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Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-February 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-February 2024.
Generally available: Support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup
General availability for the support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-February 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-February 2024.
January 2024
General Availability: Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disks support with Trusted launch
Trusted launch VMs now support Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disks storage.
December 2023
Public Preview: Free SQL Managed Instance
Target availability: Q4 2023
Explore the power of SQL Managed Instance for free. It's perfect for testing out cloud migrations and elevating your database experience.
Public Preview: Accelerated logs in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Gain a performance boost in the Business-Critical service tier of Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server with accelerated logs.
November 2023
Public preview: Schema migration for target Azure SQL DB
Target availability: Q4 2023
Transfer your database schema from source to target Azure SQL DB using DMS from the Azure Portal.
General availability: Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service
Target availability: Q4 2023
The new Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) allows you to perform seamless migrations from SQL Server on-premises to Azure SQL Targets using DMS.
Public preview: Online Disaster recovery between SQL Server 2022 and Azure SQL Managed Instance
Target availability: Q4 2023
Managed online disaster recovery between SQL Server 2022 and Azure SQL Managed Instance allows near real-time database replication and bidirectional online failover to Azure and back.
General availability: Azure SQL Database Always Encrypted with virtualization-based security (VBS) enclaves
Target availability: Q4 2023
VBS enclaves in Azure SQL Database brings the benefits of secure enclaves, rich confidential queries, and in-place cryptographic operations, to all Azure SQL Database offerings, independent from the underlying hardware.
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-November 2023
Target availability: Q4 2023
Public Preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2023.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-November 2023
Target availability: Q4 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2023.
New user interface experience for Azure SQL migration extension
Target availability: Q4 2023
The Azure SQL Migration, an Azure Data Studio extension powered by Azure Database Migration Service, now has a new improved UI experience.
Public preview: Bring enhanced manageability to your SQL Server anywhere with Azure Arc
Target availability: Q4 2023
Azure Arc provides enhanced manageability for SQL Server, on-premises or across multi-cloud, to enable better visibility, flexibility and security.
General Availability: Lower pricing for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale expected in December 2023
Target availability: Q4 2023
Build new and highly scalable applications on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale with lower pricing!
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for early-November 2023
Target availability: Q4 2023
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-November 2023.
October 2023
General availability: Azure SQL updates for early-October 2023
Target availability: Q4 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-October 2023.
Generally Available: Add an Azure Cosmos DB custom endpoint in Azure IoT Hub
Azure IoT Hub now supports the ability to setup an Azure Cosmos DB account as a custom endpoint. This will help route device data from IoT Hub to Azure Cosmos DB directly.
September 2023
Public Preview: Azure SQL Database free offer
Target availability: Q3 2023
Get one free serverless Azure SQL Database per subscription for the lifetime of the subscription.
General Availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-September 2023
Target availability: Q3 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-September 2023
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