Azure

New enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in October 2020.
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The Azure Time Series Insights Gen2 public preview APIs have been deprecated. Read about the process for migrating onto the new generally available API version for Azure Time Series Insights Gen2.
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New job scheduling and security-related features are now available.
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A number of new security-related features are now available in preview.
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Soft delete protects Azure file shares from accidental deletion. In January 2021, it will be enabled by default for all new storage accounts.
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End of Support for Data Science Virtual Machine for Ubuntu 16.04 on 1 April 2021.
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Continue to create new instances of Bing Search APIs under the Azure Marketplace.
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Australia Central, Brazil Southeast, and Norway East are now in public preview for customers to start collecting telemetry and analyze their services for health using Application Insight.
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Azure Automation is now available in Switzerland North region
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Azure Sphere 20.10 Update 1 fixes some issues reported to us by customers using 20.10 Retail Eval for compatibility testing. The release of 20.10 Update 1 will not reset the retail evaluation period.
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Azure Databricks is now available in the Swiss Azure datacenters which marks another milestone on the way to digitize Switzerland
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Preview support of Azure Database for MySQL – Single Server is now available in the Brazil Southeast region, adding additional flexibility in deploying solutions to help accelerate innovation.
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Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare will make it easier for healthcare organizations to remain agile and focus on what they do best—delivering better experiences, insights, and care.
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Use Azure Spot with Azure Kubernetes Service to save on compute costs for workloads that can tolerate interruptions
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Co-locate agent nodes and minimize node-to-node latency with AKS support for proximity placement groups.
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Create a function app from an Open API Definition using VS Code
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The auditing of Microsoft support operations capability enables the audit of Microsoft support operations when accessing servers and/or databases during a support request to an audit logs destination. The use of this capability, along with auditing, enables more transparency into the workforce and allows for anomaly detection, trend visualization, and data loss prevention.
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Access cloud resources securely from Azure Kubernetes Service applications using Azure Active Directory.
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The preview support in the Brazil Southeast region provides additional flexibility in deploying solutions to help accelerate innovation.
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Start using Azure Resource Manager REST APIs.
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