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Generally available: Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio
Assess, receive Azure recommendations, and then migrate your SQL Server databases using the Azure SQL Migration extension in Azure Data Studio.
General availability: Zone redundancy for Azure SQL Database general purpose tier
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.
Public preview: Azure SQL Database Hyperscale reverse migration to general purpose tier
Easily move your previously migrated databases on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale back to the general purpose tier.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-April 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Public preview: Managed identities support in Azure Container Apps
You can now use managed identities with Azure Container Apps instead of passing secrets in connection strings.
General availability: Azure Data Explorer supports Azure private endpoints
Target availability: Q1 2022
Enhance your security posture by leveraging Azure private endpoints to connect to your Azure Data Explorer cluster privately
Public preview: Azure Backup supports metrics and metric alerts for Azure Blobs
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.
Generally available: Azure Virtual Machines increase storage throughput by up to 300%
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.
March 2022
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for late March 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late March 2022.
Public preview: Azure SQL Migration extension with Azure PowerShell and CLI support
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 Data Lake Analytics will be retired on 29 February 2024
Target retirement date: February 29, 2024
Migrate to Azure Synapse Analytics.
Generally available: Best practices assessment for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
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.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for mid-March 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Azure SQL—General availability updates for early March 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for early March 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
February 2022
General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) additional regions 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.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud: General availability updates for January 2022
Target availability: Q1 2022
New enhancements and updates released for general availability in Microsoft Defender for Cloud in January 2022.
General availability: Deployment enhancements for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
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.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for early February 2022
Generally available enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
Public preview: Azure SQL updates for early February 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL.
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