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May 2019
Improvements to the Azure portal user experience are now available
Announcing exciting updates that improve the user experience in the Azure portal
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.
New services and capabilities in Azure Cognitive Services
New services and capabilities are available in preview through Azure Cognitive Services.
Azure Cognitive Services capabilities that are now generally available
The following Azure Cognitive Services capabilities are now generally available: neural text to speech and computer vision read.
March 2019
Azure portal March 2019 update
Learn about updates to the Azure portal for March 2019, including Virtual Network Gateway overview page changes, new full-screen DNS Zone and Load Balancer create blades, and Azure Management Group integration with Activity Log.
February 2019
Introducing the Azure portal “how to” video series
A new video weekly series highlights specific aspects of the Azure portal so you can be more efficient and productive while deploying your cloud workloads from the portal.
Azure Cost Management is now generally available for EA customers
Azure Cost Management is now generally available for EA customers
Azure Cost Management preview for Azure Government
Announcing Azure Cost Management preview for Azure Government.
Azure Cost Management preview for pay-as-you-go
Azure Cost Management for pay-as-you-go is now in preview.
Azure Portal February 2019 update
Learn about updates made to the Azure portal for February 2019.
January 2019
General availability: Standard Load Balancer and Standard Public IP in Azure Government
Azure Standard Load Balancer and Standard Public IP are now generally available in Azure Government cloud regions.
December 2018
Azure portal December 2018 update
Learn about updates made available to the Azure portal for December 2018.
November 2018
Azure portal November 2018 update
See updates to the Azure portal in November 2018.
October 2018
Azure portal October update
The Azure portal received updates in October 2018.
General availability: Standard Load Balancer in Azure China cloud
Azure Standard Load Balancer is now generally available in Azure China cloud regions.
Limited public preview: Premium blobs in the Azure portal
You can create and manage premium blob storage accounts from the Azure portal. This preview is available in the US East 2, US Central, and US West regions.
September 2018
Azure Cost Management in the Azure Portal preview
Azure Cost Management is in the Azure portal and currently in preview. It's now enabled by default, with improved performance and fuly integrated into the Azure platform.
August 2018
Troubleshoot connectivity issues in a virtual network
The Virtual Network portal blade has been enhanced to troubleshoot connectivity and performance issues or continually monitor your network endpoints from virtual machines (VMs) in a virtual network.
Add HTTPS probes to standard load balancers from the Azure portal
The Azure portal has built-in support to add HTTPS probes to standard load balancers.
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