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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.
March 2017
Traffic Manager available only in the Azure portal from April 3
Starting April 3, 2017, the Azure Traffic Manager service will be available only in the Azure portal.
January 2016
Preview: Azure App Service cloning now available between regions
Now you can clone an existing web app to a newly created app in a different region or in the same region.
June 2015
General availability: Azure Key Vault
Key Vault is generally available to help cloud application developers safeguard keys and other secrets.
April 2015
Public preview: Network Resource Provider APIs released
Manage your Azure network resources by using new REST-based Resource Provider APIs.
October 2014
General Availability: Traffic Manager Nested Profiles
Traffic Manager Nested Profiles enable you to create more flexible and powerful load balancing and failover schemes to support the needs of larger, more complex deployments.
September 2014
Azure pricing updates
We are lowering public list prices for many higher-level Azure services by 27 percent or more. For specifics, see the table. We’re also adjusting rates for our commitment plans—and introducing a new six-month offer.
Azure PowerShell 0.8.8
The new release adds support for Role-based access control, SQL Database auditing support in Azure Resource Manager mode and more
June 2014
Traffic Manager support for weighted traffic distribution
Azure Traffic Manager’s round robin load-balancing method now supports weights.
Azure PowerShell 0.8.3
This PowerShell release includes updates for Web Sites, Traffic Manager, and individual cmdlets.
May 2014
Azure PowerShell 0.8.1 and 0.8.2
New support for Managed Cache, Azure Automation, Traffic Manager and the Anti-Malware Cloud Service extension.
Traffic Manager support for external endpoints
Manage traffic for endpoints that live inside or outside of Azure.
March 2014
Azure Traffic Manager now supports Azure Web Sites
Manage and load balance Azure Web Sites with Azure Traffic Manager. Available for all Standard websites.
January 2014
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.
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