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June 2020

30 Jun

Azure Storage 200 TB block blob size is now in preview

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.

  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Features

March 2020

18 Mar

Azure Storage – Append Blob immutability support now generally available

NOW 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.

  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Management
  • Features

March 2019

18 Mar

Azure premium blob storage is now generally available

NOW 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.

  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Features

June 2018

28 Jun

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

  • Storage Accounts
  • Features

May 2018

30 May

General availability: Soft delete for Azure Storage blobs

NOW AVAILABLE

Soft delete for Azure Storage is available in all regions for public, government, and sovereign clouds.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

October 2017

23 Oct

Load files from Azure Blob storage into Azure SQL Database

IN PREVIEW

Azure SQL Database will enable you to directly load files stored in Azure Blob storage by using specific SQL statements.

  • Features

September 2017

21 Sep

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.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Storage Accounts
  • Management
  • Features
5 Sep

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.

  • Microsoft Azure portal
  • Storage Accounts
  • Management
  • Features

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