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Preview Features in Azure allow you to explore upcoming capabilities and enhancements before they are fully released. This gives you an early look at new tools and helps shape future development based on feedback.
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Defender Industrial Scale System
This component protects industrial scale measurement systems from tampering and cyber interference. It ensures accuracy, integrity, and regulatory compliance for mission critical metering equipment.
Spatial Anchor Accounts
Azure Spatial Anchors enable developers to create mixed reality experiences by anchoring digital content to physical spaces across devices and platforms.
Detonation
Detonation in Azure refers to the process of safely executing potentially malicious content in an isolated environment to analyze its behavior. This security approach helps detect advanced threats and zero day vulnerabilities by observing how the content acts, without putting your network at risk.
Device Security Windows
Device Security for Windows devices in Azure leverages Microsoft Defender and Intune to enforce robust security configurations. It supports features like secure boot, antivirus protection, and automatic updates for enterprise endpoints.
SSH Keys
Azure SSH Keys provide secure, password free authentication for Linux virtual machines, enabling stronger access controls via cryptographic key pairs.
Azure Sentinel
Azure Sentinel is a cloud native SIEM and SOAR solution that uses AI to detect, investigate, and respond to security threats across the enterprise with intelligent security analytics.
Azure Sphere
Azure Sphere provides end to end security for IoT devices with a secured microcontroller unit (MCU), a custom Linux based OS, and continuous cloud based security updates from Microsoft.
Maintenance Configuration
Azure Maintenance Configuration defines maintenance windows and update policies for resources, ensuring predictable and controlled updates for VMs and infrastructure.
Mission Landing Zone
Mission Landing Zone represents a pre configured cloud environment in Azure designed to accelerate enterprise cloud adoption while ensuring compliance and governance.
Peerings
Peerings refer to virtual network peerings in Azure, which connect virtual networks for private communication without requiring gateways.
Branch
In Azure DevOps, a branch is a version control feature that allows developers to work on features, bug fixes, or experiments in isolation. It enables safe and collaborative development workflows.
Offers
Offers typically represent service plans, subscriptions, or pricing bundles available in Azure Marketplace or other Azure services.
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Cloud Services (extended support)
Cloud Services (extended support) provides extended support for Azure Cloud Services, helping users maintain legacy applications while transitioning to modern cloud infrastructure.
RTOS
Real Time Operating System (RTOS) in Azure refers to support for devices running deterministic embedded systems, often used in IoT and industrial edge compute scenarios.
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OS Images (Classic)
OS Images (Classic) refer to older, pre configured operating system templates used for creating virtual machines in Azure's classic deployment model.
SQL Database Fleet Manager
SQL Database Fleet Manager enables operational management of large groups of Azure SQL databases across servers and regions from a centralized dashboard.
Data Shares
Azure Data Shares streamline secure data sharing between Azure tenants or partners by offering simple, governed access to structured and unstructured data. It eliminates the complexity of data replication while preserving access control and auditability.
Spot VM
Azure Spot VMs offer significant cost savings by using unused Azure compute capacity, ideal for workloads that can tolerate interruptions.
Builds
Builds in Azure DevOps automate the compilation, testing, and packaging of applications. The build pipeline ensures code quality and consistency through continuous integration (CI) workflows.
Blob Page
Azure Page Blobs are designed for random read/write access and are commonly used for virtual hard drive (VHD) files in Azure virtual machines. They offer low latency and high throughput for IOPS intensive workloads.
Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps offers a suite of services Azure Repos, Pipelines, Artifacts, Boards to support code collaboration, CI/CD automation, and agile project tracking for modern software teams.
Microsoft Defender EASM
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management (EASM) helps discover unknown and unmanaged internet facing assets, improving visibility and reducing security risks.
Web Test
Web Test in Azure monitors the availability and responsiveness of web applications through synthetic transactions and performance checks.
Devices
Azure Devices encompasses a wide range of connected hardware, including mobile endpoints, IoT units, and enterprise workstations. It represents all managed or enrolled devices interacting with Azure services, allowing for centralized management and policy enforcement.