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General availability: Azure Network Watcher in Microsoft Azure Germany
Use Azure Network Watcher to monitor, diagnose, and gain insights into network performance and health.
General availability: Azure Network Watcher in Microsoft Azure Government
Use Azure Network Watcher, to monitor, diagnose, and gain insights into network performance and health.
November 2017
Azure Service Health preview: New health alert creation and management
Azure Service Health preview has added a Health Alerts feature where you can create and manage service health alerts.
September 2017
Azure Monitor updates
From Azure Monitor, you will be able to get at-a-glance reporting across your environment on the health and performance of your Azure services.
Public preview: Load Balancer Standard
Load Balancer Standard is in preview. You can use it to create load-balanced deployments with greater scale, resiliency, and ease of use for virtual machine instances inside a virtual network.
July 2017
Azure SQL Data Warehouse: Troubleshoot with the Resource Health check
Reduce troubleshooting time with the upgraded Resource Health check for SQL Data Warehouse.
Logic Apps is ISO, HIPAA, CSA STAR, PCI DSS, SOC, and EU Model Clauses compliant
The Logic Apps feature of Azure App Service is now ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27018, HIPAA, CSA STAR, PCI DSS, SOC, and EU Model Clauses compliant.
Preview: Azure Backup reports through Power BI
Azure Backup reports through Power BI provide the ability to gauge backup health, view restore trends, and understand storage usage patterns across subscriptions and across vaults.
Preview: Azure Service Health
Azure Service Health (Preview) provides personalized guidance and support when issues in Azure services affect you.
June 2017
Azure Traffic Manager—Fast Failover and TCP Probing
Two new features in Azure Traffic Manager are now generally available—Fast Failover and TCP Probing.
General availability: Fast Failover and TCP Probing in Azure Traffic Manager
In Azure Traffic Manager, two new features related to endpoint health are now generally available: Fast Failover and TCP Probing.
Azure SQL Analytics solution preview
SQL Analytics, a solution based on Azure Log Analytics, will help manage and monitor your Azure SQL databases. Get visibility into the health, performance, and usage of your SQL databases using dashboard views, with detailed reporting and alerting built into the solution.
May 2017
Introducing the Azure app (preview)
With the Azure mobile app, you can check status and critical metrics of your Azure resources, get notifications and alerts, and perform simple operations to resolve common issues.
General availability: Azure Network Watcher in all public regions
Use Azure Network Watcher, now in general availability, to monitor, diagnose, and gain insights into network performance and health.
March 2017
General availability: Azure Network Watcher
Use Azure Network Watcher, now in general availability, to monitor, diagnose, and gain insights into network performance and health.
General availability: Azure resource health
Azure resource health is generally available. It helps you diagnose and get support when an Azure issue impacts your resources.
Azure Data Catalog is ISO, CSA STAR, HIPAA, EU Model Clauses compliant
Azure Data Catalog is ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27018, HIPAA, CSA STAR, and EU Model Clauses compliant.
February 2017
Public preview: Azure Network Watcher
Use Azure Network Watcher, now in public preview, to monitor, diagnose, and gain insights into network performance and health.
December 2016
General availability: Azure IoT Hub device management
Azure IoT Hub device management enables IoT developers and operators to harness the power of the Azure hyperscale cloud to organize, monitor, query, and orchestrate changes across billions of devices.
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