New Azure features and functionality for June 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 June 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
- Private AKS clusters are now generally available in Azure Government
- Web Application Firewall for Azure Front Door service logging enhancements
- Azure Private Link for Azure Batch is now generally available in select regions
- Azure Firewall July 2020 update
Recovery
- Azure Site Recovery update rollup 46—June 2020
- Azure Storage account failover is now generally available
- Azure geo-zone-redundant storage is now generally available
IoT and Bots
- An update to Python SDK v2 for Azure IoT has been released
- Updates for monitoring and troubleshooting Azure IoT Hub message routing
Misc.
- Azure Shared Image Gallery features are now available
- Azure Dedicated Hosts now support additional Azure Virtual Machines
- New Azure Virtual Machines with high-performance local SSD are now generally available
- Minimal TLS version setting is now available for Azure Database for MySQL
- Minimal TLS version setting is now available for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
- Minimal TLS version setting is now available for Azure Database for MariaDB
- Data Factory adds management hub, inline datasets, and support for CDM in data flows
- A new consolidated API version in Azure Monitor Logs is now available
- Azure DevOps Services now simplifies Azure Artifacts integration with other services
- Azure Service Fabric 7.1 First Refresh Release
- Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK 4.0 for Core (SQL) API release now in general availability
- Azure Policy support for Azure Cosmos DB is now available
- Azure SQL Database serverless compute auto-scaling limits increase more than twofold
- Azure App Service regional virtual network integration for Linux apps is now available
- Azure App Service hybrid connections for Linux apps is now available
- Azure API Management updates—June 2020
- Budgets in Cost Management now accounts threshold edits and alert limits above 100%
- Azure Migrate—Assessment of imported servers is now generally available
- System topics are now an Azure resource
- Announcing extended term reservation for the Azure HBv2 Virtual Machine
- Azure SDKs—June 2020 release
- Azure Automation updated DNS records
- Improvements to Azure Monitor log alerts include new links and added dimensions
- Azure Front Door rules engine now generally available
- Azure Content Delivery Network standard rules engine is now available
- Create a formula in Azure DevTest Labs using a shared image gallery image
- Azure SDK for embedded devices
- Case-insensitive string functions with Azure Cosmos DB now available
- Wildcard indexes in Azure Cosmos DB’s API for MongoDB
- Database engine auditing for Azure Database for MariaDB is now available
- Database engine auditing for Azure Database for MySQL is now available
- Azure Pipelines now supports Linux/ARM64
- Azure CLI June 2020 update
- Azure Speech Services REST API v3.0 is now available
- Azure Sphere OS quality update 20.06 is now available
- Company branding feature is now available on your organization’s Azure AD sign-in page
- Azure Data Lake Storage archive tier is now generally available
Useful Links
- Get stuck into more Azure on Microsoft Learn
- New Azure features and functionality for May 2020
- View live and on-demand sessions on Azure and more on Microsoft Learn TV
- A look at the announcements from Microsoft Build 2020
- Catch up with Build 2020’s on-demand sessions
- How to skill up while stuck at home
- I want to skill up – but what do I learn?
