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November 2023

20 Nov

Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Italy North

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now available in Italy North region.

  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Open Source
  • Features
15 Nov

Generally Available: AMD confidential VMs in new regions for November 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

AMD confidential VMs now in Italy North, Germany West Central, UAE North.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Microsoft Ignite
15 Nov

Announcing the public preview of Azure confidential VMs with Intel TDX

IN PREVIEW

Microsoft is excited to announce the public preview of DCesv5 and ECesv5-series confidential VMs. These VMs are powered by 4th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (TDX). They enable organizations to bring confidential workloads to the cloud without code changes to applications and will be available starting December 1st.

  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Security
7 Nov

Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution is available in US Government regions.

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution is available in US Government (VA, AZ) regions.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
6 Nov

Preview: Azure Container Storage in AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now easily deploy and use Azure Container Storage (in preview) seamlessly via the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) preview CLI experience.

  • Azure Container Storage
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Managed Disks
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
6 Nov

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is available in 7 additional Azure regions

IN PREVIEW

Azure Managed Prometheus was announced GA in May 2023 and is available in 19 regions, with this new update Azure Managed Prometheus will be available in 7 additional regions.

  • Regions & Datacenters
2 Nov

Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions

NOW AVAILABLE

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

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

October 2023

19 Oct

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in Norway East and UAE North regions.

  • Managed Disks
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
5 Oct

Public Preview: Customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption is now available in US Gov regions (Preview)

IN PREVIEW

Customer keys are protected from attacks for maximum security of their Azure NetApp File volumes; the feature is now available in US Gov regions (Preview)

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Compliance
  • Services
  • Features
4 Oct

General availability: Microsoft Azure now available from new cloud region in Italy

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Microsoft launched its first cloud region in Italy.

  • Regions & Datacenters

September 2023

28 Sep

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions

NOW AVAILABLE

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..

  • Managed Disks
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
27 Sep

GA: Azure Container Apps in Azure China cloud

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now run microservices, API’s, and other container workloads without managing infrastructure in Azure China cloud

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
12 Sep

Public preview: Standard network features support in US Government region

IN PREVIEW

Standard network features for azure NetApp files are now available in the US Government (VA) region.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
7 Sep

Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions

NOW AVAILABLE

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

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Managed Disks
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
7 Sep

Public Preview: Azure Container Storage Updates: Expanded regions and performance options

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure Container Storage
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Azure Elastic SAN
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features

August 2023

31 Aug

Azure Firewall: Poland Central Region is now in general availability

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Firewall is now generally available in the Poland Central region.

  • Azure Firewall
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features
  • Security
18 Aug

General availability: Azure Front Door Standard/Premium in Azure Government

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Front Door Standard/Premium is the new Azure native, modern cloud content delivery network (CDN) catering to both dynamic and static content delivery acceleration with enhanced security and a simple and predictable pricing model.

  • Azure Front Door
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Security
15 Aug

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines

IN PREVIEW

Azure NetApp Files datastores now supports Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines in preview

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features
10 Aug

Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Managed Disks
  • Storage Accounts
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
3 Aug

Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio is now available in Southeast Asia region

Azure Chaos Studio is now available in Southeast Asia region.

  • Regions & Datacenters

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