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Time to migrate off Access Control Service
Access Control Service, otherwise known as ACS, is officially being retired. ACS will remain available for existing customers until November 2018. After this date, ACS will be shut down, causing all requests to the service to fail.
Expanding AI tools and resources for developers and data scientists on Azure
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as one of the most disruptive forces behind the digital transformation of business. Our mission is to bring AI to every developer and every organization on the planet, and help businesses augment human ingenuity in unique and differentiated ways.
A technical overview of Azure Databricks
Today at Microsoft Connect(); we introduced Azure Databricks, an exciting new service in preview that brings together the best of the Apache Spark analytics platform and Azure cloud…
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Introducing Azure Databricks, Azure Cosmos DB with Apache Cassandra API, and Azure Database for MariaDB, to name a few…
Announcing general availability of Bash in Cloud Shell
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Bash in Azure Cloud Shell. Bash in Cloud Shell provides an interactive web-based, Linux command-line experience from virtually anywhere. Learn more about Bash in Cloud Shell at aka.ms/cloudshell/bash.
Windows System State Backup to Azure with Azure Backup is generally available
We are excited to announce the general availability (GA) of Windows Server System State Backup to Azure with the Azure Backup agent.
Monitor Azure services and applications using Grafana
Today, we are excited to introduce the Grafana plugin for Azure Monitor and Application Insights. v0.1.0 of the Azure Monitor Data Source plugin has now added support for the Azure US Government, Azure Germany, and Azure China clouds.
Introducing query replica scale-out for Azure Analysis Services
With scale-out, client queries can be distributed among multiple query replicas in a query pool, reducing response times during high query workloads.
Managed Applications are now Generally Available in the Azure Marketplace
I am excited to announce the general availability of Managed Applications in the Azure Marketplace. Managed Applications, an Azure unique offering, enables you to deploy entire applications and empower your partner to fully manage and maintain the application in your environment.
Azure Managed Application in Azure Marketplace: Under the hood
Azure Managed Applications enable Managed Service Providers (MSP) and Independent Software Vendors (ISV) partners, and enterprise IT teams to deliver fully managed, turnkey cloud solutions that can be made available through the Azure Marketplace or through the enterprise service catalog of a specific end-customer.
Last week in Azure: Cray supercomputers, managed Kubernetes, GDPR help, & more
Highlights from last week in Azure for the week of October 23, 2017: Cray supercomputers in the cloud, managed Kubernetes, GDPR resources and tools, and more