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March 2022

Mar 29

Generally available: Access time-based lifecycle management rules for Data Lake Storage Gen2

NOW AVAILABLE

Access time tracking for objects and lifecycle management policies based on last accessed time in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Management
  • Features
Mar 24

Public preview: Intelligent cache for Apache Spark in Azure Synapse

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q1 2022

Accelerate Apache Spark in Azure Synapse execution speed using the new intelligent cache feature.

  • Features

February 2022

Feb 24

Generally available: Updated navigation menu in Azure IoT Central

NOW AVAILABLE

The Azure IoT Central navigation menu has been updated to make it easier to find product capabilities. Pages have been re-ordered, re-grouped, and re-named to align with common tasks.

  • Azure IoT Central
  • Features
Feb 2

General availability: Enhanced storage configuration with tempdb

NOW AVAILABLE

Manage your SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machine storage configuration with tempdb directly from the SQL virtual machine blade in the Azure portal.

  • SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
  • Features

December 2021

Dec 16

Soft delete for blobs capability for Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

If you have processes or tools to detect accidental deletion of files and directories for your Azure Data Lake Storage accounts, you can now also restore the deleted objects using soft delete for blobs capability. During the retention period that you specify, you can now restore a soft-deleted object to its state at the time it was deleted.

  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Features
Dec 8

Immutable storage with versioning for Blob Storage is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Immutable storage with versioning is now generally available. Set time-based policies or legal holds on data so that the data becomes non-erasable and non-modifiable and protect all versions of a blob.

  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Features

November 2021

Nov 30

Public preview: Azure NetApp Files application volume group for SAP HANA

IN PREVIEW

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.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
Nov 17

JetStream Disaster Recovery for Azure VMware Solution now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

JetStream Disaster Recovery is now generally available on Azure VMware Solution, enabling DR protection for VMware based business applications. JetStream Disaster Recovery for Azure VMware Solution is also cost-effective, leveraging Azure Blob Storage to minimize resources at the DR site.

  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Services
  • Features
Nov 17

SFTP support for Azure Blob Storage - now in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Azure Blob Storage is the only storage platform that supports SFTP over object storage natively in a serverless fashion, enabling you leverage object storage economics and features with legacy workloads that use SFTP.

  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Features
Nov 16

General availability: NFSv4.1 support on Azure Files

NOW AVAILABLE

With NFS (Network File Share) on Azure Files, you can now deploy fully managed, POSIX compliant, distributed NFS file shares in your production environments for a wide variety of workloads. 

  • Premium Files Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Services
  • Features
Nov 2

Azure App Service - Diagnostic settings feature reaches general availability

NOW AVAILABLE

Send web app and platform logs on App Service to Azure Monitor, enabling new observability scenarios.

  • App Service
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features
Nov 2

General availability: AKS support for Secrets Store CSI driver

NOW AVAILABLE

Easily integrate secrets stores into your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) so you can securely access your secrets via the container’s file system.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

October 2021

Oct 13

Azure Machine Learning announcements - Oct 2021 generally available capabilities

NOW AVAILABLE

New features now generally available include authenticate with Managed Identities, simplify data upload with dataset uploads, parallel run step with partitioned dataset, and create and edit environments using Environments UI.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Features
Oct 12

Generally available: Service Tag Discovery API

NOW AVAILABLE

Utilize the Service Tag Discovery API to retrieve a list of Service Tags and corresponding IP ranges to easily configure on-premises firewalls and Azure resources.

  • SDK and Tools
  • Management
  • Features
  • Security
Oct 5

General availability: Azure NetApp Files waitlist removal

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure NetApp Files, one of the fastest growing bare-metal Azure services is now available to Azure customers directly from the Azure portal, CLI, API or with SDK – without having to go through waitlist approval process. 

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Storage Accounts
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
Oct 4

Public preview of Azure NetApp Files Backup capability

IN PREVIEW

Azure NetApp Files backup expands the data protection capabilities of Azure NetApp Files by providing fully managed backup solution for long-term recovery, archive, and compliance.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Features
Oct 4

Azure NetApp Files Datastores for Azure VMware Solution is coming soon

IN DEVELOPMENT

Azure VMware Solution NFS datastores on Azure NetApp Files is currently in private preview and is coming soon. The solution provides more choice to optimize and scale storage for Azure VMware Solution environments.

  • Azure VMware Solution
  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Services
  • Features

September 2021

Sep 29

General availability: Enable hierarchical namespace for existing Azure Storage accounts

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q4 2021

Accelerating value through data analytics by enabling the Azure Data Lake Storage hierarchical namespace for existing Azure Storage accounts is now generally available. The benefits of the ADLS hierarchical namespace in providing enhanced performance and features that are dedicated to maximizing the value of data analytics is well established. You can now get this benefit for existing accounts and data by enabling the hierarchical namespace in place.

  • Azure Data Lake Storage
  • Services
  • Features
Sep 22

Public preview: At-scale management of Azure Monitor alerts in Backup center

IN PREVIEW

You can now manage your Azure Monitor alerts via Backup center.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Backup
  • Management
Sep 21

General availability: Oracle consistent snapshots using Azure VM Backup

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Backup provides packaged pre-post scripts for Oracle VMs that can be used to instantly backup, create instant clones, reduce backup storage cost, and performance impact.

  • Azure Backup
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features

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