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Azure Storage Service Encryption support for Managed Disks
Azure Storage Service Encryption (SSE) is now supported for Azure Managed Disks. SSE provides encryption-at-rest and helps safeguard your data.
May 2017
Storage accounts available only in the Azure portal from May 15
Effective May 15, 2017, storage accounts will be available only in the Azure portal.
February 2017
Public preview: Loading files from Azure Blob storage into Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database enables the direct load of files stored in Azure Blob storage by using BULK INSERT and OPENROWSET commands.
General availability: Azure Managed Disks and large scale sets
Azure Managed Disks and large scale sets are generally available.
Announcing the new Azure Marketplace experience
The new Azure Marketplace experience will help you discover and deploy products, deep dive for more info, and get hands-on experience.
January 2017
Azure Storage Data Movement Library 0.5.0 release
The newest release of the Data Movement Library supports more advanced features.
December 2016
General availability: Larger block blobs in Azure Storage
The introduction of larger block blobs increases the maximum file size from 195 GB to 4.77 TB.
September 2016
Generally available: Storage Service Encryption for Azure Storage
Accounts enabled with Storage Service Encryption will have data encrypted with Microsoft-managed keys using the industry-leading encryption algorithm, AES-256.
Generally available: Azure Premium Storage in an additional region
Offering an SLA for 99.9 percent availability, Premium Storage is now available in the North Central US region, as well as other regions previously announced.
Azure PowerShell 1.7: Hotfix for breaking changes
A hotfix has been released to address the breaking changes in Azure PowerShell versions 1.4–1.6 and versions 2.0 and later.
July 2016
General availability: Azure cool blob storage in Canada
Azure Blob storage accounts with hot and cool storage tiers are generally available in Canada Central and Canada East.
June 2016
General availability: Azure cool blob storage in new regions
Azure Blob storage accounts with hot and cool storage tiers are generally available in three additional regions: South Central US, Asia East, and Australia East.
May 2016
Public preview: Azure Search Blob indexer parses structured JSON content
The Azure Search Blob indexer can now parse JSON documents while preserving document structure.
April 2016
General availability: Azure Cool Blob storage
Cool Blob storage is now generally available. With the new Blob storage accounts, you can choose Hot and Cool access tiers to store data cost-effectively depending on its access pattern.
Public preview: Azure Storage Service Encryption
Azure Storage Service Encryption is now available for Azure Blob Storage (block and page blobs) upon request for any new storage account created through Azure Resource Manager.
February 2016
General availablity: Azure Premium Storage in additional regions
Azure Premium Storage is now available in the Australia Southeast and East Asia regions.
January 2016
General availability: Azure Premium Storage in South Central US region
Premium Storage is now available in the South Central US region in addition to other regions previously announced.
November 2015
General availability: Azure Premium Storage in East US region
Azure Premium Storage is designed to support I/O intensive workloads, and it is available in the East US region.
October 2015
General availability: Azure Premium Storage in additional regions
Offering an SLA for 99.9 percent availability, Premium Storage is now available in the Central US and North Europe regions.
Support for IaaS under Azure Resource Manager in Australia and Brazil regions
Support is available for Azure Compute, Network, and Storage providers under Azure Resource Manager in Australia East, Australia Southeast, and Brazil South.
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