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June 2019
Premium Live Encoder now supports streaming at 1080p and 30 frames per second
The Premium Live Encoder for Azure Media Services now allows you to live encode streaming content at a resolution of 1080p and up to 30 frames per second.
Azure Application Gateway Web Application Firewall custom rules are now Generally Available
Custom Rules for Azure Application Gateway Web Application Firewall are now generally available.
Power BI Embedded analytics accessibility improvements for application users
We've added some accessibility improvements to applications using Power BI Embedded analytics that will help users of applications have additional ways to interact with Power BI Embedded visuals. These improvements include keyboard navigation, title attribution, and tabbing.
‘Key influencers’ AI visual is now available in Power BI Embedded analytics to help users identify what factors influence a KPI
The Key influencers visual surfaces what factors influence a KPI. For example, users may want to analyze what factors impact user satisfaction of a product. Factors that can impact this KPI can be the type of product they bought, the price, or even if the user is a first-time buyer vs a returning customer. You can embed this visualization into your own application with Power BI Embedded.
Upload Datasets only with Power BI Embedded analytics ‘Import’ API
Using the Power BI Import API, developers can uncouple the dataset and report so they can upload just the dataset to a workspace. Developers use the 'skipreport' parameter to upload only the dataset in cases where they do not want to also upload the report to the workspace.
Power BI REST API with ‘Try-it’ tool allows you to try APIs without any code
Anyone with a Power BI license can now log into the account to see how the Power BI REST API works, get information, or perform operation on Power BI artifacts you have access to - without writing any code using the Power BI REST API Try-it Tool. With five simple steps, users are able to try capabilities of the Power BI REST API without writing code.
Spatial Operations for Azure Maps are now generally available
Spatial Operations provides applications enhanced location intelligence with a library of common geospatial mathematical calculations, (notably within the IoT space), including services such as geofencing, closest point and point in polygon.
High-Performance Computing Virtual Machines are now available in West US 2, East US
HC-series Virtual Machines, designed to provide supercomputer-grade performance and scalability with the best price-performance on the public cloud, are now generally available in West US 2 and East US.
Cognitive Services Text Analytics' Named Entity Recognition is now available
We are happy to announce the general availability of Named Entity Recognition supporting English and Spanish languages as part of Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics API.
FastTrack for Azure
FastTrack for Azure brings proven practices, design principles and tools from engineering and real customer experiences to guide customers from design, configuration, and development to production.
General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in China (China East2 and China North2)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available in China, in both China East2 and China North2.
Media Services is now available in Korea Region
Media Services is now available in Korea Central and Korea South.
Azure DevTest Labs: Configure a shared image gallery in your lab
Azure DevTest Labs now lets you configure a shared image gallery in your lab
Azure Monitor for Containers - Updates on Windows AKS Support, UI enhancement, and Node Storage Capacity
New features updates for Azure Monitor for Containers for Node Storage, Windows AKS support, and UI enhancements
May 2019
Web Application Firewall (WAF) for Azure Front Door service is now generally available
Web Application Firewall (WAF) for Azure Front Door service is now generally available. Customers can use WAF to define security policies that allow, block, forward or rate limit access to their web applications delivered through Azure Front Door.
Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in West US 2
Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in West US 2. Around the world, it's available in seven public regions.
Log Analytics Agent for Linux 1.10 now available
The Log Analytics Agent for Linux v1.10 release is available, and contains important stability and reliability improvements.
Azure Monitor for VMs has a new data set for bound ports
The VMBoundPort data set is now available for Azure Monitor for VMs customers in all supported Log Analytics workspace regions, including East US and West Europe.
Azure Monitor AIOps alerts with Dynamic Thresholds is now generally available
With Dynamic Thresholds you no longer need to manually identify and set thresholds for alerts. The alert rule leverages advanced Machine Learning (ML) capabilities to learn metrics' historical behavior, identify patterns and anomalies that indicate possible service issues.
Advanced filtering generally available in Event Grid
Event Grid advanced filters are now GA with no restriction on the number of nested keys (e.g. Data.Key1.Key2…KeyN).
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