December 4, 2018
Building on our announcements at Microsoft Ignite in September 2018, I’m excited to share several new announcements we are making to enable organizations to easily apply AI to transform their businesses.
Friday, December 21, 2018
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with customer managed keys for Managed Instance in preview, Virtual Network Service Endpoints for serverless messaging and big data GA, Microsoft open sources Trill to deliver insights on a trillion events a day, and much more.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Applying the latest in deep learning innovation, Speech Service, part of Azure Cognitive Services now offers a neural network-powered text-to-speech capability. Access the preview available today.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
We are happy to announce that Azure Monitor for containers is now generally available. Azure Monitor for containers monitors the health and performance of Kubernetes clusters hosted on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with customer managed keys for Managed Instance in preview, Virtual Network Service Endpoints for serverless messaging and big data GA, Microsoft open sources Trill to deliver insights on a trillion events a day, and much more.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
As 2018 comes to an end, I look at the technology landscape. I look at the kinds of hybrid scenarios our customers are developing. For example, we see Airbus transforming aerospace with Microsoft Azure Stack and I realize that this year has been amazing for developers that design, develop, and maintain cloud-based apps.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
As 2018 draws to a close, here’s a look back at the topics that drove the most interest and excitement here on our blog—and a window into what’s coming for this technology in the near future.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
We are thrilled to present the release of Bot Framework SDK version 4.2 and we want to use this opportunity to provide additional updates on Conversational-AI releases from Microsoft.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
The pace of development for retail Internet of Things (IoT) solutions continues to build. From enhanced customer insights to better staff utilization and increased supply chain efficiency, sophisticated IoT solutions are helping retailers improve, and even reimagine, the retail experience.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Azure Sphere is an end-to-end solution containing three complementary components that provide a secured IoT platform. They include an Azure Sphere microcontroller unit (MCU), an operating system optimized for IoT scenarios that is managed by Microsoft, and a suite of secured, scalable online services.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. From November 17 to November 30, 2018, 80 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Do you want to analyze vast amounts of data, create Power BI dashboards and reports to help you visualize your data, and share insights across your organization?
Thursday, December 20, 2018
We are excited to reveal a public preview of a new feature in Azure SQL Database, both in logical server and Managed Instance, called CLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE ONLINE INDEX build. This operation enables you to migrate your data stored in row-store format to the columnstore format and maintain your columnstore data structures with the minimal downtime on your workload.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Queries can start with either a table name like search or union operators. These commands are useful during data exploration and for searching terms over the entire data model. However, these operators are not efficient for productization in alerts.
Monday, December 17, 2018
In today’s high-productivity environment, processing large amounts of data each millisecond is becoming a common business requirement. This is why an internal Microsoft project named for “a trillion events per day” is now available under open-source as Trill.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Today we are excited to announce the general availability of static websites on Azure Storage, which is now available in all public cloud regions.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
It’s incredible how much and how rapidly technology evolves. Microsoft’s server technology is no exception. We entered the 2008 release cycle with a shift from 32-bit to 64-bit computing, the early days of server virtualization and advanced analytics.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
There is a new Azure PowerShell module, built to harness the power of PowerShell Core and Cloud Shell, and maintain compatibility with Windows PowerShell 5.1. Its name is Az. Az ensures that Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core users can get the latest Azure tooling in every PowerShell on every platform.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
We understand that the commitments we make about data are essential for any organization. To give customers more control, we’ve updated our Cognitive Services terms for customer data.
Monday, September 10, 2018
Today we are announcing Azure DevOps. Working with our customers and developers around the world, it’s clear DevOps has become increasingly critical to a team’s success.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Whether you're a developer ramping up on Azure or just getting familiar with a new piece of it, chances are you're going to visit one of these three resources.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Today, we are announcing Windows Virtual Desktop, the best virtualized Windows and Office experience delivered on Azure.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Today, we are announcing the general availability of Azure Machine Learning service. Azure Machine Learning service contains many advanced capabilities designed to simplify and accelerate the process of building, training, and deploying machine learning models.
Monday, December 10, 2018
The latest Azure news from Microsoft Connect(); 2018, general availability of Azure Machine Learning service, new Azure IoT offerings to simplify IoT application development, and so much more.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Today we are excited to announce the general availability of static websites on Azure Storage, which is now available in all public cloud regions.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
We understand that the commitments we make about data are essential for any organization. To give customers more control, we’ve updated our Cognitive Services terms for customer data.
Monday, December 17, 2018
In today’s high-productivity environment, processing large amounts of data each millisecond is becoming a common business requirement. This is why an internal Microsoft project named for “a trillion events per day” is now available under open-source as Trill.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
There is a new Azure PowerShell module, built to harness the power of PowerShell Core and Cloud Shell, and maintain compatibility with Windows PowerShell 5.1. Its name is Az. Az ensures that Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core users can get the latest Azure tooling in every PowerShell on every platform.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Whether you're a developer ramping up on Azure or just getting familiar with a new piece of it, chances are you're going to visit one of these three resources.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
It’s 1882. Thomas Edison has just surpassed his breakthrough invention—the first incandescent lightbulb—by collaborating with J.P. Morgan to open the first industrial-scale power station in the United States.
Thursday, December 20, 2018
On December 18, 2018, the Azure PowerShell team released the first stable version of “Az,” a new cross-platform PowerShell module that will replace AzureRM. You can install this module by running “Install-Module Az” in an elevated PowerShell prompt.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
It’s incredible how much and how rapidly technology evolves. Microsoft’s server technology is no exception. We entered the 2008 release cycle with a shift from 32-bit to 64-bit computing, the early days of server virtualization and advanced analytics.
Monday, September 10, 2018
Today we are announcing Azure DevOps. Working with our customers and developers around the world, it’s clear DevOps has become increasingly critical to a team’s success.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way governments and organizations tackle some of humanity’s thorniest challenges. In this three-part series, we looked first at common issues leaders must address to drive digital transformation in their cities.
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