Updates Archives
Monthly updates for February 2018
GUID migration: Stream Analytics
At the end of the current enrollment period, all Stream Analytics jobs will be migrated, and customers will be transitioned to the new pricing model.
Public preview: Azure Backup integration with Azure Files
You can back up file shares automatically based on policy and restore instantly to a point in time by using the Azure portal.
General availability: Application consistent backup for Linux VMs by using Azure Backup
We're excited to announce the general availability of application consistent backup for Linux VMs running in Azure by using Azure Backup.
Visual Studio App Center
Visual Studio App Center will combine multiple services commonly used by mobile developers into a single, integrated product. You'll be able to build, test, distribute, and monitor your mobile apps, and then easily add backend cloud services to scale your app to millions of users on demand.
Analytics Platform System: Hardware refresh available for HPE appliances from May 2018
The Master Reference Architecture for Analytics Platform System will be updated with the latest generation of hardware and will be available in the spring of 2018.
Skip header rows on SQL Data Warehouse PolyBase load
PolyBase in SQL Data Warehouse can now skip header rows on load.
Azure Cosmos DB training webinars
Join us as we explore Azure Cosmos DB in our seven-part training series with interactive question and answer opportunities throughout.
Seamlessly troubleshoot and tune query performance with SQL Data Warehouse
The Graphical Execution Plan feature in SQL Server Management Studio is supported for SQL Data Warehouse.
New option to try out Web App for Containers
Web App for Containers is a fully managed platform to deploy, run, and scale your apps hosted in containers. You can try it out, with no credit card required.
Using Azure Log Analytics and an OMS workspace to monitor Azure backups
You can use your OMS workspace and Log Analytics to monitor Azure backups across Recovery Services vaults and subscriptions.
Azure Security Center—advanced prevention and threat detection
Azure Security Center helps you prevent, detect, and respond to security threats by offering increased visibility into and control over the security of your Azure deployments.
Azure Container Instances: February updates
Recent updates for Azure Container Instances include DNS name label support, streaming logs, and setting restart policies.
Public preview: Automatic OS image updates in virtual machine scale sets
A new capability is in preview: automatic guest OS image updates in scale sets.
Azure Analysis Services available in Central US
Azure Analysis Services is now available in the Central US region.
Av2-series and F-series virtual machines in Azure Stack
Av2-series and F-series virtual machines (VM) are now available for Azure Stack.
Expanded VPN Gateway interoperability
We're expanding support for the VPN Gateway to allow Azure Stack users greater flexibility with their settings.
Azure Stack operator experience feature updates
We're developing new and updated features for the monitoring, diagnostics, and servicing experiences to ensure Azure Stack operators can keep the Azure Stack integrated system running and healthy.
Templated Service Fabric cluster deployments
Templated Service Fabric clusters are now available. This will simplify deployment and operations for Azure Stack users.
Service Fabric on Windows Server and Linux VMs
We’re pleased to share that we're now supporting Service Fabric on your Windows Server and Linux virtual machines (VMs) running in Azure Stack.
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