Identity

Questions about the security of and control over customer data, and where it resides, are on the minds of cloud customers today.

Ansible 2.6 was recently released and I am excited to share with you what’s new for Azure in Ansible 2.6. In total, four new Azure modules were added in addition to over 17 enhancements to our existing modules.

Today, we’re releasing our next update to Workbench, which we’re calling version 1.2.0. You can either deploy a new instance of Workbench through the Azure portal or upgrade your existing deployment to 1.2.0 using our upgrade script.

Keep current on what’s happening in Azure, including what’s now in preview, generally available, news & updates, and more.

Cloud computing is fundamentally changing IT and transforming businesses at an unprecedented pace.

We are pleased to announce that Azure Active Directory is integrated with Spring Security to secure your Java web applications.

An increasing number of developers across the globe use GitHub to host their projects, and many of them use GitHub public repositories for their open source work.

Blockchain is increasingly prevalent as a topic of interest in our conversations with business leaders.

Secured and lifecycle-managed device identity should just be another component of the IoT developers standard toolbox. Microsoft in collaboration with secure silicon partners is making this a reality.

A common challenge in cloud development is managing the credentials used to authenticate to cloud services.

Over the last couple days there has been a lot of public discussion about a current ransomware attack known as WannaCrypt.  This malware has caused customer pain and concern.

New ACS namespace creation will be restricted starting June 30th, 2017. If you need to create an ACS namespace beyond this date, you will need to call Azure customer support.