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March 2015

Mar 5

Public preview: Media Encoder Premium for Azure Media Services

IN PREVIEW

Media Encoder Premium for Azure Media Services offers new and advanced encoding capabilities, including support for MXF and DVCPRO formats, in addition to 4K AVC, multilanguage audio, closed captioning, deinterlacing, and color conversion.

  • Media Services
  • Pricing & Offerings

January 2015

Jan 29

General Availability: Content Protection for Azure Media Services

NOW AVAILABLE

Content Protection for Azure Media Services offers static and dynamic encryption with PlayReady license delivery and an AES 128-bit key delivery service.

  • Media Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
Jan 1

Now available: Azure Media Services Live Streaming with Content Protection and DRM

NOW AVAILABLE

The same live streaming and content protection solutions that delivered the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 FIFA World Cup to broadcasters around the world is now available.

  • Media Services
  • Features

December 2014

Dec 11

General availability: Live Channels for Azure Media Services

NOW AVAILABLE

Live Channels for Azure Media Services is available and fully supported by the Azure SLA.

  • Media Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features

November 2014

Nov 12

Azure Media Packager and Azure Media Encryptor reach end-of-life

On November 1, 2015, Azure Media Packager and Azure Media Encryptor reach their end-of-life.

  • Media Services
  • Features

September 2014

Sep 10

Preview: Azure Media Services Live Streaming and Content Protection

IN PREVIEW

The same live streaming solution that delivered the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 FIFA World Cup to broadcasters around the world is now available in preview.

  • Media Services
  • Features

April 2014

Apr 3

General Availability: Autoscale

NOW AVAILABLE

The new GA release of Autoscale includes performance- and schedule-based scaling, and you can customize it to scale based on metrics you define.

  • App Service
  • Cloud Services
  • Media Services
  • Virtual Machines
Apr 2

Management Libraries for .NET

NOW AVAILABLE

New management libraries include an SDK that automates how you provision and manage Azure assets.

  • App Service
  • Cloud Services
  • Media Services
  • Scheduler
  • Storage Accounts
  • Virtual Network
  • Management
  • Features

January 2014

Jan 16

ISO Certification expanded to include more Azure services

Azure ISO Certification expanded to include SQL Database, Active Directory, Traffic Manager, Web Sites, BizTalk Services, Media Services, Mobile Services, Service Bus, Multi-Factor Authentication, and HDInsight.

  • Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
  • App Service
  • BizTalk Services
  • Cloud Services
  • HDInsight
  • Media Services
  • Mobile Services
  • Multi-Factor Authentication
  • Service Bus
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Storage Accounts
  • Traffic Manager
  • Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Network
  • Compliance
  • Security

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