(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Public Previews, General Availability, and Build 2016 Announcements

Today’s Tip…

Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer preview: March update: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/storage-explorer-march-update/

• Announcing the Preview of Storage Service Encryption for Data at Rest: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-preview-of-storage-service-encryption-for-data-at-rest/
• Automatically remediate Azure VM alerts with Automation runbooks: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/automatically-remediate-azure-vm-alerts-with-automation-runbooks/
• Build 2016: Azure Storage announcements: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/build-2016-azure-storage-announcements/
  • Storage Service Encryption Preview: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-service-encryption/
  • GetPageRanges API for copying incremental snapshots
  • Azure Import/Export
  • Azure Backup support for Azure Premium Storage
  • Client Library and Tooling Updates
  • Storage Security Guide: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-security-guide/
• Key Vault Support in ARM Templates: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/keyvault-support-for-arm-templates/
• Azure Service Fabric is GA (March 31st): https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-service-fabric-is-ga/
• General availability: Virtual Machine Scale Sets: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-virtual-machine-scale-sets/