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Standard SSD Disks for Azure Virtual Machines is now in public preview
Azure Standard SSDs are a cost-effective Managed Disk solution optimized for dev-test and entry-level production applications requiring consistent latency.
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.
Refresh 2 release for Azure File Sync preview
If you want to take your current deployment of Azure File Sync seamlessly to the upcoming GA release, be sure to update your server agent to Refresh 2.
GUID migration: Storage Managed Disks
Effective July 1, 2018, Premium Managed Disks customers will be migrated to new GUIDs.
April 2018
GUID migration: Zone Redundant Storage
Starting June 1, 2018, we will migrate the GUIDs of zone-redundant snapshots and images for managed disks from Locally Redundant Storage GUIDs to Zone Redundant Storage GUIDs.
General availability: Azure zone-redundant snapshots and images for managed disks
Azure zone-redundant snapshots and images for Managed Disks are now generally available.
March 2018
General availability: Zone-redundant storage
Simplify development of highly available applications by storing three replicas of your data in different Availability Zones with zone-redundant storage.
Public preview: Soft delete for Azure Storage blobs
Soft delete for Azure Storage Blobs is in public preview. The feature is one part of a complete data protection strategy and can help prevent inadvertent data loss.
February 2018
Public preview: Azure Backup integration with Azure Files
You can back up file shares automatically based on policy and restore instantly to a point in time by using the Azure portal.
January 2018
General availability: Virtual Network Service Endpoints and Firewalls for Azure Storage
"Virtual Network Service Endpoints" and "Firewalls and Virtual Networks for Azure Storage" are generally available in all regions in the Azure public cloud and Azure Government.
December 2017
GUID migration: Managed Disks and Blob storage
As of December 6, 2017, consumption for Managed Disks and consumption for Blob storage are measured using separate GUIDs.
November 2017
Name changes: Azure Queue storage
Effective December 1, 2017, billing service names for Azure Queue storage will change.
October 2017
Public preview expansion: VNet Service Endpoints and Storage Firewalls and Virtual Networks
The public previews for Virtual Network Service Endpoints and Firewalls and Virtual Networks for Azure Storage have been expanded to include all regions in the Azure public cloud.
September 2017
Preview: Azure Data Box
The Azure Data Box service is in preview. You can use it to move hundreds of terabytes of data into Azure with high speed, by using secure transfer appliances.
Azure Data Box
The Azure Data Box is a secure, ruggedised, tamper resistant appliance created by Microsoft to help customers transfer large amounts of data into Azure Storage.
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.
Azure Cloud Shell: New CLI tools added and font-size selection
Microsoft routinely maintains and updates Azure Cloud Shell, including the addition of new CLI tools to improve your productivity. Learn about the CLI tools we recently added.
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.
July 2017
New look for Azure Storage overview blade in the portal
In the Azure portal, the overview blade for storage accounts now loads faster, allows quickly accessible links to storage services, and includes upgraded metrics charts.
Improvements to blob upload blade in Azure portal
There are multiple enhancements and fixes to the blob upload experience for storage accounts in the Azure portal.
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