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February 2020

Feb 20

Azure Sphere update 20.01 is now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Sphere update 20.01 is now available in the retail feed. This update includes enhancements to the OS and SDK to further strengthen the security of devices at customer sites and ensure supportability.

  • Azure Sphere
  • SDK and Tools
  • Operating System
Feb 4

The Azure Sphere Preview 20.01 release is now available for retail evaluation

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure Sphere Preview 20.01 release is now available via the retail evaluation feed. Verify that your applications and devices operate properly with this release before it is deployed broadly in 14 days.

  • Azure Sphere
  • SDK and Tools
  • Operating System

December 2019

Dec 6

Azure Sphere update 19.11 is now available via retail feed

IN PREVIEW

The Azure Sphere preview, OS version 19.11, is now available via the retail feed. This release includes a quality release of the OS along with two new features for application development—an SDK for Linux and a Visual Studio Code extension.

  • Azure Sphere
  • SDK and Tools
  • Operating System
Dec 2

Update 19.11 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation

IN PREVIEW

The Azure Sphere public preview 19.11 quality release is now available via the retail evaluation feed. The retail evaluation is meant for backwards compatibility testing. Use the retail evaluation feed to verify production-signed applications against the new release before we deploy it broadly on the retail feed.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Operating System

November 2019

Nov 7

Update 19.10 for Azure Sphere now available

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure Sphere public preview 19.10 quality release of the OS is now available via the Retail feed. The 19.10 release also includes a new Azure Sphere SDK with some significant capability enhancements.

  • Azure Sphere
  • SDK and Tools
  • Operating System
Nov 1

Azure Sphere will be generally available in February 2020

IN PREVIEW

Azure Sphere will be generally available in February 2020. General availability will mark our readiness to fulfill our security promise at scale, and to put the power of Microsoft’s expertise to work for our customers every day.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Security
  • Pricing & Offerings

October 2019

Oct 23

Update 19.10 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation

IN PREVIEW

The Azure Sphere public preview 19.10 quality release is now available via the retail evaluation feed. The retail evaluation is meant for backwards compatibility testing. Use the retail evaluation feed to verify production-signed applications against the new release before we deploy it broadly on the retail feed.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Operating System
Oct 23

Changes are coming to the Azure Sphere SDK in the next release

IN PREVIEW

The next release of the Azure Sphere SDK will bring significant enhancements in response to great feedback from the community.

  • Azure Sphere
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
Oct 9

Azure Sphere 19.09 release adds new use cases for enterprise customers

IN PREVIEW

Update 19.09 for Azure Sphere public preview now available in Retail feed

  • Azure Sphere
  • SDK and Tools
  • Operating System

September 2019

Sep 25

Azure Sphere Preview—Update 19.09 is now available for evaluation

IN PREVIEW

The Azure Sphere Preview 19.09 feature release is now available via the retail evaluation feed. The retail evaluation is meant for backwards compatibility testing. Use the retail evaluation feed to verify production-signed applications against the new release before we deploy it broadly on the retail feed.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Operating System

July 2019

Jul 31

The latest update to Azure Sphere (in preview) is now available in the retail feed

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Operating System
Jul 17

Update 19.07 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Operating System
Jul 8

Update 19.06 for Azure Sphere public preview now available in Retail feed

IN PREVIEW

The Azure Sphere public preview 19.06 quality release is now available via the Retail feed.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Operating System

June 2019

Jun 24

Update 19.06 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Operating System

May 2019

May 31

Azure Sphere 19.05 Release Unlocks new features in the MT3620

IN PREVIEW

Update 19.05 for Azure Sphere public preview now available in Retail feed

  • Azure Sphere
  • SDK and Tools
  • Operating System
May 16

Update 19.05 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Operating System
May 10

Background on Azure Sphere tenant concept

IN PREVIEW

An Azure Sphere tenant provides a secure way for your organization to remotely manage its Azure Sphere devices in isolation from other customers’ devices.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Features

April 2019

Apr 24

Update 19.04 for Azure Sphere public preview now available in Retail feed

IN PREVIEW

The Azure Sphere public preview 19.04 quality release is available today via the Retail feed.

  • Azure Sphere
  • Operating System
Apr 10

Update 19.04 for Azure Sphere public preview now available for evaluation

IN PREVIEW

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 Sphere
  • Operating System
Apr 3

Azure Security Center for IoT in public preview

IN 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.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Azure Sphere
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Security

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