Azure Database for MySQL now provides general availability support for using audit logs to record database activity and events such as connections and queries.

Azure Database for MariaDB now provides general availability support for using audit logs to record database activity and events such as connections and queries.

Wildcard indexes in the Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB, a popular MongoDB feature introduced in MongoDB version 4.2, are now available.

Case-insensitive support in Azure Cosmos DB was released for the following string system functions—Contains, EndsWith, StringEquals, and StartsWith.

The new Azure Embedded C SDK is designed to allow small and embedded devices, such as IoT, to communicate with Azure services.

Better support for latency-sensitive workloads in critical business scenarios.