First System Center Semi-Annual Channel release now available
I am excited to announce that System Center, version 1801 is now available.
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Custom Speech: Code-free automated machine learning for speech recognition
Voice is the new interface driving ambient computing. This statement has never been more true than it is today. Speech recognition is transforming our daily lives from digital assistants, dictation of emails and documents, to transcriptions of lectures and meetings.
Azure Search service upgrades: New hardware, unlimited document counts, and more!
Starting in late 2017, all new paid Azure Search services started using brand new, more powerful underlying hardware in select regions.
Understanding serverless cold start
“Cold start” is a large discussion point for serverless architectures and is a point of ambiguity for many users of Azure Functions.
Azure #CosmosDB Graph API now generally available
Azure Cosmos DB Graph API is the first cloud database to provide graph functionality over a globally distributed managed service.
Bing Speech API extends its text to speech support to 34 languages
The Speech API, a Microsoft Cognitive Service, now offers six new TTS languages to all developers, bringing the total number of available languages to 34.
Last week in Azure: Event Grid GA, Ansible in Cloud Shell, and more
Check out what happened last week in Azure: Event Grid became generally available, Ansible pre-installed in Cloud Shell, and more.
Go serverless for your IoT needs
If you are building an IoT solution in the cloud, chances are your focus is on the devices and what you can accomplish with them.
Jenkins on Azure: from zero to hero
If you have been thinking about moving your Jenkins infrastructure to Azure, look no further. The Microsoft Jenkins Solution Template in Azure Marketplace makes it easy and fast for you to go from zero to hero.
Lambda Architecture using Azure #CosmosDB: Faster performance, Low TCO, Low DevOps
Azure Cosmos DB provides a scalable database solution that can handle both ingestion and query, and enables developers to implement lambda architectures with low TCO. Lambda architectures enable efficient data processing of massive data sets.
New in Stream Analytics: General availability of sub-streams, query compatibility, and more
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of several features in Azure Stream Analytics. These features are designed to help address a variety of scenarios for both enterprise and non-enterprise customers alike.
Announcing the general availability of Azure Event Grid
Modern applications are taking maximum advantage of the agility and flexibility of the cloud by moving away from monolithic architectures and instead using a set of distinct services, all working…