Much of the incredible work being done in Data Platform is still undisclosed, however, in the last year we have had several great releases. We work within the Azure Portal, and our best work is occurring in the "Ibiza" framework which we are helping to evolve. Below is a small sample of them. Most are screenshots of shipped product.

Where is the rest?!

Sorry, but unless you work at Microsoft, there is only so much I can show you. Our processes and projects are, shhh, top secret. We have new features coming, large and small, development and administrative it was a very exciting year for us in Data Platform.

SQL Azure

Getting Started

Role: UX Director, designer
Designer: Kaivalya Hanswadkar, Bevin Perrin

Auditing

Single click defaults to turn on complex and multi-standards compliant auditing scenarios. Developed internationally with the ILDC development team (Isreal)

As Designed

Role: UX Director, designer, functional designer, prototyper
Designers: Bevin Perrin, Miguel Solorio

GeoDR

SQL Server 14 is infamous for being the hardest to set up disaster recovery in the industry. Our goal was to make SQL Azure the simplest in the industry. Offering unparalleled ease of use for the complex process of establishing multiple geo-redundant databases. Setting up an original database, and two geo-redundant pairs took 5 minutes with enough time left over for changing the Azure theme

Check out the video produced by my team to see how this feature works in action.

Role: UX Director, designer, functional designer
Designers: Kaivalya Hanswadkar, Miguel Solorio, Josh Keckley
Video Produced and Directed by DPX, Rick Hudson - Voice

DocumentDB

Microsoft's new Json database is an incubation gone good. Integrated from the beginning, user experience is part of the teams expectations. 

Role: UX Director, designer, research coordinator (language)
Designer: Josh Keckley

HDInsight

Big data is a tough space to learn in. We created a getting started and dashboard experiences for Hadoop that help jumpstart our customers.

Project Xs

Man I wish I could show you this stuff. We are currently designing even more amazing work for DocumentDB, SQL IaaS and Azure Search not to mention projects I'm not allowed to name. But as they release, I'll be sure to update these pages so you can keep aware of what is happening in Data Platform.