| Starting today, Windows Azure Active Directory Premium is in public preview. In addition, BizTalk Services 2013, Windows Azure Traffic Manager, and application access enhancements for Windows Azure Active Directory are generally available. There are also several important Mobile Services updates. |
| Updates on Windows Azure Active Directory
Windows Azure Active Directory Premium offering is now available for customer preview. Built on top of the free tier of Windows Azure AD, Premium provides advanced capabilities to empower enterprises with more demanding needs on identity and access management. Windows Azure Active Directory Premium will be free during the first period of the preview. Sign up for Windows Azure Active Directory Premium public preview today. Send us any questions and feedback you have regarding this public preview. Application access enhancements, a part of the free Windows Azure Active Directory (AD) offering have reached general availability (GA). These enhancements enable you to easily provide single sign on and manage user access to hundreds of cloud SaaS applications like Office 365, Box, GoToMeeting, DropBox, Salesforce.com and more. If you are already using those application access enhancements in preview, you do not have to take any action. You will automatically be transitioned to the GA service. For more information, benefits and scenarios on Windows Azure Active Directory, please visit the Identity and Access Managementwebpage. Announcing BizTalk Services 2013 general availability BizTalk Services 2013 is a cloud Integration technology that enables powerful business scenarios such as supply chain, cloud-based EDI, enterprise application integration, and the development of trustworthy, high-performance, high-resiliency hybrid applications. Today we are announcing new pricing for this service. Preview pricing will remain in effect until December 31, 2013. Starting January 1, 2014, the following pricing will apply: |
| BizTalk Services Edition |
Preview price through December 31, 2013 |
General availability price effective January 1, 2014 | ||||||||||
| Developer | $0.0650 per Unit Hour |
$0.13 per Unit Hour |
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| Basic | $0.3350 per Unit Hour |
$0.67 per Unit Hour |
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| Standard | $2.0150 per Unit Hour |
$4.03 per Unit Hour |
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| Premium | $4.03 per Unit Hour |
$8.06 per Unit Hour |
| If you are already using BizTalk Services in preview, you do not have to take any action. You will automatically be transitioned to the GA service and the new pricing will take effect from January 1, 2014 onwards.
BizTalk Services Basic, Standard, and Premium editions are backed by a 99.9 percent service level agreement. For more pricing information, please refer to the BizTalk Services Pricing Detailswebpage. For more information, visit the BizTalk Services website. Announcing Windows Azure Traffic Manager general availability Today, we’re also announcing the general availability of the Windows Azure Traffic Manager. Traffic Manager now carries aservice level agreement of 99.99 percent availability and is supported through your existing Azure support plan. We’re also announcing new pricing for this service. Free promotional pricing will remain in effect until December 31, 2013. Starting January 1, 2014, the following pricing will apply: |
| Traffic Manager usage |
Preview price through December 31, 2013 |
General availability price effective January 1, 2014 | ||||||||||
| DNS queries (first 1 billion) | Free | $0.75 per 1 million queries |
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| DNS queries (after 1 billion) | Free | $0.3750 per 1 million queries |
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| Service endpoints | Free | $0.50 per service endpoint |
| If you are already using Traffic Manager in preview, you do not have to take any action. You will automatically be transitioned to the GA service and the new pricing will take effect Jan 1, 2014 onwards.
Traffic Manager is useful in creating highly responsive and highly available applications. With the service now entering general availability, you can use it to build and run production grade applications. For more pricing information, please refer to theTraffic Manager Pricing Details. For more information on using Traffic Manager, please visit the Traffic Manager website. Important Mobile Services Updates Windows Azure Mobile Services enables you to accelerate your mobile app development by providing a fast and easy way to store data, authenticate users, and send push notifications. Today, we’ve released several important updates to Mobile Services, including:
These features and downloads are available to all Windows Azure customers at no additional charge. To get started with Mobile Services, please visit the mobile developer center. |