Azure updates

General Availability: Azure Sphere support for European Data Boundary

Azure Sphere Security Service EU data processing and storage is now generally available.

• Azure Sphere
• Security
• Compliance
• Services

Public Preview: IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Tokyo version

The ITSM connector provides a bi-directional connection between Azure and ITSM tools to help track and resolve issues faster.

• Compliance
• Services

Azure Backup for SAP HANA: General availability updates for Dec 2022

In Dec 2022, the following updates and enhancements were made for Azure Backup for SAP HANA – a backint certified database backup solution for SAP HANA databases in Azure VMs.Long term retention for…

• Azure Backup
• Services
• Management
• Features

Private Preview: Featured Clothing

This insight provides information on key items worn by individuals within a video and the timestamp in which the clothing appears.

• Azure Applied AI Services
• Services

General availability: Encryption using CMK for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

Use infrastructure encryption to add an additional layer of encryption for data at rest using customer-managed keys.

• Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Features

Public preview: Azure Cosmos DB V2 Connector for Power BI

Import data into Power BI dashboards using DirectQuery mode when filtering so aggregations can be pushed down to Azure Cosmos DB to reduce data movement and improve performance.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

General availability: Azure Arc-enabled servers in Azure China

Secure, govern, and manage your hybrid servers from Azure

• Azure Arc enabled servers
• Azure Arc
• Regions & Datacenters
• Management

Generally Available: Azure Dedicated Host - Restart

Target availability: Q4 2022

Introducing Azure dedicated host - Restart functionality

• Features

General availability: Feature enhancements to Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Azure’s WAF now supports multiple new features - SQLi and XSS detection queries, new built-in Azure policies, and increased exclusions limit with support for exclusions on bot manager rule set.

• Web Application Firewall
• Application Gateway
• Azure Front Door
• Security
• Features

Public preview: Build a business case with Azure Migrate

Build a business case in Azure Migrate today to understand the return on investment for migrating your servers, SQL Server deployments and ASP.NET web apps running in your VMware environment to Azure.

• Services
• Features

General availability: Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server data encryption with CMK

Encrypt your data with customer-managed keys to enable an extra layer of security for data at rest.

• Azure Database for MySQL
• Security
• Open Source
• Features

General availability: Azure AD authentication with Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server

Simplify permission management by using Microsoft Azure Active Directory identities to authenticate with instances of Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server.

• Open Source
• Features

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB Azure Functions extension version 4

Authenticate to Azure Functions with Azure Active Directory using the Azure Cosmos DB extension version 4.

• Features

Generally available: Updated API names for Azure Cosmos DB

See multiple updated API names in Azure Cosmos DB on product pages, in technical documentation, and billing that will not impact your experience, product functionality, or performance.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL now available in new regions

Create Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters now in the Sweden Central and Switzerland West regions.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Regions & Datacenters

Public Preview: Materialized view for Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra

Experience even greater compatibility for native Apache Cassandra with materialized view.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features

General availability: JSON support in Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise tiers

Gain powerful tools for working with JSON formatted data in Azure Cache for Redis through the RedisJSON module.

• Azure Cache for Redis
• Features

Public Preview: Azure Site Recovery Higher Churn Support

Azure Site Recovery High Churn Support

• Azure Site Recovery
• Features