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.
Announcements
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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.
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…
Azure IoT Hub is driving down the cost of IoT
Customers rely on the Azure IoT Hub service and love the scale, performance, security, and reliability it provides for connecting billions of IoT devices sending trillions of messages.
Introducing a new way to purchase Azure monitoring services
Today customers rely on Azure’s application, infrastructure, and network monitoring capabilities to ensure their critical workloads are always up and running.
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…
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.
Announcing the general availability of Azure Files share snapshot
It has been an exciting last few months since we announced the public preview of Azure Files share snapshot as we see our customers experiencing out-of-the-box snapshot capabilities for their Azure file shares.
Announcing HTTP/2 support in Azure App Service
The Azure App Service team is happy to announce the global deployment of support for the HTTP/2 protocol for all apps hosted on App Service. HTTP/2 has been the top customer request we have received, and we are excited to light up support!
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
Azure Monitor–General availability of multi-dimensional metrics APIs
Today we are pleased to announce the GA of multi-dimensional metrics in Azure Monitor, Microsoft’s built-in platform monitoring service for Azure.
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.