Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2019
Azure Lab Services update: Address range feature now available
In Azure Lab Services, we now added the ability to provide address range of virtual machines for the labs.
Workload Importance for Azure SQL Data Warehouse is now generally available
Workload Management Classification and Importance provide the ability to influence the run order of queries.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift now available
Azure Red Hat OpenShift, a fully managed Red Hat OpenShift service, jointly operated with Red Hat is now available.
App Service support for Java 11 (Linux and Windows) is now available
App Service now supports Java 11 for both Linux and Windows
Azure App Service new full screen experience is now available
App Service is offering a new, full screen experience that simplifies the application creation and publishing workflow.
New-and-improved SAP connector is now generally available
The SAP connector for Logic Apps enables bidirectional integration of data between SAP and other LOB applications or SaaS. The connector works with SAP's classical releases such R/3, ECC systems on-premises. The connector also enables integration with the SAP's newer HANA based SAP systems such as S/4 HANA, wherever they are hosted - on premises or in the cloud.
Improved distributed tracing of serverless applications built with Functions and API Management is now available
We have improved observability of serverless applications built with Functions and API Management – allowing you to easily monitor, debug, and maintain them with Application Insights.
Expose a Function App via API Management by linking it to a new or existing API is now available
We have simplified the publishing and consumption experience of API-based Function Apps. You can now easily manage them with API Management from the Function Apps’ own interface in the Azure portal.
IoT Central introduces capabilities for rules and alerts, visualization, personalization & more
IoT Central is introducing new capabilities that are designed to simplify IoT Central for developers and enable integration to a customer’s existing enterprise and line of business solutions by enabling more seamless integration to a customer’s existing enterprise and line of business solutions.
Microsoft Authentication Library for .NET
.NET developers can use MSAL.NET to securely sign-in and authenticate any Microsoft identity (Azure AD and Microsoft Accounts) and call Microsoft Graph or other APIs.
Azure IoT Edge 1.0.7 release is now available
The 1.0.7 update of Azure IoT Edge fixes connectivity issues, introduces a troubleshooting tool, and is the first version which is generally available on Windows.
Azure Shared Image Gallery is now generally available
Azure Shared Image Gallery makes it easier to manage, share and distribute custom virtual machine (VM) images in Azure. Shared Image Gallery is now generally available in all public cloud regions.
Azure ExpressRoute is generally available in eight additional locations
Azure ExpressRoute lets you extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud over a private connection facilitated by a connectivity provider. The ExpressRoute footprint is expanding to eight new locations.
New series of Azure Bot Framework enhancements now available
Azure Bot Service, built on Microsoft Bot Framework, makes it easier to develop bots and intelligent agents. New enhancements include: Adaptive dialogs enable developers to create more sophisticated, dynamic conversations.
Language Understanding now has analytics dashboard
Language Understanding service makes it easier to build language models by extending roles to all entity types, dynamic lists, and providing a new analytics dashboard.
Microsoft Authentication Library for Javascript
Developers building a Single Page Javascript App can use MSAL.js to securely sign-in and authenticate any Microsoft identity (Azure AD and Microsoft Accounts) and call Microsoft Graph or other APIs.
QnA Maker now supports multi-turn dialogs
QnA Maker now can handle multi-turn conversation and is even more simple to deploy without code
Unified application registration experience
Register, configure and manage all your apps in the new application registration blade in the Azure portal.
Azure AD support in GitHub Enterprise
GitHub Enterprise customers can synchronize groups of users with Azure AD to leverage existing infrastructure.
Adaptive application controls - changing a VM group membership
Adaptive application controls - changing a VM group membership
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