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Generally available: Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution
Azure NetApp Files for datastores is now generally available in Azure VMware Solution.
Generally available: New node sizing for Azure VMware Solution
Optimize workloads with new node sizes, AV52, and AV36P, now generally available in Azure VMware Solution.
October 2022
Public preview: Stretched clusters for Azure VMware Solution
Microsoft is announcing the public preview of stretched clusters for Azure VMware Solution, providing 99.99% uptime for customers mission critical applications.
Public preview: Customer-managed keys for Azure VMware Solution
Microsoft is announcing customer-managed keys for Azure VMware Solution. This new feature will support higher security for customers’ mission critical workloads.
August 2022
Public preview: Enterprise VMware Cloud Director Service for Azure VMware Solution
VMware Cloud Director Service on Azure VMware Solutions allows you to self-service provision and manage multiple virtual datacenters through multi-tenancy in your Azure VMware Solutions private clouds, reducing time and complexity.
Generally available: Public IP Capability for Azure VMware Solution
Public IP capability on Azure VMware Solution provides internet connectivity for Azure VMware Solution workloads. You can now use NSX-T manager as your security terminating point.
Generally available: vRealize Log Insight Cloud with Azure VMware Solution integration
vRealize Log Insights Cloud with Azure VMware Solution support is now generally available.
Generally available: Azure VMware Solution now in Sweden Central
Azure VMware Solution has now expanded to Sweden Central. This is in addition to multiple regions across US, Europe, Australia, Japan, UK, Canada, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
June 2022
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution
Optimize and scale storage for Azure VMware Solution environments.
March 2022
Public preview: Azure Arc integration with VMware vSphere and Azure VMware Solution
Manage the lifecycle and guest OS operations of VMware vSphere VMs through Azure Arc by connecting your VMware vCenter servers (on-premises or on Azure VMware Solution) to Azure.
December 2021
Placement polices now generally available for Azure VMware Solution
Placement policies enable admins to specify constraints or rules when allocating Virtual Machines within an Azure VMware Solution private cloud. With this update, the creation and assignment of vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) rules for running Virtual Machines in an Azure VMware Solution SDDC has been simplified and is now executable directly from the Azure Portal for cloud admin roles.
November 2021
Azure VMware Solution now generally available in the France Central Azure Region
Azure VMware Solution has now expanded availability to France Central, this update is in addition to the existing availability multiple Azure regions in US, Europe, Australia, Japan, UK, Canada, Brazil and Southeast Asia (Singapore).
JetStream Disaster Recovery for Azure VMware Solution now generally available
JetStream Disaster Recovery is now generally available on Azure VMware Solution, enabling DR protection for VMware based business applications. JetStream Disaster Recovery for Azure VMware Solution is also cost-effective, leveraging Azure Blob Storage to minimize resources at the DR site.
Azure VMware Solution is now generally available in Japan West Azure Region
Azure VMware Solution has expanded availability to Japan West. With this release Japan West is now the second region within the Japan sovereign area to become available (joining Japan East).
General availability: Citrix supports Virtual Apps and Desktop Service on Azure VMware Solution
Citrix has announced official support for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Azure VMware Solution. With this announcement you gain more choice and flexibility in the migration and modernization of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to Azure.
Azure VMware Solution now generally available in the Germany West Central Azure region
Azure VMware Solution has now expanded availability to Germany West Central, this update is in addition to the existing availability multiple Azure regions in US, Europe, Australia, Japan, UK, Canada, Brazil and Southeast Asia (Singapore).
October 2021
Zerto Disaster Recovery for Azure VMware Solution
Zerto Disaster Recovery is now available and supported with Azure VMware Solution, delivering data protection and disaster recovery services that eliminate data loss and downtime for vSphere virtual machines running on Azure VMware Solution environment.
Azure NetApp Files Datastores for Azure VMware Solution is coming soon
Azure VMware Solution NFS datastores on Azure NetApp Files is currently in private preview and is coming soon. The solution provides more choice to optimize and scale storage for Azure VMware Solution environments.
HCX Enterprise Edition is now generally available for Azure VMware Solution
VMware HCX is the primary migration solution for organizations moving VMware workloads natively to a cloud service like Azure VMware Solution. The HCX Enterprise Edition, now generally available with Azure VMware Solution, is a premium HCX service that includes Replication Assisted vMotion and Mobility Optimized.
Azure VMware Solution now available in Brazil South and East US 2 regions
Azure VMware Solution has now expanded availability to Brazil South and East US 2, this update is in addition to the existing availability across multiple Azure regions in US, Europe, Australia, Japan, UK, Canada, and Southeast Asia.
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