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Azure Logic Apps Standard Now Supports XSLT and .NET Framework Maps
Microsoft recently announced the preview of support of .NET Framework assemblies in XSLT maps in Logic Apps (Standard), adding more extensibility options.
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Microsoft Introduces New UI Experience for Trying out Computer Vision with Vision Studio
Microsoft recently introduced a new User Interface (UI) for developers called Vision Studio to try its Computer Vision API.
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SFTP for Azure Blob Storage Now Generally Available
Azure Blob Storage now supports the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), allowing customers to use SFTP for file access, transfer, and management on the object storage service. The new option is generally available and simplifies the migration to the cloud of legacy applications and enterprise workloads.
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New Features for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
New features for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server are in preview. These new features include encryption of data at rest with customer-managed keys, database authentication with Azure Active Directory, geo-redundant backups and fast restores of data, and a migration tool for moving workloads from the product’s older Single Server deployment option.
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Microsoft Previews Computer Vision Image Analysis API 4.0
Recently Microsoft announced the public preview of a new version of the Computer Vision Image Analysis API, making all visual image features ranging from Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to object detection available through a single endpoint.
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Azure Cosmos DB: Low Latency and High Availability at Planet Scale
Mei-Chin Sei and Vinod Sridharan spoke at QCon San Francisco on Azure Cosmos DB: Low Latency and High Availability at Planet Scale. The talk was part of the "Architectures You've Always Wondered About" track.
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Microsoft Introduces Azure Savings Plans for Compute
Microsoft recently announced Azure Savings Plans for Compute, providing customers with an easy and flexible way to save significantly on compute services compared to pay-as-you-go prices by committing to spend a fixed hourly amount for one or three years.
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CDK for Terraform Improves Performance by Adding Namespaces
HashiCorp released version 0.13 of the CDK for Terraform (CDKTF) with significant improvements to performance. The release introduces a major restructuring of the language by introducing namespaces. The namespace improvement dramatically enhances the performance of synthesizing infrastructure. This release builds upon the 0.12 release which saw CDKTF move into general availability.
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Azure Adds Sustainability Guidance to Well-Architected Framework
During the recent Ignite conference, Microsoft announced new technical guidance within the Azure Well-Architected Framework (WAF) to help customers and partners achieve their sustainability goals.
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Microsoft Releases Stream Analytics No-Code Editor into General Availability
During the Ignite Conference, Microsoft released Azure Stream Analytics no-code editor, a drag-and-drop canvas for developing jobs for stream processing scenarios such as streaming ETL, ingestion, and materializing data to data into general availability. The no-code editor is hosted in the company’s big-data streaming platform and event ingestion service, Azure Event Hubs.
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Microsoft Announces the General Availability of Azure Automanage Machine Best Practices
During the recent Ignite Conference, Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure Automanage Machine Best Practices for Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) and Arc-enabled servers (the company’s multi-cloud management solution).
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Microsoft Introduces Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
During the recent Ignite conference, Microsoft announced Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, a new generally available (GA) service to build cloud-native relational applications. It is a distributed relational database offering with the scale, flexibility, and performance of Azure Cosmos DB.
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Open Source Skyplane Targets Faster and Cheaper Data Transfers between Clouds
A team of researchers at the RISELab at UC Berkeley has recently released Skyplane, an open source tool to optimize the transfer of large datasets between cloud providers, reducing transfer times and costs.
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Microsoft Previews Azure Deployment Environments
During the recent Ignite Conference, Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure Deployment Environments. This managed service enables dev teams to quickly spin up app infrastructure with project-based templates to establish consistency and best practices while maximizing security, compliance, and cost-efficiency.
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Microsoft Previews Azure Firewall Basic for Small-Medium Businesses
Microsoft recently released the public preview of Azure Firewall Basic for small-medium businesses (SMBs), providing enterprise-grade security at an affordable price. The company offers the Basic SKU as it sees SMBs as particularly vulnerable to budget constraints and gaps in specialized security skills.