Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2024
GA: Improved throughput performance on Azure Disks’ Standard SSD
Azure Disks Standard SSD throughput limits are now 100 MB/s on disks sized 8191 GBs and lower.
Preview: New Features in Azure Container Storage
Azure Container Storage is a fully managed volume orchestration service built natively for containers. New capabilities include support for Temp SSD, simplified installation via AKS CLI, and scalable storage for cost-efficient workload management.
Public Preview: Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backup by Azure Backup for VM
Azure VM backup now supports agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups in public preview.
Announcing Azure HPC Cache Retirement
Target retirement date: October 01, 2025
Azure HPC Cache is retiring. End of support is 30 September 2025.
Announcing Avere vFXT for Azure Retirement
Target retirement date: October 01, 2025
Avere vFXT for Azure is retiring. End of support is 30 September 2025.
Private Preview: Force detach zone redundant disks during zone outage
Force detach zone redundant disks during zone outage and take advantage of ZRS ability to achieve an RPO of 0.
Public preview: New Generation AMD VMs - Dasv6/Easv6/Fasv6
Target availability: Q1 2024
Azure introduces the latest AMD-based VMs in public preview for the D, E, and F series VMs, built on the 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ (Genoa) CPU.
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