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Monthly updates for November 2023

Nov 15

General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-November 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2023.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

New user interface experience for Azure SQL migration extension

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

The Azure SQL Migration, an Azure Data Studio extension powered by Azure Database Migration Service, now has a new improved UI experience.

  • Azure Database Migration Service (classic)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public Preview: Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra Feature Updates

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

New preview features available including vector search, turnkey major version upgrades, turnkey replication, and write-through cache!

  • Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public Preview: Long Term Retention for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Benefit from long term data retention and improved compliance using Azure Backup.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL extension for Azure AI

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Leverage integrated Azure AI services to build intelligent apps in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Networking with private endpoints

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

We are announcing public preview of networking with private endpoints for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public Preview: Enhanced performance and scalability in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Benefit from the enhanced performance and scalability of Azure Database for PostgreSQL to improve mission-critical workloads.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

General availability: Free tier on Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Unlock your potential with our free tier. Start building, testing, and growing your projects without any upfront costs. Scale up when you're ready for more.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

General availability: Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Unlock next-level AI applications with native vector similarity search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

General Availability: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore offers a fully-managed database for your MongoDB workloads and AI applications, backed by native Azure integrations, flexible pricing, and seamless migration capabilities.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public preview: Priority-based execution in Azure Cosmos DB

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Priority-based execution in Azure Cosmos DB enables customers to prioritize critical high priority requests for execution during high traffic, while potentially throttling low priority requests.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public preview: Cross-account container copy for Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL API

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

You can use offline cross-account container copy to migrate data across Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL API accounts seamlessly using Azure CLI.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public Preview: Azure Open AI “Use your data” integration with Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Now you can easily leverage your data stored in Azure Cosmos DB for Mongo DB vCore for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with Azure OpenAI models using the "Use your data" feature in Azure OpenAI Studio.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public preview: Dynamic scaling per partition and per region

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Autoscale gets even better with two new improvements -- scaling per partition and per region!

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public preview: Microsoft Copilot for Azure capability now available in Azure Cosmos DB

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Turn your questions into Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL queries with Microsoft Copilot for Azure.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public preview: Bring enhanced manageability to your SQL Server anywhere with Azure Arc

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Azure Arc provides enhanced manageability for SQL Server, on-premises or across multi-cloud, to enable better visibility, flexibility and security.

  • SQL Server – Azure Arc
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Azure Virtual Network Manager Security Admin Rule generally available in select regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Virtual Network Manager's security admin rule configuration is now generally available in select regions, empowering users to enforce security rules across their virtual networks globally.

  • Azure Virtual Network Manager
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Nov 15

Public preview: Enabling Rate Limiting on ExpressRoute Direct Circuits

IN PREVIEW

With ExpressRoute Direct, you can enable rate-limiting for your circuit to match the traffic volume with the configured bandwidth rate.

  • Azure ExpressRoute
  • ExpressRoute Circuits
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

Public preview: Customer-controlled maintenance

IN PREVIEW

Customers can now use configurable maintenance windows to schedule gateway maintenance at a time that is most convenient for their business.

  • VPN Gateway
  • Azure ExpressRoute
  • Virtual WAN
  • Security
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 15

General Availability: Lower pricing for Azure SQL Database Hyperscale expected in December 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Build new and highly scalable applications on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale with lower pricing!

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

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