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June 2023

Jun 27

Preview Updates: Azure Elastic SAN Public Preview improvements

IN PREVIEW

Introducing the latest update to Azure Elastic SAN (in preview), which now offers expanded range of regions, increased support for diverse workloads, and an array of new features.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Jun 19

Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage in Southeast Asia, UK South, South Central US and West US 3

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions and offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price performance.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Jun 14

General availability: Azure Queue Storage SDK for Go

NOW AVAILABLE

The new Azure Queue Storage SDK is now generally available for Go, allowing developers to build Go apps that can store and retrieve messages in Azure Queue Storage.

  • Queue Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
Jun 14

General availability: Azure Blob Storage SDK for Go

NOW AVAILABLE

The new Azure Blob Storage SDK is now generally available for Go, allowing developers to build Go apps that interact with objects in Azure Blob Storage.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools
Jun 13

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in Japan East and Korea Central

NOW AVAILABLE

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in Japan East and Korea Central.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
Jun 6

Public Preview: Azure AD Support for Azure Files SMB shares REST API

IN PREVIEW

With this announcement, cloud native and modern applications that use REST APIs to access Azure SMB shares can utilize identity-based authentication and authorization to access file shares.

  • Azure Files
  • SDKs
  • Storage Accounts
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

May 2023

May 31

Generally available: Azure Files scalability improvement for Azure Virtual Desktop and other workloads that open root directory handles

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2023

Azure Files has increased the root directory handle limit per share from 2,000 to 10,000 for standard and premium file shares.

  • Azure Files
  • Storage Accounts
  • Features
May 24

Public Preview: Azure Files geo-redundancy for standard large file shares

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2023

Azure Files geo-redundancy for large file shares is now in public preview for standard SMB file shares.

  • Azure Files
  • Storage Accounts
  • Features
May 23

Public preview: New features in Azure Container Storage

IN PREVIEW

Azure Container Storage, a unique storage provisioning and management service built natively for containers, is introducing several new features in preview.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 4

Public preview: Azure Cold Storage

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2023

Azure Cold Storage, as the most cost-effective access tier with near real-time read latency for infrequently accessed unstructured data is available for public preview.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Features

April 2023

Apr 19

General Availability: Support for Linux clients to use identity-based access to Azure file shares over SMB

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2023

Linux SMB clients can now use Azure Files identity based authentication and authorization. This capability is available to devices that are domain joined to either customer-managed Microsoft AD DS or Azure AD DS.

  • Azure Files
  • Storage Accounts
  • Premium Files Storage
  • Features
  • Open Source
Apr 17

Regional expansion: Azure Elastic SAN Public Preview is now available in more regions.

IN PREVIEW

Azure Elastic SAN (preview) is now available in Australia East, North Europe, Sweden Central, UK South, West Europe, East US, East US 2, South Central US, and West US 3.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Regions & Datacenters
Apr 17

Azure Storage Mover is now Generally Available

NOW AVAILABLE

We are excited to announce that Azure Storage Mover is now generally available.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Services

March 2023

Mar 29

Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage in East US 2, North Europe and West US 2

NOW AVAILABLE

Now available in East US 2, North Europe and West US 2region, Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price-performance.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Regions & Datacenters
Mar 27

Generally available: nconnect support for Azure Files NFS v4.1 shares

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2023

Azure Files NFS v4.1 share now support nconnect option.

  • Azure Files
  • Storage Accounts
  • Features
Mar 20

Generally available: Encryption scopes on hierarchical namespace enabled storage accounts

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now use separate encryption keys for each customer in a single hierarchical namespace enabled storage account.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Services
Mar 17

Retirement notice: The Azure Storage PHP client libraries will be retired on 17 March 2024

Target retirement date: March 17, 2024

Azure Storage PHP client libraries will be retired on 17 March 2024

  • Storage Accounts
  • Retirements
Mar 1

General availability: Azure Archive Storage now available in West US 3

NOW AVAILABLE

Reduce spending by storing rarely accessed data to Azure Archive Storage, now in new regions.

  • Archive Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Features

January 2023

Jan 30

Generally available: Apply Azure storage access tiers to append blobs and page blobs with blob type conversion

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2023

Convert append blobs and page blobs to block blobs so that you can apply access tiers.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Hot/Cool/Cold Blob Storage Tiers
  • Features

September 2022

Sep 21

Public preview: Encryption scopes on hierarchical namespace enabled storage accounts

IN PREVIEW

You can now use separate encryption keys for each customer in a single hierarchical namespace enabled storage account.

  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Services

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