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Monthly updates for August 2019

Aug 28

Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Switzerland

NOW AVAILABLE

The new datacenter regions meet critical data residency, security, and compliance requirements critical to leading Swiss organizations in regulated industries.

  • Regions & Datacenters
Aug 14

New region: Johannesburg (South Africa North) now supports Power BI Embedded

NOW AVAILABLE

This new region allows customers to locate their Power BI Embedded deployments closer to their data sources, either in Azure or on-premises, enabling faster data refresh performance and lower networking egress costs.

  • Power BI Embedded
  • Regions & Datacenters
Aug 9

Azure Migrate is now available in Australia, Canada, India, and Japan

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Migrate now supports the creation of migration projects in Australia, Canada, India, and Japan geographies.

  • Azure Migrate
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Features
Aug 7

Azure Backup is available in new Azure regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Backup is now available in West India, UAE Central, UAE North, South Africa North, and South Africa West Azure regions.

  • Azure Backup
  • Regions & Datacenters
Aug 7

Azure Government support is now available for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in preview

IN PREVIEW

The Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) service is now available for preview in US Gov Virginia.

  • Regions & Datacenters
Aug 7

Azure Site Recovery is now available in new Azure regions

Azure Site Recovery is now available in West India, UAE Central, UAE North, South Africa North, and South Africa West Azure regions.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Regions & Datacenters
Aug 7

M-series virtual machines (VMs) are now generally available in the Brazil South Region

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure M-series VMs are now available in the Brazil South region. M-series VMs offer configurations with memory from 192 GB to 3.8 TiB (4 TB) RAM and are certified for SAP HANA.

  • M-series
  • Virtual Machines
  • Regions & Datacenters
Aug 7

Azure NetApp Files is now available in three new regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure NetApp Files is now available in three new regions: Central US, Australia East, and South East Asia.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Open Source
Aug 6

Media Services is now available in both South Africa regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Media Services is now available in South Africa North and South Africa West regions

  • Media Services
  • Regions & Datacenters

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