{"id":48137,"date":"2021-03-31T13:20:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T12:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/?p=48137"},"modified":"2021-04-28T11:03:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T10:03:03","slug":"new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-march%e2%80%8b-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/03\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-march%e2%80%8b-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"New Azure features and functionality for March\u200b 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full webp-format\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader.jpg\" alt=\"An illustration of a cloud, next to an illustration of Bit the Raccoon.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"700\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-1024x373.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-768x280.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-1536x560.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-330x120.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-800x292.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-400x146.jpg 400w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a busy month as far as new Azure features and functionality go! Just in case you&#8217;ve missed something, we&#8217;ve collected all of the announcements from March 2021 in one place. Be sure to give this list a read through, as there&#8217;s a wealth of exciting new functions and updates to check out!<\/p>\n<h2>General Availability<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/changes-to-azure-pipelines-free-grants?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Changes coming to Azure Pipelines free grants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-data-explorer-external-tables?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Data Explorer external tables<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/encryption-scopes?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Encryption scopes in Azure Storage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-disk-backup-ga?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backup for Azure Managed Disk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-communication-services?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Communication Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/asaonstackhub?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stream Analytics runs on Azure Stack Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-batch-new-vm-series-march2021?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New VM series supported by Azure Batch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/iot-hub-portal-extension-update?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IoT Hub Azure portal extension update<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-automation-in-uk-west-region?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Automation is now available in UK West<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-publishing-vm-images-from-shared-image-gallery-to-azure-marketplace?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publishing VM Images from Shared Image Gallery to Azure Marketplace<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/enhanced-azure-dashboards-experience-for-pinned-log-analytics-parts?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enhanced Azure Dashboards experience for pinned Log Analytics parts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/hbv3series-vms-now-generally-available-in-east-us-south-central-us-and-west-europe?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HBv3-Series VMs now generally available in West Europe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/directory-scoped-shared-access-signatures-sas-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Directory scoped shared access signatures (SAS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-data-explorer-engine-v3-ga?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Data Explorer performance update (EngineV3)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/machine-learning-services-on-azure-sql-managed-instance-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Machine Learning Services on Azure SQL Managed Instance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-data-explorer-adx-performance-updates?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Data Explorer (ADX) Performance Updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-dynamic-data-masking-granular-permissions-for-azure-sql-and-azure-synapse-analytics?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dynamic data masking granular permissions for Azure SQL and Azure Synapse Analytics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/generally-available-monitor-your-spending-through-forecasted-cost-alerts-with-azure-cost-management-and-billing?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monitor your spending through forecasted cost alerts with Azure Cost Management and Billing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-api-management-support-for-request-and-response-validation-policies-has-reached-general-availability?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure API Management support for request and response validation policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/media-services-adds-new-standby-modes-for-live-events-to-speed-up-start-times-from-warm-state?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media Services adds new &#8220;StandBy&#8221; mode for Live Events to speed up start times from warm state<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-media-services-hevc-encoding-support-in-standard-encoder?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Media Services \u2013 HEVC encoding support in Standard Encoder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/routing-preferences-azure-storage-ga?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Storage \u2014 Routing Preferences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/python-durable-functions-support-in-azure-functions-is-now-generally-available-2?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Python Durable Functions support in Azure Functions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-functions-supports-net-5-in-production?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Functions supports .NET 5 in production<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/nodejs-14-in-azure-functions-is-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Node.js 14 in Azure Functions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/hdinsight-kafka-rest-proxy-is-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HDInsight Apache Kafka REST Proxy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-routing-preference-is-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Routing Preference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azmon-livelogs-pods?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure monitor for containers now supports Pods &amp; Replica set live logs in AKS resource view<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-new-simplified-nsx-networking-experience-for-azure-vmware-solution?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Simplified NSX networking experience for Azure VMware Solution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-api-management-extension-for-visual-studio-code-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure API Management extension for Visual Studio Code<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-api-management-now-has-named-values-integration-with-azure-key-vault?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure API Management now has named values integration with Azure Key Vault<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-migrate-azure-vmware-solution-assessment-ga?