Updates Archives
Monthly updates for October 2016
Azure Cosmos DB: Expanded geospatial support, including automatic indexing of Polygon and LineString objects
Azure Cosmos DB supports geospatial indexing and querying of Polygon and LineString objects.
Azure Cosmos DB supports IP-based access controls for restricting database access
Azure Cosmos DB supports IP-based access controls for restricting access to a database account.
Akamai Standard supports geo-filtering
You can restrict access to your content, by country, for your Akamai profiles directly through the Azure portal.
Azure Cosmos DB portal updates: New metrics blade and improved collection management
Azure Cosmos DB added a consolidated metrics experience to the Azure portal so you can track how well Azure Cosmos DB is meeting its SLAs. Collection management has also been streamlined.
Azure App Service Companion preview available for iOS
The preview for Azure App Service Companion to the Google Play Store has expanded to iOS devices.
Error handling added to Automation graphical runbooks
Automation graphical runbooks have been improved with the ability to include error handling.
Update: Automation Graphical Authoring SDK
An update to the public preview of the Microsoft Azure Automation Graphical Authoring SDK has been released.
Improving Azure App Service Node.js and PHP developer experience with Linux support
A new public preview introduces native Linux support for Node.js and PHP stacks in Azure App Service.
General availability: UltraPerformance Gateway tier for Azure ExpressRoute
UltraPerformance Gateway connects a virtual network to an Azure ExpressRoute circuit and provides five times the network throughput of HighPerformance Gateway.
Four integrated services for Microsoft Operations Management Suite now available
Insights & Analytics, Automation & Control, Security & Compliance, and Protection & Recovery are the four new services in Microsoft Operations Management Suite.
Cross-partition ORDER BY queries available in Azure Cosmos DB Java and Node.js SDKs
The Azure Cosmos DB Java SDK and Azure Cosmos DB Node.js SDK are available. Both include support for TOP and ORDER BY queries on partitioned collections.
Public preview: SOAP pass-through support for Azure API Management
Azure API Management now supports SOAP APIs. Customers can take advantage of features—such as security, analytics, and the developer portal—that were previously available only for REST/HTTP-style APIs.
API Management service update: October 12, 2016
On October 12, 2016, we started deploying a regular service update. It will take a take a few days for the rollout to finish.
Azure Scheduler updates HTTP/HTTPS job timeout
The HTTP/HTTPS job timeout in Azure Scheduler has increased from 30 seconds to 60 seconds.
Mobile Apps .NET SDK 3.0.2 released
Version 3.0.2 of the Azure App Service Mobile Apps .NET SDK has been released for people who are upgrading from version 2.x to get support for Android Nougat.
General availability: Temporal tables in Azure SQL Database
You can use temporal tables to track the full history of data changes directly in Azure SQL Database, without the need for custom coding.
Azure App Service Companion preview
Azure App Service Companion provides the basic functionality of App Service in an experience that's optimized for your mobile device.
Linux support in Azure App Service
Azure App Service now allows developers to choose Linux, making web applications run on Linux natively.
Azure DevTest Labs: Manage your data disks
You can easily view and manage data disks that you've created in Azure DevTest Labs.
Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK 2.0.0 supports Python 3
The Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK now supports Python 3 and provides connection pooling, performance improvements to consistency levels, and ORDER BY support for cross-partition queries.
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