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RSS feedNovember 2019
Azure CDN Standard Rules Engine preview update
Portal support for Azure CDN Standard rules engine is now available as part of the preview.
September 2019
Azure CDN from Verizon - enforcement of strict SNI connections
We are deprecating support for non-SNI connections when using Azure CDN from Verizon.
Data transfer from Azure Origins to Azure CDN from Microsoft is now free of charge
Data transfer from Azure services, such as Azure Storage, Azure Media Services, Azure Application Gateway and more, to Azure CDN from Microsoft will be free of charge starting October 2019.
Azure CDN feature updates
Announcing Bring your own SSL Certificate [BYOC] functionality for Azure CDN from Verizon, as well as CDN managed SSL Certificates for Azure CDN from Akamai.
May 2019
Rules engine for Azure Content Delivery Network is now in preview
Rules engine for Azure Content Delivery Network allows you to customize Content Delivery Network behaviour on a per HTTP request basis to optimize delivery of your content to your end users.
July 2018
Azure Content Delivery Network GUID migration and UoM change
You currently receive 1,024 bytes in every KB of data when you use Content Delivery Network. Starting September 1, 2018, you'll receive 1,000 bytes in every KB of data.
May 2017
Introducing the Azure app (preview)
With the Azure mobile app, you can check status and critical metrics of your Azure resources, get notifications and alerts, and perform simple operations to resolve common issues.
January 2017
Standard streaming endpoints and Azure Content Delivery Network integration
A standard streaming endpoint eliminates the complexity of streaming endpoints by giving you the scale and robustness you need without making you worry about streaming units.
December 2016
Verizon geo-filtering migration
To provide a more consistent UI for accessing the Verizon geo-filtering feature, we will perform some configuration migrations from December 20 to December 23, 2016.
November 2016
Custom reports for Verizon Standard and Premium profiles
You can now find custom reports in the supplemental management portal for both Verizon profile types.
October 2016
Akamai Standard supports geo-filtering
You can restrict access to your content, by country, for your Akamai profiles directly through the Azure portal.
August 2016
Azure CDN from Akamai supports HTTP/2
Azure CDN from Akamai supports HTTP/2, which offers multiple benefits.
May 2016
General availability: Azure Content Delivery Network from Akamai is now available
Today we're excited to announce the general availability of Azure Content Delivery Network from Akamai.
February 2016
Major CDN update – Resource Manager and new portal
Coinciding with the release of the new Azure portal, we launched a new CDN experience, which is built on the Azure Resource Manager.
CDN – New POP locations
Additional point-of presence (POP) locations added to the Content Delivery Network.
CDN – Standard and Premium CDN tiers available
New Standard and Premium feature sets are for CDN customers.
CDN – Purge feature available
New CDN feature allows you to purge individual cached assets or entire directories from your CDN endpoints.
CDN – Load feature available
A new CDN feature allows you to preload individual assets to your CDN endpoints.
December 2015
Generally available: Azure Content Delivery Network Premium
Azure Content Delivery Network Premium is an expansion of the existing service, offering a set of new premium features, including Rules Engine and Advanced Content Analytics.
August 2015
CDN features: country filtering, compression, and analytics
The following scenarios are now supported: restricting access to your content by country, analyzing CDN usage patterns, and improving performance by compressing files.
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