Updates Archives
Monthly updates for January 2017
Azure invoices emailed directly to your inbox
To get your invoice, you don't have to sign in to the Azure portal every month. You can opt in to have your invoice attached to your monthly billing email.
StorSimple Virtual Device Series transitioning to the new Azure portal
The StorSimple Virtual Device Series will be available exclusively in the new Azure portal starting March 2, 2017 (March 9 for the US Government cloud).
Web Apps available only in the Azure portal from February 14
Starting February 14, 2017, the Web Apps feature of Azure App Service will be available only in the Azure portal.
Connect to Azure Cosmos DB by using BI analytics tools with the ODBC driver
The Azure Cosmos DB ODBC driver enables you to connect to Azure Cosmos DB by using BI analytics tools so that you can analyze and create visualizations of your Azure Cosmos DB data in those solutions.
Azure DevTest Labs: Set expiration date for new VMs from Azure portal
In Azure DevTest Labs, you can set VMs to expire on a specific date.
Get early access to the newest Azure portal features
You can get early access to preview features in the Azure portal before they're broadly available.
Azure DevTest Labs: Share a public IP address across lab VMs
Azure DevTest Labs now enables lab VMs to share the same public IP address, to help you reduce cost and avoid exceeding your public IP address quota.
Public preview: Interactive query experience for SQL data warehouses
You can experience an interactive query experience directly in the Azure portal.
Azure Mobile Apps iOS SDK v3.3.0 released
Today we are releasing the Azure Mobile Apps iOS SDK to CocoaPods and other online properties. This is a drop-in replacement for the existing SDK.
Parse Server on Azure App Service updated
The Parse Server project has moved on since we first published the Marketplace resource for running Parse Server on Azure App Service. Parse Server has been updated to version 2.3.0.
Public preview: Interactive query experience for SQL databases
You can experience an interactive query experience directly in the Azure portal.
Azure SQL Data Warehouse: Secondary indexes on column store now available
Azure SQL Data Warehouse supports the creation of secondary B-Tree indexes (also called non-clustered indexes or NCI) on column store tables (also called clustered column store indexes or CCI).
Azure Storage Data Movement Library 0.5.0 release
The newest release of the Data Movement Library supports more advanced features.
Standard streaming endpoints and Azure Content Delivery Network integration
A standard streaming endpoint eliminates the complexity of streaming endpoints by giving you the scale and robustness you need without making you worry about streaming units.
Azure Backup availability with Resource Manager in Azure Government
Azure Government has revamped Azure Backup capabilities for Azure Government customers.
Azure Site Recovery availability with Resource Manager in Azure Government
Azure Site Recovery is generally available in the Azure portal in the Azure Government cloud.
Public preview: String and binary columns in clustered columnstore indexes
Clustered columnstore indexes support NVARCHAR(MAX), VARCCHAR(MAX), and VARBINARY(MAX) columns.
Azure Functions deprecating preview versions
With Azure Functions recently becoming generally available and making the 1.0 Azure Functions host available, preview versions of the Azure Functions host (0.x) are deprecated.
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