New Azure features and functionality for February 2021
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 February 2021 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!
General Availability
- Power BI Connector for Azure Databricks is now generally available
- Data flows in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse now support Reserved Instances
- Web Application Firewall for Azure Front Door managed ruleset refresh
- Support for Java Message Service (JMS) 2.0 API on Azure Service Bus Premium
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift support for OpenShift 4.6
- Azure Machine Learning updates for native terminal
- Azure Dav4-series VMs are available in Azure HDInsight
- Application Insights synthetic monitoring SLA report template
- Application Insights availability troubleshooting report for URL tests
- Cross Region Restore of Azure VMs now generally available
- More ways to use composite indexes in Azure Cosmos DB now generally available
- Azure IoT Edge 1.1.0 release is now generally available
- .NET Core support for Analysis Services client libraries is generally available
- Azure role-based access control (RBAC) for Azure Key Vault data plane authorization is now generally available
- Standard Load Balancer and IP addresses metadata now available through Azure Instance Metadata Service (IMDS)
- Azure Cost Management now available for Azure Government Pay-As-You-Go subscriptions
- Azure mobile app now supports Azure Government
- Ingest up to 10 files and blobs with the new Azure Data Explorer intuitive UX
- Soft delete for Azure file shares is now on by default for new storage accounts
- Custom Neural Voice, a Text-to-Speech capability within Speech Service
- Stop/start functionality for Azure Database for MySQL
- Support for Azure API Management certificates in Azure Key Vault
- Microsoft Azure Attestation is now generally available
Updates
- Azure Site Recovery update rollup 54 is now generally available – February 2021
- Azure Sphere OS version 21.02 is now available for evaluation
- Azure IoT Central new and updated features—January 2021
- Azure Security Center—General availability updates for January 2021
Misc.
- New disk bursting metrics
- Azure Backup for SAP HANA: Soft limit increased from 2 TB to 8 TB
- Azure Databricks Achieves DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) on Microsoft Azure Government
- Versions no longer required for Key Vault references in App Service and Azure Functions
- 172 Azure offerings achieve HITRUST certification
- Azure achieves its first PCI 3DS certification
- IT Service Management Connector (ITSMC) is now certified with ServiceNow Paris version
Useful Links
- Get stuck into more Azure on Microsoft Learn
- New Azure features and functionality for January 2021
- 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?
