Management + Governance

Azure Backup now provides built-in metrics to enable you to monitor the health of your backups and write custom alert rules on these metrics.

Azure Backup now supports configuring multiple backups per day for Azure Files via backup policy. You can achieve RPO (Recovery Point Objective) up to 4 hours using Azure Files snapshot-based…

Azure Backup support to move backups for SQL and SAP HANA databases running in Azure VMs into the Archive tier, via Azure portal and Azure CLI, is also generally available.

Onboard Azure Automation User Hybrid Runbook Worker based on VM extension platform for Azure Virtual machines and Arc-enabled servers. The extension-based platform leverages Azure Active Directory authentication.

Azure Automation now supports Az-module by default for all new Automation Accounts.

You can now manage your Azure Monitor alerts via Backup center.

Azure Backup provides packaged pre-post scripts for Oracle VMs that can be used to instantly backup, create instant clones, reduce backup storage cost, and performance impact.

You can now purchase and change existing reservations to scope them to a management group.

Azure Kubernetes policies now surface error states to you, providing important information about potential errors in your environment.

Azure Policy and AKS teams announce the public preview of custom policy support for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters. With this feature is enabled, you can create and assign custom…

The capability to seed large initial Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) backups offline to recovery services vault using Azure Data Box is now generally available.

Azure Policy can audit or configure settings inside a machine, both for machines running in Azure and Arc-enabled hybrid machines.

Azure Backup now provides the capability to move long term retention(LTR) recovery points to low-cost archive tier for SQL Server for Azure VM.

Use user-assigned identities for Azure Automation runbook jobs.

A new Azure Monitor built-in policy gives you control to provision central Log Analytics workspaces and linked automation account across your subscriptions consistently.

Encrypt your Automation account assests using Customer-managed keys.

Enable just-enough and just-in-time controls in cross-tenant management with Azure AD PIM integration, now in public preview.

General availability of Cross Region Restore of SQL/SAP HANA databases running in Azure VM allows to restore data in the secondary region for compliance/audit and outage scenarios.

Azure Policy built-in policies in which resource type is the only evaluation criterion (e.g. Allowed Resource Types, Disallowed Resource Types) have updated logic to provide a more accurate assessment of…

Support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 ends September 1, 2021, please upgrade to TLS 1.2 to ensure secure and uninterrupted backups using MARS agent

AKS on Azure Stack HCI is a Kubernetes based platform that developers and administrators can use to build, deploy and manage containerized applications in their datacenters and edge locations.

You can now run Web Apps against a range of fully managed App Service plans or choose to deploy against Azure Kubernetes Service or your own Kubernetes clusters connected through…

Operational backup for Azure Blobs gives you a managed data protection solution for block blobs in your storage accounts.

Leverage Azure Policy to enable Azure Site Recovery for your VMs at scale and ensure organizational standards.

With Azure Monitor built-in policy definitions for data encryption, you can enforce organizational standards and assess compliance of data encryption settings in your environment.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Prevent cost overruns with Azure budget alerts on forecasted costs

Announcing new enhancements to Azure Automanage for Windows Server and the expansion of Azure Automanage to Linux.

Now you can on-board all your Kubernetes clusters in production and manage them centrally from Azure with the help of Azure Arc which is generally available today.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Azure Cost Management capabilities to view and analyze costs, be notified when exceeding cost thresholds using budgets, and export usage and charges data is now supported for Azure Government Pay-As-You-Go…

Simplify your cost reporting in Azure government using Azure Cost Management + Billing’s cost allocation.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

Execute Python 3 runbooks in Cloud Sandbox and Hybrid Worker.

Ensure a secure channel to connect to your Automation Accounts resources with the help of Private Links in Automation.

Flexible HCI delivered as an Azure Hybrid Service

Start using the using the new Edge browser from Microsoft.

Azure Stack Edge includes a managed Kubernetes environment so you can deploy your containerized apps to the edge with the click of a button.

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts.

New integrations in between Azure Policy and GitHub are now in public preview.

Azure Cloud Shell has been updated to use a new base image. This will provide updates to some of the most common tools and commands.

Four new best practice recommendations will help you improve the reliability and performance of your Azure resources

Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using Powershell and Python based scripts.

Create, monitor, deploy, and maintain resources in your Azure, on-premises, and third-party hybrid cloud environments using highly scalable and reliable process automation and state configuration engines.

Updates include improvements to the ARM template deployment experience, a variety of updates for Azure Blob Storage, and more.

Stay up to date on your cost management needs with five new courses

Review new Azure Advisor recommendations to help you achieve better performance.