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General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity pools
Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 2 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.
Public preview: Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench
Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench is a new service that provides a fully managed work environment for engineering development, accelerating project startup, and enabling secure collaboration between development teams.
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – allow the same file path for volumes in different availability zones
Public Preview of Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – file path uniqueness
February 2024
General Availability: Azure NetApp Files Standard Network Features - Edit Volumes
Azure NetApp Files Standard Network Features - Edit Volumes GA
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Standard Network Features - Edit Volumes in US Gov Regions
Azure NetApp Files in US Gov region now supports ability to edit existing ANF volumes and upgrading Basic network features to Standard network features.
January 2024
General Availability: Customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption
Azure NetApp Files volumes supports encryption with customer-managed keys (CMK), using Azure Key Vault for key storage, to enable an extra layer of security for data at rest.
November 2023
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity pools
Azure NetApp Files 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, when used with volumes using standard network features is now in preview.
General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 2 TiB capacity pools
Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 2 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 4 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.
General Availability: User and group quota management in Azure NetApp Files
Default and individual user/group quotas allows you to stay in control of capacity consumption on volumes; the feature is now Generally Available (GA)
General Availability: Standard network features support in US Gov regions
Standard network features for azure NetApp files are now available in the US Gov regions
Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution is available in US Government regions.
Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution is available in US Government (VA, AZ) regions.
October 2023
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files standard storage with cool access
Azure NetApp Files standard storage with cool access is now in public preview. With the new cool access feature, you can enable standard volumes with the ability to transparently store data more cost-effectively on Azure storage accounts based on its access pattern.
Public Preview: Customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption is now available in US Gov regions (Preview)
Customer keys are protected from attacks for maximum security of their Azure NetApp File volumes; the feature is now available in US Gov regions (Preview)
September 2023
Public preview: Standard network features support in US Government region
Standard network features for azure NetApp files are now available in the US Government (VA) region.
August 2023
General Availability: AzAcSnap 9 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot tool updates
AzAcSnap Version 9 Release
Public Preview: Custom NFSv4.1 ID Domain in Azure NetApp Files
Non-LDAP volumes can now be configured to use a custom authentication ID Domain that matches your NFS environment.
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines
Azure NetApp Files datastores now supports Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines in preview
General availability | Azure NetApp Files: SMB Continuous Availability (CA) shares
Azure NetApp Files SMB Continuous Availability (CA) shares is now Generally Available (GA)
June 2023
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files double encryption at-rest
Azure NetApp Files now supports multiple encryption layers for increased data security.
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Availability zone volume placement enhancement – Populate existing volume
Populate previously deployed, existing volumes with the logical availability zone information to enable failure domain protection for workloads in specific availability zones.
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