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ANNOUNCING GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF INCREMENTAL SNAPSHOTS OF MANAGED DISKS<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nFollowing the preview back in September, <\/span>Microsoft Azure <\/span>have now <\/span>announced<\/span><\/a> the general availability of incremental snapshots of <\/span>Azure Managed Disks<\/span><\/a>. Incremental snapshots are a cost-effective, point-in-time backup of managed disks. Unlike current snapshots, which are billed for the full size, incremental snapshots are billed for the delta changes to disks since the last snapshot and are always stored on the most cost-effective storage<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nYou can have a read of the full announcement in more detail <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h3>\nANNOUNCING THE GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF AZURE <\/span>MONITOR FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nIn March Microsoft Azure announced <\/span>the <\/span>general availability of Azure Monitor for virtual machines<\/span><\/a> (VMs), which provides an in-depth view of VM performance trends and dependencies. You can access Azure Monitor for VMs from the Azure VM resource blade to view details about a single VM, from the Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) resource blade to view details about a single VM scale set, and from Azure Monitor to understand compute issues at scale.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAzure Monitor for VMs brings together key monitoring data about your Windows and Linux VMs, allowing you to:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Troubleshoot guest-level performance issues and understand trends in VM resource utili<\/span>s<\/span>ation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Determine whether back-end VM dependencies are connected properly and which clients of a VM may be affected by any issues the VM is having<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Discover VM hotspots at scale ba<\/span>sed on resource utili<\/span>s<\/span>ation, connection metrics, performance trends, and alerts<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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NEW CAPABILITIES AND BENEFITS ADDED TO AZURE DEDICATED HOST<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nIn 2019 Microsoft Azure announced the general availability of Azure Dedicated Hosts. Last month they gave us a rundown of <\/span>the latest capabilities that have been added<\/span>. These include benefits such as:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Save costs with <\/span>Azure Dedicated Hosts reservations<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Maintenance control for platform updates supports Azure Dedicated Hosts<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- More options with new SKUs<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Resource Health Activity Log Alerts for Dedicated Hosts<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For more information on the new capabilities and benefits click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h3>\n\u00a0<\/h3>\nUPDATES TO AZURE COST MANAGEMENT + BILLING<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nAs an Azure user you <\/span>need to know what you’re spending, where, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Azure Cost Management <\/span>+<\/span> Billing comes in.<\/span> Designed to <\/span>help you better understand where you’re accruing costs in the cloud, identify and prevent bad spending patterns, and optimi<\/span>s<\/span>e costs to empower you to do more with less<\/span>, it\u2019s the perfect tool for anyone <\/span>with financial constraints.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSo, without further ado, below is a list of <\/span>the latest improvements and updates <\/span>to Azure Cost Management + Billing:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Invoice improvements to <\/span>Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) subscriptions<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Save more when you prepay for Azure Cache for Redis<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Save up to 33<\/span>%<\/span> on Cosmos DB multi-master accounts<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Develop, test, and run small workloads with the Cosmos DB free tier<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Take advantage of <\/span>EventGrid<\/span> Premium tier for free while in preview<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Read the <\/span>full blog<\/span><\/a> for <\/span>more information of each of the above cost-saving options, and <\/span>for information on documentation updates, new videos and learning opportunities, and <\/span>upcoming changes to Azure usage data.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h3>\n\u00a0<\/h3>\n\u00a0<\/h3>\nAZURE CONTAINER REGISTRY PRIVATE LINK SUPPORT PREVIEW FOR VIRTUAL NETWORKS<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nAzure Container Registry has <\/span>announced<\/span><\/a>\u00a0preview support for <\/span>Azure Private Link<\/span><\/a>, a means to limit network traffic of resources within the Azure network.<\/span> With Private Link, the registry endpoints are assigned private IP addresses, routing traffic within a customer-defined virtual network. Private network support has been one of the top customer asks, allowing customers to benefit from the Azure management of their registry while benefiting from tightly controlled network ingress and egress.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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You can have a read of the full announcement in more detail <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In March Microsoft Azure announced <\/span>the <\/span>general availability of Azure Monitor for virtual machines<\/span><\/a> (VMs), which provides an in-depth view of VM performance trends and dependencies. You can access Azure Monitor for VMs from the Azure VM resource blade to view details about a single VM, from the Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) resource blade to view details about a single VM scale set, and from Azure Monitor to understand compute issues at scale.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Azure Monitor for VMs brings together key monitoring data about your Windows and Linux VMs, allowing you to:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Azure Monitor Performance View. Source: Microsoft<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 2019 Microsoft Azure announced the general availability of Azure Dedicated Hosts. Last month they gave us a rundown of <\/span>the latest capabilities that have been added<\/span>. These include benefits such as:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For more information on the new capabilities and benefits click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As an Azure user you <\/span>need to know what you’re spending, where, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Azure Cost Management <\/span>+<\/span> Billing comes in.<\/span> Designed to <\/span>help you better understand where you’re accruing costs in the cloud, identify and prevent bad spending patterns, and optimi<\/span>s<\/span>e costs to empower you to do more with less<\/span>, it\u2019s the perfect tool for anyone <\/span>with financial constraints.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So, without further ado, below is a list of <\/span>the latest improvements and updates <\/span>to Azure Cost Management + Billing:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Read the <\/span>full blog<\/span><\/a> for <\/span>more information of each of the above cost-saving options, and <\/span>for information on documentation updates, new videos and learning opportunities, and <\/span>upcoming changes to Azure usage data.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Azure Container Registry has <\/span>announced<\/span><\/a>\u00a0preview support for <\/span>Azure Private Link<\/span><\/a>, a means to limit network traffic of resources within the Azure network.<\/span> With Private Link, the registry endpoints are assigned private IP addresses, routing traffic within a customer-defined virtual network. Private network support has been one of the top customer asks, allowing customers to benefit from the Azure management of their registry while benefiting from tightly controlled network ingress and egress.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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