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Microsoft Azure Data Platform – September (2017) update
Microsoft Azure updates curated from September-2017 on: Azure SQL DB/DW, HD Insight, Machine Learning (ML), Azure Data Lake (ADL), etc.
1. Run Hortonworks clusters and easily access Azure Data Lake
2. Microsoft at PostgresOpen 2017
3. Bot conversation history with Azure Cosmos DB
4. Azure Stream Analytics drives retail industry transformation with real-time insights
5. Try Azure CosmosDB for free
6. Using Azure Analysis Services with Azure Data Lake Store
7. Ask us anything about the new Azure Log Analytics language
8. Azure HDInsight training resources – Learn about big data using open source technologies
9. September updates to the Azure Analysis Services web designer
10. Azure Analysis Services now available in Azure Government
11. Diving deep into what’s new with Azure Machine Learning
12. Azure CosmosDB – database for serverless era
13. Announcing tools for the AI-driven digital transformation
14. Introducing SQL Vulnerability Assessment for Azure SQL Database and on-premises SQL Server!
15. Azure Data Factory – announcing new capabilities in public preview
16. Get insights into your Azure CosmosDB: partition heatmaps, OMS, and more
17. Run you Hive LLAP & PySpark Job in Visual Studio Code
18. Azure SQL Database and Data Warehouse VNET Service Endpoints public preview
19. General availability of HDInsight Interactive Query – blazing fast queries on hyper-scale data
20. Azure Log Analytics – meet our new query language
21. Paxata launches Self-Service Data Preparation on Azure HDInsight to accelerate Data Prep
22. Introducing HDInsight integration with Azure Log Analytics Preview
23. Azure Analysis Services adds firewall support
24. Monitoring Azure SQL Data Sync using OMS Log Analytics
Microsoft Azure Data Platform – August (2017) update
Microsoft Azure updates curated from August-2017 on: Azure SQL DB/DW, HD Insight, Machine Learning (ML), Azure Data Lake (ADL), etc.
1. Teradata Bolsters Analytics and Database capabilities for Azure
2. Migrating a Web App from ClearDB to Azure Database for MySQL
3. Online training for Azure Data Lake (ADL)
4. Introducing the #Azure CosmosDB Change Feed Processor Library
5. August updates to the Azure Analysis Services web designer
7. Azure AD (AAD) authentication extensions for Azure SQL DB and SQL DW tools
8. Data Management Gateway (DMG) – High Availability and Scalability Preview
9. Using Azure Analysis Services over Azure SQL DB and DW
10. Azure Data Factory (ADF) July new features update
11. Replicated tables now in preview for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12. On-premises data gateway support for Azure Analysis Services
13. Imanis Data – Cloud migration, backup for your big data apps on Azure HDInsight
14. Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL availability in India
15. Perform advanced analytics on Application Insights data using Jupyter Notebook
16. Announcing the public preview of Azure Archive Blob Storage and Blob-Level Tiering
17. Azure Analysis Services web designer adds visual model editing to the preview
18. Debug Spark Code Running in Azure HDInsight from Your Desktop
19. Hortonworks extends IaaS offering on Azure with Cloudbreak
20. Announcing Azure Data Lake Store Capture Provider for Event Hubs Capture
21. Default compatibility level 140 for Azure SQL databases
22. Preview: SQL Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with Bring Your Own Key support
23. Announcing Azure Blob storage events preview
24. Stream Processing Changes: Azure CosmosDB change feed + Apache Spark
25. Machine Learning based anomaly detection in Azure Stream Analytics
26. Announcing Default Encryption for Azure Blobs, Files, Table and Queue Storage
27. Automation of Azure Analysis Services with Service Principals and PowerShell
Microsoft Azure Data Platform – July (2017) update
Microsoft Azure updates curated from July-2017 on: Azure SQL DB/DW, HD Insight, Machine Learning (ML), Azure Data Lake (ADL), Power BI, and more.
1. Handling data encoding issues while loading data to Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2. Super Charge Power BI with Azure Analysis Services
3. Azure SQL Data Warehouse previews 3x compute scale with unlimited columnar storage
4. Public Preview of compatibility level 140 for Azure SQL databases
5. Resumable Online Index Rebuild is in public preview for Azure SQL DB
6. Database Scoped Global Temporary Tables in public preview for Azure SQL DB
7. Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio Code (VSCode) July updates
8. Tableau and Azure SQL DB, a match made in the cloud
9. Artificial Intelligence tunes Azure SQL Databases
10. How Azure Security Center helps protect your servers with Web Application Firewall
11. Introducing the Azure Analysis Services web designer
12. Go serverless with R Scripts on Azure Function
13. HDInsight tools for IntelliJ & Eclipse June updates
14. Model comparison and merging for Azure Analysis Services
15. Enhance Azure SQL Data Warehouse performance with new monitoring functionality for Columnstore
16. Import Power BI Desktop files into Azure Analysis Services