Azure Update, JulyKanio Dimitrov

VM-s

• VM - General availability of IaaS migration from classic to Resource Manager

• G-Series instances for Azure Virtual Machines available in Australia East

• Redeploy to transfer VM-s to new host• Linux – CLI, Windows – PowerShell, Both - Portal

VM-s• New Generation D-Series available in Brazil South • More powerful CPU• 35% faster

• In-place virtual machine migration • Eliminates reboots during security updates• Pause for up to 30 seconds• Local temp disk and memory preserved

VNET, Dev Test Labs, Redis• Public Preview : VNet Peering for Azure Virtual Network

• Directly link two VNET-s in the same region • VM-s connect via private IP-s• Inside Azure Backbone network

• Azure Dev Test Labs: Attach additional data disk to your lab VM

• Azure Redis Cache: Preview of new administration options in Premium tier• Reboot• Schedule updates

Automation, Backup, Log Analytics• Azure Automation : Time zone support and daylight savings

• Log Analytics• Near-real-time monitoring for parameters like loss and latency, fault

localization and diagnostics, network troubleshooting

• Backups• Additional monitoring and alerting capabilities from Windows VM-s

Storage• General availability: Azure Premium Storage in additional regions• 64TB, 80 000 I/O IOPS• 99.9% SLA• Central USA• North Europe

• General availability: Azure cool blob storage in Canada

SQL

• General availability: Always Encrypted for Azure SQL Database

• General availability: SQL Server Stretch Database

• General availability: Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Media Services• Public preview: Microsoft Stream• Easy upload, organize and share videos in your company

• General availability: Apple FairPlay Streaming for Azure Media Services• Extend your reach to Apple TV

Microsoft R• General availability: Microsoft R Server for Linux virtual

machines

• Preview: Microsoft R Client• Free tool• Create models and algorithms using ScaleR API-s• Throttled to 3 cores – 1 for reading and 2 for processing

Security Center, Express Route

• General Availability : Azure Security Center•Monitor security, detect & respond to attacks

• General availability: Azure ExpressRoute in additional locations• Paris, Newport/Wales, and Quebec City

New Regions, Power BI Embedded

• General availability: Two new Azure regions • West US 2• West Central US

• General availability: Microsoft Power BI Embedded

AppSource, Contrana Suite, IoT, Bing• Microsoft introduces AppSource for SaaS business apps

• Public preview: Cortana Intelligence Suite with Bing Predicts

• General availability: Microsoft Azure IoT Hub S3 edition• 300 million messages per day

• General availability: Bing APIs in Microsoft Cognitive Services• Autosuggestion API, Spell Check API, Search API

Azure Active Directory

• General Availability : Azure Active Directory B2C• Consumer authentication• Social providers integration• Pay for only what you use

• General availability: Microsoft Authenticator• Mobile app replacement of Azure Authenticator• Secure account verification• Windows 10 integration coming

Azure Active Directory

• Public preview: New version of Azure Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets

• General availability: Azure Active Directory conditional access• Policy for access rules• Office 365, Salesforce.com, Box, ServiceNow• Conditional access via Azure AD Premium

App Service

• Internal Load Balancer with App Server Environment (ASE)

• Deploy ASE in Resource Manager VNET

• Deploy Intranet/LOB apps in VNET in ASE

App Service

• General availability: Logic Apps feature of Azure App Service• Workflow solutions• Pre-built connectors SaaS and enterprise applications• On-premise & Cloud connections• Integrate with Machine Learning and Microsoft Cognitive Services

• Azure App Service Authentication and Azure AD domain hints• Introduce domain limitations

Service Bus, Stream Analytics• General availability: Service Bus Premium Messaging• Dedicate environment• Predictable outcome

• General availability: Azure portal updates for Azure Stream Analytics:• Power BI Output• Data Lake Output• Sample Input

Machine Learning • Create model and offer it as web services

• Deploy the service to multiple subscriptions , regions and resource groups

• Improved functionality with new Web Service Management Portal• More usage statistics• Simplified testing experiences with sample data