Microsoft Cloud Updates (2nd Week of February 2021)

 

#IAAS 

Azure Backup for SAP HANA: Soft limit increased from 2 TB to 8 TB

 Now you can protect larger SAP HANA DBs (such as Mv2 – 12 TB RAM machines) with the enhanced data transfer capabilities from Azure Backup.

Versions no longer required for Key Vault references in App Service and Azure Functions 

Version pinning is no longer required for Key Vault references in App Service and Azure Functions.

 

#Analytics

General availability: Ingest up to 10 files and blobs with the new Azure Data Explorer intuitive UX

Azure Data Explorer ingestion wizard allows you to automatically create a table and ingest data from up to 10 files or blobs.

Announcing Power BI Embedded Generation 2 public preview

We are announcing the second generation of Power BI Embedded, referred to as Embedded Gen 2, is available for its Azure subscribers to use during the public preview period. All of the Power BI Embedded Gen 1 capabilities such as pausing and resuming the capacity, are preserved in Gen 2 and the price per SKU remains the same, however, the Gen 2 capacity resource provides substantial improvements in performance & scale.

 

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Blogs:  

Power BI February 2021 Updates     

This blog post covers the latest updates for Power BI embedded analytics and Power BI visuals platform.     

Power Apps February 2021 Updates.     

This blog post covers the latest updates for PowerApps.     

Power Automate February 2021 Updates.     

This blog post covers the latest updates for Power Automate.