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Announcements
Stay informed with the latest breakthroughs and innovations in cloud technology, directly from the experts at Microsoft Azure. Our announcements section is your go-to source for new features and pathways to empower your digital transformation.
Azure Databricks – VNet injection, DevOps Version Control and Delta availability
Azure Databricks provides a fast, easy, and collaborative Apache® Spark™-based analytics platform to accelerate and simplify the process of building big data and AI solutions that drive the business forward, all backed by industry-leading SLAs.
Microsoft opens first datacenters in Africa with general availability of Microsoft Azure
Today, I am pleased to announce the general availability of Microsoft Azure from our new cloud regions in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Real-time serverless applications with the SignalR Service bindings in Azure Functions
Since our public preview announcement at Microsoft Ignite 2018, every month thousands of developers worldwide have leveraged the Azure SignalR Service bindings for Azure Functions to add real-time capabilities to their serverless applications.
Azure Databricks – New capabilities at lower cost
Azure Databricks provides a fast, easy, and collaborative Apache Spark™-based analytics platform to accelerate and simplify the process of building big data and AI solutions backed by industry leading SLAs.
Now available: Azure DevOps Server 2019
Following the launch of Azure DevOps in September, we’re pleased to announce the official release of Azure DevOps Server 2019! Previously known as Team Foundation Server (TFS), Azure DevOps Server 2019 brings the power of Azure DevOps into your dedicated environment.
Announcing new Azure Security Center capabilities at RSA 2019
This is an exciting week for us at Microsoft. At RSA Conference 2019, we are announcing new and exciting capabilities in Azure and Microsoft 365. With this blog post, we wanted to share with you what we have been working on for Azure Security Center.
Announcing new capabilities in Azure Firewall
Today we are excited to launch two new key capabilities to Azure Firewall.
Scaling out read workloads in Azure Database for MySQL
For read-heavy workloads that you are looking to scale out, you can use read replicas, which are now generally available to all Azure Database for MySQL users.
Secure server access with VNet service endpoints for Azure Database for MariaDB
Ensure security and limit access to your MariaDB server with the virtual network (VNet) service endpoints now generally available for Azure Database for MariaDB.
Introducing Microsoft Azure Sentinel, intelligent security analytics for your entire enterprise
Security can be a never-ending saga—a chronicle of increasingly sophisticated attacks, volumes of alerts, and long resolution timeframes where today’s Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) products can’t keep pace.
Announcing the general availability of Azure Lab Services
Today, we are very excited to announce the general availability of Azure Lab Services – your computer labs in the cloud.