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Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Italy North
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now available in Italy North region.
Generally Available: AMD confidential VMs in new regions for November 2023
AMD confidential VMs now in Italy North, Germany West Central, UAE North.
Announcing the public preview of Azure confidential VMs with Intel TDX
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.
Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution is available in US Government regions.
Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution is available in US Government (VA, AZ) regions.
Preview: Azure Container Storage in AKS
You can now easily deploy and use Azure Container Storage (in preview) seamlessly via the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) preview CLI experience.
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is available in 7 additional Azure regions
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.
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
October 2023
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.
Public Preview: Customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption is now available in US Gov regions (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)
General availability: Microsoft Azure now available from new cloud region in Italy
Target availability: Q4 2023
Microsoft launched its first cloud region in Italy.
September 2023
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..
GA: Azure Container Apps in Azure China cloud
You can now run microservices, API’s, and other container workloads without managing infrastructure in Azure China cloud
Public preview: Standard network features support in US Government region
Standard network features for azure NetApp files are now available in the US Government (VA) region.
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
Azure Firewall: Poland Central Region is now in general availability
Azure Firewall is now generally available in the Poland Central region.
General availability: Azure Front Door Standard/Premium in Azure Government
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.
Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines
Azure NetApp Files datastores now supports Cloud Backup for Virtual Machines in preview
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 Chaos Studio is now available in Southeast Asia region
Azure Chaos Studio is now available in Southeast Asia region.
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