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Public preview: Azure SQL updates for late-January 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-January 2024.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL Customer-managed keys (CMK)
Target availability: Q1 2024
Customer-managed keys allow you to use your own key for cluster data encryption at rest.
General Availability: Azure 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 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.
December 2023
General availability: “As on-premises” sizing in Azure Migrate SQL Discovery and Assessment
Target availability: Q4 2023
Quickly create a reliable assessment without waiting for performance data collection with “As on-premises sizing in Azure Migrate SQL Assessments.
General Availability: Connection audit logs for Enterprise tier caches for Azure Cache for Redis
Target availability: Q4 2023
Log all connections to your cache.
Public Preview: Accelerated logs in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Gain a performance boost in the Business-Critical service tier of Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server with accelerated logs.
Generally available: PostgreSQL 16 support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
Unlock advanced logical replication, query optimizations, and faster data loading with PostgreSQL 16 on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.
Public Preview: Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server, enhanced disaster recovery features
Target availability: Q4 2023
Explore advanced disaster recovery with Virtual Endpoints and seamless role-swapping in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
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.
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