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RSS feedFebruary 2016
Azure HDInsight leverages new generation of D-Series instances
Azure HDInsight is now available on Dv2-Series instances, which offer CPUs that run up to 35 percent faster than the current D-Series.
December 2015
Azure HDInsight supports latest projects from Apache Hadoop
Azure HDInsight now supports the latest projects from Apache Hadoop.
October 2015
General availability: Apache Hadoop on Linux in HDInsight
You can now select Linux clusters when deploying Apache Hadoop workloads in Azure HDInsight and more easily move existing Hadoop workloads into the cloud with an expanded set of open source, big data components running managed Hadoop in Azure.
July 2015
Public preview: Apache Spark for Azure HDInsight
Apache Spark for Azure HDInsight provides a fast and easy way to run interactive data analysis on large data sets.
April 2015
HDInsight: HBase cluster type supports cluster scaling
Seamlessly add or remove nodes to your HBase cluster while it is running by using the Cluster Scaling feature.
February 2015
General availability: Apache Storm on HDInsight
Apache Storm on Azure HDInsight is available, and it makes doing real-time analytics simple.
Updated Visual Studio tools for Apache Hive
Visual Studio Tools are updated for Apache Hive.
Generally availability: Cluster scaling for HDInsight
HDInsight supports cluster scaling without deleting or re-creating the clusters.
General availability: HDInsight 3.2 supports Hadoop 2.6 and HDP 2.2
Hortonworks Data Platform 2.2 with Hadoop 2.6 is now generally available in Azure HDInsight.
January 2015
Azure Websites integration with HDInsight for weblog analytics
All customers who deploy their websites and web apps by using Azure Websites can generate weblogs that track all HTTP transactions and errors in detail.
General Availability: Script Action for Azure HDInsight
You can now customize your Azure HDInsight clusters with projects that are available from the Apache Hadoop ecosystem.
December 2014
Microsoft Avro Library updated to include C# code generator
Microsoft Avro Library includes a code generation tool that enables the conversion of JSON schemas into C# types.
November 2014
New regions for HDInsight: Japan East, Australia East, and Australia Southeast
HDInsight has expanded its geographical presence to three new regions: Japan East, Australia East, and Australia Southeast.
HDInsight Cluster Customization by using Script Action
HDInsight clusters can now be customized to run a variety of Hadoop projects, including Spark and R Modules, by using Script Action.
HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio
HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio: Write Hive queries and view Hive jobs right from Visual Studio.
Public Preview: Azure Operational Insights
Operational Insights is an Azure-based service that is tailored for IT operations teams. It leverages the power of Azure HDInsight to glean machine data across environments, and turns the data into real-time operational intelligence to enable better-informed business decisions.
October 2014
Public Preview: Hortonworks and Cloudera images in the Marketplace
You now have the ability to run your Big Data Hadoop workloads as a preconfigured Azure VM, using your choice of Cloudera Enterprise or Hortonworks HDP operating on Linux.
Preview: Azure HDInsight delivering stream and hybrid processing
With the public preview of Apache Storm clusters, HDInsight can now also process real-time events. In addition, we’ve teamed up with Hortonworks to deliver hybrid data connectors between on-premises and cloud deployments.
Virtual Network (VNET) support for HDInsight is now generally available
Virtual Network (VNet) support for HDInsight is now generally available. In addition to HBase clusters, now you can provision Hadoop clusters in a VNet. HDInsight supports deploying only into a location-based VNet.
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