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RSS feedOctober 2018
General availability: HDInsight Hadoop Enterprise Security Package
Easily set up an HDInsight cluster with Enterprise Security Package that's joined to an Azure AD DS managed domain.
September 2018
Stream Analytics: Output partitioning to Blob storage by custom date and time formats
Azure Stream Analytics users can now partition output to Azure Blob storage based on custom date and time formats.
Developer tools enhancements for Apache Spark on Azure HDInsight
We're bringing several exciting new enhancements to developer tools for Apache Spark on Azure HDInsight.
Enterprise Security Package for Azure HDInsight generally available
Enterprise Security Package for Azure HDInsight is now generally available.
HDInsight 4.0 in preview
Azure HDInsight 4.0 Preview is now available, backed by our enterprise-grade SLA.
August 2018
June 2018
Updates to Hadoop, Spark, and Data Lake Storage Gen2 on Azure HDInsight
We’re announcing several new capabilities across a wide range of OSS frameworks and support of Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 on Azure HDInsight.
September 2017
Azure HDInsight—Interactive querying and Log Analytics
HDInsight now has two additional features available—HDI Interactive Query, and Azure Log Analytics.
May 2017
Introducing the Azure app (preview)
With the Azure mobile app, you can check status and critical metrics of your Azure resources, get notifications and alerts, and perform simple operations to resolve common issues.
HDInsight—Cloud-first with Hortonworks Data Platform 2.6
Operating a cloud service like HDInsight, fully managed and backed by enterprise-grade SLA, will enable customers to deploy the latest bits of Hadoop and Spark on demand. To that end, we're excited to announce that the latest Hortonworks Data Platform 2.6 will be continuously available to HDInsight even before its on-premises release.
April 2017
Web Log Analytics for Azure HDInsight
Azure HDInsight will soon include specific tasks—such as doing Web Log Analytics on Azure Website—in the query console.
February 2017
Public preview: Azure HDInsight 3.6 with Apache Spark 2.1
Azure HDInsight 3.6 with Apache Spark 2.1 is in public preview.
Announcing the new Azure Marketplace experience
The new Azure Marketplace experience will help you discover and deploy products, deep dive for more info, and get hands-on experience.
November 2016
General availability: R Server on HDInsight
R Server on HDInsight is generally available. It enables scalable machine learning in the R language and several new features, such as integration with Spark 2.0 and Spark data sources.
June 2016
General availability: Spark on HDInsight
Spark on Azure HDInsight is generally available. It brings an industry-leading availability SLA of 99.9 percent, scalable storage, and productivity tools for interactive big-data exploration and development.
General availability: HDInsight Tools for IntelliJ
We're excited to announce the general availability of the HDInsight Tools plug-in for IntelliJ, which helps users develop Java Spark applications on Azure HDInsight.
April 2016
New Dv2 instances for Azure HDInsight
A new instance size, D5 v2, extends the Dv2-Series for Azure HDInsight. It has 16 cores and 56 GB of memory.
HDInsight enables customizations to live, running clusters
HDInsight enables Script Action–based customizations to live, running clusters.
Azure HDInsight supports R for machine learning and new updates to Spark and Hadoop
Azure HDInsight can run 100 percent open-source R to do machine learning and has new updates on the latest Hadoop and Spark components from Hortonworks.
February 2016
Public preview: HDInsight Tools for IntelliJ
HDinsight Tools for IntelliJ (Preview) makes HDInsight Spark development easier. Check out this service update to learn more!
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