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Thought leadership

October 10, 2017

1 min read

Microsoft and Facebook call for open AI ecosystem gaining broader industry momentum

Last month we introduced the Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) format with Facebook to increase interoperability and reduce friction for developing and deploying AI.
Events

October 10, 2017

1 min read

Microsoft’s Azure SQL Database ranked #1 Database as a Service for developer satisfaction by SlashData

Today we’re excited and honored to be recognized for three Developer Satisfaction awards from SlashData, a leading analyst firm in the developer community.
October 9, 2017

2 min read

Announcing Azure Files share snapshots public preview

Azure Files, the fully managed cloud file share service in Azure, extends the ability of organizations to share files across Azure VMs and on-premises clients.
October 2, 2017

3 min read

Announcing new Azure VM images: SQL Server 2017 on Linux and Windows

We are excited to announce that SQL Server 2017 images on Linux and Windows are now available in the Azure Marketplace! Deploying SQL Server in Azure VMs combines the industry-leading performance and security, built-in artificial intelligence, and business intelligence of SQL Server, now available on both Linux and Windows, with the flexibility, security, and hybrid connectivity of Azure.
September 28, 2017

1 min read

Azure Analysis Services adds firewall support

By using the new firewall feature, customers can lock down their Azure Analysis Services (Azure AS) servers to accept network traffic only from desired sources.
September 27, 2017

2 min read

Azure SQL Database and Data Warehouse VNET Service Endpoints public preview

We are excited to announce that Azure SQL Database VNET Service Endpoints is now in public preview in the following regions: West Central US, West US2, and East US1.
September 27, 2017

1 min read

Announcing Preview of Azure Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks

The Azure Storage team is excited to announce the preview of Firewalls and Virtual Networks for Azure Storage.
September 27, 2017

2 min read

Announcing Virtual Network integration for Azure Storage and Azure SQL

Today, we are glad to announce the public preview of Virtual Network (VNet) Service Endpoints for Azure Storage and Azure SQL.
Best practices

September 26, 2017

3 min read

Get insights into your Azure #CosmosDB: partition heatmaps, OMS, and more

Today we’re announcing several metrics to help you get the most out of the provisioned throughput, as well as integration of our metrics with the Azure Monitor, and a preview of diagnostics logs for data operations, integrated with OMS.
September 25, 2017

3 min read

Announcing the preview for the Azure Data Box: Achievements will be unlocked

Every organization we work with is actively looking for ways to use the power of the cloud to turn data into insights and improve IT efficiency.
September 25, 2017

16 min read

Diving deep into what’s new with Azure Machine Learning

Earlier today, we disclosed a set of major updates to Azure Machine Learning designed for data scientists to build, deploy, manage, and monitor models at any scale.
September 25, 2017

2 min read

Announcing the public preview for Azure File Sync

Since Azure Files became generally available, we’ve consistently heard from our customers that they want to embrace the power and flexibility of the cloud without giving up the locality of their on-premises file server.

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