| Azure Batch Service adds MPI and offline node support | Azure Updates | – | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Preview: Customize lexical analyzers in Azure Search | Azure Updates | In preview | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure Search: Search Traffic Analytics available | Azure Updates | – | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Self-service subscription transfer globally available | Azure Updates | – | January 2016 | | 1 |
| More ways to purchase Azure Multi-Factor Authentication | Azure Updates | – | January 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure Role-Based Access Control with custom roles | Azure Updates | Launched | January 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Zend Z-Ray for Azure app service | Azure Updates | Launched | January 2016 | | 1 |
| New Premium plans for Microsoft Azure RemoteApp and incentives for existing RDS CAL owners | Azure Updates | – | January 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: SQL Database Index Advisor | Azure Updates | Launched | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Microsoft Operations Management Suite alert notification and remediation | Azure Updates | In preview | January 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure Premium Storage in South Central US region | Azure Updates | Launched | January 2016 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure Automation Desired State Configuration | Azure Updates | Launched | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure Search: Lucene query syntax fully supported | Azure Updates | In preview | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Classic network security groups available in portal | Azure Updates | Launched | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Enhanced migration and disaster recovery for VMware using ASR | Azure Updates | Launched | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure DevTest Labs: January 2016 update | Azure Updates | In preview | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure Data Lake tools for Visual Studio: December update | Azure Updates | – | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure Search: Search Explorer available | Azure Updates | Launched | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Azure Automation: Graphical and PowerShell runbooks added to Gallery | Azure Updates | – | January 2016 | | 1 |
| Static public IP addresses available for Azure virtual machines | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Automation: Configure checkpoints in graphical runbooks | Azure Updates | – | December 2015 | | 1 |
| StorSimple Virtual Appliance model 1100 now called StorSimple Cloud Appliance 8010 | Azure Updates | – | December 2015 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure Scheduler | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| API Management: Advanced caching and throttling policies | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| General availability: Dv2 VMs in more Azure regions | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure App Service Mobile Apps | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| General availability: StorSimple 8000 Series Update 2 | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Public preview: On-premises StorSimple Virtual Array | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Azure HDInsight supports latest projects from Apache Hadoop | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Support for Windows 10 Universal Apps, Power BI dashboard, new troubleshooting feature, and more | Azure Updates | – | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Azure Cosmos DB: Paging with TOP and new LINQ operators | Azure Updates | – | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Try Azure Service Fabric for free | Azure Updates | – | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Azure Resource Manager support in runbooks | Azure Updates | – | December 2015 | | 1 |
| General availability: Azure Automation | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Clustered Columnstore Tables are default in Azure SQL Data Warehouse | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Predictive maintenance preconfigured solution for Microsoft Azure IoT Suite | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Public preview: Azure Security Center | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Generally available: Azure Content Delivery Network Premium | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| API Management Policies integrate external services | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Azure API Management service covered by Azure Service Organization Controls audits | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| General availability of Azure Redis Cache Premium tier | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Azure Cosmos DB: General availability in Japan East, Japan West, and Central US | Azure Updates | – | December 2015 | | 1 |
| General availability: new Azure portal | Azure Updates | Launched | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Azure SQL Data Warehouse: November 2015 update | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2015 | | 1 |
| Azure SQL Data Warehouse: October 2015 update | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2015 | | 1 |
| September 2015 Public Preview: Azure SQL Data Warehouse | Azure Updates | In preview | December 2015 | | 1 |
| General availability: SQL Database Row-Level Security block predicates | Azure Updates | Launched | November 2015 | | 1 |
| User experience enhancements in Azure Automation | Azure Updates | – | November 2015 | | 1 |
| Metrics for Logic apps | Azure Updates | – | November 2015 | | 1 |
| Azure preview portal navigation improvements | Azure Updates | – | November 2015 | | 1 |