Updates Archives
Monthly updates for April 2020
Cross-region restore for Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Backup
With the introduction of cross-region restore, you can now initiate restores in a secondary region at will to mitigate real downtime issues in a primary region for your environment.
Virtual machine scale sets—Automatic image upgrades for custom images
Virtual machine scale sets now provides the ability to automatically deploy new versions of custom images to scale set virtual machines.
Replace existing disks is now supported for virtual machines with custom images
Support is now available for virtual machines (VMs) with custom images to replace existing disks during the restore flow.
Direct Upload of Azure Managed Disks is generally available
Direct upload of Azure Managed Disks provides a simplified workflow for uploading an on-premises VHD directly into an empty managed disk or copy a managed disk to another Azure region for regional migration or expansion.
Azure Ultra Disks—Shared disk capability is now in preview
Shared disks now includes Ultra Disks (in preview).
Azure Managed Disks—Incremental snapshots are now available
Get a cost-effective, point-in-time backup of managed disks using incremental snapshots. Unlike current snapshots, which are billed for the full size, incremental snapshots are billed for the delta changes to disks since the last snapshot.
New Azure Disk sizes and bursting support are now available
Azure Managed Disks are the new and recommended disk storage offering for use with Azure virtual machines for persistent storage of data. Use multiple Managed Disks with each virtual machine. Four types of managed disks are available—ultra disk, premium SSD-managed disks, standard SSD-managed disks, and standard HDD-managed disks.
Server-side encryption with customer-managed keys for Azure Managed Disks is generally available
Server-side encryption with customer-managed keys for Azure Managed Disks is now available. It improves on platform-managed keys by giving you control of the encryption keys to meet your compliance need. It improves on Azure Disk encryption by enabling you to use any OS types and images for your virtual machines by encrypting data in the Azure Storage service.
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