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Monthly updates for November 2022

Nov 30

Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late November 2022

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late November 2022.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Nov 30

Azure SQL—General availability updates for late November 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late November 2022.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Nov 30

General availability: Cross-region read replicas for Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Build applications with cross-region read replicas for read scalability and disaster recovery with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Nov 30

Generally available: Azure Blob Storage integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

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.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Nov 30

General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Citus 11.1 support

NOW AVAILABLE

Run the latest Citus 11.1 version when using clusters in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters, a managed service for distributed Postgres databases.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Nov 30

Generally available: PostgreSQL 15 support in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Now you can select PostgreSQL 15 when creating PostgreSQL clusters in Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, a managed service for distributed Postgres database.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Nov 30

General availability: 12 months free services for new Azure PAYG customers

NOW AVAILABLE

With an Azure free account, you can explore with free amounts of 55+ always free services.

  • Media Services
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Service Bus
  • Load Balancer
  • Virtual Machines
  • Key Vault
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Azure Files
  • Azure AI services
  • Azure AI Vision
  • Services
  • Security
Nov 30

Public preview: Enhanced metrics for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

IN PREVIEW

Have more visibility and fine-grained control of your Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server instances with new enhanced metrics.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Nov 30

Public preview: Premium series hardware for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2022

Leverage new premium-series hardware based on the latest Intel CPUs that offers significantly improved performance and scalability on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Nov 21

Public preview: Add an Azure Cosmos DB custom endpoint in IoT Hub

IN PREVIEW

Azure IoT Hub now supports the ability to setup an Azure Cosmos DB account as a custom endpoint. This will help route device data from IoT Hub to Azure Cosmos DB directly.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Nov 17

Public preview: Azure SQL trigger for Azure Functions

IN PREVIEW

You can invoke an Azure Function when a row in a SQL database is created, updated, or deleted through the Azure SQL trigger for Azure Functions, now available in public preview.

  • Azure Functions
  • Azure SQL
  • SDK and Tools
  • Open Source
Nov 16

Generally available: Azure SQL Managed Instance backup portability to SQL Server 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

Backup of your Azure SQL Managed Instance database can now be restored to a SQL Server 2022 instance.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Features
Nov 16

Generally available: Azure Synapse Link for SQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Synapse Link for SQL enables seamless near-real-time data movement from relational sources in Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2022 to analytical stores without needing to build ETL pipelines.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Nov 16

Generally available: Azure SQL Managed Instance link for SQL Server 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

The link feature in Azure SQL Managed Instance connects your SQL Servers hosted anywhere to SQL Managed Instance, providing hybrid flexibility and database mobility.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Features
Nov 16

Public preview: Azure SQL Managed Instance feature wave updates for November 2022

IN PREVIEW

New feature wave enhancements for Azure SQL Managed Instance make it even more performant, reliable, and secure with on-premises SQL Server and the broader Azure platform.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Nov 16

General availability: Azure SQL Managed Instance feature wave updates for November 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

New feature wave enhancements for Azure SQL Managed Instance make it even more performant, reliable, and secure with on-premises SQL Server and the broader Azure platform.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Nov 16

Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-November 2022

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2022.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Nov 16

Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-November 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2022.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Nov 9

General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server in new China regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Deploy Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server workloads in two new China regions.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Regions & Datacenters
Nov 9

Public preview: Azure SQL Database offline migrations in Azure SQL Migration extension

IN PREVIEW

Assess, get right-sized Azure recommendations for Azure migration targets, and migrate databases offline from on-premises SQL Server to Azure SQL Database.

  • Azure Database Migration Service (classic)
  • Features

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