Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2017
Azure Time Series Insights
Azure Time Series Insights is a managed analytics and visualisation service that democratises the Internet of Things (IoT) by making it simple to explore and analyse your IoT time series data.
Microsoft Authentication Libraries for .Net, IOS, Android and JavaScript
Microsoft Authentication Library for JavaScript, iOS and Android will soon be in preview.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is one of the fastest-growing open source relational database engines being widely embraced by developers. Using the community edition of PostgreSQL, the service will provide app developers with expanded choices of databases on Azure, without the complexity of managing and administering them.
Azure Batch service – low-priority Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)
Low-priority VMs are now available at a large discount compared to regular on-demand VMs.
Azure mobile app
With the Azure mobile app preview, you’ll be able to stay in touch with your Azure resources, quickly diagnose and fix issues, and even run commands.
Azure Active Directory B2C – new configuration option
Azure Active Directory B2C has added new capabilities via two different configuration options. These new capabilities are now in preview.
Azure Service Fabric support for Docker Compose
Docker uses the docker-compose.yml file for defining multi-container applications. To make it easy for customers familiar with Docker to orchestrate existing container applications on Service Fabric, we will include preview support for Docker Compose natively in the platform.
Synonyms for Azure Search
Support for synonyms in Azure Search, soon to be in preview, is one of our most requested features on UserVoice. Synonyms functionality will allow for Azure Search to not only return results that match the query terms that were typed into the search box, but also return results that match synonyms of the query terms.
Xamarin Live Player
Now in preview for Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac with Xamarin Live Player, paired with an app available for iOS and Android. This will help developers to start instantly developing and testing their apps.
Visual Studio App Center feature updates
New features have been added to Visual Studio App Center that empower developers to ship mobile apps more frequently, at higher-quality and with greater confidence.
Bot Framework Updates
We’re pleased to announce updates to the Bot Framework that will provide developers with more tools and streamlined integration to other services for developing bots.
Microsoft Cognitive Services – Custom Vision Service
Custom Vision Service will soon be available in public preview. It’s a new, easy-to-use, customisable web service that will learn to recognise specific content in imagery, powered by state-of-the-art machine-learning neural networks that become smarter with training.
Microsoft Cognitive Services – Video Indexer
Video Indexer will soon be available free in preview. This new service will represent one of the industry’s most comprehensive video AI services.
Microsoft Cognitive Services – Custom Decision Service
Custom Decision Service will soon be available in preview. This new service will help you create intelligent systems with a cloud-based contextual decision-making API that will adapt with experience.
Microsoft Cognitive Services – Bing Custom Search
Bing Custom Search, soon to be in preview, will let you create a highly customised web search experience that will deliver better and more relevant results through a commercial-grade service. Featuring a straightforward user interface, Bing Custom Search will enable you to create your own web search engine without a line of code.
Azure IoT Edge
Azure IoT Edge will distribute cloud intelligence across edge devices. This includes devices where the IoT solution is run centrally in the cloud with parts of the solution offloaded to remote edge devices ranging from Raspberry Pi, to industrial machines, to servers.
Azure Cosmos DB will support table and graph APIs
Azure Cosmos DB will be a globally distributed, multi-model database from Microsoft that will support document APIs, key-value and graph APIs.
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB was built from the ground up with global distribution and horizontal scale at its core. It offers turnkey global distribution across any number of Azure regions by transparently scaling and replicating your data wherever your users are.
Introducing the Azure app (preview)
With the Azure mobile app, you can check status and critical metrics of your Azure resources, get notifications and alerts, and perform simple operations to resolve common issues.
Azure Enterprise Agreement Support Plan Upgrade Offer extended until June 30, 2018
The Enterprise Agreement Support Plan Upgrade Offer is being extended. For Azure customers who use an Enterprise Agreement, this offer provides an additional level of access to support from Microsoft.
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