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September 2018

Sep 28

Azure Managed Disks GUID migration and name changes

Names and resource GUIDs for Azure Managed Disks are changing November 1, 2018.

  • Services
Sep 26

Stream Analytics: Output partitioning to Blob storage by custom date and time formats

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Stream Analytics users can now partition output to Azure Blob storage based on custom date and time formats.

  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Azure Databricks
  • HDInsight
  • Features
Sep 24

Developer tools enhancements for Apache Spark on Azure HDInsight

NOW AVAILABLE

We're bringing several exciting new enhancements to developer tools for Apache Spark on Azure HDInsight.

  • HDInsight
  • Services
Sep 24

HDInsight 4.0 in preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure HDInsight 4.0 Preview is now available, backed by our enterprise-grade SLA.

  • HDInsight
  • Services
Sep 24

Enterprise Security Package for Azure HDInsight generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Enterprise Security Package for Azure HDInsight is now generally available.

  • HDInsight
  • Services
Sep 20

General availability: Event Hubs for Node.js

NOW AVAILABLE

Version 1.0 of the Azure Event Hubs package for Node.js is now generally available.

  • Event Hubs
  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Azure Stream Analytics
  • Azure Monitor
  • SDK and Tools
  • Services
Sep 10

General availability: Event Hubs for Go

NOW AVAILABLE

Version 1.0 of the Azure Event Hubs package for Go is generally available.

  • Event Hubs
  • SDK and Tools
  • Services
  • Features
Sep 4

General availability: Event Hubs for Python

NOW AVAILABLE

Version 1.0 of the Python package for Azure Event Hubs is now generally available.

  • Event Hubs
  • SDK and Tools
  • Services

August 2018

Aug 22

G-series VMs are available in Azure HDInsight

G-series VMs are available in Azure HDInsight.

  • Pricing & Offerings
Aug 20

Kafka 1.1 support on Azure HDInsight

NOW AVAILABLE

HDInsight now supports Kafka 1.1.

  • HDInsight
Aug 20

A_V2 series VMs are available in Azure HDInsight

A_V2 series VMs are available in Azure HDInsight.

  • Pricing & Offerings
Aug 20

Azure HDInsight is now available in South India

Azure HDInsight is now available in South India.

  • Regions & Datacenters
Aug 15

Improvements to meter names and impacts to Power BI content pack reporting

The Microsoft Azure Consumption Insights content pack replaces the Microsoft Azure Enterprise content pack, which will be decommissioned by December 31, 2018.

  • Services

June 2018

Jun 27

Improvements to meter names for Enterprise Agreement customers

Effective August 16, 2018, we’ll introduce improved standardized meter names for Virtual Machines. Meter name changes for all other services will be effective by the end of October 2018.

  • Services
Jun 27

Updates to Hadoop, Spark, and Data Lake Storage Gen2 on Azure HDInsight

NOW AVAILABLE

We’re announcing several new capabilities across a wide range of OSS frameworks and support of Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 on Azure HDInsight.

  • HDInsight
  • Services
  • Features

January 2018

Jan 12

Azure HDInsight—New capabilities and price reductions

NOW AVAILABLE

We recently made several exciting announcements about Azure HDInsight, including a price reduction of up to 52 percent on all workloads on HDInsight, and added an additional 80 percent price reduction for Microsoft R Server add-on.

  • Features

September 2017

Sep 26

Azure HDInsight—Interactive querying and Log Analytics

IN PREVIEW

HDInsight now has two additional features available—HDI Interactive Query, and Azure Log Analytics.

  • HDInsight
  • Log Analytics
  • Azure Monitor
  • Features

June 2017

Jun 30

Apache Kafka on HDInsight with Azure Managed Disks

IN PREVIEW

We're pleased to announce Apache Kafka with Azure Managed Disks Preview on the HDInsight platform. Users will now be able to deploy Kafka clusters with managed disks straight from the Azure portal, with no signup necessary.

  • Managed Disks
  • Features

May 2017

May 2

HDInsight—Cloud-first with Hortonworks Data Platform 2.6

IN PREVIEW

Operating a cloud service like HDInsight, fully managed and backed by enterprise-grade SLA, will enable customers to deploy the latest bits of Hadoop and Spark on demand. To that end, we're excited to announce that the latest Hortonworks Data Platform 2.6 will be continuously available to HDInsight even before its on-premises release.

  • HDInsight
  • Features

April 2017

Apr 26

Web Log Analytics for Azure HDInsight

IN PREVIEW

Azure HDInsight will soon include specific tasks—such as doing Web Log Analytics on Azure Website—in the query console.

  • Log Analytics
  • HDInsight
  • Azure Monitor
  • Features

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