Bram Stoop, bramstoop, Sitecore, Azure, Architecture

New maintenance control features September 23, 2020

Increase control over maintenance operations and ensure higher availability for your business-critical applications with two new features now in preview. You can now schedule host maintenance operations in addition to the already available manual updates. Additionally, we are adding the ability for you to control when guest OS image updates on Virtual Machine Scale Sets […]

Column-level encryption for Azure Synapse Analytics September 23, 2020

Azure Synapse Analytics already provides a breadth of options that can be used to handle sensitive data in a secure manner—we are expanding that support with the introduction of Column Level Encryption (CLE).

New MERGE command for Azure Synapse Analytics September 23, 2020

Users can now synchronize two tables in a single step, streamlining the data processing using a single step statement while improving code readability and debugging.

COPY command now generally available in Azure Synapse Analytics September 23, 2020

The COPY command can now automatically parse your files to calculate file splits and can evenly distribute data chunks across the Synapse SQL compute nodes for parallel ingestion.

Windows IoT Microsoft Edge Kiosk Mode in public preview September 23, 2020

Microsoft Edge can now be run in Kiosk mode on Windows IoT

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now in preview September 22, 2020

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server is a new deployment option that provides better control and flexibility, more options for high availability, and cost optimization controls.

Logic Apps updated with new hosting options, improved performance and developer workflows September 22, 2020

Logic Apps is now updated with new hosting options and performance and development improvements that will enable you to build modern workflow-enabled apps.

Debug API Management policies in real time September 22, 2020

Debug API Management policies with the Visual Studio Code extension for Azure API Management

Azure Arc enabled data services now in preview September 22, 2020

Run Azure Arc enabled data services on premises on any infrastructure of your choice with Azure cloud benefits like elastic scale, unified management, and a cloud billing model while staying always current.

Configurable Backup Storage Redundancy option for Azure SQL Managed Instance September 22, 2020

Now in general availability, locally redundant storage (LRS) and zone-redundant storage (ZRS) options have been added to backup storage redundancy, providing more flexibility and choice.

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