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March 2024

Mar 22

Community support for Standard_M192is_v2 is ending on 31 March 2027

Support for Standard_M192is_v2 will be retired on 31 March 2027.

  • Retirements
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

February 2024

Feb 19

Generally available: Support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability for the support for Azure VMs using Ultra disks in Azure Backup.

  • Azure Backup
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features
Feb 19

Generally available: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup

NOW AVAILABLE

General availability for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup.

  • Azure Backup
  • Compliance
  • Management
  • Features
Feb 12

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in Canada Central

NOW AVAILABLE

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in the Canada Central region.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Managed Disks
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Feb 5

Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in Canada East

NOW AVAILABLE

Now available in Canada East region, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads.

  • Ultra Disk Storage
  • Managed Disks
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

January 2024

Jan 22

Private Preview: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Site Recovery

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2024

Private preview for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Site Recovery.

  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Compliance
  • Management
Jan 10

General Availability: Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disks support with Trusted launch

NOW AVAILABLE

Trusted launch VMs now support Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disks storage.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Managed Disks
  • Ultra Disk Storage
  • Services
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Features
Jan 8

Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in UK West and Poland Central

NOW AVAILABLE

Now available in the UK West and Poland Central regions, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads.

  • Ultra Disk Storage
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Managed Disks
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Jan 8

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in the West US3 and Germany West Central regions.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Managed Disks
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

November 2023

Nov 29

General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 2 TiB capacity pools

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 2 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 4 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
Nov 15

Generally Available: Azure Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines

NOW AVAILABLE

Get improved performance and higher reliability for your memory-optimized workloads with the public preview of the new generation Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines.

  • Services
  • Management
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 6

Latency metrics for disks and performance metrics for temporary disks on Azure Virtual Machines

NOW AVAILABLE

New latency metrics on OS, data and temporary disks are now available in preview, allowing you to see how long it takes to complete input/output (IO) requests to Azure Disks . In addition, new performance metrics for temporary disks are generally available now and allow users to see the IOPS, throughput and queue depth for virtual machines with temporary disks.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Managed Disks
  • Virtual Machines
  • Features
Nov 2

Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions

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

  • Managed Disks
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

October 2023

Oct 19

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in Norway East and UAE North regions.

  • Managed Disks
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

September 2023

Sep 29

SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances will be retired by 30 June 2025 – transition to Virtual Machines

Target retirement date: June 30, 2025

SAP HANA Large Instance (HLI) on Gen4/Gen4.5 is being retired - Migrate to SAP certified Azure Virtual Machines before 30 June 2025

  • Retirements
Sep 28

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions

NOW AVAILABLE

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in China North 3, India Central, Switzerland North, South Africa North and Sweden Central regions..

  • Managed Disks
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Sep 14

Preview: Cross Region Restore (CRR) for Recovery Services Agent (MARS) using Azure Backup

IN PREVIEW

Cross Region Restore for Recovery Services Agent for Azure Backup customers is now supported and is available for preview in all Azure public regions.

  • Azure Backup
  • Features
Sep 7

Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions

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
  • Managed Disks
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

August 2023

Aug 15

Public preview: Azure Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines

IN PREVIEW

Get improved performance and higher reliability for your memory-optimized workloads with the public preview of the new generation Mv3 Medium Memory (MM) Virtual Machines.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Services
  • Features
Aug 10

Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions

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
  • Managed Disks
  • Storage Accounts
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

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