Licensing Reference
Licensing reference materials are continuously updated, highly-detailed entries covering Microsoft licensing terms, procedures, practices and timelines.
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Product Reference
Product reference materials are clear, concise definitions and descriptions of Microsoft's ever-growing catalog of products and services.
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Automation Roadmap
Azure Automation helps automate deployment, management, and other repetitive IT processes. It plays a role... more
Automanage Roadmap
Azure Automanage configures and deploys common management tasks for Azure VMs and Azure Arc enabled... more
Azure Update Management Center in Preview
Updated: December 29, 2024
UPDATE 2023-09-25: Generally available as Azure Update Manager. A new Azure Update management center in...more
Azure Is Increasingly Microsoft's Server Management Hub
Updated: November 28, 2023
Server management capabilities will increasingly require Azure services in the future. Azure Arc extends the...more
Azure Update Manager Orchestrates Server Updates
Updated: October 2, 2023
Azure Update Manager, now generally available, can manage updates for Windows Server and Linux server...more
Azure is Microsoft’s Focus for Server Management Services
Updated: June 18, 2023
Server management, even for on-premises, will increasingly require Azure services in the future. Azure Arc...more
Azure Scheduler Service Shutting Down
Updated: July 27, 2020
The Azure Scheduler service will be shut down on Dec. 31, 2019.
Azure Automation Delivers Management Orchestration
Updated: July 24, 2020
Azure Automation enables management and performs automated tasks on servers and other Azure resources. Runbooks...more
Azure Automation Adds Python 2 Support
Updated: July 23, 2020
Azure Automation support for Python 2 is now generally available
ITSM Connector for Azure Generally Available
Updated: July 23, 2020
The ITSM Connector for Azure is now generally available and allows Azure monitoring tools to...more
Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap
