Changes Microsoft announces – page 247

New and changed items from the Microsoft 365 roadmap and Azure Updates.

ChangeListStatusKey dateMicrosoft updatedVersions
Preview: New sizes and regions for Azure Redis CacheAzure UpdatesIn previewJuly 20141
Pricing changes for Service Bus Queues and TopicsAzure Updates–July 20141
Azure Block Blob Storage pricing changed to 4 decimalsAzure Updates–July 20141
General Availability: Backup and restore for Azure Web SitesAzure UpdatesLaunchedJuly 20141
General Availability: Internal Load BalancingAzure UpdatesLaunchedJuly 20141
Web Deploy as site extension for Azure Web SitesAzure Updates–June 20141
New enhancements to HDInsightAzure UpdatesLaunchedJune 20141
Traffic Manager support for weighted traffic distributionAzure Updates–June 20141
Scheduler Premium tier and updates to Standard tierAzure Updates–June 20141
Microsoft Azure Site Recovery: Virtual Machines replication directly to AzureAzure UpdatesIn previewJune 20141
New and improved Azure Service Health dashboardAzure Updates–June 20141
Azure Web Sites supports Python 3.4Azure Updates–June 20141
Azure Websites ExtensionsAzure Updates–June 20141
Azure PowerShell 0.8.3Azure Updates–June 20141
Preview: HBase clusters in the HDInsight ServiceAzure UpdatesIn previewJune 20141
General Availability: Brazil South regionAzure UpdatesLaunchedJune 20141
SAP applications certified on AzureAzure Updates–May 20141
Azure Virtual Machines are available in US South Central and North Central regionsAzure Updates–May 20141
New region for Azure Websites: South Central USAzure Updates–May 20141
Azure PowerShell 0.8.1 and 0.8.2Azure Updates–May 20141
General Availability: Import/ExportAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20141
General Availability: VNET-to-VNET connections for virtual networksAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20141
Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 client VM images are now available for MSDN subscribersAzure Updates–May 20141
General Availability: Managed Cache ServiceAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20141
General Availability: IP Reservation for VIPsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20141
Preview: BizTalk Hybrid ConnectionsAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20141
Priority support plans now available from the providers of top Linux distributionsAzure Updates–May 20141
Microsoft Antimalware and security partnerships with Trend Micro and SymantecAzure Updates–May 20141
Deployment slots in Azure Websites expanded to 4+1 slotsAzure Updates–May 20141
Preview: Instance-level public IPs for virtual machinesAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20141
Azure Store available to direct EA customers and channel partnersAzure Updates–May 20141
Scheduler GA pricing updateAzure Updates–May 20141
Traffic Manager support for external endpointsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20141
Preview: Internal load balancing for virtual machinesAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20141
General Availability: Multiple site-to-site connectionsAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20141
Preview: Azure RemoteAppAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20141
Preview: Azure FilesAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20141
Preview: API ManagementAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20141
General Availability: Compute-intensive A8 and A9 instances for virtual machinesAzure Updates–May 20141
General Availability: ExpressRouteAzure UpdatesLaunchedMay 20141
Preview: Redis Cache ServiceAzure UpdatesIn previewMay 20141
April 2014 Cloud Services Guest OS Release completedAzure Updates–May 20141
Azure SQL Database introduces new Basic, Standard, and Premium previewsAzure Updates–April 20141
Memcached Cloud available in the Azure StoreAzure Updates–April 20141
Azure Brazil South region now in public previewAzure UpdatesIn previewApril 20141
New Azure Web Sites region – Southeast AsiaAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20141
Redis support on Azure available in the Azure StoreAzure Updates–April 20141
Cluster Operating System Update for HDInsight ClustersAzure Updates–April 20141
General Availability: AutoscaleAzure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20141
General Availability: Azure Read-Access Geo Redundant Storage (RA-GRS)Azure UpdatesLaunchedApril 20141

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