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General availability: ExpressRoute as a Trusted Service
ExpressRoute customers can now store MACSec secrets in an Azure KeyVault.
Public preview: VM Hibernation
VMs can now be put into a hibernate state in which you don't pay for any VM usage, while the VM state can be saved and be restored at a later time.
GA: Azure Boost
Target availability: Q4 2023
Azure Boost is one of Microsoft Azure’s latest and most significant infrastructure innovations, enabling greater network and storage performance at scale, improves security, and reduced servicing impact.
Public preview: New Generation AMD VMs - Dasv6/Easv6/Fasv6
Azure introduces the latest AMD-based VMs in public preview for the D, E, and F series VMs, built on the 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ (Genoa) CPU.
General availability: Introducing NGads V620 Series VMs optimized for gaming scenarios
The NGads V620 Series are now in public preview in the East US2, Europe West and West US3 regions. This new series enables service providers to build differentiated cloud gaming experiences.
Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution is available in US Government regions.
Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution is available in US Government (VA, AZ) regions.
Preview: Azure Container Storage in AKS
You can now easily deploy and use Azure Container Storage (in preview) seamlessly via the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) preview CLI experience.
Latency metrics for disks and performance metrics for temporary disks on Azure Virtual Machines
New latency metrics on OS, data and temporary disks are now available in preview, allowing you to see how long it takes to complete input/output (IO) requests to Azure Disks . In addition, new performance metrics for temporary disks are generally available now and allow users to see the IOPS, throughput and queue depth for virtual machines with temporary disks.
Azure Elastic SAN updates: Snapshots, Security, and Usability
Introducing the latest update to Azure Elastic SAN (in preview), which now offers snapshot capabilities, enhanced security features, new features for a more simplified use experience, and an entirely new integration with Azure VMware Solution
General Availability: Azure Advisor recommendation improves the reliability of Azure Disks with Zone Redundant Storage
Target availability: Q4 2023
Enable disks to tolerate zonal failures without causing disruptions to your application. To learn more, visit Reliability recommendations - Azure Advisor | Microsoft Learn
Generally available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions
Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in more regions and offers the most advanced general-purpose block storage solution with the best price performance
TLS 1.2 to become the minimum TLS version for Azure Storage
Target availability: Q4 2024
TLS 1.2 to become the minimum TLS version for Azure Storage
October 2023
Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier support on Blob Batch operations
Azure Blob Batch operations now support Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier.
GA: Bring our own keys (BYOK) on Ephemeral OS Disk
You can now encrypt OS and Data disks of your AKS nodes in production with your own managed keys.
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files standard storage with cool access
Azure NetApp Files standard storage with cool access is now in public preview. With the new cool access feature, you can enable standard volumes with the ability to transparently store data more cost-effectively on Azure storage accounts based on its access pattern.
General availability: Storage auto-grow & online disk scaling for Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q4 2023
With auto-grow enabled, Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server will automatically increase the size of your provisioned storage.
Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions
Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in Norway East and UAE North regions.
Azure Files has been improved to support all valid Unicode characters
Azure Files now supports an expanded character set enabling file and directory names with all valid Unicode characters.
Azure Activity Logs Legacy solution is replaced by Diagnostic settings
Target retirement date: September 15, 2026
Deprecation of Azure Activity Logs legacy solution and auto migration
App Service: Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Network
Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app's files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account.
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