Enhanced features in Azure Archive Storage now generally available

By Dustin Ward

Since launching Azure Archive Storage, we’ve seen unprecedented interest and innovative usage from a variety of industries. Archive Storage is built as a scalable service for cost-effectively storing rarely accessed data for long periods of time. Cold data, including application backups, healthcare records, autonomous driving recordings, and other data sets that might have been previously…

Azure Maps updates offer new features and expanded availability

By Dustin Ward

This blog post was co-authored by Chad Raynor, Principal Program Manager, Azure Maps. Updates to Azure Maps services include new and recently added features, including the general availability of Azure Maps services on Microsoft Azure Government cloud. Here is a rundown of the new and recently added features for Azure Maps services: Azure Maps is…

Azure Security Center enhancements

By Dustin Ward

At Microsoft Ignite 2019, we announced the preview of more than 15 new features. This blog provides an update for the features that are now generally available to our customers. As the world comes together to combat COVID-19, and remote work becomes a critical capability for many companies, it’s extremely important to maintain the security…

Updates to Azure Maps Web SDK includes powerful new features

By Dustin Ward

Today, we are announcing updates to the Azure Maps Web SDK, which adds support for common spatial file formats, introduces a new data driven template framework for popups, includes several OGC services, and much more. Spatial IO module   With as little as three lines of code this module makes it easy to integrate spatial…

Custom views with view designer are migrating to Azure Monitor workbooks

By Dustin Ward

Azure Monitor is making changes to the custom views experience in Log Analytics Workspaces. Beginning March 2020, we will be replacing the View Designer tool with Azure Monitor Workbooks. Workbooks provide a flexible canvas for data analysis and the creation of rich visual reports within the Azure portal. They allow you to tap into multiple…