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April 2022

Apr 13

Generally available: Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio

NOW AVAILABLE

Assess, receive Azure recommendations, and then migrate your SQL Server databases using the Azure SQL Migration extension in Azure Data Studio.

  • Azure Database Migration Service (classic)
  • Features
Apr 13

General availability: Zone redundancy for Azure SQL Database general purpose tier

NOW AVAILABLE

Make your general purpose provisioned and serverless Azure SQL databases and elastic pools more resilient with catastrophic datacenter outages, without any changes of the application logic by selecting zone redundancy.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Apr 13

Public preview: Azure SQL Database Hyperscale reverse migration to general purpose tier

IN PREVIEW

Easily move your previously migrated databases on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale back to the general purpose tier.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Features
Apr 13

Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-April 2022

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Apr 13

Public preview: Managed identities support in Azure Container Apps

IN PREVIEW

You can now use managed identities with Azure Container Apps instead of passing secrets in connection strings.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features
Apr 7

General availability: Azure Data Explorer supports Azure private endpoints

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2022

Enhance your security posture by leveraging Azure private endpoints to connect to your Azure Data Explorer cluster privately

  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Security
  • Features
Apr 6

Public preview: Azure Backup supports metrics and metric alerts for Azure Blobs

IN PREVIEW

You can now monitor the restore job health of your backed up blobs via Azure Monitor metrics and write custom alert rules on these metrics.

  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Monitor
  • Management
Apr 5

Generally available: Azure Virtual Machines increase storage throughput by up to 300%

NOW AVAILABLE

Microsoft is announcing the general availability of the Ebs/Ebds v5 memory optimized Azure VM series, that deliver up to 300% increase in remote storage performance compared to prior generation VMs.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features

March 2022

Mar 30

Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late March 2022

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late March 2022.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Mar 30

Public preview: Azure SQL Migration extension with Azure PowerShell and CLI support

IN PREVIEW

Leverage Azure PowerShell module (Az.DataMigration) or Azure CLI commands (az datamigration) for recommendations and migrate SQL Server databases using Azure Database Migration Service with Azure SQL Migration extensions for ADS.

  • Azure Database Migration Service (classic)
  • Features
Mar 21

Azure Data Lake Analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024

Target retirement date: February 29, 2024

Migrate to Azure Synapse Analytics.

  • Retirements
Mar 16

Generally available: Best practices assessment for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

NOW AVAILABLE

Evaluate SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines for configuration best practices using the SQL best practices assessment feature on the SQL virtual machine blade in the Azure portal.

  • SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
  • Features
Mar 16

Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-March 2022

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Mar 2

Azure SQL—General availability updates for early March 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Mar 2

Azure SQL—Public preview updates for early March 2022

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features

February 2022

Feb 16

General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) additional regions available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) is now available in the Central US, South Central US, West Central US, and West US regions to distribute your Postgres database.

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Management
Feb 4

Microsoft Defender for Cloud: General availability updates for January 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q1 2022

New enhancements and updates released for general availability in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in January 2022.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Security
  • Services
  • Features
Feb 2

General availability: Deployment enhancements for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

NOW AVAILABLE

Deploy SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines with a setup-like experience where configuration of the instance is done during deployment of the Azure Marketplace image.

  • SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
  • Features
Feb 2

General availability: Azure SQL updates for early February 2022

NOW AVAILABLE

Generally available enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features
Feb 2

Public preview: Azure SQL updates for early February 2022

IN PREVIEW

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Features

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