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Azure IoT Edge 1.0.8 release is now available
Azure IoT Edge 1.0.8 release is available with multiple improvements.
Update 19.07 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
The Azure Sphere public preview 19.07 quality release is now available via the Retail Evaluation feed. The Retail Evaluation feed will provide the new OS for 14 days before we release it to the Retail feed. It is meant for backwards compatibility testing.
Update 19.06 for Azure Sphere public preview now available in Retail feed
The Azure Sphere public preview 19.06 quality release is now available via the Retail feed.
Azure Monitor Log now supports log search on multiple Azure resources
Many Azure services added support for new and easier way to search their logs
June 2019
Update 19.06 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
The Azure Sphere public preview 19.06 quality release is now available via the Retail Evaluation feed. The Retail Evaluation feed will provide the new OS for 14 days before we release it to the Retail feed. The Retail OS feed will continue to deliver version 19.05; we plan to upgrade it to 19.06 in two weeks.
May 2019
IoT Hub device telemetry events in Event Grid - public preview
IoT Hub expands its capabilities as an event source in Event Grid by enabling subscribing to device telemetry events.
Update 19.05 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
The Azure Sphere public preview 19.05 feature release is available today via the Retail Evaluation feed. The regular Retail OS feed will continue to deliver version 19.04; we plan to upgrade it to 19.05 in two weeks.
Public Preview of Azure Data Explorer capabilities to integrate deeper with ADLS Gen 2
At Build, Azure Data Explorer will preview the capability for enterprises to query data from ADLS Gen 2 without ingesting data
April 2019
Update 19.04 for Azure Sphere public preview now available in Retail feed
The Azure Sphere public preview 19.04 quality release is available today via the Retail feed.
Update 19.04 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
The Azure Sphere public preview 19.04 quality release is available today via the Retail Evaluation feed. The regular Retail OS feed will continue to deliver version 19.03; we plan to upgrade it to 19.04 in two weeks.
Azure Security Center for IoT in public preview
Azure is now the first major public cloud with end-to-end security for IoT for your devices, hubs and cloud resources. We are adding advanced threat protection for IoT to three key services: Azure Security Center, Azure Sentinel and Azure IoT Hub.
March 2019
Update 19.03 for Azure Sphere public preview now available in Retail feed
The 19.03 release marks the beginning of a planned release schedule of one major feature release and two minor quality releases per quarter.
IoT Hub supports new Azure Monitor metric alerts
Announcing the new Azure Monitor metric alerts in IoT Hub. These new metric alerts are faster and more flexible than the older classic alerts, and they're also easier to set up.
Update 19.03 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
We now support both a Retail Evaluation feed and a Retail feed for the Azure Sphere OS.
February 2019
Azure Event Grid Availability in Azure US Gov regions
Azure Event Grid is now generally available in US Gov Texas, Arizona, and Virginia regions.
December 2018
Azure IoT Edge 1.0.5 release
The 1.0.5 update of Azure IoT Edge enables a better experience on devices with slow connections, provides improved error messages, and moves Windows to RS5.
November 2018
Azure Functions 2.0 available in IoT Edge
Azure Functions runtime 2.0 is now available on IoT Edge.
Azure IoT Edge 1.0.4 release
The 1.0.4 update of Azure IoT Edge contains connectivity improvements, puts C# functions in general availability, and allows for longer createOptions fields.
Upcoming Azure Sphere 18.11 release
We plan to publish the 18.11 release of Azure Sphere during the week of November 12. This release includes substantial investments in our security infrastructure, and it incorporates user feedback.
October 2018
Azure IoT Edge 1.0.3 release
The 1.0.3 update of Azure IoT Edge includes only a fix for a security vulnerability in a dependency of the runtime.
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