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Azure SQL Data Warehouse Now Offered Worldwide

Azure SQL Data Warehouse service is now available across all 33 Microsoft Azure regions.

Microsoft Previews New Remote Desktop Web Client

Microsoft published documentation on Wednesday showing how to deploy a new browser-based Remote Desktop Web Client that's available for testing at the preview stage.

Microsoft Opens Code for Windows Subsystem for Linux Developers

Linux developers got added support from Microsoft this week with the publication of some Windows Subsystem for Linux open source code on the GitHub repository.

Azure Service Health Dashboard Now Available

The Azure Service Health dashboard, used to check the status of Azure services, has reached the "general availability" stage, Microsoft announced this week.

Microsoft Adds Azure Monitor Alert Capabilities

Microsoft now has "next-generation" Azure Monitor alert capabilities that can incur costs to use, alongside its free "classic" alerts.

Microsoft Previews Serial Console Recovery Tool for Azure Virtual Machines

Microsoft on Monday announced a preview of a new Serial Console command-line tool for recovering Linux and Windows VMs running on Azure infrastructure.

Microsoft Releases Update 1802 for System Center Configuration Manager

Microsoft announced the "current branch" release of Update 1802 for System Center Configuration Manager on Thursday.

AMD To Release Firmware Updates for Newly Disclosed Chip Flaws

AMD indicated on Wednesday that it is working on firmware updates to address processor security issues publicized last week by CTS Labs.

Azure Database Now Has MySQL and PostgreSQL Options

Microsoft this week announced the commercial availability of Azure Database services for both MySQL and PostgreSQL.

SharePoint Hub Sites Coming to Office 365 Subscribers This Month

The SharePoint Hub Sites intranet feature will be coming to Office 365 subscribers as early as the end of this month, Microsoft announced Wednesday.

Microsoft Touts Project Denali for SSDs in Datacenters at Open Compute Event

Microsoft highlighted some of its work with the Open Compute Project this week, including its latest effort with CNEX Labs to simplify solid-state drive technology used in datacenters.

Windows Server 2019 Product Scheduled To Arrive This Year

Windows Server 2019 will reach general availability "in the second half of calendar year 2018," according to a Microsoft announcement today.

Traffic View and Real User Measurements Added to Azure Traffic Manager

Azure Traffic Manager now has a couple of new features at the "general availability" stage.

Azure AD Gets Groups Expiration Policies and Managed Browser Controls

Microsoft announced a couple of Azure Active Directory improvements last week.

Microsoft Kicks Off Speculative Execution Bug Bounty Program

Microsoft this week announced a bug bounty program to solicit security-researcher contributions about "speculative execution" side-channel CPU vulnerabilities.

Azure Service Fabric Going Open Source for Linux and Windows

Microsoft announced this week that its Azure Service Fabric microservices application development platform is moving to an open development process, which will be housed at the GitHub code repository.

Microsoft Expanding Azure and Office 365 in Europe, Middle East and China

Microsoft on Wednesday announced an expansion of its datacenter regions for delivering Microsoft Azure and Office 365 services.

Microsoft Expands Spectre Microcode Approvals for Windows 10 Version 1709

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it removed an anti-virus compatibility check for some Windows 10 version 1709 devices, and it expanded some Spectre microcode approvals.

Azure Virtual Machine Service Gets Isolated and GPU Size Options

Microsoft expanded its Azure Virtual Machine sizes this month with new isolated and GPU offerings.

Azure SQL Database Service Getting Migration and Information Protection Options

Microsoft this week announced various Azure SQL Database improvements, including migration, high-availability and information protection options.

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