Updates Archives
Monthly updates for May 2024
Draft now supports best practices via deployment safeguards
You can now scan your manifests to ensure you are following best practices.
Public preview: Deployment safeguards mutations in enforcement mode for AKS
Deployment safeguards in AKS can now adjust your deployment resources by applying best practices.
Generally Available: Automated deployments for AKS
Automated deployments for AKS simplifies the process of setting up the authorization of a workflow to a repository, generation of a starter application, and more.
Public preview: AKS Automatic
AKS Automatic clusters are optimized to run most production workloads and provision compute resources based on Kubernetes manifests. The streamlined configuration follows AKS best practices and recommendations for cluster and workload setup, scalability, and security.
Generally Available: 32TB storage support in Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server Business Critical
Target availability: Q2 2024
You can now leverage storage support up to 32TB on the Business Critical service tier.
Public Preview: Microsoft Copilot now offers supportability in Azure Database for MySQL
Target availability: Q2 2024
Microsoft Copilot in Azure extends capabilities to Azure Database for MySQL.
Generally Available: Accelerated logs in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q2 2024
Gain a performance boost in the Business Critical service tier of Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server with accelerated logs.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-May 2024
Target availability: Q2 2024
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-May 2024.
Public Preview - On-demand backup and Export in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q2 2024
This feature provides an ability to export at-moment physical backup of the server to Azure storage account (Azure Blob Storage).
Public preview - Major version upgrade support for PostgreSQL 16
Target availability: Q2 2024
In-place major version upgrade support for PostgreSQL 16 in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server.
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-May 2024
Target availability: Q2 2024
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-May 2024.
Public Preview: New Azure SQL Database skills introduced to Microsoft Copilot in Azure
Target availability: Q2 2024
New Copilot skills assist in efficient management and operation of Azure SQL Database.
Public Preview: In-database embeddings in Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q2 2024
Create text embeddings with sub 10ms latency from an LLM deployed within your Azure Database for PostgreSQL instance.
Public Preview: Index recommendations in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Target availability: Q2 2024
Optimize your workload by creating suggested indexes and dropping duplicated or unused indexes.
Public preview: Change from serverless to provisioned capacity mode
Target availability: Q2 2024
Easily change the capacity mode of an Azure Cosmos DB account from serverless to provisioned capacity using Azure portal or Azure CLI without any hassle.
General Availability: Azure AI extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q2 2024
The Azure AI extension allows customers to leverage large language models and build rich PostgreSQL GenAI applications.
General Availability: Azure Cosmos DB Vercel integration
Target availability: Q2 2024
We're excited to announce Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel Generally Available.
Public Preview: DiskANN vector indexing and search in Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL built-in vector search powered by DiskANN is in public preview.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB Go SDK
Target availability: Q2 2024
The Azure Cosmos DB Go SDK is now available with improved support for global distribution.
Public Preview: vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB cross-region disaster recovery (DR)
Target availability: Q2 2024
Cross region DR allows you to switch to another region in case of an outage.
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