Updates Archives
Monthly updates for January 2015
Improvements to personalization in the Azure preview portal
Read about improvements to personalization in the Azure preview portal.
Preview: Azure SQL Database Row-Level Security
Row-Level Security is a programmable security feature that can be implemented in databases to enable fine-grained access over rows in a table.
Application Insights support for Windows Phone and Windows Store
Application Insights adds a landing page and improved visualizations for Windows Phone and Windows Store Apps.
Public Preview: Azure Active Directory Connect Health
Azure AD Connect Health helps you monitor your on-premises identity infrastructure.
Public Preview: Multifactor authentication per application
Conditional access policies can be created with Azure Active Directory Premium to enforce multifactor authentication for users and groups trying to access specific applications.
General Availability: Content Protection for Azure Media Services
Content Protection for Azure Media Services offers static and dynamic encryption with PlayReady license delivery and an AES 128-bit key delivery service.
Public Preview: API Management Premium with VPN, geo-distribution, and Azure Active Directory support
The Premium tier of API Management simplifies massive scale and high availability.
Azure Websites integration with HDInsight for weblog analytics
All customers who deploy their websites and web apps by using Azure Websites can generate weblogs that track all HTTP transactions and errors in detail.
General Availability: Script Action for Azure HDInsight
You can now customize your Azure HDInsight clusters with projects that are available from the Apache Hadoop ecosystem.
Easily enable Operational Insights for Azure virtual machines
Quickly enable Azure Operational Insights on your virtual machines by using Windows PowerShell or the Azure management portal.
General Availability: Azure SQL Database V12 service version
Azure SQL Database V12 introduces near-complete SQL Server engine compatibility, greater support for larger databases, and expanded performance with Azure Premium service.
G-Series Support in US East 2
You can now deploy G-Series Virtual Machines in either US West or US East 2
General Availability: G-Series for Virtual Machines
The G-Series provides more memory and more local solid state drive (SSD) storage than other Azure virtual machine sizes.
Public Preview: Azure Key Vault
Azure Key Vault offers an easy, cost-effective way to safeguard keys and other sensitive data that is used by cloud applications and services.
Now available: Azure Media Services Live Streaming with Content Protection and DRM
The same live streaming and content protection solutions that delivered the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 FIFA World Cup to broadcasters around the world is now available.
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