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General availability: Storage auto-grow & online disk scaling for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
With auto-grow enabled, Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server will automatically increase the size of your provisioned storage.
Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions
Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in Norway East and UAE North regions.
September 2023
Azure CycleCloud support for automatic configuration of LVM for Azure CycleCloud volume mounts will be retired on 30 September 2024
Target retirement date: October 01, 2024
Community support for Automatic configuration of LVM for Azure CycleCloud volume mounts is ending on 30 September 2024
Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions
Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in China North 3, India Central, Switzerland North, South Africa North and Sweden Central regions..
General availability: Selective Disk Backup and Restore in Enhanced Policy for Azure VM Backup
We are adding the “Selective Disk Backup and Restore” capability in Enhanced Policy of Azure VM Backup.
Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions and offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price performance
Public Preview: Azure Container Storage Updates: Expanded regions and performance options
Azure Container Storage (in preview) offers volume management built natively for containers. With the latest updates you can now deploy in 26 regions, use volume resize & cloning and choose from an expanded list of Disk SKUs.
August 2023
Generally available: Azure Site Recovery Higher Churn Support
Azure Site Recovery High Churn Support
Generally available: Cross Subscription Restore for Azure Virtual Machines
Cross Subscription Restore support for Azure VM is generally available.
Public Preview: Storage auto-grow & online disk scaling for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Target availability: Q3 2023
With auto-grow enabled, Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server will automatically increase the size of your provisioned storage.
General Availability: Incremental snapshots for Premium SSD v2 Disk and Ultra Disk Storage
Incremental snapshots for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk Storage with instant restore capability are now generally available (GA)
Public preview: Azure Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines
Get improved performance and higher reliability for your memory-optimized workloads with the public preview of the new generation Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines.
Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions and offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price performance.
Private Preview – DR for Shared Disks – Azure Site Recovery
Target availability: Q3 2023
Now you can protect, monitor, and recover your WSFC-clusters as a single unit across its DR Lifecycle, while also generating cluster-consistent recovery points – which are consistent across all the disks (including the Shared Disk) of the cluster.
Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in East Asia
Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in East Asia
General availability: PostgreSQL 15 support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server now provides support for PostgreSQL 15 across all Azure regions.
July 2023
Public preview: Bring your own key on Ephemeral OS disk for AKS
Target availability: Q3 2023
You can now use your own keys to encrypt your ephemeral OS disks.
Public Preview : Crash Consistent VM Restore points
For Azure partners and customers seeking to develop business continuity and disaster recovery solutions, crash-consistent VM restore points serve as feature-rich building blocks, offering an agentless solution available natively on the Azure platform.
Azure Managed Lustre now generally available
Reduce infrastructure setup with a managed file system optimized for HPC and AI workloads.
Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions.
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions and offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price performance.
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