Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2024
Retirement notice: The legacy Azure Storage C++ client libraries will be retired on 29 March 2025
Target retirement date: March 29, 2024
Legacy Azure Storage C++ client libraries will be retired on 29 March 2025. Before that date, you’ll need to transition to the latest version of the Azure Storage C++ client libraries.
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: Availability zone volume placement for Azure NetApp Files
Deploy new Azure NetApp Files volumes in Azure availability zones (AZs) of your choice to support workloads across multiple availability zones
GA: Improved throughput performance on Azure Disks’ Standard SSD
Azure Disks Standard SSD throughput limits are now 100 MB/s on disks sized 8191 GBs and lower.
General Availability: Azure Files geo-redundancy for standard large file shares
Target availability: Q1 2024
Azure Files geo-redundancy for 100TiB standard SMB file shares is now generally available.
Preview: New Features in Azure Container Storage
Azure Container Storage is a fully managed volume orchestration service built natively for containers. New capabilities include support for Temp SSD, simplified installation via AKS CLI, and scalable storage for cost-efficient workload management.
Public Preview: Agentless multi-disk crash consistent backup by Azure Backup for VM
Azure VM backup now supports agentless multi-disk crash consistent backups in public preview.
Announcing Azure HPC Cache Retirement
Target retirement date: October 01, 2025
Azure HPC Cache is retiring. End of support is 30 September 2025.
Private Preview: Force detach zone redundant disks during zone outage
Force detach zone redundant disks during zone outage and take advantage of ZRS ability to achieve an RPO of 0.
General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity pools
Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 2 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.
Public preview: Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench
Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench is a new service that provides a fully managed work environment for engineering development, accelerating project startup, and enabling secure collaboration between development teams.
Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier in Poland Central, Qatar Central and Azure China
Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier in generally available in Poland Central, Qatar Central and Azure China.
Generally available: Service Level Agreements on Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier
Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier has published Service Level Agreements.
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – allow the same file path for volumes in different availability zones
Public Preview of Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – file path uniqueness
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