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March 2024

13 Mar

Public Preview: Managed Java components in Azure Container Apps

IN PREVIEW

You can now leverage managed Java components in Azure Container apps for service registry and externalized application properties.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features
13 Mar

Public Preview: Tomcat support in Azure Container Apps

IN PREVIEW

You can now deploy a Java application using a WAR file to Azure Container Apps.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features
13 Mar

Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-March 2024

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-March 2024.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
13 Mar

General Availability: Azure Defender for Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Defender for Cloud detects anomalous activities indicating unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit databases. When deployed, it provides another important security barrier.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
13 Mar

General Availability: Private Link in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Private endpoint for Azure Cosmos DB via Azure Private Link is now available, enhancing security.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
13 Mar

General Availability: Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now generally available.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
13 Mar

General availability: Additional cache size for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Utilize an additional Enterprise-tier cache size to optimize the price and performance of your Redis workload.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Features
13 Mar

General availability: Microsoft Entra ID integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Now you can use Microsoft Entra ID authentication on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters in addition or instead of the native Postgres authentication.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
13 Mar

Announcing Try Azure Cosmos DB support in Vercel Integration

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

We're excited to announce Try Azure Cosmos DB support in our Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
12 Mar

WhatsApp Business Platform now available for applications built on Azure

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Azure Communication Services Advanced Messaging is now generally available, enabling developers to send and receive messages from their applications through third party social messaging platforms, like the WhatsApp Business Platform. This latest messaging service helps businesses create intelligent B2C communication workflows to reach more customers at scale and deliver safe, reliable communications to customers worldwide.

  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features
12 Mar

Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports new fault for Azure Event Hubs

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for Azure Event Hubs.

  • Services
  • Features
11 Mar

Azure API Center Updates

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

We are pleased to announce an update to the Azure API Center extension for Visual Studio Code, introducing new capabilities for API inventory and design. Additionally, we are unveiling a new API governance feature in API Center, enabling API linting and analysis based on customer-owned design guidelines.

  • Features
11 Mar

Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier in Poland Central, Qatar Central and Azure China

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier in generally available in Poland Central, Qatar Central and Azure China.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Hot/Cool Blob Storage Tiers
  • Features
7 Mar

General Availability: App Service Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network

NOW AVAILABLE

Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app's files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account.

  • Features
7 Mar

Generally available: Service Level Agreements on Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier has published Service Level Agreements.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Hot/Cool Blob Storage Tiers
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Features
7 Mar

General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption now in additional regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines. Now available in additional regions.

  • Virtual Network
  • Services
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
7 Mar

Public preview: Change Actor

IN PREVIEW

Change Actor allows you to see who initiated the change and with which client that change was made, for changes across all your tenants and subscriptions. 

  • Azure Resource Graph
  • Management
  • Features
6 Mar

Generally available: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20

NOW AVAILABLE

Develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.

  • Azure Functions
  • Features
5 Mar

Public preview: Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – allow the same file path for volumes in different availability zones

IN PREVIEW

Public Preview of Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – file path uniqueness

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

February 2024

29 Feb

General Availability: Encryption at host for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks is now available in more regions.

NOW AVAILABLE

Encryption at host for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks is now available in Canada East, West Europe, South Central US and West US 3.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Ultra Disk Storage
  • Managed Disks
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

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