Updates Archives
Monthly updates for August 2019
Soft delete for virtual machines in Azure Backup
We now provide soft delete capability to help protect cloud backups for IaaS virtual machines from accidental as well as malicious deletion.
Storage Ultra Disks meter name change
Effective October 1, 2019, the meter (also known as resource GUID) names for Ultra Disks in US East 2 regions will change.
New Copy APIs for efficient data copy in Azure Blob Storage
Introducing a new set of copy APIs to enable efficient data transfer to Azure or inside Azure datacenters.
Microsoft Azure Ultra Disks now generally available
Microsoft Azure Ultra Disks is the new managed disks offering which is now generally available for running data intensive business critical workloads on cloud requiring high IO performance and low latency
Announcing Azure Backup limited public preview support for large disks up to 30TB size
Today, we are announcing the limited public preview of larger and more powerful Azure Managed Disks of up to 30 TiB size. This preview provides production level support for managed virtual machines.
Azure Backup is available in new Azure regions
Azure Backup is now available in West India, UAE Central, UAE North, South Africa North, and South Africa West Azure regions.
Azure NetApp Files is now available in three new regions
Azure NetApp Files is now available in three new regions: Central US, Australia East, and South East Asia.
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