Updates Archives
Monthly updates for January 2024
Private Preview: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Site Recovery
Target availability: Q1 2024
Private preview for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Site Recovery.
Private Preview: Upgrade existing Azure Gen1 VMs to Gen2-Trusted launch
Target availability: Q1 2024
Support to upgrade existing Gen1 VMs to Trusted launch in preview.
General Availability: Azure Database for MySQL Import feature for Azure Database for MySQL Single to Flexible Server migrations
Target availability: Q1 2024
Easily migrate your Azure Database for MySQL – Single Server workloads to Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server with Azure Database for MySQL Import.
Public preview: Partition merge now supports shared throughput databases
Target availability: Q1 2024
You can now merge partitions in Azure Cosmos DB on shared throughput databases. Merging partitions allows you to reduce the number of physical partitions used for your container.
General Availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption
Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines.
General Availability: Customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption
Azure NetApp Files volumes supports encryption with customer-managed keys (CMK), using Azure Key Vault for key storage, to enable an extra layer of security for data at rest.
Announcing Public Preview of the Azure Arc Visual Studio Code Extension
Learn more about the Public Preview of the new Azure Arc Visual Studio Code Extension.
Create tests by adding HTTP requests in Azure Load Testing
Azure Load Testing now supports creating load tests by HTTP requests.
General Availability: Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disks support with Trusted launch
Trusted launch VMs now support Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disks storage.
Azure Load Testing supports Web Driver Sampler plugin for Apache JMeter
With Azure Load Testing, you can now measure response time as experienced by the end user leveraging the Web Driver Sampler plugin for Apache JMeter
Azure Load Testing supports fetching secrets from Azure Key Vault with access restrictions (private AKV)
You can now use secrets from an Azure Key Vault with access restrictions in Azure Load Testing.
Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink
Azure Data Explorer connector for Apache Flink (Public Preview)
Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in UK West and Poland Central
Now available in the UK West and Poland Central regions, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads.
Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions
Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in the West US3 and Germany West Central regions.
Azure Stream Analytics No-code Editor: new features and improvements in Jan 2024
Enhancements and new features have been introduced to the Stream Analytics no-code editor, accessible through both the Azure Event Hubs portal and the Azure Stream Analytics portal. These updates aim to deliver a more intuitive and user-friendly experience for users.
Azure Spring Apps Enterprise is now eligible for Azure savings plan for compute
Target availability: Q1 2023
Enjoy up to 47% savings when you commit to Azure savings plan for Azure Spring Apps Enterprise.
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