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RSS feedNovember 2022
Generally available: Azure Blob Storage integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
Now you can interact with your Azure Blob Storage directly from Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, making it a perfect staging environment for getting your data into the cloud.
Generally available: Azure Blob CSI driver support in AKS
You no longer need to deal with manual installation as well as lifecycle management of the open-source Azure Blob CSI driver with AKS.
Generally available: Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution
Azure NetApp Files for datastores is now generally available in Azure VMware Solution.
October 2022
Generally available: SFTP support for Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage now supports provisioning an SFTP endpoint with just one click.
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: Azure Active Directory workload identity support in AKS
Workload identity provides a simpler approach for managing identities and overcomes limitations of Azure Active Directory pod-managed identity.
September 2022
Generally available: Immutable storage for Azure Data Lake Storage
Target availability: Q3 2022
Immutable storage for Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available. Immutable storage provides the capability to store data in a write once, read many (WORM) state.
August 2022
Generally available: Unity Catalog for Azure Databricks
Unity Catalog is a unified and fine-grained governance solution for all data assets in your Lakehouse.
Generally available: JetStream DR for AVS supports Azure NetApp Files datastores
JetStream DR enables cost-effective disaster recovery by consuming minimal resources at the DR site and using cost-effective cloud storage. JetStream DR now also automates recovery to Azure NetApp Files datastores.
Public preview: Blob CSI support in AKS
You can now use built in storage classes for NFS and BlobFuse to provision new persistent volumes backed by Azure Blob storage.
Azure StorSimple 8000/1200 series will no longer be supported starting 31st December 2022
Target retirement date: December 31, 2022
Updated announcement for Azure StorSimple 8000/1200 series end of life.
July 2022
General availability: VM Applications – Manage and deploy applications to VMs and VMSS
VM Apps is a service that simplifies management, sharing, and global distribution of application packages at scale.
June 2022
Generally available: 2022-05-31 Azure IoT Central REST API release
The Azure IoT Central REST API now enables GA support for creating and managing device groups and organizations, configure file uploads destination, and add organization association to existing endpoints.
Public preview: SMB Continuous Availability shares for Citrix App Layering
New feature added to Azure NetApp Files.
Public preview: Mount Azure Files and ephemeral storage in Azure Container Apps
You can now mount a file share as well as share data between multiple containers in Azure Container Apps.
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution
Optimize and scale storage for Azure VMware Solution environments.
General availability: Storage optimized Azure VMs deliver higher performance for data analytics
The new Lasv3 and Lsv3 VM series are well suited for high throughput and high IOPS workloads including big data applications, SQL and NoSQL databases, data intensive applications and more.
May 2022
Public preview: Container Storage Interface extensible API for AKS
You can now disable and enable any of the AKS supported CSI drivers using this API.
April 2022
Public preview: Azure Storage as share in Windows Code in App Service
Mount Azure Files as a local share in Windows Code in Azure App Service.
Generally available: Azure Data Explorer Inline script deployment with ARM Template
We can now build an entire Azure Data Explorer environment with ARM template. Schema entities (e.g. tables, functions, policies) can be deployed without an external storage account.
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