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August 2019
The service principal is now available for Power BI Embedded
Service principal allows you to access resources or perform operations using Power BI API without the need for a user to sign in or have a Power BI Pro license.
New tool for automating load testing of Power BI Embedded capacities now available
A tool for automating load testing of Power BI Embedded capacities helps you understand how much user load your capacity can handle when used. It uses PowerShell to create automated load tests against your capacities, and lets you choose which reports to test and how many concurrent users to simulate.
Recent Rendering performance improvements now available in Power BI Embedded
Power BI Embedded recently improved performance in two key areas: embedding different reports into the same iframe and query caching for embedded reports.
New filters experience is available in Power BI Embedded
The new Power BI filters experience is available in Power BI Embedded and in embedded reports as well. The new experience has an updated design and useful features, such as hide, lock, and rename filters.
New region: Johannesburg (South Africa North) now supports Power BI Embedded
This new region allows customers to locate their Power BI Embedded deployments closer to their data sources, either in Azure or on-premises, enabling faster data refresh performance and lower networking egress costs.
Email notifications available for Azure Government alerts
You can now set up email notifications for Azure Government alerts.
New PowerShell scripts to streamline Azure Monitor Logs query and data collection
Two new scripts are available now in PowerShell Gallery to streamline the query and collection of logs into Azure Monitor Logs.
FastTrack for Azure
FastTrack for Azure is a customer success program for organizations with cloud projects that enables the rapid, effective design and deployment of solutions. It includes tailored guidance from Azure engineers that leverages proven practices and architectural guides.
Azure SignalR Service introduces Event Grid integration feature
Announcing a new Azure SignalR Service feature that enables the service to publish client events to Event Grid. SignalR applications can subscribe and respond to these client events without the need for a dedicated app server for these events.
Azure Monitor Application Insights Status Monitor v2 is now generally available
Announcing Application Insights Status Monitor v2 is now generally available.
Azure IoT Edge support in Azure DevOps Project and Azure Pipelines
We're excited to announce that IoT Edge support in Azure DevOps Project and Azure Pipelines is generally available. Developers can easily set up CI/CD pipelines for IoT Edge projects with best practices.
Azure Migrate is now available in Australia, Canada, India, and Japan
Azure Migrate now supports the creation of migration projects in Australia, Canada, India, and Japan geographies.
Disaster recovery of Azure Disk Encryption-enabled virtual machines
Azure Site Recovery now supports disaster recovery for Azure Disk Encryption-enabled virtual machines without Azure Active Directory app.
Azure Firewall feature updates for July 2019
Here are the Azure Firewall feature updates for July 2019.
Azure Blob Storage on IoT Edge is now generally available
Azure Blob Storage on IoT Edge is a lightweight, Azure-consistent IoT module that provides local block blob storage and enables you to automatically upload data to Azure from your local block blob storage using deviceToCloudUpload properties.
Navigator now provides dependency mapping and change analysis in App Service Diagnostics
Navigator is now available in App Service Diagnostics for Windows web apps. Navigator provides a centralized view of an app and its dependencies along with changes made over time.
New budgets creation experience is now available
We are excited to announce the release of a new budgets creation experience for all customers.
Azure API Management updates for August
This month's API Management service update includes improvements to the OpenAPI specification, metrics, and Azure portal.
Azure Backup is available in new Azure regions
Azure Backup is now available in West India, UAE Central, UAE North, South Africa North, and South Africa West Azure regions.
Audit logging in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is now generally available
Use audit logging to investigate suspicious API requests, collect statistics, or create monitoring alerts for unwanted API calls.
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