Updates Archives
Monthly updates for April 2015
Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK 1.1.0 with partitioning support
A new version of the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK with support for partitioning is available.
Application Insights supports ASP.NET 5 applications
Application Insights for the ASP.NET 5 web applications allows you to monitor and troubleshoot the new generation of ASP.NET applications.
Per-tenant service health notifications in the Azure preview portal
The new service health map in the Azure preview portal supports viewing health information only for the resources you have deployed to Azure data centers, which makes it easy for you to monitor and troubleshoot issues related to your applications running on Azure.
Azure Site Recovery: Free trial offer
We’ve made it easier to try Azure Site Recovery to enable Availability on Demand and to extend and help protect your datacenter.
Azure SQL Database supports large numbers of databases for SaaS providers
The elastic database pricing model, new in public preview, enables predictable pricing over a set of unpredictable databases. You get the flexibility to support explosive growth and profitable SaaS business models while gaining cost efficiencies.
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition price reduced
Now deploying Oracle databases in Azure can be even more cost-effective. Beginning with subscription billing cycles starting on or after May 1, 2015, the price for Windows-based virtual machines (VMs) that include licensing for Oracle Database Enterprise Edition will be reduced by 15%–20%.
Public Preview: Visual Studio Application Insights
Development teams can gain insights into the performance, availability, and usage of their server, web, and mobile applications by using Visual Studio Application Insights.
Service Tier Advisor for Azure SQL Database is available
Service Tier Advisor analyzes the performance and feature requirements for individual databases to provide insights to help you choose the correct tier and performance level for your Azure SQL Database upgrade.
Azure SQL Database update becomes API default August 1, 2015
As part of the previously announced general availability of update running on Azure SQL Database V12 servers, we’re upgrading two application programming interface default values beginning August 1, 2015.
General availability: Azure Operational Insights
Generally available on May 4, 2015, Azure Operational Insights is an analysis service designed to provide IT administrators with deep insight into their on-premises and cloud environments.
Developer Preview: Service Fabric
Azure Service Fabric is available as a developer preview that you can download and work with in your local environment.
Preview: Transparent Data Encryption for Azure SQL Database
Transparent Data Encryption for Azure SQL Database brings the trusted encryption technology found in SQL Server to Azure SQL Database v12.
Preview: Azure App Service Environment
Azure App Service Environment is a new Premium plan option providing a fully isolated runtime environment with new scalability and security options.
Public preview: Network Resource Provider APIs released
Manage your Azure network resources by using new REST-based Resource Provider APIs.
Azure preview portal supports cloud services
The Microsoft Azure preview portal supports cloud services.
Deploy custom templates from the preview portal
Resource Manager templates provide a declarative way of describing a set of one or more resources and deploying them in a consistent, repeatable way. You can deploy custom templates directly from the preview portal.
Application Insights: Synthetic data filtering and additional updates
Updates to the Application Insights service and SDKs enable synthetic data filtering and provide a new usage experience for ASP.NET and usage calculations.
Windows Universal apps SDK for Azure Mobile Engagement
The Windows Universal Apps SDK is available for the Azure Mobile Engagement service.
General Availability: Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed, highly scalable NoSQL document database service.
General Availability: Azure Stream Analytics
Azure Stream Analytics is a real-time stream processing engine in the cloud that helps uncover insights from devices, sensors, infrastructure, and applications.
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