{"id":52071,"date":"2021-08-31T21:39:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T20:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/?p=52071"},"modified":"2022-02-10T21:07:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:07:08","slug":"new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"New Azure features and functionality for August\u200b 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full webp-format\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader.jpg\" alt=\"An illustration of a cloud, next to an illustration of Bit the Raccoon.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"700\" data-orig-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-1024x373.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-768x280.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-1536x560.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-330x120.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-800x292.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader-400x146.jpg 400w\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdateheader.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a busy month as far as new Azure features and functionality go! Just in case you\u2019ve missed something, we\u2019ve collected all of the announcements from August 2021 in one place. Be sure to give this list a read through, as there\u2019s a wealth of exciting new functions and updates to check out!<\/p>\n<h2>General Availability<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-backup-offline-backup-with-azure-data-box?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Backup Offline backup with Azure Data Box<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-expressroute-new-expressroute-direct-locations-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure ExpressRoute: New ExpressRoute Direct locations available<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-expressroute-new-expressroute-peering-locations-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure ExpressRoute: New ExpressRoute peering locations available<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-batch-updates-august2021?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Azure Batch capabilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-blob-storage-last-access-time-tracking-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Blob storage &#8211; Last access time tracking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-archive-storage-events-for-easy-rehydration-of-archived-blobs?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Archive Storage events for easy rehydration of archived blobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-batch-new-vm-series-august2021?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New VM series supported by Azure Batch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-public-dns-support-for-private-azure-kubernetes-service-clusters?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public DNS support for private Azure Kubernetes Service clusters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/mounting-azure-storage-as-a-local-share-for-web-apps-deployed-on-app-service-is-generally-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mounting Azure Storage as a local share for web apps deployed on App Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/enhanced-troubleshooting-experiences-now-generally-available-for-additional-resources-in-network-insights?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enhanced troubleshooting experiences now generally available for additional resources in Network Insights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-aks-support-for-kubernetes-121-2?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AKS support for Kubernetes 1.21<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-csi-storage-driver-support-on-azure-kubernetes-service?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSI storage driver support on Azure Kubernetes Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-database-for-postgresql-hyperscale-citus-managed-pgbouncer-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Database for PostgreSQL \u2013 Hyperscale (Citus): Managed PgBouncer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-cosmos-db-continuous-backup-with-point-in-time-restore-now-in-general-availability?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Cosmos DB: Continuous backup with point in time restore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-database-for-postgresql-hyperscale-citus-server-group-restart-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Database for PostgreSQL \u2013 Hyperscale (Citus): Server group restart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-database-for-postgresql-hyperscale-citus-maintenance-schedules-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Database for PostgreSQL | Scheduled maintenance for Hyperscale (Citus)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-database-for-postgresql-hyperscale-citus-columnar-compression-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Database for PostgreSQL &#8211; Hyperscale (Citus): Columnar compression<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-database-for-postgresql-hyperscale-citus-same-region-read-replicas-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Database for PostgreSQL &#8211; Hyperscale (Citus): Same region read replicas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-database-for-postgresql-hyperscale-citus-postgresql-12-13-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Database for PostgreSQL &#8211; Hyperscale (Citus): PostgreSQL 12 &amp; 13<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-database-for-postgresql-hyperscale-citus-support-for-citus-10-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Database for PostgreSQL &#8211; Hyperscale (Citus): Support for Citus 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-database-for-postgresql-hyperscale-citus-basic-tier-now-generally-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Database for PostgreSQL &#8211; Hyperscale (Citus): Basic tier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-blob-storage-inventory-generally-availability?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Blob storage &#8211; Inventory generally availability<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-github-codespaces?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General availability: GitHub Codespaces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/automatic-extension-upgrade-now-available?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Automatic Azure VM extension upgrade capabilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-ga-of-azure-vpn-client-for-macos?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure VPN Client for macOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/global-dr-with-asr?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introducing global disaster recovery via Azure Site Recovery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-managed-hsm-private-link-ga-announcement?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Managed HSM Private Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-lower-capacity-reservation-tier-for-azure-monitor-dedicated-clusters?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lower capacity reservation tier for Azure Monitor dedicated clusters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-defender-for-sql-now-in-general-availability-on-the-azure-sql-virtual-machine-blade?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Defender for SQL now in general availability on the Azure SQL Virtual Machine blade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/software-inventory-and-agentless-dependency-analysis-generally-available-with-azure-migrate?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Software inventory and agentless dependency analysis generally available with Azure Migrate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-red-hat-openshift-support-for-openshift-47?