Updates Archives
Monthly updates for April 2022
Generally available: Azure SQL Database storage limits increase for selected compute sizes
Data storage limits have increased over 30% for selected mid-size compute configurations to help reduce costs.
Azure SQL—Generally available updates for late April 2022
Generally available enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late April 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Generally available: Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server higher burstable compute
Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server is now offering more options for burstable compute for you to choose from depending on your workload.
Generally available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) now includes PgBouncer 1.17
Create a Hyperscale Citus) server group using the latest 1.7 version of PgBouncer, a popular connection pooler for Postgres used with Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus).
Public preview: Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra enhancements
Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra now includes support for deploying Cassandra 4.0 clusters and running nodetool commands using Azure CLI.
General availability: Azure Synapse Link now supports existing Azure Cosmos DB containers
Enable Azure Synapse Link on your existing Azure Cosmos DB containers using the SQL API for Azure Cosmos DB.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB portal—Azure Synapse Link seamless Power BI
Build Power BI reports using Azure Synapse Link from the Azure Cosmos DB portal.
General availability: Unique partial indexes in Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB
Specify a partialFilterExpression along with the 'unique' constraint in your Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB index.
Generally available: Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio
Assess, receive Azure recommendations, and then migrate your SQL Server databases using the Azure SQL Migration extension in Azure Data Studio.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB autoscale RU/s entry point is 4x lower
Set autoscale on your database or container with a new scale range of 100 RU/s – 1000 RU/s.
Public preview: Azure Cosmos DB API for MongoDB unique index re-indexing
Unique indexes can now be created in existing collections with data in the API for MongoDB.
General availability: Zone redundancy for Azure SQL Database general purpose tier
Make your general purpose provisioned and serverless Azure SQL databases and elastic pools more resilient with catastrophic datacenter outages, without any changes of the application logic by selecting zone redundancy.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-April 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Public preview: Azure SQL Database Hyperscale reverse migration to general purpose tier
Easily move your previously migrated databases on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale back to the general purpose tier.
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