Updates Archives
Monthly updates for January 2016
Azure Site Recovery available for Azure Government
U.S. public sector customers can now use Azure Site Recovery to protect their critical applications.
Azure Site Recovery available in Azure Government Cloud
U.S. public sector customers can use Azure Site Recovery to protect critical applications on physical and virtual infrastructures.
Preview: Log analytics for Azure Load Balancer
Use Audit, Alert event, and Health probe logs to manage and troubleshoot Azure Load Balancer.
Azure Search: .NET SDK version 1.0.1-preview
Version 1.0.1-preview of the Azure Search .NET SDK is now available.
New T-SQL programmability features in Azure SQL Database
New programmability features that are implemented in SQL Server 2016 are also available in Azure SQL Database.
A new way to deploy VSTS in the Azure portal
Learn about the differences you may encounter when you set up a deployment from source control in the Azure portal.
Updates to Azure support portal
Updates on the Azure support portal include: Node.JS parser, AutoHeal UX for Execution Delay settings, and crash diagnostics.
Preview: Azure App Service cloning now available between regions
Now you can clone an existing web app to a newly created app in a different region or in the same region.
Public preview: Automation Graphical Authoring SDK
The Microsoft Azure Automation Graphical Authoring SDK enables developers to create and edit graphical runbooks for use with the Azure Automation service.
Azure Batch Service adds MPI and offline node support
Azure Batch Service has added MPI and offline node support.
Preview: Customize lexical analyzers in Azure Search
Take control over the process of breaking your documents into searchable terms.
Azure Search: Search Traffic Analytics available
Enable traffic analytics in Azure Search to gain visibility into your search service and learn about your users.
Self-service subscription transfer globally available
You can transfer a subscription to a colleague, a different account you own, or someone in a different organization.
More ways to purchase Azure Multi-Factor Authentication
Azure Multi-Factor Authentication can be purchased through Volume Licensing, the Cloud Solution Provider program, and Azure in Open.
General availability: Azure Role-Based Access Control with custom roles
Azure Role-Based Access Control allows you to grant users only the rights they need to perform their jobs by using built-in or custom roles.
General availability: Zend Z-Ray for Azure app service
Zend Z-Ray for Azure gives developers insight into entire PHP applications, including execution time, exceptions and errors, and SQL queries used.
New Premium plans for Microsoft Azure RemoteApp and incentives for existing RDS CAL owners
Premium and Premium Plus are for customers requiring more computing resources for their Windows apps hosted in Azure RemoteApp.
General availability: SQL Database Index Advisor
Improve the performance of your Azure SQL Databases by using index tuning recommendations provided by Index Advisor.
Public preview: Microsoft Operations Management Suite alert notification and remediation
The alert notification and remediation feature in the Microsoft Operations Management Suite leverages the log analytics and automation capabilities for seamless IT operations.
General availability: Azure Premium Storage in South Central US region
Premium Storage is now available in the South Central US region in addition to other regions previously announced.
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