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Azure – Azure IoT Edge nesting capabilities are now generally available
Our commitment is to simplify IoT for mainstream adoption. As such, we are announcing general availability of nesting capabilities for Azure IoT Edge for industrials to connect their equipment to the cloud through multiple network layers as recommended by the ANSI/ISA-95 standard. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview of SAP NetWeaver, North Europe, and new updates in cluster monitoring
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions (AMS) supports SAP NetWeaver monitoring in public preview, new metrics for high-availability (pacemaker) clusters, and availability in North Europe region. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview of Microsoft Build of OpenJDK
The Microsoft Build of OpenJDK is a new Long-Term Support distribution of OpenJDK for your Java workloads, in the cloud and everywhere else. Read More for the details.

Azure – Reduce dataflow execution time with cluster reuse public preview in Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory (ADF) has released a “quick re-use” option as public preview to the Azure Integration Runtime TTL to reduce data flow execution to from 2 mins to under 20 seconds. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Cognitive Services- Anomaly Detector now supports multivariate anomaly detection
Enable organizations to identify anomalies across multiple variables with multivariate Anomaly Detector. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Functions upgrade in Azure Monitor log analytics
We have upgraded the functions experience in log analytics, providing new UI and capabilities to allow you to do more with functions. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: New Azure Policy built-in definitions for data encryption in Azure Monitor
With Azure Monitor built-in policy definitions for data encryption, you can enforce organizational standards and assess compliance of data encryption settings in your environment. Read More for the details.

Azure – Cognitive Services – New Computer Vision API v3.2 now generally available
Updated Computer Vision API now generally available to improve image tagging, content moderation, OCR language expansion, and more. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Log analytics workspace name uniqueness is now per resource group
You can now use the same workspace name in deployments across all your environment without a conflict. This is useful in template deployments when the same name can be used for every deployment for consistency. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS CloudShell is now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Europe (Frankfurt) regions
AWS CloudShell is now generally available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Europe (Frankfurt) regions. Read More for the details.