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Retirement of SQL Server Native Client (SNAC) OLE DB provider for linked servers in Azure SQL Managed Instance

By Dustin Ward

All existing linked server objects configured to use SQLNCLI will automatically switch to using the fully compatible third (current) generation of provider – known as Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server or MSOLEDBSQL.

General availability: Azure IoT Edge supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

By Dustin Ward

The latest Azure IoT Edge releases provide official packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 on AMD64 devices.

Public preview: Azure Cold Storage

By Dustin Ward

Azure Cold Storage, as the most cost-effective access tier with near real-time read latency for infrequently accessed unstructured data is available for public preview.

Public Preview: Palo Alto Networks SaaS Cloud NGFW Integration with Virtual WAN

By Dustin Ward

The first security software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution to be integrated in Azure Virtual WAN, allowing you to protect your workloads with a highly available NGFW.

Microsoft Cost Management updates—April 2023

By Dustin Ward

Whether you’re a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending, where it’s being spent, and how to plan for the future.…

Generally Available: Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 NVMe-enabled VM sizes

By Dustin Ward

The new NVMe-enabled VM sizes of the Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 VM offer the highest remote storage IOPS and throughput performance of any Azure VMs to date. 

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