Starting today, you can request an invitation to the Premium preview for the Windows Azure SQL Database. Microsoft is excited to announce a limited public preview of a new Windows Azure SQL Database business-class offer, Premium, which delivers reserved capacity for more powerful and predictable…
Changes to the old Windows Azure Management Portal We are pleased to inform you that you can now manage nearly all Windows Azure services in the new Windows Azure Management Portal. Starting August 8, 2013, all capabilities in the old portal will be available in the new portal…
Automatically scale your Mobile Services In Windows Azure Mobile Services, you can now automatically scale the number of units that you consume in the Standard and Premium tiers up or down in order to keep your usage in line with actual needs. There is no…
Application access enhancements for Windows Azure Active Directory is now available in preview. Take advantage of application access enhancements in Active Directory Windows Azure Active Directory provides a cloud-scale, efficient identity and access management experience. Using the application access enhancements preview, you can use…
We recently published an updated support life cycle policy for Windows Azure Cloud Services for web and worker roles. This email outlines these new policies and the associated timelines for migration: Guest OS 1.x deprecation (retirement deadline: June 1, 2014). 60 days auto-upgrade policy for…