Updates Archives
Monthly updates for August 2016
Introducing a quicker Mobile Apps Quickstart
You can use the Mobile Apps Quickstart to create a mobile back end more quickly than you can by using the traditional Mobile Apps process.
Improved Linux support for VMware and other Site Recovery enhancements
You can help protect RHEL7.1, RHEL7.2, and CentOS 7.x servers on VMware by using Azure Site Recovery.
Azure Automation available in North Europe and Canada Central regions
Azure Automation is now available in the Azure North Europe and Canada Central regions.
Send runbook job status and job streams from Automation to Log Analytics
Monitor and create alerts for Automation runbooks by sending job status and streams to Log Analytics (Operations Management Suite).
Service update: July 19, 2016
On Tuesday, July 19, 2016, we started deploying a regular service update.
Monetizing your APIs in API Management
You can monetize APIs that are hosted in Azure API Management. Code samples can help you set up integration with your payment provider.
Service update: August 10, 2016
On Wednesday, August 10, 2016, we started deploying a regular service update.
Azure Cosmos DB: SDK support for automatic retries, parallel query execution, and performance improvements
New updates of the Azure Cosmos DB SDKs are available for download and include support for automatic retries, parallel query execution modes for partitioned collections, and performance improvements.
Azure CDN from Akamai supports HTTP/2
Azure CDN from Akamai supports HTTP/2, which offers multiple benefits.
Azure Automation will begin redirecting users to the new portal in September
Azure Automation will begin redirecting users from the classic Azure portal to the new Azure portal on September 1, 2016.
Automation: Classic Run As account
You can now create a Classic Run As account from the Azure portal.
Azure DevTest Labs: Personal secret store
In Azure DevTest Labs, you can use a personal secret store to save your secret and use it later when you're creating a VM or using artifacts.
General availability: Azure Active Directory authentication for SQL Database and SQL Data Warehouse
You can use Azure Active Directory authentication to centrally manage user and group identities to authenticate with SQL Database and SQL Data Warehouse.
Azure DevTest Labs: Set expiration date for a virtual machine
You can set an expiration date and time for a virtual machine in Azure DevTest Labs.
Azure DevTest Labs: Custom cost-tracking time range and cost threshold notification
Azure DevTest Labs now supports more cost-management capabilities, including actions applied to the cost threshold (shown on the trending chart or send notification) and custom cost-tracking time ranges.
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