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HBv3-series VMs for HPC now available in the East US, South Central US, and West Europe regions
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The 21.03 OS quality update includes enhancements to mitigate against 5 CVEs.
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Directory scoped SAS allows more granular access assignment for ADLS Gen2.
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Create apex domains on your Linux and Windows web app at no additional cost.
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Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) is announcing the general availability of it’s performance update (EngineV3) which provides unprecedented performance in Big Data Logs and telemetry scenarios.
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Prevent cost overruns with Azure budget alerts on forecasted costs
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Protect your APIs from several OWASP API Security Top 10 vulnerabilities without requiring an add-on solution.
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Azure and AMD announce landmark in confidential computing evolution — it is now even easier to extend your protection of data at rest and data in transit to protect data in use.
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Control who can access your SQL data by using dynamic data masking granular permission on your Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure SQL Managed Instance.
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Get a single monitoring experience for all your cloud-based SQL deployments with Azure Monitor SQL insights
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Configure long-term backup retention for SQL Managed Instance databases and retain database backups beyond the 35 days provided by Azure SQL Managed Instance automated backups, for up to 10 years.
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Service Broker message exchange between Azure SQL Managed Instances (public preview) allows you to build reliable distributed applications with asynchronous message processing functionality by leveraging SQL Server engine’s native support for messaging/queuing.
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Use machine learning capabilities on a Managed Instance of Azure SQL Database for ease of moving your data, packages, and models to a cloud ready environment fully configured for machine learning.
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The next version of Azure Data Explorer (ADX) with performance updates is now available.
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Create apex domains on your Linux and Windows web app at no additional cost.
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Media Services introduces new security features available in the 2020-05-01 version of the Azure Media Services API allowing you to now bring your own encryption keys, and configure trusted storage using System Managed Identities.
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Media Services Live Events now support a lower-cost "StandBy" mode to allow you to pre-allocate live streaming at a lower cost. You can now use the new standby mode to transition quickly to a "Running" state faster than starting from cold creation and reduces your operational costs.
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February updates include device model, API, dashboard, and documentation improvements.
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Azure Availability Zones are now generally available in the Brazil South region. These three new zones provide customers with options for additional resiliency and tolerance to infrastructure impact.
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You can now leverage Azure’s Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification across all live Azure regions.
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