Skip to main content

Azure updates

Get the latest updates on Azure products and features to meet your cloud investment needs. Subscribe to notifications to stay informed.

RSS feed
Product category
Status:

September 2021

1 Sep

General availability: Enabling Load Balancing for IBM WebSphere on Azure Virtual Machines

NOW AVAILABLE

IBM WebSphere Application Server (Traditional) Network Deployment on Azure Linux Virtual Machines now includes added load balancing.

  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features

August 2021

18 Aug

Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus): PostgreSQL 12 & 13 now generally available

NOW 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
  • Open Source
  • Pricing & Offerings
18 Aug

Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus): Support for Citus 10 now generally available

NOW 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
  • Open Source
  • Pricing & Offerings
18 Aug

Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Hyperscale (Citus): Basic tier now generally available

NOW 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 PostgreSQL
  • Open Source
  • Pricing & Offerings
18 Aug

Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server: Eight new regions supported

NOW AVAILABLE

The public preview Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server (Preview) is now supported in eight additional regions.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Open Source
  • Pricing & Offerings
18 Aug

Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server: Burstable credit metrics in public preview

IN 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 PostgreSQL
  • Open Source
  • Pricing & Offerings
18 Aug

Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server: Burstable credit metrics in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server enables users to monitor burstable credits using Azure monitor.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Open Source
  • Pricing & Offerings
5 Aug

General availability: New Australia Central region added to Azure HDInsight

NOW AVAILABLE

HDInsight is now generally available for Australia Central customers.

  • HDInsight
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Open Source
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
4 Aug

General availability: Lower capacity reservation tier for Azure Monitor dedicated clusters

NOW AVAILABLE

Leverage advanced features in Azure Monitor like customer-managed key, Lockbox, infrastructure encryption for lower capacity reservation commitment.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Pricing & Offerings
4 Aug

Public preview of Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now offers reserved instance pricing

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Open Source
  • Management
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
4 Aug

Public preview of Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server now offers reserved instance pricing

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Open Source
  • Management
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features

July 2021

21 Jul

General availability: New West US 3 region added to Azure HDInsight

NOW AVAILABLE

HDInsight is now generally available for West US 3 customers.

  • HDInsight
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Open Source
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
14 Jul

General availability: Azure Spring Cloud Pricing Model Change

NOW AVAILABLE

Upcoming changes to base units in Azure Spring Cloud Basic and Standard will result in lower costs for many customers.

  • Pricing & Offerings
14 Jul

Free Extended Security Updates only on Azure for Windows Server 2012 /R2and SQL Server 2012

IN DEVELOPMENT

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.

  • Pricing & Offerings
7 Jul

App Service Environment v3 now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

App Service Environments v3 is now available with no stamp fee and a simplified deployment experience for isolated workloads.

  • App Service
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings

June 2021

29 Jun

Limited Preview: New Azure VMs for confidential workloads

IN PREVIEW

New DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series Azure Virtual Machines transform the state-of-the-art for confidential workloads

  • Security
  • Pricing & Offerings
10 Jun

General availability: Confidential Computing price reduction on DCsv2 virtual machines

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
4 Jun

General availability: ExpressRoute Global Reach Pricing Reduction

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Azure ExpressRoute
  • ExpressRoute Circuits
  • Pricing & Offerings
3 Jun

Now Available: Pricing changes to Azure Sentinel and Azure Monitor to help you reduce costs

NOW AVAILABLE

Enjoy additional cost savings with the new price changes to Azure Sentinel and Azure monitor. These changes took effect on June 2, 2021.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Security
  • Pricing & Offerings
2 Jun

General availability: Azure API Management Premium tier price reduction for incremental purchased units

NOW AVAILABLE

After the first purchased unit, a price reduction of 50% will be applied on all subsequent units purchased.

  • API Management
  • Pricing & Offerings

Azure at Microsoft Build

Resources

Read the Azure blog for latest news and announcements.

Blog

Get answers to your questions from Microsoft and Community experts.

Community support

Read commonly asked questions on Azure updates.

FAQ

Find the latest news, updates, and resources for Azure partners.

Azure Partner Zone

Tell us what you think of Azure and what you want to see in the future.

Provide feedback

Azure is available in more regions than any other cloud provider.

Check product availability in your region