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Azure Cache for Redis—Enterprise features coming soon
New features will soon be available for Azure Cache for Redis through a collaboration with Redis Labs.
March 2020
Azure Cache for Redis reserved capacity now available
Save up to 55 percent on your Azure Cache for Redis premium tier usage by pre-purchasing reserved capacity for one year or three years.
August 2019
Azure Cache for Redis 4.0 upgrade is now generally available
Redis version 4.0 will soon be rolled out to all Azure Cache for Redis instances. The update will be automatic and shouldn’t disrupt your cache’s availability.
March 2019
Azure Cache for Redis resource GUID changes
On August 1, 2019, some resource GUIDs (also known as meter IDs) for Azure Cache for Redis will change.
September 2018
Azure Redis Cache now supports a 120-GB cache in the premium tier
Now in preview, Azure Redis Cache now supports a 120-GB cache in the premium tier. This new offering more than doubles the largest cache size previously available for those looking to store high volumes of data in a single cache instance.
April 2018
GUID migration: Azure Redis Cache, US Government regions
Starting June 1, 2018, egress charges for Azure Redis Cache geo-replication will show up as a new line item on your bill. They’ll be broken out from networking egress.
GUID migration: Azure Redis Cache
Starting June 1, 2018, egress charges for Azure Redis Cache geo-replication will show up as a new line item on your bill. They’ll be broken out from networking egress.
July 2016
Azure Redis Cache: Preview of new administration options in Premium tier
The Azure Redis Cache team is pleased to announce the preview of new administration options: reboot and schedule updates.
June 2016
Generally available: Azure Redis Cache Premium tier in India and Canada
The Azure Redis Cache Premium tier is enterprise ready. It can be used as a cache and to persist data for resiliency against potential data loss.
Azure Redis Cache: General availability of support for Resource Manager–based virtual networks
Announcing Azure Redis Cache support for Azure Resource Manager–based virtual networks in the Premium tier.
May 2016
Azure Redis Cache: Preview of import/export and scale to Premium tier
The Azure Redis Cache team is pleased to announce two new features: import/export data and scale to the Premium tier.
December 2015
General availability of Azure Redis Cache Premium tier
Azure Redis Cache Premium tier is generally available with a 99.9% SLA.
November 2015
General availability: Azure Redis Cache Premium tier
The Azure Redis Cache Premium tier adds features such as improved performance, bigger workloads, data persistence, and enhanced network security.
October 2015
Public preview: Azure Redis Cache Premium tier
Azure Redis Cache helps you build highly scalable and responsive applications by providing fast access to your data. The new Premium tier adds better performance, bigger workloads, disaster recovery, and enhanced security.
August 2015
Azure Redis Cache: Updated limits for client connections
New limits on the number of connections allowed to a Redis Cache.
June 2015
Azure Redis Cache: Scaling preview and more features
Scaling and more features were in added in the June update for Azure Redis Cache.
March 2015
Monitoring system changes for Azure Redis Cache
The Azure Redis Cache service has deployed a new monitoring system.
September 2014
General Availability: Azure Redis Cache
Azure Redis Cache now supports caches larger than 26 GB and provides 99.9% availability SLA.
July 2014
Preview: New sizes and regions for Azure Redis Cache
More options for the secure, dedicated Redis Cache, managed by Microsoft.
May 2014
Preview: Redis Cache Service
A distributed, in-memory, managed cache based on the open-source Redis Cache.
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