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plan your migration to Azure VMware Solution using Azure Migrate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/confidential-computing-nodes-aks-ga?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Confidential computing nodes (DCSv2) on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azureremoterenderingga?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Remote Rendering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-application-insights-nocode-enablement-on-nodejs-linux-app-service-environments?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Application insights no-code enablement on Node.js Linux App Service Environments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-of-persistent-volume-monitoring-reports-tab-in-container-insights?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Persistent Volume monitoring &amp; Reports tab in Container Insights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-stream-analytics-dedicated-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Stream Analytics Dedicated<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-sql-auditing-to-log-analytics-and-event-hub-are-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure SQL auditing to Log Analytics and Event Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-synapse-link-for-azure-cosmos-db-azure-synapse-serverless-sql-pool-support-in-general-availability?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB: Azure Synapse serverless SQL pool support<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-assessments-for-migration-to-azure-vmware-solution?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assessments for migration to Azure VMware Solution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-machine-learning-generally-available-announcements-at-ignite-march-2021?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Machine Learning &#8211; Generally available announcements at Ignite, March 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-sql-auditing-of-microsoft-operations-is-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure SQL auditing of Microsoft operations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-arc-enabled-kubernetes-is-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-justintime-access-support-in-aks?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just-In-Time Access support in AKS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-app-gateway-ingress-controller-addon-for-aks?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App Gateway ingress controller add-on for AKS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-encrypted-customer-managed-keys-policy-for-aks?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Encrypted customer managed keys policy for AKS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-conditional-access-feature-integration-with-aks?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conditional Access feature integration with AKS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-public-ip-per-node-capability-in-aks?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public IP per node capability in AKS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/backup-center-is-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backup Center for Azure Backup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/new-enterprise-and-enterprise-flash-tiers-for-azure-cache-for-redis-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Enterprise and Enterprise Flash tiers for Azure Cache for Redis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-spring-cloud-general-availability-of-managed-virtual-network-and-autoscale?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Spring Cloud: Managed Virtual Network and Autoscale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-deploy-weblogic-on-azure-kubernetes-service-aks-using-custom-docker-images?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deploy WebLogic on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using custom Docker images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/iplbga?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Load Balancer support for IP-based backend pool management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/backup-reports-is-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backup Reports is now generally available<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-announcing-private-azure-marketplace?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Announcing private Azure Marketplace<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-backup-for-sap-hana-incremental-backup-is-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Backup for SAP HANA: Incremental backup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/event-hubs-on-azure-stack-hub-for-disconnected-scenarios-is-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Event Hubs on Azure Stack Hub for disconnected scenarios<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Updates<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-sphere-os-version-2103-is-now-available-for-evaluation?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Sphere OS version 21.03 is now available for evaluation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-storage-explorer-v1180-released?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Storage Explorer v1.18.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-iot-central-new-and-updated-features-february-2021?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure IoT Central new and updated features\u2014February 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-cosmos-db-api-for-mongodb-supports-version-40?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB supports version 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/asc-february2021-1?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Security Center: Updates for February 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Misc.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/media-services-introduces-new-security-features?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media Services introduces new security features<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-expands-pci-dss-certification?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure expands PCI DSS certification<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Useful Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/browse\/?products=azure?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get stuck into more Azure on Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/03\/02\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-february%e2%80%8b-2021?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Azure features and functionality for February 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/tv?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View live and on-demand sessions on Azure and more on Microsoft Learn TV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2020\/05\/20\/a-look-at-the-announcements-from-microsoft-build?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A look at the announcements from Microsoft Build 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2020\/05\/26\/catch-up-with-builds-on-demand-sessions?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catch up with Build 2020\u2019s on-demand sessions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2020\/04\/23\/how-to-skill-up-while-stuck-at-home?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to skill up while stuck at home<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2020\/04\/30\/i-want-to-skill-up-but-what-do-i-learn?ocid=AID3020565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I want to skill up \u2013 but what 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