-November 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2022.
Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-November 2022
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2022.
General availability: Azure Sphere TKS updated; OS version 22.11 expected December 1
Participate in retail evaluation now to ensure compatibility. The Azure Sphere team has also updated the trusted keystore of Azure Sphere devices, resulting in an additional reboot for production devices.
General availability: TLS 1.3 with Application Gateway
Start using the new policies with TLS 1.3 for your Azure Application Gateway to improve security and performance.
General availability: Per Rule Actions on regional Web Application Firewall
Azure's regional Web Application Firewall on Application Gateway now supports customizing actions per rule. This new functionality allows you greater control over how the Web Application Firewall handles incoming traffic.
General availability: Bot Manager Rule Set 1.0 on regional Web Application Firewall
This rule set provides you enhanced protection against bots and provides granular control over bots detected by WAF by categorizing bot traffic as good, bad, or unknown bots.
Public preview: Use Azure Quota REST APIs to manage service limits (quotas)
Target availability: Q4 2022
Use Azure REST Quota APIs to manage the service limits (quotas) for Azure VMs, HPC Cache, Purview services, and networking.
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