New Azure Data Factory self-paced hands-on lab for UI
Announcing a new self-paced hands-on Lab for the Azure Data Factory UI to visually build scale-out data pipelines in the cloud using ADF V2.
Announcements
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…
Azure ExpressRoute updates – New partnerships, monitoring and simplification
Azure ExpressRoute allows enterprise customers to privately and directly connect to Microsoft’s cloud services, providing a more predictable networking experience than traditional internet…
Comprehensive monitoring for Azure Site Recovery now generally available
A new, intuitive and simplified monitoring experience for Azure Site Recovery is now available through the Azure portal. This blog post introduces the new monitoring experience and shows you how it can help you understand your current disaster recovery posture.
Azure Search enterprise security: Data encryption and user-identity access control
Effective immediately, Azure Search now supports encryption at rest for all incoming data indexed on or after January 24, 2018…
Open AI ecosystem advances as Preferred Network adds Chainer support to ONNX AI Format
In September we introduced the Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) format Microsoft co-created to increase interoperability and reduce friction for developing and deploying AI.
Maximize your VM’s Performance with Accelerated Networking – now generally available for both Windows and Linux
We are happy to announce that Accelerated Networking (AN) is generally available (GA) and widely available for Windows and the latest distributions of Linux providing up to 30Gbps in networking…
“Secure transfer required” is available in Azure Storage account
“Secure transfer required” feature is now supported in Azure Storage account.
Price reductions on General Purpose Virtual Machines
We believe in providing the most innovative cloud offering, yet have a longstanding commitment to match AWS on price drops.
Azure Database Migration Service announcement at //build
Today at //BUILD, Microsoft announced a limited preview of the Azure Database Migration Service which will streamline the process for migrating on-premises databases to Azure.