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Azure Batch updates—December 2019
Learn about the new or enhanced Azure Batch capabilities that were updated in the second half of 2019.
April 2019
Azure Batch updates now available
Here are the latest new or enhanced capabilities for Azure Batch, available now.
June 2018
Azure Batch updates
Here are the latest new or enhanced capabilities for Azure Batch.
November 2017
Name changes: Azure Batch Rendering V-Ray
Effective January 1, 2018, the billing meter name for the Chaos Group V-Ray software will change to reflect the correct name of the software.
October 2017
Azure Batch updates
Learn about recent Batch updates for custom images, virtual networks, low-priority GA, and more.
September 2017
Azure Cloud Shell: New CLI tools added and font-size selection
Microsoft routinely maintains and updates Azure Cloud Shell, including the addition of new CLI tools to improve your productivity. Learn about the CLI tools we recently added.
August 2017
Azure Batch updates
Recent Batch updates for rendering, job task counts, and exposing ports on pool nodes.
July 2017
Azure Batch updates
Application packages can be used with VirtualMachineConfiguration pools, new metrics are available for low-priority VMs, and new template and file transfer capabilities are available in the Azure CLI for Batch.
May 2017
Azure Batch updates for May 2017
Here's a summary of recent updates to Azure Batch.
Azure Batch service—low priority Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)
Low-priority VMs are now available at a large discount compared to regular on-demand VMs.
April 2017
New Azure Batch capabilities
Here's a summary of recent updates to Azure Batch.
October 2016
Support for new VM sizes
N-series and H-series VMs can now be used with Azure Batch.
September 2016
New Azure Batch capabilities
Capabilities have been added to the Azure Batch service: Linux VM support (general availability), Linux MPI, task application packages, virtual network support for Windows VMs, and job auto-completion.
June 2016
New capabilities available on the Azure Batch service
New capabilities added to Azure Batch include support for application packages, Linux compute nodes, and task dependencies; client libraries for Python, Java, and Node.js; and an improved portal experience.
April 2016
January 2016
Azure Batch Service adds MPI and offline node support
Azure Batch Service has added MPI and offline node support.
July 2015
General availability: Azure Batch
Azure Batch makes it easy to run large-scale parallel and high-performance computing workloads in Azure.
May 2015
Azure Batch Service adds job preparation and release task support
Azure Batch Service added Job Preparation and Release Task Support
March 2015
Azure Batch for PowerShell update
Azure PowerShell includes new capabilities to manage Azure Batch services.
Azure Batch client library for .NET updated to 1.2.0
The Batch client library for .NET is updated to 1.2.0 to use Azure Storage Client Library 4.0.0.
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