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Monthly updates for November 2023
Public preview: Schema migration for target Azure SQL DB
Target availability: Q4 2023
Transfer your database schema from source to target Azure SQL DB using DMS from the Azure Portal.
General availability: Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service
Target availability: Q4 2023
The new Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) allows you to perform seamless migrations from SQL Server on-premises to Azure SQL Targets using DMS.
General availability: SKU recommendation in Azure SQL Migration extension - Azure Data Studio
Target availability: Q4 2023
Support for SKU recommendation in the Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio is in GA.
General Availability: pgvector 0.5.1 extension
Target availability: Q4 2023
Pgvector 0.5.1, includes support for HSNW indexing, l1_distance, and sum aggregates since the prior supported version 0.4.0
Public Preview: Server logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Enhance your database monitoring with the new server log feature for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, offering customizable retention and straightforward downloading for operational excellence.
General availability: Change data capture in Azure Cosmos DB analytical store
Target availability: Q4 2023
We are announcing the general availability of the CDC capability from Azure Cosmos DB analytical store.
Public Preview: Announcing the preview of Azure Managed Confidential Consortium Framework
Deploy and build decentralized governance applications with granular confidentiality amongst members.
General availability: Azure SQL Database Always Encrypted with virtualization-based security (VBS) enclaves
Target availability: Q4 2023
VBS enclaves in Azure SQL Database brings the benefits of secure enclaves, rich confidential queries, and in-place cryptographic operations, to all Azure SQL Database offerings, independent from the underlying hardware.
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-November 2023
Target availability: Q4 2023
Public Preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2023.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-November 2023
Target availability: Q4 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-November 2023.
New user interface experience for Azure SQL migration extension
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.
Public Preview: Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra Feature Updates
Target availability: Q4 2023
New preview features available including vector search, turnkey major version upgrades, turnkey replication, and write-through cache!
Public Preview: Long Term Retention for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Benefit from long term data retention and improved compliance using Azure Backup.
Public preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL extension for Azure AI
Target availability: Q4 2023
Leverage integrated Azure AI services to build intelligent apps in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Networking with private endpoints
Target availability: Q4 2023
We are announcing public preview of networking with private endpoints for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server.
Public Preview: Enhanced performance and scalability in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q4 2023
Benefit from the enhanced performance and scalability of Azure Database for PostgreSQL to improve mission-critical workloads.
General availability: Free tier on Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
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.
General availability: Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
Target availability: Q4 2023
Unlock next-level AI applications with native vector similarity search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore.
General Availability: Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
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.
Public preview: Priority-based execution in Azure Cosmos DB
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.
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