#IaaS
Action Required—Log Analytics agent for Windows will enforce SHA-2 signing on 18th May 2020
The Log Analytics agent for Windows, sometimes known as the OMS Windows agent or Microsoft Monitoring agent, will begin to enforce SHA-2 signing on 18th May 2020.
Log Analytics Agent for Windows March 2020 release is now available
The Log Analytics Agent for Windows March 2020 release is now available. This release contains several bug fixes and improvements to stability and reliability.
Azure Storage—Append Blob immutability support now generally available
Store business-critical data objects in a non-erasable and non-modifiable state for a user-specified retention interval using immutable storage for Azure Blob storage.
Azure Dedicated Hosts now provide support for Azure reservations
Azure Dedicated Host provides a single-tenant physical server to host your Azure Virtual Machines for Windows and Linux. The server capacity isn’t shared with other customers. Run Lsv2, Msv2, Dasv4, and Easv4 Azure Virtual Machines on Dedicated Host.
#CloudSecurity
Azure Web Application Firewall for Azure Content Delivery Network is in preview
Protect your web applications from common exploits and vulnerabilities with Web Application Firewall for Azure Content Delivery Network from Microsoft. Web Application Firewall is already natively integrated with Azure Application Gateway and Azure Front Door services.
Unmanaged Azure Active Directory accounts update for March 2021
Beginning 31st March 2021, Microsoft will no longer support the redemption of invitations by creating unmanaged Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) accounts and tenants for B2B collaboration scenarios.
#Serverless
Azure Security Center—Protection for Azure Kubernetes Service is now available
Azure Security Center is expanding its container security features to protect Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Azure Functions Premium plan regional virtual network integration
Regional virtual network integration is now generally available in the Azure Functions Premium plan. Run serverless function apps with no cold-start, virtual network connectivity and larger instance sizes with the Premium plan.
Azure Functions Premium plan is now available in 16 new regions
Run serverless function apps with no cold-start, virtual network connectivity and larger instance sizes with the Azure Functions Premium plan. The plan supports running on either Windows-based or Linux-based instances and is now available in 16 new regions.
Azure Container Registry support for Private Link now in preview
Azure Container Registry now supports Private Link, a means to limit network traffic of resources within the virtual network.
Azure SDKs General Availability – March 2020
Additional libraries for working with Azure services are now generally available.
#AI-ML-IoT
Integrate Azure Stream Analytics with Azure Machine Learning (in preview)
Implement machine learning models as a user-defined function (UDF) in your Azure Stream Analytics jobs to do real-time scoring and predictions on your streaming input data.
Azure Sphere update 20.03 is now available
New Azure Sphere update 20.03, which includes enhancements and bug fixes in the Azure Sphere OS, is now available in the retail feed.
Updates to .Net implementation support in latest Azure IoT C# SDK release
The latest Azure IoT C# SDK release includes two notable updates to .NET implementation.
#Data
Azure Database for MySQL—Three years reserved capacity is now available
Azure Database for MySQL reserved capacity is now available to reserve compute power for your existing and future MySQL servers.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Three years reserved capacity is now available
Azure Database for PostgreSQL Single Server reserved capacity is now available to reserve compute power for your existing and future PostgreSQL servers for three years.
Azure Database for MariaDB reserved capacity pricing is now available
Azure Database for MariaDB reserved capacity pricing is now available to reserve compute power for your existing and future MariaDB servers.
#PowerPlatfrom
This blog post covers the latest updates for Power BI embedded analytics and Power BI visuals platform.
Power Apps March 2020 Updates.
This blog post covers the latest updates for PowerApps.
Power Automate March 2020 Updates.
This blog post covers the latest updates for Power Automate.
Authored by Sarvesh Pandey, Ping Fung Yin and Onkar Vichare
