New Azure features and functionality for September 2020
It’s been a busy month as far as new Azure features and functionality go! Just in case you’ve missed something, we’ve collected all of the announcements from September 2020 in one place. Be sure to give this list a read through, as there’s a wealth of exciting new functions and updates to check out!
Be sure to also check out our Cloud-focussed summary of Microsoft Ignite, which featured announcements and previews aplenty!
General Availability
- Embedded C SDK general availability
- Data Factory adds ORC data lake file format support for ADF Data Flows and Synapse Data Flows
- New performance recommendations now available in Azure Advisor
- New recommendations for operational excellence are now available in Azure Advisor
- Azure HDInsight –Autoscale for Interactive Query with HDInsight 4.0 is now generally available
- COPY command now generally available in Azure Synapse Analytics
- Configurable Backup Storage Redundancy option for Azure SQL Managed Instance
- High throughput output from Stream Analytics to Azure Synapse Analytics
- Azure Kubernetes Service mutate default storage class feature
- Policy add-on for Azure Kubernetes Service
- Azure Cognitive Services general availability updates
- Azure Stack Edge Mini R is now generally available
- Azure Backup support for up to 32 disks is now generally available
- Azure Cognitive Search – Managed identity support and Private Endpoints
- 512 Sector Size support on Azure Ultra Disks is now available
- Announcing Azure SQL Edge now in general availability
- General Availability of the New Azure VMware Solution
- General availability of Azure Monitor for Key Vault and Azure Cache for Redis
- Azure Arc enabled servers are now generally available
- Global virtual network peering support for Azure SQL Managed Instance now available
- Azure Stack Edge Pro with GPU now generally available
- Azure Stack Edge Pro R now generally available
- App Service integration with GitHub Actions now generally available
- App Service announces the general availability of Windows Container support
- Azure Time Series Insights now supports AAD groups
- Query Acceleration for Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available
- Azure Blob storage object replication is now generally available
- Change feed support is now generally available for Azure Blob Storage
- Durable Functions v2.3 is now available
- Log Analytics Agent for Windows August 2020 release is now available
- Azure Spring Cloud is now generally available
- New Azure VMs for general purpose and memory intensive workloads now available
News
- Azure Machine Learning updates Ignite 2020
- Azure Security Center—News and updates for September 2020
- Spring Data Azure Cosmos DB SDK v3.0.0 release now available
- Azure Ultra Disk is now available in more regions
- Announcing the unified Azure Certified Device program
- IoT Security updates for September 2020
- Azure API Management updates- September 2020
- Announcing Application Insights .NET SDK version 2.15
- Azure Site Recovery update rollup 50 – September 2020
- Azure IoT Central new and updated features—August 2020
- Azure Sphere OS update 20.09 is now available for compatibility testing
- Additional Azure SQL Database gateways changes effective October 12, 2020
- Custom Translator—September new features, improvements and bug fixes
Misc.
- Azure Data Explorer extends functionality to support geospatial joins
- Azure Machine Learning offers added capabilities at lower cost
- Selective disks backup for Azure Virtual Machines
- Azure Monitor Log Analytics UI improvements September 2020
- Virtual Machine (VM) level Disk Bursting on Dvs3 and Esv3 VMs
- Major performance improvements for Azure SQL Managed Instances
- Enhanced management experience for Azure SQL Managed Instance
- Migrate servers to Availability Zones with Azure Migrate
- New disk performance metrics in Azure Monitor
- FastTrack for Azure now supports Windows Virtual Desktop
- Azure Blob storage lifecycle management now supports append blobs
- IoT Hub TLS certificate update
- Azure Synapse SQL on-demand now enforces TLS 1.2 on outbound connections
- Azure Cloud Services – Introducing support for Resource Health
- Migrate to Azure Availability Zones
- Azure Dedicated Hosts now support new Azure Virtual Machines series
Useful Links
- Get stuck into more Azure on Microsoft Learn
- New Azure features and functionality for July 2020
- View live and on-demand sessions on Azure and more on Microsoft Learn TV
- A look at the announcements from Microsoft Build 2020
- Catch up with Build 2020’s on-demand sessions
- How to skill up while stuck at home
- I want to skill up – but what do I learn?
