New Azure features and functionality for August 2021
It’s been a busy month as far as new Azure features and functionality go! Just in case you’ve missed something, we’ve collected all of the announcements from August 2021 in one place. Be sure to give this list a read through, as there’s a wealth of exciting new functions and updates to check out!
General Availability
- Azure Backup Offline backup with Azure Data Box
- Azure ExpressRoute: New ExpressRoute Direct locations available
- Azure ExpressRoute: New ExpressRoute peering locations available
- New Azure Batch capabilities
- Azure Blob storage – Last access time tracking
- Azure Archive Storage events for easy rehydration of archived blobs
- New VM series supported by Azure Batch
- Public DNS support for private Azure Kubernetes Service clusters
- Mounting Azure Storage as a local share for web apps deployed on App Service
- Enhanced troubleshooting experiences now generally available for additional resources in Network Insights
- AKS support for Kubernetes 1.21
- CSI storage driver support on Azure Kubernetes Service
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Managed PgBouncer
- Azure Cosmos DB: Continuous backup with point in time restore
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Server group restart
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL | Scheduled maintenance for Hyperscale (Citus)
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Columnar compression
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Same region read replicas
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): PostgreSQL 12 & 13
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Support for Citus 10
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): Basic tier
- Azure Blob storage – Inventory generally availability
- General availability: GitHub Codespaces
- Automatic Azure VM extension upgrade capabilities
- Azure VPN Client for macOS
- Introducing global disaster recovery via Azure Site Recovery
- Azure Managed HSM Private Link
- Lower capacity reservation tier for Azure Monitor dedicated clusters
- Azure Defender for SQL now in general availability on the Azure SQL Virtual Machine blade
- Software inventory and agentless dependency analysis generally available with Azure Migrate
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift support for OpenShift 4.7
- Azure Backup now supports Archive Tier for backups of SQL Server in Azure VMs
Updates
- Azure Security Center: Updates for August 2021
- Azure Sphere OS version 21.08
- Azure IoT Central new and updated features—July 2021
- Azure Percept DK July (2107) software update is available
- Azure SQL—updates for early August 2021
Misc
- Azure expands HITRUST certification across 51 Azure regions
- Azure ExpressRoute Global Reach: 2 new locations
- Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server: Eight new regions supported
