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General availability: Troubleshooting guides for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Save time by analyzing and troubleshooting common performance issues with troubleshooting guides for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.
Public Preview: Azure Cache for Redis now supports up to 30 shards
Scale your cache instances to up to 30 shards with Azure Cache for Redis.
Generally available: Pgvector extension on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Native vector data type enables easy storage of AI generated embeddings performing Euclidean and inner product and cosine distance searches--directly within the database.
Public preview: Azure Cache for Redis trigger for Azure Functions
Trigger serverless functions through Azure Cache for Redis.
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Vercel integration
Build your apps now using Vercel to easily connect an existing Azure Cosmos DB database to your Vercel projects.
General availability: Read replica HA enabled Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Provision up to 10 read replicas in geo-paired regions on Azure Database for MySQL— Flexible Server.
Public preview: Power BI integration with Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server
Empower your organization to unlock actionable insights from your Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server data with a Power BI integration.
Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-June 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-June 2023
General availability: Azure Cache for Redis with Web App Marketplace offer
Create an Azure Cache for Redis instance in the Web App and database Azure Marketplace offer to accelerate your web application performance.
General availability: 32 TB storage in Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Extend storage up to 32 TB to host databases with a size greater than 16 TB for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server.
May 2023
Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB SDKs OpenTelemetry and Application Insights integration
Monitoring your applications is easier than ever with new support for OpenTelemetry and improved Application Insights integration.
Database Migration Assessment for Oracle - GA
Database Migration Assessment for Oracle extension analyzes an organization's Oracle database, identifying performance requirements and code compatibility with the target Azure database for a smooth migration.
Public Preview: Time-travel for Azure Synapse Link for Cosmos DB
Rewind to read previous transactions in Synapse Link containers to analyze previous versions of your document with time-travel for Azure Synapse Link
Available: Azure Database for MySQL connector for Power Platform and Azure Logic Apps
Azure Database for MySQL connector for Power Platform, Azure Logic Apps is now available and allows you to connect to any MySQL Flexible Server database to read and write data.
Generally Available: Cost-optimizations with transformations on Log Analytics for troubleshooting Cosmos DB
Optimize costs on your Log Analytics workspace by adding transformation rules to your Cosmos DB LA tables.
Database Migration Service Pack for Oracle - Preview
An Azure Data Studio extension pack for end-to-end Oracle database schema and data migration to Azure Data (SQL and PostgreSQL)
Public Preview: Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
Vector search in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore enhances AI-driven applications using OpenAI API or custom-built solutions by incorporating vector similarity search into your database.
General Availability – Database Schema Conversion Toolkit for Oracle
An extension that automates and provides code conversion from Oracle to SQL to simplify and accelerate the migration process.
Public Preview – Data Migration for Oracle
Seamless data migration from Oracle to Azure with the new Azure Database Migration Service extension
Generally Available: Azure Cosmos DB serverless container with 1 TB storage
Azure Cosmos DB serverless 1-TB is now generally available. Enjoy expanded storage capacity, allowing you to store up to 1 TB of data in a single container.
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