This newsletter is conceived so that in a few minutes you can get an overview of what has been going on in Azure last month, here in this blog for a web-based repository. Please go to https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/topics/announcements/ for an updated list of Azure anouncements.
Management
IaaS
- Compute
- Storage
- AzCopy on Linux now generally available
- OS Disk Swap for Managed Virtual Machines now available
- Azure Backup now supports storage accounts secured with Azure Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks
- Write Accelerator for M-Series virtual machines now generally available
- Per disk metrics for Managed & Unmanaged Disks now in public preview
- Recovery Services vault limit increased to 500 vaults per subscription per region
- GDPR offers one more reason to focus on your disaster recovery strategy
- Offline media import for Azure
- Networking
Containers
Security and IAM
- How Azure Security Center helps detect attacks against your Linux machines
- Announcing new Azure Security Center capabilities at RSA 2018
- Azure Security Center Network Map
- Streamlining GDPR requests with the Azure portal
- Achieving GDPR compliance in the cloud with Microsoft Azure
Apps
- Azure Quick Start Guide for .NET Developers
- Azure Service Fabric – announcing Reliable Services on Linux and RHEL support
- How to secure web communications in a Service Fabric cluster in Azure
- Azure Toolkit for Eclipse integrates with HDInsight Ambari and supports Spark 2.2
- Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ integrates with HDInsight Ambari and supports Spark 2.2
- Deploying Linked ARM Templates with VSTS
Data
- SQL
- Fast and easy development with Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL
- Improvements to SQL Elastic Pool configuration experience
- SQL Database: Long-term backup retention preview includes major updates
- Transparent Data Encryption with customer managed keys in Azure SQL Database generally available
- How to configure Azure SQL Database Geo-DR with Azure Key Vault
- Accelerate real-time big data analytics with Spark connector for Microsoft SQL Databases
- Adaptive caching powers Azure SQL Data Warehouse performance gains
- Enhanced capabilities to monitor, manage, and integrate SQL Data Warehouse in the Azure Portal
- Turbocharge cloud analytics with Azure SQL Data Warehouse
- Region expansion for the next generation of SQL Data Warehouse
- Blazing fast data warehousing with Azure SQL Data Warehouse
- Replicated Tables now generally available in Azure SQL Data Warehouse
- Seamlessly upgrade Azure SQL Data Warehouse for greater performance and scalability
- Python, Node.js, Go client libraries for Azure Event Hubs in public preview
- Secure credential management for ETL workloads using Azure Key Vault and Data Factory
- HDInsight tools for VS Code now supports argparse and Spark 2.2
- Azure Analysis Services integration with VNets via On-Premises Data Gateway
- Spring Data Azure Cosmos DB: NoSQL data access on Azure
- Iterative development and debugging using Data Factory
IoT
- Introducing Microsoft Azure Sphere: Secure and power the intelligent edge
- Best practices for IoT-driven infrastructure transformation
- Azure IoT Hub SDK officially provides native iOS support
- New key capabilities that Azure Time Series Insights
- Automating Industrial IoT Security
AI
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