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Azure Data Lake Storage immutable storage is now in preview
Immutable storage for Azure Data Lake Storage is now in preview. Set time-based policies or legal holds on data so that the data becomes non-erasable and non-modifiable.
Azure Data Lake Storage archive tier is now generally available
The archive tier for Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available. The archive tier provides an ultra-low cost tier for long term retention of data while keeping your data available for future analytics needs.
Azure Data Lake Storage file snapshots are now in preview
File snapshots for Azure Data Lake Storage is now in preview. Use file snapshots to take an unlimited number of snapshots of your files so that you can have a copy of that file at a point in time.
Azure Data Lake Storage static website now in preview
Static website for Azure Data Lake Storage is now in preview. Directly host static content from Azure Data Lake Storage, and view that content from a browser by using the public URL of that website.
May 2020
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 PowerShell and CLI are now generally available
Use PowerShell and Azure CLI filesystem semantics for operations on Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 filesystems, directories and files.
Premium tier for Azure Data Lake Storage now in public preview
Azure Data Lake Storage has a new tier called Premium, offering significantly lower latencies, and cost savings for transaction heavy workloads.
April 2020
Query Acceleration for Azure Data Lake Storage now in preview
Azure Date Lake Storage (ADLS) now supports Query acceleration, which optimizes cost and performance for your big data applications.
Query Acceleration for Azure Data Lake Storage now in preview
Azure Date Lake Storage (ADLS) now supports Query acceleration, which optimizes cost and performance for your big data applications.
Storage Analytics logs for Azure Data Lake Storage are now generally available
Diagnosing Azure Data Lake Storage just got easier with Storage Analytics logs.
March 2020
Filesystem SDKs for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 now generally available
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Python, .NET, Java, and JS filesystem SDKs are now generally available in all Azure regions.
Announcing Azure Private Link GA for Azure Services
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in Preview and GA.
December 2019
Azure Data Factory supports preserving metadata during file copy
Azure Data Factory copy activity now supports preserving metadata during file copy among Amazon S3, Azure Blob, and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.
November 2019
Azure Private Link is now available in all regions
Azure Private Link, which provides private connectivity to Azure services, is now available in all regions.
Streamline data analytics processes with ADLS Gen2 events in Azure Event Grid
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 can now publish events about individual changes to files and directories to Azure Event Grid.
September 2019
Azure Private Link is now available in preview
Target availability: Q3 2019
Connect to services in your Azure virtual networks more securely and privately with Azure Private Link, now available in preview.
July 2019
Stream Analytics supports output to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2
Azure Stream Analytics now offers output adapter for egress to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2.
Stream Analytics offers native support for Parquet format
Azure Stream Analytics now offers native support for Apache Parquet format when writing to Azure Blob storage or Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2.
Multi-protocol Data Access for Azure Data Lake Storage is now in public preview
New functionality that will enable you to manage the same data using either Blob APIs or Data Lake Storage Gen2 APIs is now available in preview.
June 2019
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 support for Event Grid Notifications is now in preview
Azure Event Grid provides reliable event delivery at massive scale. Event Grid integration brings change notifications for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.
Preserve ACLs when upgrading from ADLS Gen1 to Gen2 using Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory empowers you to copy data from Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Gen1 to Gen2 easily and performantly. Furthermore, now you can choose to preserve the access control lists (ACLs) set on the files/directories along with data.
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