Azure Weekly

Issue #45 - 26th September 2015

This week, Azure Active Directory authentication for Azure SQL Database went into public preview. The Team also blogged about Index Advisor, a new Azure SQL Database optimization feature.

Performance testing on Web and Mobile apps also went into public preview this week. The stress testing feature is available in the Tools section of the new portal, for users with a Visual Studio Online account.

The Azure Automation team announced native PowerShell script support.

There were updates from the Azure Networking team, who described the Azure Cloud Switch (ACS), Azure's software for running network devices like switches. It is a Linux-based, cross-platform, modular operating system for data center networking. The team also announced that the Switch Abstraction Interface Specification developed by Microsoft and other contributers has been accepted by the Open Compute Project.

Details of the AzureCon keynote lineup were published. The keynote sessions for 29 Sept are 'Journey to the intelligent cloud' with Scott Guthrie, 'Building apps with the intelligent cloud' with Bill Staples, 'Transforming data into intelligent action' with T.K. 'Ranga' Rengarajan and 'Infrastructure for the intelligent cloud' with Jason Zander.

⚖️ Management and Governance

🖥️ Compute

🌐 Networking

💡 Internet of Things

⚙️ Data and Analytics

📦 Storage

🎬 Media

⚙️ Hybrid Integration

⚙️ Identity and Access Management

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