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Azure – Insights and workbooks for Azure Cosmos DB now in public preview
Now available in preview support, Azure Monitor insights and Azure Monitor workbooks makes it easier to visualize and customize metrics for dynamic monitoring of your Azure Cosmos DB resource. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Zone redundant configuration for Azure SQL Database serverless compute tier
Make your serverless Azure SQL databases resilient to a much larger set of failures, including catastrophic datacenter outages, without any changes of the application logic by selecting zone redundancy. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server (public preview) available in new regions
With new regions announced for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server, you can control multiple configuration parameters for fine-grained database tuning with a simpler developer experience to accelerate end-to-end deployment. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Kubernetes v1.20 support in AKS
Benefit from the new features in Kubernetes 1.20, now supported by AKS in general availability. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Open Service Mesh (OSM) add-on for AKS
Service Mesh capabilities to be natively integrated with AKS via the Open Service Mesh add-on. Read More for the details.

Azure – Enabling IBM WebSphere on Azure Kubernetes Service
Customers can now leverage guidance jointly developed with IBM to run WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: ExpressRoute monitoring in Azure Monitor network insights
Network insights in Azure Monitor now supports monitoring Azure ExpressRoute resources out of the box without any additional configuration or setup. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Static Web Apps now supports deployment with Azure DevOps
Azure Static Web Apps, currently in public preview, now supports building and deploying apps with Azure DevOps. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Private Link for Azure Cache for Redis in general availability
Use Azure Private Link to connect to an Azure Cache for Redis instance from your virtual network via a private endpoint to eliminate data exposure to the public internet. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure SQL Managed Instance – A performance optimization change to default settings is coming soon
Upcoming changes to Azure SQL Managed Instance will improve workload performance and reduce unnecessary resource utilization. Read More for the details.