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July 2019
The latest update to Azure Sphere (in preview) is now available in the retail feed
The latest Azure Sphere preview quality release is now available via the Retail feed. This update fixes a bug that prevented the deletion of production-signed temporary images. Important—Update your development devices to the latest release no later than August 5, 2019.
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.
Update 19.06 for Azure Sphere public preview now available in Retail feed
The Azure Sphere public preview 19.06 quality release is now available via the Retail feed.
June 2019
Update 19.06 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
The Azure Sphere public preview 19.06 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. The Retail OS feed will continue to deliver version 19.05; we plan to upgrade it to 19.06 in two weeks.
May 2019
Azure Sphere 19.05 Release Unlocks new features in the MT3620
Update 19.05 for Azure Sphere public preview now available in Retail feed
Update 19.05 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
The Azure Sphere public preview 19.05 feature release is available today via the Retail Evaluation feed. The regular Retail OS feed will continue to deliver version 19.04; we plan to upgrade it to 19.05 in two weeks.
April 2019
Update 19.04 for Azure Sphere public preview now available in Retail feed
The Azure Sphere public preview 19.04 quality release is available today via the Retail feed.
Update 19.04 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
The Azure Sphere public preview 19.04 quality release is available today via the Retail Evaluation feed. The regular Retail OS feed will continue to deliver version 19.03; we plan to upgrade it to 19.04 in two weeks.
Azure Security Center for IoT in public preview
Azure is now the first major public cloud with end-to-end security for IoT for your devices, hubs and cloud resources. We are adding advanced threat protection for IoT to three key services: Azure Security Center, Azure Sentinel and Azure IoT Hub.
March 2019
Update 19.03 for Azure Sphere public preview now available in Retail feed
The 19.03 release marks the beginning of a planned release schedule of one major feature release and two minor quality releases per quarter.
Update 19.03 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation
We now support both a Retail Evaluation feed and a Retail feed for the Azure Sphere OS.
February 2019
Azure Sphere 19.02 Release
The Azure Sphere 19.02 release is available now. In this release, we focus on broader device capabilities, new reference solutions, and prioritizing features based on feedback.
January 2019
Azure Sphere: Update to the 18.11 release
Today, the Azure Sphere team is releasing an update to the 18.11 release.
Azure Sphere - Anatomy of a secured MCU
Azure Sphere is an end-to-end solution that contains three complementary components that provide a secured IoT platform.
November 2018
Update 18.11 for Azure Sphere in public preview
We are pleased to announce the 18.11 update to the Azure Sphere Operating System, Azure Sphere Security Service, and Visual Studio development environment.
Upcoming Azure Sphere 18.11 release
We plan to publish the 18.11 release of Azure Sphere during the week of November 12. This release includes substantial investments in our security infrastructure, and it incorporates user feedback.
October 2018
Background on Azure Sphere tenant concept
An Azure Sphere tenant provides a secure way for your organization to remotely manage its Azure Sphere devices in isolation from other customers’ devices.
September 2018
Azure Sphere services are in public preview and dev kits are broadly available
Azure Sphere is an IoT offering from Microsoft that enables manufacturers to create highly-secured, internet-connected microcontroller (MCU) devices. The first Azure Sphere dev kit is now available, and the Azure Sphere Security Service, Operating System, and Visual Studio development tools for Azure Sphere are now in preview.
May 2018
Azure Sphere
Azure Sphere is an industry-first solution that combines the power of a new class of microcontroller (MCU) with built-in security, a purpose-built OS that’s optimized for security and agility, and a cloud security service that guards every device.
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