| App Service advisor: Recommendations | Azure Updates | – | March 2016 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Azure Active Directory Identity Protection | Azure Updates | In preview | March 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure SQL Database Query Store | Azure Updates | Launched | March 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure SQL Database Index Advisor | Azure Updates | Launched | March 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure SQL Database Query Performance | Azure Updates | Launched | March 2016 | | 1 |
| HockeyApp available for purchase through Azure | Azure Updates | – | March 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure DevTest Labs: Use your existing virtual network | Azure Updates | – | March 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure DevTest Labs: Schedule VM auto-start | Azure Updates | – | March 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure DNS—supported in the Azure portal | Azure Updates | – | March 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure Cosmos DB: Run JavaScript and filter JSON data in the Azure portal | Azure Updates | – | March 2016 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Azure Search Basic tier | Azure Updates | In preview | March 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure Automation classic portal redirect to new Azure portal spring 2016 | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Logic Apps improved designer and managed APIs | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Preview: Temporal tables in Azure SQL Database | Azure Updates | In preview | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Public preview: HDInsight Tools for IntelliJ | Azure Updates | In preview | February 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Red Hat Enterprise Linux images through Azure Marketplace | Azure Updates | Launched | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Swagger support for Azure Mobile Apps .NET Server SDK | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| App Service SSL connection pricing changes | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Azure Container Service | Azure Updates | In preview | February 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Google Widevine modular license delivery in Azure Media Services | Azure Updates | Launched | February 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure Hybrid Use Benefit | Azure Updates | Launched | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Public preview: SQL Server Stretch Database | Azure Updates | In preview | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Major CDN update – Resource Manager and new portal | Azure Updates | Launched | February 2016 | | 1 |
| CDN – New POP locations | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| CDN – Standard and Premium CDN tiers available | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| CDN – Purge feature available | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| CDN – Load feature available | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Lucene query syntax in Azure Search | Azure Updates | Launched | February 2016 | | 1 |
| New Data Factory monitoring and management UI now available | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure Search .NET SDK | Azure Updates | Launched | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure SQL Data Warehouse: January 2016 update | Azure Updates | In preview | February 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Node.js SDK for Azure Mobile Apps 2.0.0 | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| App service: PHP runtime updates | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure SQL Database Query Performance Insight | Azure Updates | Launched | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure HDInsight leverages new generation of D-Series instances | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Changes to Visual Studio Online Professional and Advanced user plans | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| General availablity: Azure Premium Storage in additional regions | Azure Updates | Launched | February 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Microsoft Azure IoT Hub | Azure Updates | Launched | February 2016 | | 1 |
| WebHooks available for Logic apps | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Automation: Updated ARM modules shipping in the service | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Automation module gallery | Azure Updates | – | February 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure Site Recovery available for Azure Government | Azure Updates | Launched | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure Site Recovery available in Azure Government Cloud | Azure Updates | Launched | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Preview: Log analytics for Azure Load Balancer | Azure Updates | In preview | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure Search: .NET SDK version 1.0.1-preview | Azure Updates | In preview | January 2016 | | 1 |
| New T-SQL programmability features in Azure SQL Database | Azure Updates | Launched | January 2016 | | 1 |
| A new way to deploy VSTS in the Azure portal | Azure Updates | – | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Updates to Azure support portal | Azure Updates | – | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Preview: Azure App Service cloning now available between regions | Azure Updates | In preview | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Automation Graphical Authoring SDK | Azure Updates | – | January 2016 | | 1 |