New Azure features and functionality for January 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 January 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
- General availability: Text Analytics’ Named Entity Recognition v3 now supports 10 languages with improved AI quality
- General availability: Azure Machine Learning Output Datasets
- Azure Cognitive Services Translator – Inuktitut language text translation now available
- Confluent Cloud Integration with Azure is now generally available
- General availability: Azure HDInsight extends capabilities for encryption of data in transit and at rest
- Generally available: Copy Blob support over private endpoints in Azure Storage
- Azure Monitor Network Insights is now generally available
- General availability: Optional Uptime SLA for Azure Kubernetes Service private clusters
- Azure Cosmos DB: Multiple region Availability Zones support with single-region write now generally available
- LIKE keyword support now generally available in Azure Cosmos DB
- Azure Cosmos DB Management with PowerShell cmdlets is now generally available
- The Azure Quota REST API to manage service limits (quotas) is now generally available
- Azure Backup: Encryption at rest using customer-managed keys is now generally available
- Public IP SKU upgrade generally available
- Azure Health Bot is now generally available
- NCas_T4_v3-Series VMs are now generally available
Updates
- Azure Sphere version 21.01 is now available
- Azure API Management Updates – January, 2021
- Azure Site Recovery update rollup 53 is now available – January 2021
- Azure Defender for SQL (in Azure Security Center)—News and updates for December 2020
- Azure Security Center—News and updates for December 2020
Misc.
- Azure Boards – New enhancements to Delivery Plans 2.0
- Changes in Azure Monitor Logs for the AzureDiagnostics table is now available
- Automatic tracking of click events with Application Insights is now available
- Built-in Azure Policy support for NSG Flow Logs is now available
Useful Links
- Get stuck into more Azure on Microsoft Learn
- New Azure features and functionality for December 2020
- View live and on-demand sessions on Azure and more on Microsoft Learn TV
- A look at the announcements from Microsoft Build 2020
- Catch up with Build 2020’s on-demand sessions
- How to skill up while stuck at home
- I want to skill up – but what do I learn?