Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2018
Name changes: Microsoft IoT Central
Effective May 1, 2018, Microsoft IoT Central will be renamed “IoT Central.” These changes won’t affect pricing or resource GUID.
Simplified process for creating secure Service Fabric clusters
We have simplified creating secure Service Fabric clusters in the portal, and removed the option to create unsecure Service Fabric clusters.
Azure portal updates: March 2018
Azure portal updates have been released for managing IaaS resources, including updates to the VM Connect button and networking.
ClearDB removal from the Azure Marketplace
ClearDB will transition Azure-based customers currently billed by Microsoft to a direct billing model with ClearDB. You'll no longer be able to create or upgrade a ClearDB database.
Public preview: Low-priority VMs on virtual machine scale sets
Low-priority VMs on scale sets enable users to significantly save on costs for their fault-tolerant, flexible workloads.
Deprecating Service Management API support for Azure App Service
Target availability: Q2 2018
Azure Service Management support will be retired on June 30, 2018. Azure App Service resource management will be supported only through Azure Resource Manager.
Azure Backup is now available in France
Azure Backup is now available in Azure France.
General availability: Support for large disk backup and improvements for backup/restore
Azure Backup now supports backup of large disks and a set of backup and restore improvements based on a new VM backup stack.
Power BI Embedded custom layout
Power BI Embedded custom layout enables you to set and change the size of a report page layout, or control the size, position, and visibility of a report visual.
Power BI Embedded single-visual embedding
By embedding visuals into your application, you can get in-page analytics where only the most relevant and insightful data resides next to your user’s day-to-day actions, making data-driven decisions easier.
OData and SharePoint Online data sources supported in Power BI Embedded
We added more data source connections that can be updated through the Update Datasources API.
Power BI Embedded capacity APIs
Added automation APIs support assigning a workspace to a Power BI Embedded Azure capacity.
Power BI Embedded APIs for visual-level filters
Additional APIs for Power BI Embedded support Get, Set, and Remove filters on the visual level.
Power BI Embedded mobile layout support
Power BI Embedded supports layouts that are optimized for consumption on mobile devices.
Phased loading of embedded content in Power BI Embedded
More JavaScript calls add phases to the embedding process.
Power BI Embedded tile embedding enhancements
Power BI Embedded has added support for more tile types that can be embedded.
Power BI Embedded Update Report API
Power BI Embedded has released an API to support updating reports.
Power BI Embedded supports row-level security for tiles and dashboards
We now support row-level security for embedding tiles and dashboards.
App Service updating PHP to latest versions
In the next release of Web Apps, we'll update the PHP stacks to the latest available versions.
Instance Metadata Service includes support for zones and virtual machine scale sets
Version 2017-12-01 of Instance Metadata Service is available in global Azure regions. It has support for Availability Zones and virtual machine scale sets.
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