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July 2022

28 Jul

Public preview: Azure Synapse Analytics Spark elastic pool storage

IN PREVIEW

Reduce job failures by using elastic pool storage.

  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Open Source
  • Services
  • Features
19 Jul

Generally available: Virtual machine restore points

NOW AVAILABLE

For customers and Azure partners who are looking to build business continuity and disaster recovery solutions, VM restore points provide a feature rich building blocks available natively on Azure platform.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Microsoft Inspire
  • Features
18 Jul

Public preview: Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage

IN PREVIEW

Premium SSD v2 is the next generation Azure Premium SSD Disk Storage. Provision the IOPS and throughput you need without necessarily purchasing additional storage capacity.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
12 Jul

Public preview: Azure Active Directory authentication for exporting and importing Managed Disks

IN PREVIEW

Improve security with the new integration to Azure Active Directory (AD) used to export and import data to Azure Managed Disks.

  • Features
6 Jul

Public preview: Container Insights now supports Windows Server 2022

IN PREVIEW

Container Insights now supports the Windows Server 2022 operating system.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
5 Jul

Public preview: Ephemeral OS disk support for confidential virtual machines

IN PREVIEW

Create confidential VMs using Ephemeral OS disks for your stateless workloads.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Managed Disks
  • Features

June 2022

20 Jun

Public preview: SMB Continuous Availability shares for Citrix App Layering

IN PREVIEW

New feature added to Azure NetApp Files.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
8 Jun

Public preview: Network Watcher packet capture support for virtual machine scale sets

IN PREVIEW

Azure Network Watcher packet capture announces support for virtual machines scale sets. This is as an out of the box, on-demand capability, enabling faster diagnostics and troubleshooting of networking issues.

  • Network Watcher
  • Features
7 Jun

Public preview: Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution

IN PREVIEW

Optimise and scale storage for Azure VMware Solution environments.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
7 Jun

General availability: Trusted launch support for virtual machines using Ephemeral OS disks

NOW AVAILABLE

Trusted launch virtual machine (VM) support for VMs using Ephemeral OS disks improves the security of generation 2 VMs in Azure.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Managed Disks
  • Features
1 Jun

General availability: Storage optimized Azure VMs deliver higher performance for data analytics

NOW AVAILABLE

The new Lasv3 and Lsv3 VM series are well suited for high throughput and high IOPS workloads including big data applications, SQL and NoSQL databases, data intensive applications and more.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings

May 2022

25 May

Generally available Azure Ebsv5 now available in 13 additional regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Virtual Machines Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 are now available in 13 additional regions.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Regions & Datacenters
24 May

General availability: Azure Backup supports backup of Write Accelerator enabled disks

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2022

Azure Virtual Machine backup protects Write Accelerator enabled disks

  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Management
24 May

Public preview: Azure Disk CSI driver v2 in AKS

IN PREVIEW

Improve scalability and reduce pod failover latency by using Azure Disk CSI driver v2 in AKS.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
17 May

Public preview: Container Storage Interface extensible API for AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now disable and enable any of the AKS supported CSI drivers using this API.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features

April 2022

5 Apr

Generally available: Azure Virtual Machines increase storage throughput by up to 300%

NOW AVAILABLE

Microsoft is announcing the general availability of the Ebs/Ebds v5 memory optimized Azure VM series, that deliver up to 300% increase in remote storage performance compared to prior generation VMs.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features

March 2022

30 Mar

Generally available: Cross-region snapshot copy for Azure Disk Storage

NOW AVAILABLE

Cross-region snapshot copy allows you to copy disk snapshots to any region for disaster recovery.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
30 Mar

General availability: Azure Ultra Disk Storage in Sweden Central

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Services
  • Features
15 Mar

Public preview: Trusted launch support for Virtual Machines using Ephemeral OS disks

IN PREVIEW

Trusted launch virtual machine (VM) support for VMs using Ephemeral OS disks improves the security of generation 2 VMs in Azure.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Managed Disks
  • Features

February 2022

24 Feb

Public preview: Azure NetApp Files - application consistent snapshot tool v5.1

IN PREVIEW

Application consistent snapshot tool is a command-line tool for simplifying data protection for third-party databases in Linux environments.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features

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