New Azure features and functionality for May 2020
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 May 2020 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!
Security
- Microsoft Threat Protection will automatically turn on for eligible license holders
- Azure Private Link is now available for multiple new Azure services
- Azure Key Vault service enhancements now available
- Azure Private Link for Azure Cosmos DB now in general availability
- Azure HDInsight enterprise security enhancements
- Encryption at rest with customer-managed keys on Azure Cosmos DB now generally available
- Azure Security Center—News and updates for May 2020
- Azure Private Link for Azure Monitor is now available
- Azure Firewall May 2020 updates
Recovery
- Azure Site Recovery—Zone-to-zone disaster recovery now available
- Azure Container Registry diagnostic logs now generally available
- Improved Azure Monitor Logs workspace delete and recovery experiences
- Azure Backup now provides protection against accidental deletion of Azure file shares
IoT and Bots
- Azure IoT Central—April 2020 updates and new features
- Azure Bot Service and Bot Framework updates for Build 2020
- Azure IoT Central – Build 2020 announcements
- IoT Hub support for virtual networks is now generally available
Machine Learning
- New Cognitive Services capabilities are now generally available
- New Responsible ML innovation in Azure Machine Learning
- Azure Text Analytics v3 is now generally available
Misc.
- Azure custom role creation in the Azure portal is now generally available
- Data Factory adds new hierarchical data handling and new flexibility for complex joins
- New Azure VMware Solution is now in preview
- Select multiple resources in Azure Monitor Logs
- Azure DevOps update to configure deployment strategies from the Azure portal
- Azure API Management update—May 2020
- Optional Uptime SLA now available for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)
- Virtual machine (VM)-level disk bursting
- Azure Automation TLS 1.2 enforcement begins September 1, 2020
- Azure Pipelines YAML CD features are now available with Azure DevOps update
- Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 PowerShell and CLI are now generally available
- Azure Active Directory support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL—single server now available
- Azure Active Directory support in Azure Database for MySQL now available
- Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK 4.0 now available
- Autoscale provisioned throughput for Azure Cosmos DB
- Azure Stack Hub now supports cross-platform compatibility on PowerShell
- New Azure extensions for Visual Studio Code
- ASP.NET Blazor now supports WebAssembly
- Azure Database for MySQL support for intelligent performance with MySQL 8.0 is now available
- Azure Monitor Logs IntelliSense improvements are now available
- Rehost or modernize existing applications and support modern cloud apps with Azure SQL
- Azure Databases extension for Visual Studio Code
