Announcing the preview of Azure Shared Disks for clustered applications
This Azure-only capability enables customers to run their most IO intensive workloads, without compromising on well-known deployment patterns for failover and high availability.
Announcements
Stay informed with the latest breakthroughs and innovations in cloud technology, directly from the experts at Microsoft Azure. Our announcements section is your go-to source for new features and pathways to empower your digital transformation.
Backup Explorer now available in preview
Today, we are pleased to share the preview of Backup Explorer. Backup Explorer is a built-in Azure Monitor Workbook enabling you to have a single pane of glass for performing real-time monitoring across your entire backup estate on Azure.
Microsoft Sustainability Calculator helps enterprises analyze the carbon emissions of their IT infrastructure
For more than a decade, Microsoft has been investing to reduce environmental impact while supporting the digital transformation of organizations around the world through cloud services.
Connecting Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud in the UK and Canada
In June, Microsoft announced a cloud interoperability collaboration with Oracle that will enable our customers to migrate and run enterprise workloads across Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud.
Announcing the general availability of Proximity Placement Groups
Earlier this year, we announced the preview of Azure proximity placement groups to enable customers to achieve co-location of Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) resources with low network latency.
Announcing the preview of Azure Spot Virtual Machines
We’re announcing the preview of Azure Spot Virtual Machines. Azure Spot Virtual Machines provide access to unused Azure compute capacity at deep discounts.
Microsoft has validated the Lenovo ThinkSystem SE350 edge server for Azure Stack HCI
Microsoft and Lenovo have teamed up to validate the Lenovo ThinkSystem SE350 for Microsoft’s Azure Stack HCI program. The ThinkSystem SE350 was designed and built with the unique requirements of edge servers in mind.
Extended filesystem programming capabilities in Azure Data Lake Storage
Since the general availability of Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Gen2 in February 2019, customers have been getting insights at cloud scale faster than ever before.
SAP HANA backup using Azure Backup is now generally available
Today, we are sharing the general availability of Azure Backup’s solution for SAP HANA databases in UK South region.
Application Gateway Ingress Controller for Azure Kubernetes Service
Today we are excited to offer a new solution to bind Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Application Gateway.
Multi-protocol access on Data Lake Storage now generally available
Multi-protocol access for Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available.
Microsoft cloud in Norway opens with availability of Microsoft Azure
Today, we’re announcing the availability of Microsoft Azure from our new cloud datacenter regions in Norway, marking a major milestone as the first global cloud provider to deliver enterprise-grade services in country.