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Red Hat OpenShift support for OpenShift 4.7<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-backup-now-supports-archive-tier-for-backups-of-sql-server-in-azure-vms?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Backup now supports Archive Tier for backups of SQL Server in Azure VMs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Updates<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/asc-august2021-1?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Security Center: Updates for August 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-sphere-os-version-2108?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Sphere OS version 21.08<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-iot-central-new-and-updated-features-july-2021?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure IoT Central new and updated features\u2014July 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/apdk2107update?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Percept DK July (2107) software update is available<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-sql-general-availability-updates-for-early-august-2021?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure SQL\u2014updates for early August 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Misc<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/2021-azure-hitrust?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure expands HITRUST certification across 51 Azure regions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-expressroute-global-reach-2-new-locations?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure ExpressRoute Global Reach: 2 new locations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-database-for-mysql-flexible-server-eight-new-regions-supported?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Database for MySQL &#8211; Flexible Server: Eight new regions supported<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Useful Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/browse\/?products=azure?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get stuck into more Azure on Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/04\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-july%e2%80%8b-2021?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Azure features and functionality for July 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/tv?ocid=AID3038246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View live and on-demand sessions on Azure and more on Microsoft Learn TV<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in case you&#8217;ve missed something, we&#8217;ve collected all of the Azure updates from last month in one place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":430,"featured_media":34635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[594],"post_tag":[128,1505,519],"content-type":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-52071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technetuk","tag-azure","tag-innovation","tag-technet-uk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Azure features and functionality for August\u200b 2021 - Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Azure features and functionality for August\u200b 2021 - Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just in case you&#039;ve missed something, we&#039;ve collected all of the Azure updates from last month in one place.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-31T20:39:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-10T20:07:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdatethumb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chris Walden\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chris Walden\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 min read\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/\"},\"author\":[{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/author\/chwald\/\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@name\":\"Chris Walden\"}],\"headline\":\"New Azure features and functionality for August\u200b 2021\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-31T20:39:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-10T20:07:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/\"},\"wordCount\":430,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdatethumb.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Azure\",\"Innovation\",\"TechNet UK\"],\"articleSection\":[\"TechNet UK\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/\",\"name\":\"New Azure features and functionality for August\u200b 2021 - Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdatethumb.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-31T20:39:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-10T20:07:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdatethumb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdatethumb.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450,\"caption\":\"An illustration of a cloud, next to an illustration of Bit the Raccoon.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Azure features and functionality for August\u200b 2021\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png\",\"width\":259,\"height\":194,\"caption\":\"Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Azure features and functionality for August\u200b 2021 - Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Azure features and functionality for August\u200b 2021 - Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom","og_description":"Just in case you've missed something, we've collected all of the Azure updates from last month in one place.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/","og_site_name":"Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom","article_published_time":"2021-08-31T20:39:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-10T20:07:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdatethumb.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Chris Walden","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chris Walden","Est. reading time":"2 min read"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/"},"author":[{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/author\/chwald\/","@type":"Person","@name":"Chris Walden"}],"headline":"New Azure features and functionality for August\u200b 2021","datePublished":"2021-08-31T20:39:24+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-10T20:07:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/"},"wordCount":430,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdatethumb.jpg","keywords":["Azure","Innovation","TechNet UK"],"articleSection":["TechNet UK"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/","name":"New Azure features and functionality for August\u200b 2021 - Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdatethumb.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-31T20:39:24+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-10T20:07:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdatethumb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/06\/cloudupdatethumb.jpg","width":800,"height":450,"caption":"An illustration of a cloud, next to an illustration of Bit the Raccoon."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/08\/31\/new-azure-features-and-functionality-for-august-2021\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Azure features and functionality for August\u200b 2021"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/","name":"Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#organization","name":"Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png","width":259,"height":194,"caption":"Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_tag?post=52071"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=52071"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=52071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}