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Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2024.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-March 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-March 2024 .
Public Preview: Invoke Azure Machine Learning models using the azure_ai extension
Target availability: Q1 2024
Invoke Azure Machine Learning models in real-time from SQL in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Public Preview: Real-time text translation using the azure_ai extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Text translation right within SQL facilitates building intelligent multilingual applications on Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
General availability: Migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Seamlessly migrate PostgreSQL to Azure using a managed service for complete schema and data transfers, hassle-free.
Public preview: Change partition key of a container in Azure Cosmos DB (NoSQL API)
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.
Public Preview: Azure SQL Database Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric
Target availability: Q1 2024
Mirroring Azure SQL Database provides an easy experience to continuously replicate SQL DB data directly into Microsoft Fabric.
Public Preview: Next generation of general purpose service tier for Azure SQL Managed Instance
Target availability: Q1 2024
The next generation of general purpose service tier brings improved performance, 32 TB storage and higher database density.
Public preview: Database watcher for Azure SQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Enable in-depth, managed monitoring of Azure SQL databases, elastic pools, and managed instances.
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-March 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-March 2024.
General Availability: Azure Defender for Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
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.
General Availability: Private Link in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore
Target availability: Q1 2024
Private endpoint for Azure Cosmos DB via Azure Private Link is now available, enhancing security.
General Availability: Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q1 2024
Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now generally available.
General availability: Microsoft Entra ID integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
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.
General availability: Additional cache size for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise
Target availability: Q1 2024
Utilize an additional Enterprise-tier cache size to optimize the price and performance of your Redis workload.
Announcing Try Azure Cosmos DB support in Vercel Integration
Target availability: Q1 2024
We're excited to announce Try Azure Cosmos DB support in our Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel.
February 2024
General availability: Latest PostgreSQL minor versions supported by Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
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
General availability: Azure SQL updates for mid-February 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-February 2024.
Public preview: Migration service in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q1 2024
Easily migrate PostgreSQL to Azure with a managed service supporting full schema and data migrations, without complexity.
General availability: Customer managed key encryption for Enterprise tier caches
Target availability: Q1 2024
Encrypt Redis persistence files using customer managed keys.
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