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Generally available: Azure Ultra Disk Storage in Switzerland North and Korea South
Now available in Korea South and Switzerland North region, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most demanding workloads.
Azure Backup for SAP HANA: General availability updates for Dec 2022
In Dec 2022, the following updates and enhancements were made for Azure Backup for SAP HANA – a backint certified database backup solution for SAP HANA databases in Azure VMs.Long term retention for…
October 2022
Public preview: SAP S/4HANA events are now available on Azure Event Grid
Integrate your apps using Event Grid and SAP S/4HANA events.
General availability: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage
Premium SSD v2 is the next generation Azure Premium SSD Disk Storage. It offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price-performance.
General availability: Azure NetApp Files application volume group for SAP HANA
With Azure NetApp Files application volume group (AVG) for SAP HANA, you are able to deploy all volumes required to install and operate an SAP HANA system according to best practices.
Public preview: Support for HANA System Replication in Azure Backup for HANA
Now, if a HANA database fails over with HANA System Replication, backups are automatically continued from the new primary, with Azure Backup for HANA.
Public preview: Support for HANA Instance snapshot integrated with backint logs
Protect your large HANA databases in Azure Virtual Machines and recover them instantly with Azure Backup for HANA backint certified solution which now supports HANA snapshots.
General availability: New Azure proximity placement groups feature
You can now use the new optional parameter "intent" to specify the VM sizes and zone intended for the proximity placement group.
Action required: Support for Azure Monitor for SAP solutions (classic) resources will end by 31 March 2023.
Target retirement date: March 31, 2023
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions (classic) is retiring. Support for Azure Monitor for SAP solutions (classic) resources will end by 31 March 2023.
Action required: Support for Azure Monitor for SAP solutions (classic) resources will end by 31 May 2023
Target retirement date: March 31, 2023
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions (classic) is retiring. Support for Azure Monitor for SAP solutions (classic) resources will end by 31 March 2023. Please migrate to new version as soon as possible.
General availability: Smart tiering to vault-archive tier for Azure Backup
You can now configure your backup policy to move all your eligible and recommended recovery points to vault-archive tier for Azure Virtual Machines, SQL Server/SAP HANA in Azure Virtual Machines.
September 2022
Generally available: Azure Ultra Disk Storage in Qatar Central
Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most demanding workloads, now available in Qatar Central Azure.
July 2022
Public preview: Azure Monitor for SAP solutions
Azure Monitor for SAP solutions allows you to collect and visualize end-to-end SAP telemetry in the Azure portal.
Public preview: Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage
Premium SSD v2 is the next generation Azure Premium SSD Disk Storage. Provision the IOPS and throughput you need without necessarily purchasing additional storage capacity.
Limited preview: Smart tiering to vault-archive tier for Azure Backup
You can now configure your backup policy to move all your eligible and recommended recovery points to vault-archive tier for Azure Virtual Machines, SQL Server/SAP HANA in Azure Virtual Machines.
April 2022
General availability: Azure Backup now supports vault-archive tier for Azure VMs
Azure Backup now provides the capability to move long term retention (LTR) recovery points to low-cost archive tier for Azure Virtual Machines.
March 2022
General availability: Azure Ultra Disk Storage in Sweden Central
Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads.
February 2022
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files - application consistent snapshot tool v5.1
Application consistent snapshot tool is a command-line tool for simplifying data protection for third-party databases in Linux environments.
January 2022
Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now generally available in West US 3
Now available in West US 3 region, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads such as SAP HANA and top tier databases.
November 2021
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files application volume group for SAP HANA
With Azure NetApp Files application volume group (AVG) for SAP HANA, you are able to deploy all volumes required to install and operate an SAP HANA system according to best practices.
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