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Self-Service Troubleshooting for App Service Web Apps Customers
The App Service team is shipping customer-facing supportability features to go along with Azure Functions and App Service Certificates.
Introducing App Service Certificates
Azure App Service customers can use App Service Certificates to purchase, configure, and manage SSL certificates from the Azure portal.
March 2016
Enhancements to the Azure portal
Various bug fixes and feature enhancements to the Azure portal.
App Service advisor: Recommendations
Live recommendations for resource exhaustion have been released to the App Service advisor, and a feedback option is available.
January 2016
General availability: SQL Database Index Advisor
Improve the performance of your Azure SQL Databases by using index tuning recommendations provided by Index Advisor.
December 2015
General availability: new Azure portal
The Azure portal provides large, global, scalable, and available cloud experiences on Azure.
November 2015
Azure preview portal navigation improvements
View more columns when browsing through a list of resources.
Automation: Zoom control added to graphical authoring canvas
For graphical runbooks in Azure Automation in the Preview portal, you can zoom the canvas to view runbook details or to get a higher level overview.
Automation: Search activity library for graphical runbook authoring
For graphical runbooks in Azure Automation in the Preview portal, you can search the library of activities during runbook authoring.
Automation: Configure activity retry in graphical runbooks
For graphical runbooks in Azure Automation in the Preview portal, you can configure an activity to retry until some conditions are met.
Automation: Configure activity tracing for troubleshooting graphical runbooks
For graphical runbooks in Azure Automation in the Preview portal, you can enable activity-level tracing and set the amount of tracing you want.
Public preview: Azure DevTest Labs
Azure DevTest Labs is a service that helps developers and testers quickly create environments in Azure while minimizing waste and controlling cost.
Automation: Entering runbook input parameter values made easier
The experience of entering runbook input parameters is improved in Azure Automation in the preview portal.
Automation: View Runbook source
Azure Automation has added the ability for you to view runbooks in read-only mode.
September 2015
Stream Analytics updates for IoT Suite
Azure Stream Analytics has added a number of updates to address common business needs for Internet of Things (IoT) projects.
August 2015
Azure Automation: Run tests on hybrid runbook workers
Azure Automation has added the ability to run runbook tests on hybrid runbook workers.
Azure preview portal: tile customization improvements
Access the context menu for tiles and remove tiles on blades or the start screen by using a menu that appears when you hover over a tile.
Automation: Activity tracing for troubleshooting graphical runbooks
Azure Automation has added activity-level tracing to assist with testing and debugging graph runbooks.
July 2015
Azure preview portal Browse improvements
You can refresh the list of resources available from Browse, view the full list of recent resources you've used, and create new resources by using the Add command.
Navigation improvements to the Azure preview portal
We've introduced a new navigation bar that includes breadcrumbs, quick access to start customizing, and the user menu that shows which directory you've signed in to.
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