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Azure Managed Disks GUID migration and name changes
Names and resource GUIDs for Azure Managed Disks are changing on 1 November 2018.
Stream Analytics: Output partitioning to Blob storage by custom date and time formats
Azure Stream Analytics users can now partition output to Azure Blob storage based on custom date and time formats.
Developer tools enhancements for Apache Spark on Azure HDInsight
We’re bringing several exciting new enhancements to developer tools for Apache Spark on Azure HDInsight.
HDInsight 4.0 in preview
Azure HDInsight 4.0 Preview is now available, backed by our enterprise-grade SLA.
Enterprise Security Package for Azure HDInsight generally available
Enterprise Security Package for Azure HDInsight is now generally available.
General availability: Event Hubs for Node.js
Version 1.0 of the Azure Event Hubs package for Node.js is now generally available.
General availability: Event Hubs for Go
Version 1.0 of the Azure Event Hubs package for Go is generally available.
General availability: Event Hubs for Python
Version 1.0 of the Python package for Azure Event Hubs is now generally available.
August 2018
G-series VMs are available in Azure HDInsight
G-series VMs are available in Azure HDInsight.
A_V2 series VMs are available in Azure HDInsight
A_V2 series VMs are available in Azure HDInsight.
Azure HDInsight is now available in South India
Azure HDInsight is now available in South India.
Improvements to meter names and effect on Power BI content pack reporting
The Microsoft Azure Consumption Insights content pack will replace the Microsoft Azure Enterprise content pack, which will be decommissioned by 31 December 2018.
June 2018
Improvements to meter names for Enterprise Agreement customers
Effective from 16 August 2018, we’ll introduce improved standardised meter names for Virtual Machines. Meter name changes for all other services will be effective by the end of October 2018.
Updates to Hadoop, Spark, and Data Lake Storage Gen2 on Azure HDInsight
We’re announcing several new capabilities across a wide range of OSS frameworks and support of Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 on Azure HDInsight.
January 2018
Azure HDInsight – New capabilities and price reductions
We recently made several exciting announcements about Azure HDInsight, including a price reduction of up to 52 per cent on all workloads on HDInsight, and added an additional 80 per cent price reduction for the Microsoft R Server add-on.
September 2017
Azure HDInsight – Interactive querying and Log Analytics
HDInsight now has two additional features available – HDI Interactive Query and Azure Log Analytics.
June 2017
Apache Kafka on HDInsight with Azure Managed Disks
We’re pleased to announce Apache Kafka with Azure Managed Disks Preview on the HDInsight platform. Users will now be able to deploy Kafka clusters with managed disks straight from the Azure portal, with no sign-up necessary.
May 2017
HDInsight – Cloud-first with Hortonworks Data Platform 2.6
Operating a cloud service like HDInsight, fully managed and backed by an enterprise-grade SLA, will enable customers to deploy the latest bits of Hadoop and Spark on demand. To that end, we’re excited to announce that the latest Hortonworks Data Platform 2.6 will be continuously available to HDInsight even before its on-premises release.
April 2017
Web Log Analytics for Azure HDInsight
Azure HDInsight will soon include specific tasks – such as doing Web Log Analytics on Azure Website – in the query console.
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