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Public preview: New Memory Optimized VM sizes - E96bsv5 and E112ibsv5
New VM sizes provide the best remote storage performance of any Azure VMs to date. You can now process more data with fewer vCPUs while potentially reducing software licensing costs.
Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 65 - November 2022
This article describes the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components.
Community support for Azure Functions Proxies will end on 30 September 2025
Target retirement date: September 30, 2025
Transition to Azure API Management as soon as possible to avoid disruption to your Function applications using Proxies.
Public Preview: Azure Sphere support for European Data Boundary
Azure Sphere Security Service EU data processing and storage (Public Preview)
General Availability: Azure Sphere version 22.11
The Azure Sphere version 22.11 release includes various new features and developer resources.
November 2022
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late November 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late November 2022.
Azure SQL—General availability updates for late November 2022
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late November 2022.
Public preview: Enhanced metrics for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Have more visibility and fine-grained control of your Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server instances with new enhanced metrics.
General availability: Cross-region read replicas for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Build applications with cross-region read replicas for read scalability and disaster recovery with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL.
Generally available: Azure Blob Storage integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Now you can interact with your Azure Blob Storage directly from Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, making it a perfect staging environment for getting your data into the cloud.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Citus 11.1 support
Run the latest Citus 11.1 version when using clusters in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters, a managed service for distributed Postgres databases.
Generally available: PostgreSQL 15 support in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Now you can select PostgreSQL 15 when creating PostgreSQL clusters in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, a managed service for distributed Postgres database.
Generally available: Additional Always Free Services for Azure Free Account and PAYG
With an Azure free account, you can explore with free amounts of 55+ always free services.
General availability: 12 months free services for new Azure PAYG customers
With an Azure free account, you can explore with free amounts of 55+ always free services.
Generally available: Azure Blob CSI driver support in AKS
You no longer need to deal with manual installation as well as lifecycle management of the open-source Azure Blob CSI driver with AKS.
Public preview: Azure SQL Trigger for Azure Functions
You can now build application logic in azure function apps which can be driven by the data from Azure SQL database.
Public preview: Durable Functions support for .NET 7.0 isolated model
You can use .NET 7.0 to write Durable Functions in the isolated worker model.
Public preview: Inbound IP restrictions support in Azure Container Apps
You can now restrict inbound traffic to your Azure Container Apps by IP without using a custom solution.
Public preview: GitHub action to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps
Azure Container Apps now supports, in public preview, a new GitHub action that builds and deploys container apps from GitHub Actions workflows.
Public preview: Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps
You can now use a new Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy container apps from Azure DevOps.
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