Blogs summary – Monday 18 March 2024
Here are some recent posts I found from interesting Azure, Microsoft and .NET blogs.
Azure news
- Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports new fault for Azure Event Hubs
- WhatsApp Business Platform now available for applications built on Azure
- Announcing Try Azure Cosmos DB support in Vercel Integration
- General availability: Additional cache size for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise
- General availability: Microsoft Entra ID integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
- General Availability: Private Link in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
- General Availability: Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
- Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-March 2024
- General Availability: Azure Defender for Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
- Public Preview: Modernizing Azure Resource Manager Throttling
- Public Preview: Tomcat support in Azure Container Apps
- Public Preview: JVM memory fit in Azure Container Apps
- Public Preview: Managed Java components in Azure Container Apps
- Now available: Free data transfer out to internet when leaving Azure
- Azure IoT Edge supports Ubuntu Core Snaps
- Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping
- Billing for Azure Monitor stateful log search alerts
- Retirement: Support for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall v2 Configuration is ending
- Visual Studio App Center retirement
- Azure Classic Administrator roles are retiring on 31 August 2024
New from .NET Blog
- Get Started with Milvus Vector DB in .NET
- Building AI Bots, Extending Copilot for Microsoft 365, and more with .NET and Teams Toolkit
- .NET March 2024 Updates – .NET 8.0.3, 7.0.17, .NET 6.0.28
- Unity extension for Visual Studio Code – Now Generally Available
- Get started with .NET 8 and AI using new quickstart tutorials
- Generate Local .NET Secrets from Azure Deployments
New from Azure DevOps Blog
New from GitHub Changelog
- GitHub Copilot Chat General Availability in JetBrains IDE
- Check if private vulnerability reporting is enabled via REST API
- Secret scanning and push protection are enabled by default on new public repositories
- Secret scanning AI-generated custom patterns (public beta)
- CodeQL 2.16.4: AI-powered autofixes for Java, support for C# 12 & Go 1.22, new queries
- [Public Beta] Bring Your Own Identity Provider to Enterprise Managed Users
- Authenticate ORCID iD
- Precise code navigation for TypeScript projects
- Sponsors now supports Polar and Buy Me a Coffee as funding platform options
- Dependabot will now pause scheduled jobs after 15 failures
New from IoT Tech Community Blog
New from Microsoft Learn Blog
- Reimagining the Microsoft Certification exam UI experience
- Empowering teams, strengthening organizations with Microsoft Applied Skills
New from Visual Studio Blog
- Code coverage features in Visual Studio Enterprise
- Visual Studio Subscriptions – A Product Manager’s Journey
- Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.9: A Comprehensive Update for C++ Developers
- Introducing Visual Studio 17.10 – Preview 2 is Here!
- GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio: A Recap of 2023
Thanks for reading!