Updates Archives
Monthly updates for September 2018
Azure IoT Central is now available
Azure IoT Central is now generally available. Built on the Microsoft Cloud, Azure IoT Central is a market differentiated software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, designed to enable the rapid innovation, design, configuration, and integration of smart products with enterprise-grade systems and applications. Stay ahead of the competition and deliver smart products that delight your customers with a solution that helps to reduce your go-to-market cycle and increases the speed at which you can innovate.
Preview: Advanced Threat Protection for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
We are excited to announce the preview of Advanced Threat Protection for Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Preview: Advanced Threat Protection for Azure Database for MySQL
We are excited to announce the preview of Advanced Threat Protection for Azure Database for MySQL.
C# UDF for Azure Stream Analytics on IoT Edge now in preview
C# user-defined functions (UDF) support for Azure Stream Analytics on IoT Edge is now available in preview.
Azure Load Balancer TCP resets on idle in preview
Now in preview, Azure Load Balancer supports sending of bidirectional TCP resets on idle timeout for load balancing rules, inbound NAT rules, and outbound rules.
Azure Premium Blob Storage now in preview
Azure Blob Storage introduces a new performance tier—Premium Blob Storage, complimenting the existing hot, cool, and archive tiers.
Azure Container Registry tasks
Azure Container Registry tasks, previously known as Azure Container Registry build, enables inner-loop development in the cloud with on-demand container image builds.
Enhancement for Map Control for Azure Maps now available
Azure Maps is a portfolio of geospatial APIs that allows developers to build solutions with up-to-date geocoding, routing, IP geolocation, and other location-based services. An improved Map Control API with new features designed to enable intuitive and insightful data layering and visualizations is now available.
Avere vFXT for Azure
The Avere vFXT for Azure is a high-performance cache for HPC workloads that provides low-latency access to Azure compute from Azure Blob and file-based storage locations.
Azure Data Studio is now available
Previously released under the name of SQL Operations Studio, Azure Data Studio offers a modern editor experience for managing data across multiple sources with fast intellisense, code snippets, source control integration, and an integrated terminal. Azure Data Studio is engineered with the data platform user in mind, with built-in charting of query result-sets and customizable dashboards.
Azure Container Registry—Helm repositories in preview
As customers deploy multi-container applications, Helm has evolved as the defacto standard to describe Kubernetes-based applications. With Helm repositories, customers can push their Helm Charts to Azure Container Registry, providing a single source of truth for their images and deployment definitions running in Kubernetes.
Azure Container Registry—Open Container Initiative (OCI) support in preview
Azure Container Registry now supports OCI image format. Using projects like BuildKit, build and push OCI formatted container images.
Azure Container Registry tasks—Multi-step capability now in preview
Use Azure Container Registry tasks, now in preview, to define a series of steps to build, test, and validate your containers before they're deployed.
New Logic Apps extension for Visual Studio Code
A new Logic Apps extension for Visual Studio Code is now available in preview that enables developers to do more with a first-party development experience.
Azure Functions—Functions runtime 2.0 now generally available
The cross platform and improved Azure Functions runtime is now generally available, allowing you to use your cross-platform .NET Core assets within your Functions apps.
Azure Functions, Consumption plan for Linux - Public Preview
Azure Functions will now support consumption plan for deploying to Linux.
Azure Functions—Python support in preview
Azure Functions now supports Python development using Python 3.6 on the Functions v2 (cross-platform) runtime.
Developer tools enhancements for Apache Spark on Azure HDInsight
We're bringing several exciting new enhancements to developer tools for Apache Spark on Azure HDInsight.
New updates to Azure Machine Learning in preview
Several new capabilities for Azure Machine Learning are now available in preview.
Microsoft Bot Framework V4 SDK is now generally available
Microsoft Bot Framework V4 SDK is now generally available, providing a highly modular and extensible architecture, enabling developers to pick specific components that come with the SDK.
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