Azure Weekly Updates: 10th October 2021

MISC:

Announcing the release of Swiss German dialect speech recognition support: Microsoft speech service just released the de-CH locale that recognizes Swiss dialects as well as standard German as part of our speech to text offering.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/release-of-swiss-german-dialect-speech-to-text/

Azure Maps Geolocation Service: Develop customized geolocation-based content and services with Azure Maps Geolocation.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/azure-maps-geolocation-service-is-now-generally-available/

Azure DevOps September 2021 updates: With September updates, we added support for wild cards and conditional expressions in YAML pipeline files. In addition, we included multiple improvements to Delivery Plans.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/general-availability-azure-devops-september-2021-updates/

Azure Stream Analytics: 2 new regions: Azure Stream Analytics is a fully managed, real-time analytics service designed to help you analyze and process fast moving streams of data that can be used to get insights, build reports, or trigger alerts and actions.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/azure-stream-analytics-2-new-regions-are-now-generally-available/

Azure VMware Solution: Azure VMware Solution has now expanded availability to Brazil South and East US 2, this update is in addition to the existing availability across multiple Azure regions in US, Europe, Australia, Japan, UK, Canada, and Southeast Asia.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/azure-vmware-solution-now-available-brazil-south-and-east-us-2/

HCX Enterprise Edition is now generally available for Azure VMware Solution: VMware HCX is the primary migration solution for organizations moving VMware workloads natively to a cloud service like Azure VMware Solution. The HCX Enterprise Edition, now generally available with Azure VMware Solution, is a premium HCX service that includes Replication Assisted vMotion and Mobility Optimized.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/hx-enterprise-edition-is-now-generally-available-for-azure-vmware-solution/

Azure NetApp Files Datastores for Azure VMware Solution: Azure VMware Solution NFS datastores on Azure NetApp Files is currently in private preview and is coming soon.

Availability: In Development

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/azure-netapp-files-datastores-for-azure-vmware-solution-is-coming-soon/

Azure NetApp Files Backup capability: Azure NetApp Files backup expands the data protection capabilities of Azure NetApp Files by providing fully managed backup solution for long-term recovery, archive, and compliance.

Availability: In Preview

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/public-preview-of-azure-netapp-files-backup-capability/

Azure NetApp Files waitlist removal: Azure NetApp Files, one of the fastest growing bare-metal Azure services is now available to Azure customers?directly?from the Azure portal,?CLI,?API?or with SDK?–?without having to go through waitlist approval process.?

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/azure-netapp-files-waitlist-removal/

Azure Security Center: Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in September 2021.

Availability: In Preview

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/asc-september2021/

Azure Applied AI Services | Latest public preview enhancements to Azure Form Recognizer: Azure Form Recognizer now offers a pre-built version of the service in preview for document extraction as well as the following capabilities in preview: signature detection, hotel receipts processing, and deeper extraction of content from US driver's licenses.

Availability: In Preview

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/azure-applied-ai-services-latest-public-preview-enhancements-to-azure-form-recognizer/

Korea Central Availability Zones : Azure Availability Zones are now generally available in the Korea Central region.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/korea-central-availability-zones-now-generally-available/

South Africa North Availability Zones: Azure Availability Zones are now generally available in the South Africa North region.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/south-africa-north-availability-zones-now-generally-available/

Windows 11 is now generally available on Azure Virtual Desktop: Deploy Windows 11 desktops and applications on Azure Virtual Desktop and utilize new capabilities while optimizing for cost.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/windows-11-is-now-generally-available-on-azure-virtual-desktop/

Azure Functions Python 3.9 support: Python developers can now take advantage of the version enhancements in Python 3.9 using Azure Functions.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/azure-functions-python-39-support-is-now-generally-available/

Azure Sphere version 21.10 expected on Oct. 20, 2021: Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period for 21.10 provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/general-availability-azure-sphere-version-2110-expected-on-oct-20-2021/

Azure Service Management API for Messaging Services will be retired on 1 November 2021: Transition to Azure Resource Manager by 1 November 2021.

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/asm-api-messaging-services-retirement/

Standard network features for Azure NetApp Files: Standard network features for Azure NetApp Files volumes is now in public preview in select regions.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/public-preview-standard-network-features-for-azure-netapp-files/

Azure Monitor container insights portal experience update: Refreshed experience with accessibility updates and new reliable recommended alerts & metrics for monitoring your container resources.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/azmon-ci-uxrefresh/

Dynamic concurrency in Azure Functions: Azure Functions dynamic concurrency feature simplifies configuring concurrency for your function apps.

Availability: Now Available

Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/updates/public-preview-dynamic-concurrency-in-azure-functions/