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December 2020

1 Dec

Azure Storage blob inventory public preview

IN PREVIEW

The Azure Storage blob inventory, which provides an overview of your blob data within a storage account, is now available for public preview in France Central, Canada Central, and Canada East.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Premium Blob Storage
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Hot/Cool Blob Storage Tiers
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Features

November 2020

5 Nov

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 recursive access control list (ACL) update is generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Set, update, or remove access control lists (ACLs) recursively for existing Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 filesystem.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Features
  • Security

October 2020

27 Oct

Policy to control the minimum TLS version used with Azure Storage now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Secure Azure Storage HTTPS connection with minimum TLS version via policy control.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features
  • Security
21 Oct

Azure Blob storage lifecycle management now supports blob versions management

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now use Azure Blob storage lifecycle management to automatically transition old blob versions to a cooler storage tier (hot to cool, hot to archive or cool to archive) or delete old blob versions to optimise for cost.

  • Hot/Cool Blob Storage Tiers
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Archive Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Features

September 2020

17 Sep

Azure Blob access time tracking and access time-based lifecycle management preview

IN PREVIEW

The preview is available in France Central, Canada East, and Canada Central regions.

  • Hot/Cool Blob Storage Tiers
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Features
17 Sep

Azure Blob storage lifecycle management now supports append blobs

NOW AVAILABLE

In addition to supporting block blobs, Azure Blob storage lifecycle management now offers a rich, rule-based policy to manage the retention of your append blobs.

  • Premium Blob Storage
  • Hot/Cool Blob Storage Tiers
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Features
16 Sep

Azure Files support for NFS v4.1 is now in preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Files now adds support for NFS v4.1 file system protocol for an easy migration of your Linux-centric workloads.

  • Azure Files
  • Storage Accounts
  • Services
  • Features
9 Sep

Azure Blob storage object replication is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Object replication allows you to replicate your block blob data at the blob level from one storage account to another anywhere in the Azure.

  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Features

August 2020

27 Aug

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 access control list recursive update in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Set, update or remove access control lists (ACLs) recursively for existing Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 directories and files.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Features
  • Security
24 Aug

AzCopy v10.6 released with updated sync features and larger blob size support

NOW AVAILABLE

AzCopy v10.6 sync now supports access control lists (ACLs) and properties as well as larger block blob size and blob versioning.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Services
  • Features

July 2020

31 Jul

New regions added for Azure Blob storage object replication public preview

IN PREVIEW

We have expanded the preview regions for Azure Blob storage object replication to include East US 2, Central US. You can start previewing this feature on any existing or new General-purpose (GPv2) storage accounts in those regions.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Features
15 Jul

Choose to allow or disallow blob public access on Azure Storage accounts

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Storage now supports anonymous public read access for containers and blobs. Learn more about how to evaluate anonymous access to your data.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Features
  • Security

June 2020

17 Jun

Azure geo-zone-redundant storage is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2020

Geo-zone-redundant storage (GZRS) and read-access geo-zone-redundant storage (RA-GZRS) are now generally available, offering intra-regional and inter-regional high availability and disaster protection for your applications.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Azure Files
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
17 Jun

Azure Storage account failover is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Customer-initiated Storage account failover is now generally available, allowing you to determine when to initiate a failover instead of waiting for Microsoft to do so.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Management
  • Features

May 2020

19 May

Azure Storage—Routing preferences now available for preview

IN PREVIEW

Routing preferences provide the flexibility to optimise traffic to your Storage account for premium network performance by using the Microsoft global network or to help lower costs using the public Internet. Publish route-specific endpoints for your storage account. The preview is available for all Storage accounts located in France South, South Central US and the West Central US regions.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Features
14 May

Private endpoints for Azure Storage are now generally available in the Azure Government region

NOW AVAILABLE

Private endpoints for Azure Storage are now generally available in the Azure Government region. Private endpoints provide secure connectivity to Azure Storage from an Azure virtual network. On-premises networks can also securely connect to a storage account using a private endpoint when that network is connected to a virtual network using Azure Express Route or VPN.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
14 May

Azure Private Link is now generally available in US Government regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in GA.

  • Azure Private Link
  • Virtual Network
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Azure Database for MariaDB
  • Key Vault
  • Backup Server
  • Azure AI Search
  • Event Hubs
  • Service Bus
  • Event Grid
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Compliance
  • Services
  • Security

March 2020

16 Mar

Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.

  • Azure Private Link
  • Virtual Network
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Storage Accounts
  • Key Vault
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Azure Database for MariaDB
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Event Hubs
  • Service Bus
  • App Service
  • Event Grid
  • Azure Container Registry
  • App Configuration
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Azure AI Search
  • Compliance
  • Services
  • Security
13 Mar

Private Endpoints for Azure Storage are now Generally Available

NOW AVAILABLE

Private Endpoints provide secure connectivity to Azure Storage from a Azure virtual network (VNet). On-premises networks can also securely connect to a storage account using a private endpoint when that network is to a VNet using Express Route or VPN. Private Endpoints for Azure Storage are now generally available in all Azure public regions.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Features

November 2019

4 Nov

Azure Private Link is now available in all regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Private Link, which provides private connectivity to Azure services, is now available in all regions.

  • Azure Private Link
  • Virtual Network
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Security

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