Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2016
Public preview: Media Analytics for Azure Media Services
Media Analytics is a collection of speech and vision services that makes it easier for organizations and enterprises to derive actionable insights from their video files through advanced machine learning technology.
Public preview: Speaker Recognition API for Microsoft Cognitive Services
Speaker Recognition API features include speaker verification and speaker identification.
General availability: Azure in Canada
On May 10, 2016, Azure became generally available from datacenters in Toronto and Quebec City.
Test-drive feature is now available on Azure Marketplace
You can now try Azure Marketplace without an Azure subscription or making a payment.
General availability: Azure Content Delivery Network from Akamai is now available
Today we're excited to announce the general availability of Azure Content Delivery Network from Akamai.
API Management adds new cmdlets for managing Git configuration, Properties, and Loggers
With the release of Azure PowerShell 1.4.0, a number of new cmdlets were added to manage Tenant GIT configuration, Properties, and Loggers in API Management.
Announcing Azure Mobile Services transition to Azure App Service
We're transitioning from Azure Mobile Services to Azure App Service. While no action is required on your part, please note that the management experience will change. You can choose to migrate before September 1, 2016 or wait until Azure migrates you.
General availability: SQL Database Advisor and Performance dashboard
SQL Database Advisor and the Performance dashboard are now generally available in the Azure portal.
Public preview: More preview enhancements for Azure Active Directory B2C
New features have been added to Azure Active Directory B2C.
Azure Cosmos DB: Expire data automatically with "time-to-live" setting
Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB provides the ability to have documents automatically purged from the system after a period of time.
Azure Scheduler: P10 and new P20 Premium plans
The Azure Scheduler Premium plan has been renamed to P10 Premium, and a new P20 Premium plan has been released.
Public preview: Windows 10 Enterprise State Roaming preview via Azure Active Directory Premium is now available in Asia
Enterprise State Roaming preview for Windows 10 via Azure Active Directory Premium is now available in the East and Southeast Asia Azure regions.
Public preview: Azure Active Directory Domain Services now available in Australia
Azure Active Directory Domain Services public preview is available in Azure's Australian regions.
General availability: Announcing support for PHP 7.0 in Azure App Service
PHP 7.0 is a major milestone in the PHP Community because it's a significant rewrite to the core of PHP to make the language run the same workloads faster—in many cases three times faster. There's a huge push in the community to update extensions, components, and frameworks to support PHP 7.
Mid-June 2016 brings compatibility level 130 for new Azure SQL databases
Starting in mid-June 2016, in Azure SQL Database, the default compatibility level will be 130 instead of 120 for newly created databases.
Public preview: Platform-supported migration of IaaS resources
A new service is available for migrating IaaS resources from the classic to the Azure Resource Manager stack to leverage the power of the newer Resource Manager platform for all your existing deployments.
Azure API Management adds support for Swagger model schemas
We released a new feature to store model schemas from Swagger files and display model schemas in API documentation in the Azure portal.
Public preview: Azure Search Blob indexer parses structured JSON content
The Azure Search Blob indexer can now parse JSON documents while preserving document structure.
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