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Monthly updates for January 2015

Jan 29

Improvements to personalization in the Azure preview portal

Read about improvements to personalization in the Azure preview portal.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Management
Jan 29

Preview: Azure SQL Database Row-Level Security

IN PREVIEW

Row-Level Security is a programmable security feature that can be implemented in databases to enable fine-grained access over rows in a table.

  • Azure SQL Database
Jan 29

Application Insights support for Windows Phone and Windows Store

IN PREVIEW

Application Insights adds a landing page and improved visualizations for Windows Phone and Windows Store Apps.

  • Application Insights
  • Features
Jan 29

Public Preview: Azure Active Directory Connect Health

IN PREVIEW

Azure AD Connect Health helps you monitor your on-premises identity infrastructure.

  • Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
  • Cloud Services
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features
Jan 29

Public Preview: Multifactor authentication per application

IN PREVIEW

Conditional access policies can be created with Azure Active Directory Premium to enforce multifactor authentication for users and groups trying to access specific applications.

  • Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
  • Security
  • Features
Jan 29

General Availability: Content Protection for Azure Media Services

NOW AVAILABLE

Content Protection for Azure Media Services offers static and dynamic encryption with PlayReady license delivery and an AES 128-bit key delivery service.

  • Media Services
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings
Jan 29

Public Preview: API Management Premium with VPN, geo-distribution, and Azure Active Directory support

IN PREVIEW

The Premium tier of API Management simplifies massive scale and high availability.

  • API Management
  • Services
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings
Jan 29

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.

  • App Service
  • HDInsight
  • Services
  • Features
Jan 29

General Availability: Script Action for Azure HDInsight

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now customize your Azure HDInsight clusters with projects that are available from the Apache Hadoop ecosystem.

  • HDInsight
  • Features
Jan 29

Easily enable Operational Insights for Azure virtual machines

IN PREVIEW

Quickly enable Azure Operational Insights on your virtual machines by using Windows PowerShell or the Azure management portal.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Features
Jan 29

General Availability: Azure SQL Database V12 service version

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure SQL Database V12 introduces near-complete SQL Server engine compatibility, greater support for larger databases, and expanded performance with Azure Premium service.

  • Azure SQL Database
Jan 23

G-Series Support in US East 2

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now deploy G-Series Virtual Machines in either US West or US East 2

  • Pricing & Offerings
Jan 8

General Availability: G-Series for Virtual Machines

NOW AVAILABLE

The G-Series provides more memory and more local solid state drive (SSD) storage than other Azure virtual machine sizes.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Jan 8

Public Preview: Azure Key Vault

IN PREVIEW

Azure Key Vault offers an easy, cost-effective way to safeguard keys and other sensitive data that is used by cloud applications and services.

  • Key Vault
  • Security
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings
Jan 1

Now available: Azure Media Services Live Streaming with Content Protection and DRM

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Media Services
  • Features

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