Cloud Shell

We are pleased to share that support for HDInsight in Azure CLI is now generally available.

On December 18, 2018, the Azure PowerShell team released the first stable version of “Az,” a new cross-platform PowerShell module that will replace AzureRM. You can install this module by running “Install-Module Az” in an elevated PowerShell prompt.

As a cloud service provider, we understand the importance of maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of customer data. To continue to help you maximize your data security and privacy, we are announcing Customer Lockbox for Microsoft Azure.

Azure Cloud Shell announces an integrated editor in collaboration with Visual Studio Code utilizing the open-source Monaco editor!

Check out what happened last week in Azure: Event Grid became generally available, Ansible pre-installed in Cloud Shell, and more.

As customers grow their deployed application in Azure, we are seeing increased interest in DevOps space for configuration management. In the rapidly evolving cloud space, bringing the on-premises expertise to fluently work in cloud brings increased efficiency.

Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Bash in Azure Cloud Shell. Bash in Cloud Shell provides an interactive web-based, Linux command-line experience from virtually anywhere. Learn more about Bash in Cloud Shell at aka.ms/cloudshell/bash.

Over the past year, the Microsoft Azure team has explicitly focused on removing all barriers for enterprise customers, so that even the most complex technology and policy requirements are uniquely met with Azure.

A few months ago, we started the journey to bring the PowerShell experience to Azure Cloud Shell. Today, that experience enters public preview alongside Bash in Azure Cloud Shell.

Just one month ago, we announced our increased investment in Terraform. It is amazing to see the progress we have already made together with HashiCorp and the Terraform community.