New Azure features and functionality for December 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 December 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
- Soft delete for blobs capability for Azure Data Lake Storage
- Placement polices now generally available for Azure VMware Solution
- UI Library for Azure Communication Services
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): New toolkit certifications
- Azure Cache for Redis: Diagnostics for connected clients
- Azure Communication Services interoperability with Microsoft Teams
- Immutable storage with versioning for Blob Storage
- IaaS Agent extension full mode no restart for SQL VMs
- SQL Server IaaS Agent extension for Linux SQL VMs
- Audit Logs of Azure Monitor log queries
- Create AKS clusters without local user accounts
- AKS auto-certificate rotation
- AKS node image auto-upgrade
- New capabilities in Network Watcher Diagnostic tools to evaluate AVNM Security rules
Updates
- Azure Percept DK November (2111) software update is available
- Azure SQL – Updates for December 2021
- Azure HPC – CycleCloud 8.2.1
- Azure Machine Learning – December 2021
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Updates for November 2021
