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Public preview: Configuration-as-code customizations in Microsoft Dev Box
Customization enables developers to efficiently configure workstations to their exact project requirements, within guardrails set by admins that enforce governance and security policies.
Public Preview: Azure Storage Actions — Serverless storage data management
Azure Storage Actions is a fully managed platform that helps you automate data management tasks for Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage.
Generally available: Support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup
General availability for the support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup.
Generally available: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup
General availability for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup.
Execute Azure Monitor Logs connector on exact time range provided dynamically (preview)
Azure Monitor Logs connector lets you query data in your Log Analytics workspace or Application Insights components per Logic App trigger or schedule, and list or visualize results. The Time range…
Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier support on Change Feed and Object Replication
Azure Blob Change Feed and Object Replication now support Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-February 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-February 2024.
General availability: Customer managed key encryption for Enterprise tier caches
Target availability: Q1 2024
Encrypt Redis persistence files using customer managed keys.
Public preview: Migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Easily migrate PostgreSQL to Azure with a managed service supporting full schema and data migrations, without complexity.
Public preview: Azure SQL migration assessment enabled by Azure Arc
Target availability: Q1 2024
With SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc you can now begin your migration journey from directly within the Azure Arc environment with recommended Azure SQL deployment option that best fits your workload needs.
Azure Firewall: Flow Trace Logs and Autoscaling based on number of connections are now generally available
Flow Trace Logs provide more visibility into the TCP handshake, providing insight into whether traffic is properly flowing through the firewall. In addition, Azure Firewall can now autoscale based on number of connections, providing more scaling adaptability to dynamic workloads.
Azure Firewall: Parallel IP Group update support is now in public preview
Parallel IP Group support enables administrators to simultaneously update multiple IP Groups in a firewall, streamlining the process of implementing devOps changes.
Azure Elastic SAN is now generally available
Azure Elastic SAN is now generally available, the industry’s first fully managed and cloud-native SAN offering that simplifies deploying, scaling, managing, and configuring a SAN in the cloud.
Public preview: AKS cluster control plane metrics in managed Prometheus
You can now monitor the health, load and performance of the API server and etcd in the control plane of your AKS clusters
Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in Canada Central
Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in the Canada Central region.
General availability: Improvements in Azure Key Vault
Improvements in Azure Key Vault: FIPS 140-2 Level 3, PCI DSS and PCI 3DS certified for all customers.
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Standard Network Features - Edit Volumes in US Gov Regions
Azure NetApp Files in US Gov region now supports ability to edit existing ANF volumes and upgrading Basic network features to Standard network features.
Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in Canada East
Now available in Canada East region, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads.
Mount Azure Storage as a local share in App Service Linux Now supports NFS
NFS support is now available for App Service Linux code and container when mounting a Azure File share as a local share for the web app.
Announcing General Availability to migrate Virtual Network injected Azure Data Explorer Cluster to Private Endpoints
The migration of Azure Virtual Network injected Azure Data Explorer cluster to Private Endpoints in generally available now. The process is simple and can be done using the Azure portal, the ARM template, or any code which uses the ADX SDK.
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