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August 2023

15 Aug

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
  • Services
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
10 Aug

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
3 Aug

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

Azure Chaos Studio is now available in Southeast Asia region.

  • Regions & Datacenters
2 Aug

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

31 Jul

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.

  • Services
  • Regions & Datacenters
5 Jul

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

27 Jun

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
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
23 Jun

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
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
19 Jun

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
14 Jun

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
  • Services
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
13 Jun

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
12 Jun

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
5 Jun

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

31 May

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
18 May

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
  • Services
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
8 May

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
1 May

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

26 Apr

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
24 Apr

Preview: Introducing DCesv5 and ECesv5-series Confidential VMs with Intel TDX

IN PREVIEW

Today, we’re excited to announce the expansion of our Confidential VM family with the launch of the DCesv5-series and ECesv5-series in preview. Featuring 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, these VMs are backed by an all-new hardware-based Trusted Execution Environment called Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (TDX). Organizations can use these VMs to seamlessly bring confidential workloads to the cloud without any code changes to their applications.

  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Security
19 Apr

Public preview: Azure Container Apps available in Azure China

IN PREVIEW

You can now use Azure Container Apps in Azure China.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Regions & Datacenters

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