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Account failover now in public preview for Azure Storage 

Today we are excited to share the preview for account failover for customers with geo-redundant storage (GRS) enabled storage accounts. Customers using GRS or RA-GRS accounts can take advantage of this functionality to control when to failover from the primary region to the secondary region for their storage accounts.

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Advancing tactical edge scenarios with Dell EMC Tactical Microsoft Azure Stack and Azure Data Box family 

Today, Microsoft is announcing new intelligent cloud and intelligent edge capabilities for U.S. government customers. These new capabilities will help government customers uniquely address “the tactical edge”—or, a dependence on information systems and connectivity in harsh scenarios or other situations where users have critical data availability, integrity, and transparency needs.

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Azure Stream Analytics now supports Azure SQL Database as reference data input 

Our goal in the Azure Stream Analytics team is to empower developers and make it incredibly easy to leverage the power of Azure to analyze big data in real-time. We achieve this by continuously listening for feedback from our customers and ship features that are delightful to use and serve as a tool for tackling complex analytics scenarios.

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Adventure awaits: Azure Trivia is back! 

This year’s #AzureTrivia celebrates your love of problem solving, growth, and adventure. Players will be taken on an exciting, mystical journey where you’ll not only pick up new skills, but test your technical prowess in order to unlock new lands and win some sweet, sweet swag.