Data professionals

Last week in Azure started 2018 with addressing a far-reaching security vulnerability at the CPU level, new developer tools for big data, tech content, and more.

We are pleased to introduce the REST API for Azure Analysis Services. Using any programming language that supports REST calls, you can now perform asynchronous data-refresh operations.

Catch up on what you may have missed over the holidays, including important Azure HDInsights news.

Azure Backup stands firm on the promise of simplicity, security, and reliability by giving customers a smooth and dependable experience across scenarios.

We are excited to announce that Azure Data Factory newly enabled copying data from a number of data stores using Copy Activity in V2.

Fast SQL query processing  at scale is often key consideration for our customers.

Apache Kafka on the Azure HDInsight platform was added last year as a preview service to help enterprises create real-time big data pipelines.

Azure HDInsight is a fully-managed cloud service that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective to process massive amounts of data.

Today, we are really happy to announce that we are reducing the prices for Azure HDInsight service and making several awesome capabilities generally available.

Highlights from last week in Azure for the week of December 11, 2017: Azure France regions available in preview with availability zones, new management & cost savings, and more

Conversational AI, or making human and computer interactions more natural, has been a goal since technology became ubiquitous in our society.

Today we’re excited to announce the general availability of Archive Blob Storage.