Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2024
Every-write AOF persistence on Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise and Enterprise Flash will be retired on 1 April 2025
Target retirement date: April 01, 2025
Every-write AOF will be retired on 1 April 2025, and all instances using the feature will automatically switch to use every-second AOF instead.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2024 .
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2024.
Public Preview: Real-time text translation using the azure_ai extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Text translation right within SQL facilitates building intelligent multilingual applications on Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Public Preview: Invoke Azure Machine Learning models using the azure_ai extension
Target availability: Q1 2024
Invoke Azure Machine Learning models in real-time from SQL in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
General availability: Migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Seamlessly migrate PostgreSQL to Azure using a managed service for complete schema and data transfers, hassle-free.
Public preview: Change partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL API)
Target availability: Q1 2024
The ability to change the partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos is now available in preview for NoSQL API.
Public Preview: Azure SQL Database Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric
Target availability: Q1 2024
Mirroring Azure SQL Database provides an easy experience to continuously replicate SQL DB data directly into Microsoft Fabric.
Public Preview: Next generation of general purpose service tier for Azure SQL Managed Instance
Target availability: Q1 2024
The next generation of general purpose service tier brings improved performance, 32 TB storage and higher database density.
Public preview: Database watcher for Azure SQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Enable in-depth, managed monitoring of Azure SQL databases, elastic pools, and managed instances.
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-March 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-March 2024.
General Availability: Azure Defender for Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q1 2024
Defender for Cloud detects anomalous activities indicating unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit databases. When deployed, it provides another important security barrier.
General Availability: Private Link in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
Target availability: Q1 2024
Private endpoint for Azure Cosmos DB via Azure Private Link is now available, enhancing security.
General Availability: Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q1 2024
Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now generally available.
General availability: Additional cache size for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise
Target availability: Q1 2024
Utilize an additional Enterprise-tier cache size to optimize the price and performance of your Redis workload.
General availability: Microsoft Entra ID integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Now you can use Microsoft Entra ID authentication on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters in addition or instead of the native Postgres authentication.
Announcing Try Azure Cosmos DB support in Vercel Integration
Target availability: Q1 2024
We're excited to announce Try Azure Cosmos DB support in our Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel.
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