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April 16, 2018
3 min read

Streamlining GDPR requests with the Azure portal

Today we’re letting our customers know about our upcoming Data Subject Request (DSR) processing capability in the Azure portal, which will provide tenant admins a simple, powerful tool to quickly…

April 10, 2018
2 min read

Three common analytics use cases with Microsoft Azure Databricks

Data science and machine learning can be applied to solve many common business scenarios, yet there are many barriers preventing organizations from adopting them.

April 9, 2018
2 min read

How to configure Azure SQL Database Geo-DR with Azure Key Vault

Taking advantage of TDE with BYOK for databases that are geo-replicated to maintain high availability requires to configure and test the scenario carefully.

April 4, 2018
2 min read

SQL Database: Long-term backup retention preview includes major updates

The preview for long-term backup retention in Azure SQL Database was announced in October 2016, providing you with a way to easily enable long-term retention for your databases…

April 4, 2018
2 min read

A flexible new way to purchase Azure SQL Database

We’re excited to announce the preview of an additional purchasing model to the Azure SQL Database Elastic Pool and Single Database deployment options.

April 4, 2018
3 min read

Microsoft will invest $5 billion in IoT. Here’s why

Today, we are announcing that we will invest $5 billion in the Internet of Things over the next four years.

April 3, 2018
2 min read

Accelerate Data Warehouse Modernization to Azure with Informatica’s AI-Driven Platform

Data is central to digital transformation.

April 2, 2018
2 min read

New Microsoft Azure regions available for Australia and New Zealand

Two new Microsoft Azure regions in Australia are available to customers, making Microsoft the only global provider to deliver cloud services specifically designed to address the requirements of the…

March 30, 2018
1 min read

Azure Availability Zones now available for the most comprehensive resiliency strategy

We introduced Azure Availability Zones during Microsoft Ignite as part of our continuing expansion of Azure’s support for the most demanding, mission-critical workloads.

March 29, 2018
3 min read

Secure your backups, not just your data!

Ransomware attacks are no longer restricted to only deletion of data but are starting to look at attacking backups as well.

March 27, 2018
2 min read

Soft delete for Azure Storage Blobs now in public preview

Today we are excited to announce the public preview of soft delete for Azure Storage Blobs! The feature is available in all regions, both public and private.

March 27, 2018
2 min read

Aerospace and defense leader L3 Technologies selects Azure Government to accelerate innovation

Today we are pleased to announce that L3 Technologies, a leading provider of a broad range of communication, electronic and sensor systems and products used on military, homeland security and commercial platforms, has chosen Microsoft Azure Government as its primary cloud platform for expanding data analytics capabilities, optimizing IT operations, and delivering greater value to customers.