Updates Archives
Monthly updates for September 2016
Announcing the Azure API Management roadmap
The Azure API Management roadmap can help you stay abreast of our plans, follow our progress, and provide input.
API Management service update: September 14, 2016
On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, we started deploying a regular service update. Please see our blog post for information on the release payload.
PHP runtime version updates
We recently updated the PHP runtime versions to address a security vulnerability. We have also installed, and enabled by default, the recently released PHP 7.0 driver for SQL Server.
Event Hubs Archive in public preview
Azure Event Hubs Archive, now in public preview, enables you to automatically deliver the streaming data in Event Hubs to a Blob storage account of your choice.
Azure PowerShell 1.7: Hotfix for breaking changes
A hotfix has been released to address the breaking changes in Azure PowerShell versions 1.4–1.6 and versions 2.0 and later.
Public preview: Microsoft Operations Management Suite Docker container monitoring
By using Docker container monitoring in Operations Management Suite, you can get container inventory, performance data, and logs from one place.
Azure Scheduler available in United Kingdom
Azure Scheduler is available in the United Kingdom South (London, England) and United Kingdom West (Cardiff, Wales) regions.
API Management service update: September 6, 2016
On Tuesday, September 6, 2016, we started deploying a regular service update. Please see our blog post for information on the release payload.
General availability: UK geography and two new Azure regions
The United Kingdom Geography with two new Azure regions—UK South and UK West—is now generally available to customers.
API Management: How to mock responses
Mocking provides a way for APIs to return sample responses even when their back end isn’t capable of providing one.
Major update to SQL Database Advisor makes database performance tuning much faster
SQL Database Advisor is now significantly faster when tuning your database performance, requiring only a day of activity before producing the tuning recommendations.
New Azure Batch capabilities
Capabilities have been added to the Azure Batch service: Linux VM support (general availability), Linux MPI, task application packages, virtual network support for Windows VMs, and job auto-completion.
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