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Public preview: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity pools
Azure NetApp Files 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, when used with volumes using standard network features is now in preview.
General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 2 TiB capacity pools
Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 2 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 4 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.
Extended support for .NET 6 (LTS) ends on 12 November 2024
Target retirement date: October 02, 2024
Extended support for .NET 6 (LTS) ends 12 November 2024 - upgrade your apps to .NET 8 (LTS)
Extended support for .NET 7 (STS) ends on 14 May 2024
Target retirement date: October 02, 2024
Extended support for .NET 7 (STS) ends on 14 May 2024 - upgrade your apps to .NET 8 (LTS)
General Availability - Azure Backup for AKS
Azure Backup is announcing General Availability of Azure Backup for AKS allowing customers to protect their applications by providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters.
Public Preview: Kafka Input and Output with Azure Stream Analytics
Target availability: Q4 2023
You can connect directly to Kafka to ingest from Kafka clusters or output data to Kafka clusters in your Azure Stream Analytics (ASA) job.
Public preview: Schema migration for target Azure SQL DB
Target availability: Q4 2023
Transfer your database schema from source to target Azure SQL DB using DMS from the Azure Portal.
Public Preview Preview: Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) with Azure Stream Analytics
Target availability: Q4 2023
You can ingest events in protobuf format into Azure Stream Analytics using a built-in deserializer.
General availability: Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service
Target availability: Q4 2023
The new Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) allows you to perform seamless migrations from SQL Server on-premises to Azure SQL Targets using DMS.
General availability: SKU recommendation in Azure SQL Migration extension - Azure Data Studio
Target availability: Q4 2023
Support for SKU recommendation in the Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio is in GA.
General Availability: pgvector 0.5.1 extension
Target availability: Q4 2023
Pgvector 0.5.1, includes support for HSNW indexing, l1_distance, and sum aggregates since the prior supported version 0.4.0
Public Preview: Server logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Enhance your database monitoring with the new server log feature for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, offering customizable retention and straightforward downloading for operational excellence.
General availability: Time travel in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB
Target availability: Q4 2023
We are announcing the general availability of the time travel capability in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL and MongoDB API.
General availability: Change data capture in Azure Cosmos DB analytical store
Target availability: Q4 2023
We are announcing the general availability of the CDC capability from Azure Cosmos DB analytical store.
General Availability of Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider
Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider lets you centrally configure the applications running in Kubernetes clusters. The latest version offers workload identity authentication in the provider and dynamic refresh of the configuration data.
General Availability: User and group quota management in Azure NetApp Files
Default and individual user/group quotas allows you to stay in control of capacity consumption on volumes; the feature is now Generally Available (GA)
General Availability: Standard network features support in US Gov regions
Standard network features for azure NetApp files are now available in the US Gov regions
Generally available: Azure Static Web Apps now supports .NET 8
Azure Static Web Apps now supports .NET 8, enabling you to build and deploy frontend and full-stack .NET 8 web applications. With .NET 8 support, you can build and deploy Blazor WebAssembly apps to Azure Static Web Apps. You can also deploy .NET 8 managed functions to your Azure Static Web Apps.
Public Preview: Encryption using Customer Managed Keys for Backup Vaults
Encryption of data in Backup vaults using Customer Managed Keys is now in Public Preview.
Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Italy North
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now available in Italy North region.
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