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August 2023

Aug 31

Azure Firewall: Poland Central Region is now in general availability

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Firewall is now generally available in the Poland Central region.

  • Azure Firewall
  • Security
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features
Aug 18

General availability: Azure Front Door Standard/Premium in Azure Government

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Front Door Standard/Premium is the new Azure native, modern cloud content delivery network (CDN) catering to both dynamic and static content delivery acceleration with enhanced security and a simple and predictable pricing model.

  • Azure Front Door
  • Security
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
Aug 15

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines

IN PREVIEW

Azure NetApp Files datastores now supports Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines in preview

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features
Aug 10

Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions and offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price performance.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Managed Disks
  • Storage Accounts
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Aug 3

Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio is now available in Southeast Asia region

Azure Chaos Studio is now available in Southeast Asia region.

  • Regions & Datacenters
Aug 2

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in East Asia

NOW AVAILABLE

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in East Asia

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Managed Disks
  • Storage Accounts
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

July 2023

Jul 31

Generally available: Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) by Palo Alto Networks - an Azure Native ISV Service

NOW AVAILABLE

The first ISV next-generation firewall service natively integrated in Azure is now generally available.

  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
Jul 5

Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions.

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions and offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price performance.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

June 2023

Jun 27

Preview Updates: Azure Elastic SAN Public Preview improvements

IN PREVIEW

Introducing the latest update to Azure Elastic SAN (in preview), which now offers expanded range of regions, increased support for diverse workloads, and an array of new features.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings
Jun 23

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files double encryption at-rest

IN PREVIEW

Azure NetApp Files now supports multiple encryption layers for increased data security.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features
  • Pricing & Offerings
Jun 19

Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage in Southeast Asia, UK South, South Central US and West US 3

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions and offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price performance.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Jun 14

Public Preview:  Azure NetApp Files Availability zone volume placement enhancement – Populate existing volume

IN PREVIEW

Populate previously deployed, existing volumes with the logical availability zone information to enable failure domain protection for workloads in specific availability zones.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features
Jun 13

Azure VMware Solution now available in North Switzerland

NOW AVAILABLE

We are excited to announce that Azure VMware Solution has gone live in North Switzerland and is now available to customers.

  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Regions & Datacenters
Jun 12

Generally available: Azure OpenAI Service in UK South

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2023

Azure OpenAI Service is now available in the UK South region. UK South supports gpt-35-turbo at launch.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Regions & Datacenters
Jun 5

Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio is now available in West US 2 region

IN PREVIEW

Azure Chaos Studio is now available in West US 2 region.

  • Regions & Datacenters

May 2023

May 31

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions.

NOW AVAILABLE

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in Brazil South, UK South, East US, East US 2, and South-Central US.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
May 18

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Standard Network Features - Edit Volumes

IN PREVIEW

Azure NetApp Files now supports ability to edit existing ANF volumes and upgrading Basic network features to Standard network features.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features
May 8

Generally available: Azure DNS Private Resolver is available in 8 additional regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure DNS Private Resolver is now available in West US, Canada East, Qatar Central, UAE North, Australia Southeast, Norway East, Norway East, and Poland Central.

  • Regions & Datacenters
May 1

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is available in Southeast Asia, Australia East and Qatar Central.

NOW AVAILABLE

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in Southeast Asia, Australia East and Qatar Central.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

April 2023

Apr 26

General availability: Microsoft Azure available from new cloud region in Poland

NOW AVAILABLE

Microsoft has announced the opening of the newest cloud region Poland and the first in Central Europe.

  • Regions & Datacenters

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