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April 2016

Apr 6

Self-Service Troubleshooting for App Service Web Apps Customers

The App Service team is shipping customer-facing supportability features to go along with Azure Functions and App Service Certificates.

  • App Service
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features
Apr 6

Introducing App Service Certificates

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure App Service customers can use App Service Certificates to purchase, configure, and manage SSL certificates from the Azure portal.

  • App Service
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features

March 2016

Mar 14

Enhancements to the Azure portal

Various bug fixes and feature enhancements to the Azure portal.

  • App Service
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features
Mar 8

App Service advisor: Recommendations

Live recommendations for resource exhaustion have been released to the App Service advisor, and a feedback option is available.

  • App Service
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features

January 2016

Jan 14

General availability: SQL Database Index Advisor

NOW AVAILABLE

Improve the performance of your Azure SQL Databases by using index tuning recommendations provided by Index Advisor.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features

December 2015

Dec 2

General availability: new Azure portal

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure portal provides large, global, scalable, and available cloud experiences on Azure.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Management

November 2015

Nov 24

Azure preview portal navigation improvements

View more columns when browsing through a list of resources.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Management
Nov 23

Automation: Zoom control added to graphical authoring canvas

For graphical runbooks in Azure Automation in the Preview portal, you can zoom the canvas to view runbook details or to get a higher level overview.

  • Automation
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features
Nov 23

Automation: Search activity library for graphical runbook authoring

For graphical runbooks in Azure Automation in the Preview portal, you can search the library of activities during runbook authoring.

  • Automation
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features
Nov 23

Automation: Configure activity retry in graphical runbooks

For graphical runbooks in Azure Automation in the Preview portal, you can configure an activity to retry until some conditions are met.

  • Automation
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features
Nov 23

Automation: Configure activity tracing for troubleshooting graphical runbooks

For graphical runbooks in Azure Automation in the Preview portal, you can enable activity-level tracing and set the amount of tracing you want.

  • Automation
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features
Nov 18

Public preview: Azure DevTest Labs

IN PREVIEW

Azure DevTest Labs is a service that helps developers and testers quickly create environments in Azure while minimizing waste and controlling cost.

  • Azure DevTest Labs
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Virtual Machines
  • Services
Nov 13

Automation: Entering runbook input parameter values made easier

The experience of entering runbook input parameters is improved in Azure Automation in the preview portal.

  • Automation
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features
Nov 12

Automation: View Runbook source

Azure Automation has added the ability for you to view runbooks in read-only mode.

  • Automation
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features

September 2015

Sep 29

Stream Analytics updates for IoT Suite

IN PREVIEW

Azure Stream Analytics has added a number of updates to address common business needs for Internet of Things (IoT) projects.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Features

August 2015

Aug 25

Azure Automation: Run tests on hybrid runbook workers

Azure Automation has added the ability to run runbook tests on hybrid runbook workers.

  • Automation
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features
Aug 19

Azure preview portal: tile customization improvements

Access the context menu for tiles and remove tiles on blades or the start screen by using a menu that appears when you hover over a tile.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features
Aug 12

Automation: Activity tracing for troubleshooting graphical runbooks

Azure Automation has added activity-level tracing to assist with testing and debugging graph runbooks.

  • Automation
  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features

July 2015

Jul 2

Azure preview portal Browse improvements

You can refresh the list of resources available from Browse, view the full list of recent resources you've used, and create new resources by using the Add command.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features
Jul 2

Navigation improvements to the Azure preview portal

We've introduced a new navigation bar that includes breadcrumbs, quick access to start customizing, and the user menu that shows which directory you've signed in to.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Features

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