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Azure Storage 200 TB block blob size is now in preview
We’ve increased the maximum size of a single blob in Azure Storage from 5 TB to 200 TB, now available in preview. The 200 TB blob size is available for preview in all Azure public regions with hot, cool and premium tiers.
March 2020
Azure Storage – Append Blob immutability support now generally available
Target availability: Q1 2020
Store business-critical data objects in a non-erasable and non-modifiable state for a user-specified retention interval using immutable storage for Azure Blob storage.
March 2019
Azure premium blob storage is now generally available
Target availability: Q1 2019
Premium blob storage is a new tier of Blob storage (hot, cool and archive are the existing tiers), ideal for demanding workloads that require high transaction rates or faster and more consistent response times, such as IOT and telemetry.
June 2018
Static website hosting for Azure Storage now in public preview
Today we are excited to announce the public preview of static website hosting for Azure Storage
May 2018
General availability: Soft delete for Azure Storage blobs
Soft delete for Azure Storage is available in all regions for public, government, and sovereign clouds.
October 2017
Load files from Azure Blob storage into Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database will enable you to directly load files stored in Azure Blob storage by using specific SQL statements.
September 2017
Support for blob storage lease management from the Azure portal
You can conveniently manage leases on containers and blobs of storage accounts right from the Azure portal.
Manage stored access policies for storage accounts from within the Azure portal
You can now manage the stored access policies for your storage accounts from within the Azure portal.
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