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October 2023

Oct 25

Public preview: Update channel for Basic, Standard and Premium Caches

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2023

Receive early updates by configuring the update channel for your Basic, Standard and Premium tier cache instances.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Features
Oct 25

General availability: Azure Synapse Link compatibility with Cosmos DB continuous backup

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Now Azure Cosmos DB customers using continuous backup can enable Synapse Link in their database accounts.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Oct 11

General Availability: Azure Private Link for MySQL – Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Use Azure Private Link for private connectivity with MySQL – Flexible Server.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Features
Oct 11

General Availability: Universal cross-region read replica on Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

Provision up to 10 read replicas in universal regions on Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Features
Oct 11

General availability: Azure SQL updates for early-October 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2023

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in early-October 2023.   

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Oct 6

Azure Cosmos DB built-in Jupyter notebooks will be retired March 30, 2024

Target retirement date: March 30, 2024

On 30 March 2024, the Azure Cosmos DB preview of built-in Jupyter notebooks will be retired. If you’re using notebooks to interact with your Azure Cosmos DB account, transition to run these notebooks using Visual Studio Code’s support for Jupyter notebooks, or your preferred notebooks client.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Retirements
Oct 6

Support for TLS 1.0/1.1 on Azure Cache for Redis ending on 31 October 2024

Target retirement date: November 01, 2024

Azure Cache for Redis support for TLS 1.0/1.1 will be retired on 31 October 2024.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Retirements
Oct 5

Generally Available: Add an Azure Cosmos DB custom endpoint in Azure IoT Hub

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure IoT Hub now supports the ability to setup an Azure Cosmos DB account as a custom endpoint. This will help route device data from IoT Hub to Azure Cosmos DB directly.

  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Services

September 2023

Sep 29

Upgrade Azure Database for MySQL to MySQL v8.0 before support for v5.7 ends

NOW AVAILABLE

Target retirement date: September 30, 2025

Oracle retiring MySQL v5.7 on Oct 31, 2023. Azure extending support for Single Server until Sep 16, 2024, and Flexible Server until Sep 30, 2025. Upgrade to MySQL v8.0 advised.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Open Source
  • Retirements
Sep 27

Public preview: Azure Database for MySQL flexible maintenance

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

Tailor your maintenance windows to suit your schedule with Azure MySQL flexible maintenance.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Features
Sep 27

Generally available: Custom partitioning in Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

You can now partition your data in analytical store using keys that are critical for your business logic to achieve better query and data load performance.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Sep 27

Public Preview: Azure SQL Database free offer

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

Get one free serverless Azure SQL Database per subscription for the lifetime of the subscription.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Sep 27

General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-September 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-September 2023.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Sep 27

Public Preview: Additional cache sizes for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

Utilize additional Enterprise-tier cache sizes to optimize the price and performance of your Redis workload.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Features
Sep 22

Azure Database for MariaDB will be retired on 19 September 2025 – Migrate to Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server

Target retirement date: September 19, 2025

Azure Database for MariaDB will be retired on 19 September 2025

  • Azure Database for MariaDB
  • Retirements
Sep 13

Public Preview: Configure customer-managed keys on existing Cosmos DB accounts

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q3 2023

Configure customer-managed keys for your existing Azure Cosmos DB account with Azure Key Vault.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Sep 13

General Availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-September 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-September 2023

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Sep 13

Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Javascript SDK v4.0

IN PREVIEW

Open-source Azure Cosmos DB JavaScript v4.0 SDK empowers developers to streamline operations with enhanced ease and efficiency.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

August 2023

Aug 30

General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-August 2023

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-August 2023.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Aug 30

Generally available: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports minor versions 15.3, 14.8, 13.11, 12.15, 11.20.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features

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