{"id":2778,"date":"2021-05-06T19:04:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T18:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2021-05-06T19:04:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T18:04:24","slug":"devnews-apr-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/2021\/05\/devnews-apr-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"[Azure] News for Developers, April 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you having trouble keeping track of everything that&#8217;s going around in Azure? You&#8217;re not alone! In an effort to do so myself, I&#8217;m starting a monthly series called &#8220;News for developers&#8221; which is exactly that: a summary of all of the Azure flavored news specifically for <strong>software developers<\/strong>. Want to know more? Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.repsaj.nl\/index.php\/2020\/05\/azure-news-for-developers-the-readme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">readme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Azure<\/h2>\n<p>Here is a roll-up of all the Azure news which might relate to you as a developer. Note that all services mentioned are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Generally Available<\/span> (GA) so they can be used in production scenarios today. Exact availability of services might vary based on the Azure region you&#8217;re deploying to.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Got storage needs? <strong>Azure Blob Storage<\/strong> now supports objects up to 200TB. (<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-azure-blob-and-adls-gen2-storage-supports-objects-up-to-200-tb-in-size\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re developing an app that needs weather data, check out Azure Weather Services which is now GA. (<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-maps-weather-services-are-now-generally-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Azure API Management<\/strong> can now be deployed in availability zones. (<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-api-management-support-for-availability-zones-now-generally-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The Cognitive Services\u00a0<strong>Computer Vision API<\/strong> V3.2 has been release. (<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/cognitive-services-new-computer-vision-api-v32-now-generally-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>With\u00a0<strong>API Portal<\/strong> you can now, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for free<\/span>, create a portal for your API documentation based on GitHub. (<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/apiportal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Azure\u00a0<strong>Application Gateway<\/strong> now supports URL rewriting. (<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/general-availability-application-gateway-url-rewrite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Azure\u00a0<strong>Event Grid<\/strong> now supports\u00a0<strong>Azure Cache for Redis<\/strong>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates\/azure-event-grid-for-azure-cache-for-redis-now-in-general-availability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Visual Studio &amp; Azure DevOps<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the news coming from the Visual Studio and Azure DevOps teams!<\/p>\n<p>For Visual Studio lovers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visual Studio 2019\u00a0<strong>version 16.9<\/strong>\u00a0is out there (<a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/vs2019-v16-9-and-v16-10-preview-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>) and the preview version is 16.10 preview 2. (<a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2019-v16-10-preview-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Visual Studio 2019 for Mac\u00a0<strong>version 8.9<\/strong>\u00a0is now available (<a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2019-for-mac-version-8-9-is-now-available\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Visual Studio 2017 and 2019 will start being pushed through Windows Update. (<a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/introducing-visual-studio-administrator-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Visual Studio had numerous updates to improve\u00a0<strong>NuGet performance<\/strong>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/performance-improvements-in-nuget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And these updates were part of sprint 183 &amp; 184 in Azure DevOps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Azure DevOps,\u00a0<strong>Delivery Plans 2.0 <\/strong>was release. (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/devops\/release-notes\/2021\/sprint-185-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The API to manage\u00a0<strong>Personal Access Tokens<\/strong> (PAT) is now GA. (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/devops\/release-notes\/2021\/sprint-186-update#pat-lifecycle-management-api-general-availability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>You can now have repos as a protected resource within the scope of a project. (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/devops\/release-notes\/2021\/sprint-186-update#repos-as-a-protected-resource-in-yaml-pipelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changes to Azure DevOps can take up to three weeks to roll out across tenants.\u00a0The Visual Studio blog can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudio<\/a>. And the Azure DevOps team blog is here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/devops\/release-notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/devops\/release-notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this month, see you next month for another round of Azure news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you having trouble keeping track of everything that&#8217;s going around in Azure? 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