Updates Archives
Monthly updates for October 2015
Azure API Management and Azure Event Hubs integration
We are excited to announce the new Azure Event Hubs integration features of API Management. API Management provides a number of analytics reports out-of-the-box, but for deeper customized analysis, monitoring, or troubleshooting, you can now configure your API Management service to log data in the form of events to Azure Event Hubs.
Public preview: Azure Resource Health
Azure Resource Health discloses the health of Azure resources to help quickly identify the root cause of an issue.
Public preview: Azure Data Lake Store
Azure Data Lake Store provides a single repository where you can simply capture data of any size, type, and speed—without forcing changes to your application as the data scales.
Public preview: Azure Data Lake Analytics
Azure Data Lake Analytics dynamically scales so you can focus on your business goals. Instead of deploying, configuring, and tuning hardware, you write queries to transform your data and help extract valuable insights.
General availability: Dynamic Data Masking for Azure SQL Database
Dynamic Data Masking for Azure SQL Database limits the exposure of sensitive data by masking it to non-privileged users.
Unleashing insights from data in Azure Cosmos DB with Power BI
You can now create Power BI reports and dashboards with data from Azure Cosmos DB.
Public preview: In-Memory OLTP and Real-Time Operational Analytics for Azure SQL Database
In-Memory OLTP and Real-Time Operational Analytics are available for preview in Premium databases in Azure SQL Database.
Open Source App Service Mobile .NET Server SDK
The App Service Mobile .NET Server SDK is now open source on GitHub!
Hybrid workers support native PowerShell
Hybrid runbook workers now support native PowerShell runbooks, enabling you to automate IT management on-premises by using pure PowerShell.
General availability: Azure Backup support for application workloads
Azure Backup can now back up your on-premises application workloads, including SQL Server, Hyper-V virtual machines, SharePoint, and Exchange.
Azure Active Directory Application Proxy enhancements
Azure AD Application Proxy provides remote access and single sign-on (SSO) for many types of on-premises web applications.
Public preview: Azure Active Directory Domain Services
Azure Active Directory Domain Services provides scalable, high-performance, managed domain services.
Public preview: Azure Site Recovery integration with SQL Server AlwaysOn
Azure Site Recovery provides native support for SQL Server AlwaysOn.
General availability: Azure Premium Storage in additional regions
Offering an SLA for 99.9 percent availability, Premium Storage is now available in the Central US and North Europe regions.
General availability: Azure Rights Management document tracking
Document tracking in Azure RMS enables document owners to track activities on the sensitive files they share with others.
General availability: Full-Text Search for Azure SQL Database
For applications that manage and store character-based data in Azure SQL Database, Full-Text Search integrates fast, rich search functionality into the database platform.
Secure data in Azure SQL Database with authentication, authorization, and encryption
Azure SQL Database offers a portfolio of features to help secure your data from malicious and unauthorized users.
General availability: Transparent Data Encryption for Azure SQL Database
Transparent Data Encryption for Azure SQL Database protects your data and helps you meet compliance requirements.
Application Insights: More control of availability tests
Now you have more control over availability web tests; can reduce the number of a false-positive alerts; and can control the frequency of tests, the number of failed locations that cause an alert, and the test interval.
General availability: Azure SQL Database Full-Text Search
Full-Text Search in Azure SQL Database supports richer search capabilities in your cloud applications.
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