Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2015
Media Services supports defining filters for your assets
Media Services enables you to define filters based on customer's requests.
Preview: Azure SQL Database Query Store
With Azure SQL Database Query Store, comprehensive historical data about queries, execution plans, and performance is now at your fingertips.
General availability: Azure StorSimple 8000 Series Update 1
Azure StorSimple 8000 Series Update 1 is a software-only update that is available via Microsoft Update and installed on shipping units.
General availability: Azure App Service Web Apps custom-domain capability
We’re partnering with GoDaddy to simplify the process of purchasing and managing custom domains.
Azure App Service integrated with Zend Z-Ray
We recently announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming developers’ productivity in the cloud.
Hyperlapse for Azure Media Services available
We’ve released Hyperlapse for Azure Media Services, which integrates Hyperlapse technology with a media processor in the cloud.
Public preview: Live Encoding for Azure Media Services
This is a public preview of the same Live Encoding technology used to power digital coverage of large events such as Super Bowl XLIX and the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
Epic work item type added in Visual Studio Online
There's a new Epic work item type. Backlog levels on work items are optional.
Visual Studio Online build system preview
The new version of the Visual Studio build system enables you to run builds on virtual machines running in Azure and use public or private GitHub repositories.
Add fields to cards and Kanban board filtering
Add custom fields to cards on the Kanban board, and filter the cards you see on the board.
Improvements for interactions in Azure preview portal
Read about improvements for interactions in the Azure portal.
Create connectors in Logic Apps designer
You can now create new connectors directly in the Logic Apps designer by clicking an option in the right pane to automatically deploy it to your resource group.
Application Insights adds support for iOS and Android apps, improved Java app support, and fine-time selection
Application Insights Public Preview includes iOS and Android support, performance counters and unhandled exceptions for Java apps, and fine-time selection.
Azure Batch Service adds job preparation and release task support
Azure Batch Service added Job Preparation and Release Task Support
Azure Cosmos DB: New SQL keywords, operators, and functions
This Azure Cosmos DB update includes support for more SQL keywords, operators, and functions.
Azure Site Recovery supports Gen 2 VM protection in West US, North Europe, and Japan West
Azure Site Recovery offers the ability to protect and recover Generation 2 virtual machines to Azure in the West US, North Europe, and Japan West regions.
Automation: Graphical authoring of runbooks
With the new graphical authoring tool and an upgraded textual authoring tool in Azure Automation, you can author runbooks by using a visual "drag-drop-link-configure" model.
Guest access available for Azure Machine Learning
Azure Machine Learning allows guest access with no Microsoft account required!
New networking features now available in all regions
New networking features were announced at Ignite 2015, and they are available in few regions.
Azure Cosmos DB Data Migration tool imports from Azure Table storage
The Azure Cosmos DB Migration Tool has been updated to enable you to import data from Azure Table storage.
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