Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2019
New features for Azure Machine Learning are now available
Features include: Model Interpretability - Machine learning interpretability allows data scientists to explain machine learning models globally on all data, or locally on a specific data point using the state-of-art technologies in an easy-to-use and scalable fashion. Machine Learning interpretability incorporates technologies developed by Microsoft and proven third-party libraries (for example, SHAP and LIME).
Visual Studio Subscription with GitHub Enterprise offering
The native integrations of GitHub Enterprise with Visual Studio and Azure DevOps make it easier and faster for your development teams to adopt Git.
Azure now supports GitHub identity single sign-on
GitHub identities are now supported as sign in option to log in to Azure. An existing Microsoft account is no longer needed to sign in to Azure.
Azure now supports GitHub identity single sign-on
GitHub identities are now supported as sign in option to log in to Azure. An existing Microsoft account is no longer needed to sign in to Azure.
Azure Search now supports complex search types
Azure Search now supports complex searches for raw datasets that don’t break down neatly.
User-defined network policy in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now available
A user-defined network policy enables secure network segmentation within Kubernetes, and is now available.
Video Indexer: multiple facial recognition enhancements have been added
Video Indexer has received multiple enhancements for facial recognition scenarios.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) virtual node is now available
AKS virtual node, now available to the public, allows you to elastically provision additional pods inside Container Instances that start in seconds.
Azure SQL Database managed instance SKU recommendation for Data Migration Assistant is now available
Expand the scope of on-premises SQL Server assessments to migrate legacy SQL Server instances to Azure SQL Database managed instances with the new Azure SQL Database SKU recommendation functionality, which is now generally available.
Azure VMware Solutions is now generally available
Run your VMware workloads natively on Azure with Azure VMware Solutions. This new category of Azure services, now available to the public, allows you to deploy your VMware-based applications on a dedicated and bare metal infrastructure in Azure.
Azure Quickstart Center enables new customers to build cloud projects with confidence
The Azure Quickstart Center within the Azure portal enables new customers to use the self-guided approach to build cloud projects and accelerate deployment with ease.
Premium Live Encoder now supports streaming at 1080p and 30 fps
The Premium Live Encoder for Azure Media Services now allows you to live-encode streaming content at a resolution of 1080p and up to 30 frames per second.
The Cognitive Search feature of Azure Search is now available
Cognitive Search is an enrichment pipeline that transforms raw, unstructured content into rich searchable information in an Azure Search index.
Azure App Service (Linux) support for Python is now available
App Service (Linux) now supports Python with built-in support for Python 2.6, 3.6, and 3.7.
Azure SignalR Service support for ASP.NET is now available
Azure SignalR Service support for ASP.NET is now generally available
Cross availability zones support for Azure Service Fabric clusters is now available
Cross availability zones allows Azure Service Fabric customers to have increased reliability via cross availability zone support for Service Fabric clusters.
Azure Container Registry content trust is now available
Azure Container Registry content trust is now available to the public.
Azure Container Registry tag locking policy is now generally available
Tag locking, which allows for building a trusted workflow, is now generally available.
Azure Dev Spaces is now generally available for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Dev Spaces is now generally available for AKS. Use Dev Spaces to rapidly iterate and debug different parts of an application in parallel in the same AKS cluster. Developer teams can test code end-to-end without replicating or mocking-up dependencies.
Azure Serial Console updated with VMSS support and improved language support
You may now use the Serial Console feature to troubleshoot connectivity issues in both VMs and individual VMSS instances in a variety of languages.
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