Stream Analytics updates for IoT Suite

Today Microsoft announced the availability of the [Azure IoT Suite](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/internet-of-things/azure-iot-suite.aspx), a collection of preconfigured solutions that enable companies to quickly start and scale Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.As a core service in the IoT Suite, Azure Stream Analytics added a number of updates to address common business needs. The latest updates include: * **Azure preview portal integration:** In addition to continued presence in the Azure management portal, Stream Analytics is now integrated in the [Azure preview portal](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/preview-portal/). * **Support for DocumentDB output:** Stream Analytics jobs can now output to [Azure DocumentDB](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/documentdb/), enabling data archival and low-latency querying for unstructured JSON data. * **Support for IoT Hub input:** Stream Analytics jobs now have a **Preview** feature to ingest data from Azure IoT Hubs, enabling real-time analytics over millions of events from all of your connected devices. * **TIMESTAMP BY for heterogeneous events:** When a single data stream contains multiple event types that have time stamps in different fields, you can now use [TIMESTAMP BY](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt573293.aspx) with expressions to specify different time stamp fields for each case. To learn more about Stream Analytics, see the [Stream Analytics Learning Path](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/learning-paths/stream-analytics/).[](https://azurecomcdn.azureedge.net/mediahandler/acomblog/updates/ServiceUpdates/imported/images-2015-09-serviceUpdate.png) * Azure Cosmos DB * Microsoft Azure portal * Azure Stream Analytics * Features * [ Microsoft Azure portal](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/features/azure-portal/) * [ Azure Cosmos DB](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/cosmos-db/) * [ Azure Stream Analytics](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/stream-analytics/)