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June 2019
Only upload Datasets with Power BI Embedded analytics ‘Import’ API
Using the Power BI Import API, developers can uncouple the dataset and report so they can upload just the dataset to a workspace. Developers use the ‘skipreport’ parameter to only upload the dataset in cases where they do not want to also upload the report to the workspace.
Power BI REST API with ‘Try-it’ tool allows you to try APIs without any code
Anyone with a Power BI licence can now log in to the account to see how the Power BI REST API works, get information or perform operation on Power BI artifacts you have access to – without writing any code using the Power BI REST API Try-it Tool. With five simple steps, users are able to try capabilities of the Power BI REST API without writing code.
High-performance Computing Virtual Machines are now available in West US 2, East US
HC-series Virtual Machines, designed to provide supercomputer-grade performance and scalability with the best price-performance on the public cloud, are now generally available in West US 2 and East US.
Cognitive Services Text Analytics’ Named Entity Recognition is now available
We are happy to announce the general availability of Named Entity Recognition supporting English and Spanish languages as part of Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics API.
FastTrack for Azure
FastTrack for Azure brings proven practices, design principles and tools from engineering and real customer experiences to guide customers from design, configuration, and development to production.
General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in China (China East2 and China North2)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available in China, in both China East2 and China North2.
Media Services is now available in Korea Region
Media Services is now available in Korea Central and Korea South.
Azure DevTest Labs: Configure a shared image gallery in your lab
Azure DevTest Labs now lets you configure a shared image gallery in your lab
Azure Monitor for containers – Updates on Windows AKS support, UI enhancement and node storage capacity
New features updates for Azure Monitor for containers for node storage, Windows AKS support and UI enhancements
May 2019
Web Application Firewall (WAF) for Azure Front Door service is now generally available
Web Application Firewall (WAF) for Azure Front Door service is now generally available. Customers can use WAF to define security policies that allow, block, forward or rate limit access to their web applications delivered through Azure Front Door.
Azure Sphere 19.05 release unlocks new features in the MT3620
Update 19.05 for Azure Sphere public preview is now available in Retail feed
Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in West US 2
Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in West US 2. Around the world, it’s available in seven public regions.
Log Analytics agent for Linux 1.10 now available
The Log Analytics agent for Linux v1.10 release is available, and contains important stability and reliability improvements.
Azure Monitor for VMs has a new data set for bound ports
The VMBoundPort data set is now available for Azure Monitor for VMs customers in all supported Log Analytics workspace regions, including East US and West Europe.
Azure Monitor AIOps alerts with Dynamic Thresholds is now generally available
With Dynamic Thresholds, you no longer need to manually identify and set thresholds for alerts. The alert rule leverages advanced Machine Learning (ML) capabilities to learn metrics’ historical behaviour, identify patterns and anomalies that indicate possible service issues.
Advanced filtering generally available in Event Grid
Event Grid advanced filters are now GA with no restriction on the number of nested keys (e.g. Data.Key1.Key2…KeyN).
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.
Events up to 1 MB in Event Grid – public preview
Public preview of support for larger events, now up to 1 MB.
Event Grid can now publish events to Service Bus
Service Bus is now available as an event handler in Event Grid.
Geo-disaster recovery available in Event Grid
Automatic server-side geo-disaster recovery of metadata in Event Grid is now available on the service.
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