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Azure Portal February 2019 update
Learn about updates made to the Azure portal for February 2019.
January 2019
General availability: Standard Load Balancer and Standard Public IP in Azure Government
Azure Standard Load Balancer and Standard Public IP are now generally available in Azure Government cloud regions.
December 2018
Azure portal December 2018 update
Learn about updates made available to the Azure portal for December 2018.
November 2018
October 2018
General availability: Standard Load Balancer in Azure China cloud
Azure Standard Load Balancer is now generally available in Azure China cloud regions.
Limited public preview: Premium blobs in the Azure portal
You can create and manage premium blob storage accounts from the Azure portal. This preview is available in the US East 2, US Central, and US West regions.
September 2018
Azure Cost Management in the Azure Portal preview
Azure Cost Management is in the Azure portal and currently in preview. It's now enabled by default, with improved performance and fuly integrated into the Azure platform.
August 2018
Troubleshoot connectivity issues in a virtual network
The Virtual Network portal blade has been enhanced to troubleshoot connectivity and performance issues or continually monitor your network endpoints from virtual machines (VMs) in a virtual network.
Add HTTPS probes to standard load balancers from the Azure portal
The Azure portal has built-in support to add HTTPS probes to standard load balancers.
June 2018
General availability: Azure mobile app for Android and iOS
The Azure mobile app is generally available, so you can stay connected to your Azure resources—anytime, anywhere.
September 2017
Public preview: PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell
PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell is available in public preview. It provides an alternative to the existing Bash experience (also in public preview) while retaining the benefits of Cloud Shell.
Support for blob storage lease management from the Azure portal
You can conveniently manage leases on containers and blobs of storage accounts right from the Azure portal.
Azure Cloud Shell: New CLI tools added and font-size selection
Microsoft routinely maintains and updates Azure Cloud Shell, including the addition of new CLI tools to improve your productivity. Learn about the CLI tools we recently added.
Manage stored access policies for storage accounts from within the Azure portal
You can now manage the stored access policies for your storage accounts from within the Azure portal.
August 2017
Azure Cloud Shell: Generate scripts by using mssql-scripter
Use mssql-scripter, an open-source command-line interface, to generate database scripts in Azure Cloud Shell.
July 2017
New look for Azure Storage overview blade in the portal
In the Azure portal, the overview blade for storage accounts now loads faster, allows quickly accessible links to storage services, and includes upgraded metrics charts.
Improvements to blob upload blade in Azure portal
There are multiple enhancements and fixes to the blob upload experience for storage accounts in the Azure portal.
January 2017
Get early access to the newest Azure portal features
You can get early access to preview features in the Azure portal before they're broadly available.
April 2016
Global search in the Azure portal
In the Azure portal, you can jump to your resources, resource groups, and subscriptions no matter what you have open by using the global search box.
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