Updates Archives
Monthly updates for November 2014
New regions for HDInsight: Japan East, Australia East, and Australia Southeast
HDInsight has expanded its geographical presence to three new regions: Japan East, Australia East, and Australia Southeast.
HDInsight Cluster Customization by using Script Action
HDInsight clusters can now be customized to run a variety of Hadoop projects, including Spark and R Modules, by using Script Action.
Non-RFC 1918 space now allowed in a virtual network
Non RFC 1918 space is now allowed in a virtual network.
New StorSimple features: bandwidth templates, controller management, email settings
Bandwidth templates allow you to configure multiple time-of-day schedules to tier the data from the StorSimple device to the cloud. You can create, modify, delete, and save these schedules as templates.
Azure StorSimple available in Australia
Azure StorSimple is now available in Australia with the same service-level agreement coverage that is available in other regions worldwide. StorSimple offers a unique hybrid cloud storage solution.
Azure Backup available in Australia
Azure Backup is now available in Australia with the same service-level agreement coverage that is available in other regions worldwide.
Azure Machine Learning offers free-usage tier
Now it is easier than ever for anyone to try Azure Machine Learning because the service is available to test free-of-charge without a credit card or Azure subscription.
Azure Machine Learning supports web service parameters
Azure Machine Learning now offers support for optional and required web-service parameters for properties such as table names, account names, and paths to blob storage.
HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio
HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio: Write Hive queries and view Hive jobs right from Visual Studio.
New networking features available in most regions
New networking features announced at TechEd Europe 2014 are available in regions except China North and China East.
Azure Media Packager and Azure Media Encryptor reach end-of-life
On November 1, 2015, Azure Media Packager and Azure Media Encryptor reach their end-of-life.
Microsoft Azure Agreement consolidated with Microsoft Online Services Agreement
Now there is a consistent contract for customers who purchase subscriptions to Microsoft Online Services, such as Azure, Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics Online, or Windows Intune.
Azure Site Recovery available in Australia Geo
Azure Site Recovery is now available in Australia.
Azure Site Recovery: enterprise-grade disaster recovery based on array replication
This free preview of Azure Site Recovery offers storage array-based replication and disaster recovery.
Public Preview: Azure Operational Insights
Operational Insights is an Azure-based service that is tailored for IT operations teams. It leverages the power of Azure HDInsight to glean machine data across environments, and turns the data into real-time operational intelligence to enable better-informed business decisions.
New support experience in the Azure Preview portal
A new support experience was added to the Azure Preview portal, which gives organizations the ability to obtain first-class support in a simplified, seamless experience for submitting, viewing, and managing Azure support incidents.
General availability: Auditing for Azure SQL Database
Auditing for Azure SQL Database tracks and logs all events that occur on your database, such as updates and queries against data. Auditing can now be managed from the Azure Management Portal or via Windows PowerShell commands.
Enhancements to Azure Stream Analytics
The query authoring experience for Azure Stream Analytics jobs has been extended to enable query validation and debugging over sample data.
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