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July 2019
Azure Security Center launched new network recommendations
There are new and updated Azure Security Center networking recommendations.
Introducing promotional pricing for the Basic Linux App Service Plan
We’re excited to introduce a promotional price on the Basic app service plan for Linux, which depending on regional meters in your datacenter of choice, leads to a 66 percent price drop! In addition, we are also now offering a free App Service Plan for Linux, making starting out on App Service easier than ever!
Microsoft adds new features to IPv6 support for Azure VNets
IPv6 for Azure VNETs enables you to expand into the growing mobile and IoT markets with your Azure-based applications and to address IPv4 depletion in your own networks.
Update 19.07 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
The Azure Sphere public preview 19.07 quality release is now available via the Retail Evaluation feed. The Retail Evaluation feed will provide the new OS for 14 days before we release it to the Retail feed. It is meant for backwards compatibility testing.
One Click Integration with Stream Analytics from Event Hubs
With just 1 click, Event Hubs customers can easily visualize incoming streaming data and start writing Stream Analytics query from the Event Hubs portal.
Pattern Matching Function is now available in Stream Analytics
With the new MATCH_RECOGNIZE function, developers can easily define event patterns using regular expressions and aggregate methods to verify and extract values from the match.
Stream Analytics supports output to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2
Azure Stream Analytics now offers output adapter for egress to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2.
Stream Analytics offers native support for Parquet format
Azure Stream Analytics now offers native support for Apache Parquet format when writing to Azure Blob storage or Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2.
Analytics as aggregates is now available in Stream Analytics
Developers can now use aggregates such as SUM, COUNT, AVG, MIN and MAX directly with the OVER clause, without having to define a window.
Authenticate Stream Analytics egress to Azure Blob Storage using managed identities
Now you can authenticate Stream Analytics egress to Azure Blob Storage using managed identities.
Network Performance Monitor is Generally Available in Central India
Network Performance Monitor is now available in Central India region.
Azure Resource Graph is now generally available
Azure Resource Graph, which enables exploration of your resources at scale, is now generally available for all Azure customers.
Introducing the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure provides end-to-end guidance, best practices, documentation, and tools that cloud architects, IT professionals, and business decision makers need to successfully achieve their objectives.
New 48vCPUs Azure Virtual Machine sizes are now available
New 48vCPUs sizes for the Dv3, Dsv3, Ev3, Esv3, Fsv2, and Lsv2 Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) are now available so you can better match your workload requirements.
Azure Stream Analytics now offers native support for Apache Parquet format
Stream Analytics now offers native support for Apache Parquet format when writing to Azure Blob storage.
Cognitive Services Form Recognizer prebuilt capability
Form Recognizer learns the structure of your forms to intelligently extract text and data.
Azure Kinect DK is now generally available in the United States and China
Azure Kinect DK is a developer kit with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) sensors for building sophisticated computer vision and speech models.
Azure Container Registry—Support for scheduling in Container Registry Tasks
Container Registry Tasks, which supports cloud build and graph execution of containers, now supports automated scheduling.
Azure Container Registry—Self diagnostic health check support in the Azure CLI
Easily self-diagnose the most common issues with registry connectivity using Azure Container Registry Health Check APIs.
A new set of Azure SDKs is now available in preview
A new set of libraries for working with Azure Storage, Cosmos DB, Key Vault, and Event Hubs in Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and C# is now available in preview.
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