Updates Archives
Monthly updates for December 2017
December update for Azure IoT Edge
The December update for Azure IoT Edge contains improvements to the runtime, portal, and documentation.
Preview: Azure SDK for Go 12.0.0
Preview version 12.0.0-beta of the Azure SDK for Go is now available to help you use Azure services from Go applications. To get it, run `go get -u github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/...` or use dep.
Azure DevTest Labs: Set up internal support information for your lab
Set up internal support information for your lab.
General availability: Azure CNI plug-in
Azure CNI allows your containers to be part of an Azure Virtual Network and leverage the rich set of capabilities that a virtual network offers.
Azure Bot Service and Language Understanding (LUIS)
Microsoft Cognitive Services and Azure Bot Service enable you to augment the next generation of chatbots with the ability to see, hear, speak, understand, and interpret needs using natural methods of communication. Language Understanding (LUIS) and Azure Bot Service are both now generally available on the Azure portal.
PHP updated to latest versions for App Service
In January 2018, Azure App Service will update the PHP stacks to the latest available versions.
Azure Active Directory Domain Services supports Azure CSP subscriptions
Azure Active Directory Domain Services now supports Azure CSP subscriptions.
GUID migration: Managed Disks and Blob storage
As of December 6, 2017, consumption for Managed Disks and consumption for Blob storage are measured using separate GUIDs.
Azure Archive Storage and blob-level tiering
Azure Archive Storage is now generally available. Archive storage will provide a cold storage option for customers interested in lowering their storage costs for long term data that's rarely accessed.
Media Services SDKs for Java and PHP support Azure Active Directory Authentication
Azure Media Services client SDKs for both Java and PHP now support Azure Active Directory authentication.
Azure Cosmos DB Network Security—New IP Firewall rule
We now support a new firewall rule that will allow you to limit access to your Azure Cosmos DB account from services deployed in Azure.
Azure Cosmos DB Graph API
The Azure Cosmos DB Graph API now supports the Apache Tinkerpop recommended Gremlin framework PHP.
M-Series virtual machines now available
The highest performing Azure virtual machines (VMs) to date, the M-Series, are now available.
ND and NCv2 virtual machines now available
ND and NCv2 virtual machines (VMs), as announced at Build 2017, are now available.
Azure IoT Central
Azure IoT Central is a fully managed SaaS offering for customers and partners that enables powerful IoT scenarios without requiring cloud solution expertise.
Automation runbooks available in action groups to take actions from alerts
You can run an Automation runbook when an alert triggers an action group on an Azure resource. This capability extends the actions you can take in response to the alert.
Azure portal update for classic portal users
To provide a single, streamlined experience for Azure portal users, we will be sunsetting the Azure classic portal on January 8, 2018.
Azure SQL Data Warehouse: Support for SQL Operations Studio
SQL Operations Studio (preview) is a free tool that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, for managing SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse; wherever they're running.
PHP stacks updated to the latest versions
As of December 2017, we have updated the PHP stacks to these latest available versions.
Azure DevTest Labs: Enable custom images with licensing terms
As a lab user, you can now create a custom image from a licensed image (Data science, Bitnami, Kali Linux).
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