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General availability: Enabling Load Balancing for IBM WebSphere on Azure Virtual Machines
IBM WebSphere Application Server (Traditional) Network Deployment on Azure Linux Virtual Machines now includes added load balancing.
August 2021
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus): PostgreSQL 12 & 13 now generally available
Create Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus) server groups with Postgres 12 and Postgres 13, in addition to previously supported Postgres 11.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus): Support for Citus 10 now generally available
The support of Citus 10, with columnar storage and more, is now included in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open source Postgres database on Azure.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus): Basic tier now generally available
You can now run Hyperscale (Citus) on a single node with Hyperscale (Citus) Basic for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server: Eight new regions supported
The public preview Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server (Preview) is now supported in eight additional regions.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server: Burstable credit metrics in public preview
Flexible Server enables users to monitor burstable credits using Azure monitor on Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server: Burstable credit metrics in public preview
Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server enables users to monitor burstable credits using Azure monitor.
General availability: New Australia Central region added to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight is now generally available for Australia Central customers.
General availability: Lower capacity reservation tier for Azure Monitor dedicated clusters
Leverage advanced features in Azure Monitor like customer-managed key, Lockbox, infrastructure encryption for lower capacity reservation commitment.
Public preview of Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now offers reserved instance pricing
Prepay and commit to one- or three-year’ worth of steady hourly service consumption on Flexible Server for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Public preview of Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server now offers reserved instance pricing
Prepay and commit to Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server for one- or three-years’ worth of steady hourly service consumption at a lower per-hour price point.
July 2021
General availability: New West US 3 region added to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight is now generally available for West US 3 customers.
General availability: Azure Spring Cloud Pricing Model Change
Upcoming changes to base units in Azure Spring Cloud Basic and Standard will result in lower costs for many customers.
Free Extended Security Updates only on Azure for Windows Server 2012 /R2and SQL Server 2012
Learn how you can take advantage of free Extended Security only Azure for workloads running on Windows Server 2012/R2 and SQL Server 2012 releases.
App Service Environment v3 now generally available
App Service Environments v3 is now available with no stamp fee and a simplified deployment experience for isolated workloads.
June 2021
Limited Preview: New Azure VMs for confidential workloads
New DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series Azure Virtual Machines transform the state-of-the-art for confidential workloads
General availability: Confidential Computing price reduction on DCsv2 virtual machines
DCsv2-series Azure Virtual Machines protect the confidentiality and integrity of your data and code while it’s processed in the public cloud. The price for this offering is now 37% lower.
General availability: ExpressRoute Global Reach Pricing Reduction
ExpressRoute Global Reach allows you to link ExpressRoute circuits together to make a private network between your on-premises networks. The data transfer price for this offering is now 50% lower.
Now Available: Pricing changes to Azure Sentinel and Azure Monitor to help you reduce costs
Enjoy additional cost savings with the new price changes to Azure Sentinel and Azure monitor. These changes took effect on June 2, 2021.
General availability: Azure API Management Premium tier price reduction for incremental purchased units
After the first purchased unit, a price reduction of 50% will be applied on all subsequent units purchased.
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