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Azure Machine Learning - Public Preview for Build
New features now available in PuPr include the ability to evaluate text/image data fairness and enjoy one platform to build, tune, evaluate, deploy, and test AI workflow with LLM.
March 2023
Public Preview: Storage in-place sharing in Microsoft Purview in additional regions
Storage in-place data sharing with Microsoft Purview public preview is now supported for Azure Data Lake Gen2 and Blob storage accounts in East US, East US2, North Europe, Southcentral US, West Central US, West Europe, West US, West US2
General availability: Microsoft Purview DevOps policies for Azure SQL Database
Purview DevOps policies can be used to assign permissions needed for performance monitoring and security auditing at scale and without direct connection to the database.
Public Preview: Data sharing lineage and search for Azure Storage in Microsoft Purview
Data Sharing Lineage is now available in Microsoft Purview for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Gen2 and Azure Blob (Blob) Storage in public preview. Data Sharing Lineage is aimed to provide detailed…
January 2023
Public Preview: Microsoft Purview access policies for SQL Server 2022
Author policies that govern the access to Active Directory users directly from Azure to all your SQL Server 2022 data sources at scale.
November 2022
Public Preview: Use Azure Quota Rest APIs to manage service limits (quotas)
Target availability: Q4 2022
Use Azure REST Quota API to manage service limits (quotas), query current usage and quotas, and even update limits for your supported Azure resources, when required.
Public preview: Use Azure Quota REST APIs to manage service limits (quotas)
Target availability: Q4 2022
Use Azure REST Quota APIs to manage the service limits (quotas) for Azure VMs, HPC Cache, Purview services, and networking.
July 2022
Public preview: Managed attributes in Microsoft Purview data catalog
Target availability: Q3 2022
Append organizational metadata to your technical assets by creating and applying managed attributes in the Microsoft Purview data catalog.
Generally available: Rich text editor in Microsoft Purview data catalog
Target availability: Q3 2022
Add rich text formatting to asset and term descriptions in the Microsoft Purview data catalog.
Public preview: Microsoft Purview data sharing for Azure Storage
Microsoft Purview data sharing for in-place data sharing for Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS Gen2) and Azure Blob Storage is now in public preview.
June 2022
Public preview: Microsoft Purview access policies for Azure SQL Database
Use Microsoft Purview to manage access to your SQL sources using access policies.
May 2022
Generally available: Microsoft Purview Data Estate Insights
Microsoft Purview Data Estate Insights (in GA July 1, 2022) provides a bird's eye view of your data estate's health.
Public preview: Microsoft Purview Data Policy for SQL dev ops roles
Microsoft Purview Data Policy enables policies for data access, now including SQL dev ops roles.
April 2022
General availability: Glossary terms in Azure Purview data catalog search
The Azure Purview data catalog search experience now includes glossary terms in the search results.
March 2022
Public preview: Azure Purview workflows
You can now manage approvals for business terms or self-service data access requests for your entire data estate without having to use manual controls like emails or worksheets.
February 2022
General availability: Asset certification in Azure Purview data catalog
Data stewards can now certify assets that meet their organization's quality standards in the Azure Purview data catalog
General availability: Localization available in Azure Purview
The Azure Purview UX team has localized Azure Purview studio to 18 languages.
December 2021
Public preview of Snowflake connector for Azure Purview
You can now scan your Snowflake artifacts including streams, columns, stored procedures, and functions/pipes.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Public preview updates for November 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Microsoft Defender for Cloud in November 2021.
November 2021
Public preview: Azure Purview’s Integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Prioritize sensitive data in cloud workloads using Azure Purview’s Integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
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