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March 2024

Mar 27

Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2024.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Mar 27

General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2024 .

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Mar 27

Public Preview: Invoke Azure Machine Learning models using the azure_ai extension

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Invoke Azure Machine Learning models in real-time from SQL in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Mar 27

Public Preview: Real-time text translation using the azure_ai extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Text translation right within SQL facilitates building intelligent multilingual applications on Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Mar 27

General availability: Migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Seamlessly migrate PostgreSQL to Azure using a managed service for complete schema and data transfers, hassle-free.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Mar 27

Public preview: Change partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL API)

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

The ability to change the partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos is now available in preview for NoSQL API.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Mar 26

Public Preview: Azure SQL Database Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Mirroring Azure SQL Database provides an easy experience to continuously replicate SQL DB data directly into Microsoft Fabric.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Mar 21

Public Preview: Next generation of general purpose service tier for Azure SQL Managed Instance

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

The next generation of general purpose service tier brings improved performance, 32 TB storage and higher database density.

  • Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • Azure SQL
  • Features
Mar 20

Public preview: Database watcher for Azure SQL

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Enable in-depth, managed monitoring of Azure SQL databases, elastic pools, and managed instances.

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Azure SQL
  • Features
Mar 13

Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-March 2024

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-March 2024.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Mar 13

General Availability: Azure Defender for Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Defender for Cloud detects anomalous activities indicating unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit databases. When deployed, it provides another important security barrier.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Mar 13

General Availability: Private Link in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Private endpoint for Azure Cosmos DB via Azure Private Link is now available, enhancing security.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Mar 13

General Availability: Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now generally available.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Mar 13

General availability: Microsoft Entra ID integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Now you can use Microsoft Entra ID authentication on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters in addition or instead of the native Postgres authentication.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features
Mar 13

General availability: Additional cache size for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

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

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Features
Mar 13

Announcing Try Azure Cosmos DB support in Vercel Integration

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

We're excited to announce Try Azure Cosmos DB support in our Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Features

February 2024

Feb 28

General availability: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server now supports minor versions 16.1, 15.5, 14.10, 13.13, 12.17, 11.22 

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Feb 14

General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-February 2024

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-February 2024.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Feb 14

Public preview: Migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQL

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Easily migrate PostgreSQL to Azure with a managed service supporting full schema and data migrations, without complexity.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Features
Feb 14

General availability: Customer managed key encryption for Enterprise tier caches

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2024

Encrypt Redis persistence files using customer managed keys.

  • Azure Cache for Redis
  • Features

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