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February 2024

20 Feb

Public preview: Configuration-as-code customizations in Microsoft Dev Box

IN PREVIEW

Customization enables developers to efficiently configure workstations to their exact project requirements, within guardrails set by admins that enforce governance and security policies.

  • Microsoft Dev Box
  • Services
  • Features

January 2024

11 Jan

Create tests by adding HTTP requests in Azure Load Testing

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Load Testing now supports creating load tests by HTTP requests.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
9 Jan

Azure Load Testing supports Web Driver Sampler plugin for Apache JMeter

NOW AVAILABLE

With Azure Load Testing, you can now measure response time as experienced by the end user leveraging the Web Driver Sampler plugin for Apache JMeter

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services

November 2023

21 Nov

General Availability of Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider lets you centrally configure the applications running in Kubernetes clusters. The latest version offers workload identity authentication in the provider and dynamic refresh of the configuration data.

  • App Configuration
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Security
  • Features
15 Nov

Introducing New Capabilities in Microsoft Dev Box

Target availability: Q4 2023

Microsoft Dev Box is introducing new capabilities to support greater customization and simplify Dev Box setup for development teams.

  • Microsoft Dev Box
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
15 Nov

Introducing New Capabilities in Azure Deployment Environments

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Azure Deployment Environments is adding new capabilities to deliver an end-to-end developer experience, broader infrastructure-as-code (IaC) template support, and the ability to control costs by configuring auto-delete schedules.

  • Azure Deployment Environments
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

September 2023

28 Sep

Generally available: Azure Load Testing in Southeast Asia, Canada Central, Germany West Central and Central India

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Load Testing is in generally available in Southeast Asia, Canada Central, Germany West Central and Central India.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
20 Sep

General Availability: GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps

NOW AVAILABLE

Learn how to enable GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps code scanning, secret scanning, and dependency scanning in Azure DevOps and connect to Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
  • Security
12 Sep

View trends of client-side metrics across test runs in Azure Load Testing

NOW AVAILABLE

In Azure Load Testing, you can now view how metrics change over your test runs. You can also set a baseline for test results and compare trends to it.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
12 Sep

Configure load testing in your CI/CD pipeline from Azure portal

NOW AVAILABLE

Configure load testing in your CI/CD pipeline from Azure portal in just a few steps.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
7 Sep

Azure Load Testing now supports uploading large files as ZIP

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Load Testing now supports uploading files greater than 50 MB by compressing them into a ZIP file.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
7 Sep

Move Azure Load Testing resources across resource groups and subscriptions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Load Testing resources can now move across resource groups and subscriptions without losing tests /test runs.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features

August 2023

28 Aug

Azure App Configuration - public preview release of snapshots feature

IN PREVIEW

Key-value pairs from App Config store ensure controlled deployments.

  • App Configuration
  • Security
  • Features
15 Aug

Generally available: Azure Load Testing in Japan East and Brazil South

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Load Testing is in generally available in Japan East and Brazil South.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Features
4 Aug

Azure Load Testing: Now supports JMeter backend listeners

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Load Testing now supports JMeter backend listeners, so you can now configure a backend listener to export load test results to a data store, of your choice.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
3 Aug

Azure Load Testing: Run tests for up to 24 hours

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Load Testing now enables running tests for durations up to 24 hours.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
3 Aug

Azure Load Testing: Create and manage tests and test runs using Azure CLI

IN PREVIEW

Azure Load Testing now supports managing tests and test runs from Azure CLI

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
3 Aug

Azure Load Testing: Run tests with 100,000 virtual users

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Load Testing now supports running tests with 100,000 virtual users, using up to 400 engine instances.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features

July 2023

26 Jul

Azure DevOps July 2023 updates

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

In July, we've delivered multiple improvements across Azure DevOps services. You can now dismiss dependency scanning alerts in Advanced Security that you believe to be a false positive or acceptable risk. In Azure Repos, we changed the default behavior to remove "Edit policies" permission when creating a new branch.

  • Azure DevOps
  • Features
12 Jul

Microsoft Dev Box is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Microsoft Dev Box is generally available now. Dev Box is a virtualized solution that empowers developers to quickly spin up self-service workstations preconfigured for their tasks while maintaining centralized management to maximize security and compliance.

  • Azure Deployment Environments
  • Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Services

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