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Event Hubs Premium now available in public preview
Event Hubs Premium is a new product SKU that is tailor-made for high-end event streaming scenarios that require elastic, superior performance with predictable latency.
Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server: Azure Free offer coming soon
Beginning in June 2021, enjoy the Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server B1ms compute SKU and 32GB storage free offer for the first 12 months.
General availability: Run Enterprise Java with Red Hat JBoss EAP for Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Marketplace offers to run JBoss EAP on Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Machine Scale Sets are now available. Customers can quickly move existing Java EE/Jakarta EE workloads to the cloud with limited code changes.
General availability: Enabling IBM WebSphere Application Server on Azure Virtual Machines
IBM WebSphere Application Server (Traditional) Network Deployment on Azure Linux Virtual Machines is now available, jointly developed and supported by IBM and Microsoft.
Expanded Azure Cosmos DB free tier now in general availability
Get the first 1000 RU/s provisioned throughput and 25 GB storage free each month for the lifetime of one Azure Cosmos DB account with the Azure Cosmos DB free tier.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server: Azure Free offer coming soon
Utilize the B1ms compute SKU and 32GB storage free offer (coming June 2021) on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server, a managed service running the open source Postgres database.
Azure Stack HCI 60-Day Free Trial Now Available
Azure Stack HCI built-in free software trial has been extended from 30 to 60 days giving more time to evaluate the solution before making a purchasing decision.
Capacity calculator with Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB now generally available
Use the Azure Cosmos DB capacity calculator to estimate your RU/s for your API for MongoDB workloads.
General availability: Announcing lower pricing for provisioned throughput on Azure Ultra Disks
Provisioned throughput price on Azure Ultra Disks is reduced by 65% in all regions where Ultra Disks are available
General availability: Azure Maps- new Gen2 pricing model available
Get new Azure Maps features and potential cost savings with Gen2 pricing.
April 2021
Announcing general availability of new M-series Msv2/Mdsv2 Medium Memory VMs for memory-optimized workloads
Azure Msv2/Mdsv2 Medium Memory Series offering up to 192vCPU and 4TB memory configurations and running on Cascade Lake processor are now generally available.
Public preview - Support for multiple currencies on Retail Rates API for all Azure products/services
An unauthenticated experience to get retail prices in different currencies for all Azure products/services (including Reserved Instances).
New Azure Cloud Services deployment model now generally available
Use Azure Cloud Services (extended support), now generally available, to increase regional resiliency and gain access to new capabilities that the Azure Resource Manager-based deployment model provides.
AMD-based Eav4-series virtual machines are now generally available in Azure HDInsight
The Eav4-series virtual machines are ideal for memory intensive workloads, and offer great performance for large in-memory business critical workloads at competitive price points on Azure HDInsight.
March 2021
Enabling IBM WebSphere on Azure Kubernetes Service
Customers can now leverage guidance jointly developed with IBM to run WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
New Norway East region added to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight is now generally available for Norway East customers.
New Brazil Southeast region added to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight is now available for Brazil South customers requiring scenario-based in-country disaster recovery.
February 2021
General availability: Enabling IBM WebSphere on Azure Kubernetes Service
You can now leverage guidance jointly developed with IBM to run WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Datadog integration with Azure: Public Preview
Datadog and Microsoft Azure have worked together to create an integrated Datadog SaaS solution. Built on Azure and available via the Azure Marketplace, this solution provides a seamless and first party like experience for Datadog’s cloud monitoring solution. Azure is the first cloud platform to offer this integrated experience with third-party solutions.
Azure Dav4-series VMs are available in Azure HDInsight
Adopt Dav4-series VMs in HDInsight to get great performance at a competitive price.
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