Release notes | September 8, 2016

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MY CONSOLE GCP release notes September 8, 2016 Welcoming Windows to GCP A broad range of new releases continues GCP's support for Windows and .NET-based workloads. In addition to Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server images are now available on Google Compute Engine. Language-specific cloud libraries for .NET developers are now available from NuGet, and Cloud Tools for Visual Studio and PowerShell have been released into beta. READ MORE Windows Server on Google Compute Engine Easily create Compute Engine VMs with Windows Server preinstalled running ASP.NET and IIS—choose from Windows Server Data Center 2008R2 and 2012R2 base images. SQL Server images on Google Compute Engine beta Production editions of SQL Server are now beta. SQL Server Standard, SQL Server Express, and SQL Server Web are available as base images alongside Windows Server. SQL Server Enterprise will be added soon. Google service libraries in NuGet To directly support .NET developers, Google Cloud API client library has added language-specific reference documentation and wrapper libraries for .NET. Cloud Tools for Visual Studio beta Visual Studio extension for GCP enables interactive management of cloud project resources. Deploy ASP.NET 4.x applications from within Visual Studio to Compute Engine. Cloud Tools for PowerShell beta Script, automate, and manage Windows workloads running on GCP. The PowerShell scripting environment lets users customize cloud workflows using familiar Windows tools. Additional releases COMPUTE HTTP(S) load balancing session affinity GA HTTP(S) now supports cross-region and content-based load balancing session affinity to more efficiently route users and distribute traffic. NETWORKING gRPC 1.0 GA gRPC 1.0 is an open-source framework that simplifies connecting, operating, and debugging distributed systems to make it as straightforward as performing local function calls. Subnetwork capabilities expansion beta Expandable subnetworks allow GCP private networks to accommodate additional compute capacity, and more users, by expanding IP ranges without disrupting services or reconfiguring workloads. BIG DATA Default autoscaling in batch mode for Cloud Dataflow Autoscaling dynamically allocates workers, increasing and decreasing instances based on need. This allows for greater efficiency, more consistent performance, and cost savings. Cloud Dataproc IAM roles beta Identity & Access Management (IAM) roles enable better management of Dataproc resources. Grant users permission to perform specific actions on clusters, jobs, and operations by assigning roles. MANAGEMENT TOOLS Stackdriver alert UI Stackdriver has introduced a more streamlined UI for creating and editing alerting policies. Stackdriver Error Reporting mobile app Receive push notifications when new errors occur in your cloud services with Stackdriver Error Reporting. Available in the Cloud Console app on Android, and soon on iOS. Google Cloud Audit Logging beta Cloud Storage can now generate Admin Activity and Data Access audit logs similar to those in App Engine and BigQuery. The beta release supports 60 queries per second (QPS). DEVELOPER TOOLS Google Cloud Endpoints beta Deploy, authorize, and monitor APIs written with any language and/or framework with a new in-console UI. New versions of the Java and Python frameworks feature reduced latency and support custom domains.   GO TO MY CONSOLE See you in the cloud, The Google Cloud Platform Team DOCUMENTATION SUPPORT MOBILE APP © 2016 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 This email was sent to dianagung2@gmail.com because you indicated that you'd like to receive feature announcements about Google Cloud Platform. If you don't want to receive such emails in the future, please unsubscribe here: https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/optout/PAkdn9ntQaqS2xvz8Kdk-0rB5sZkrCzDpp0Z4SVWyuqG5w==?hl=id You can also change your preferences on your account's profile page by logging in at console.cloud.google.com

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