Skip to main content

Azure updates

Get the latest updates on Azure products and features to meet your cloud investment needs. Subscribe to notifications to stay informed.

RSS feed
Product category
Status:

July 2022

Jul 21

Public preview: Enhanced experience to opt in to improved backup alerting

IN PREVIEW

Move to Azure Monitor based alerts for Azure Backup with just a few clicks.

  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Monitor
  • Management
Jul 19

Generally available: Tag filtering in Azure Advisor

NOW AVAILABLE

Tag filtering is now available in Azure Advisor

  • Azure Advisor
  • Management
Jul 19

Generally available: Premium-series hardware for Azure SQL Managed Instance

NOW AVAILABLE

Leverage new Azure SQL Managed Instance premium-series hardware based on the latest Intel CPUs that offers significantly improved performance and scalability.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Microsoft Inspire
  • Management
  • Features
Jul 4

Limited preview: Smart tiering to vault-archive tier for Azure Backup

IN PREVIEW

You can now configure your backup policy to move all your eligible and recommended recovery points to vault-archive tier for Azure Virtual Machines, SQL Server/SAP HANA in Azure Virtual Machines.

  • Azure Backup
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features

June 2022

Jun 30

Generally available: Azure Backup multi-user authorization for recovery services vaults

NOW AVAILABLE

Multi-user authorization for Backup provides enhanced protection for your backup data in recovery services vaults against unauthorized critical operations.

  • Azure Backup
  • Security
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Jun 27

Public preview: Multiple backups per day for Azure Virtual Machines

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q2 2022

Protect Azure Virtual Machines with mission critical applications with low recovery point objective.

  • Management
  • Features
Jun 27

Public preview: Create an additional 5000 Azure Storage accounts within your subscription

IN PREVIEW

Azure Storage is announcing public preview of the ability to create additional 5000 storage accounts per subscription per region.

  • Management
  • Features
Jun 23

General availability: Azure Key Vault secrets provider on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes

NOW AVAILABLE

Enable fetching secrets from an Azure Key Vault directly into the workload running on an Arc connected Kubernetes cluster.

  • Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
  • Management
  • Features
Jun 22

General availability: Azure Advisor support for Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Get personalized recommendations based on your Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server usage.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Security
  • Management
  • Features
Jun 22

Public preview: Continuous backup enhancements in Azure Cosmos DB

IN PREVIEW

Azure Cosmos DB accounts can now take advantage of continuous backup with seven-day data retention and point-in-time restore capabilities.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Management
  • Features
Jun 22

Generally available: Azure Cosmos DB Core (SQL) API Query Engine improvements

NOW AVAILABLE

Query your Azure Cosmos DB containers even more efficiently with new query engine optimizations.

  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Management
  • Features
Jun 20

General availability: Azure GitOps with Flux v2

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2022

Announcing the general availability of GitOps with Flux v2 in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes (Arc K8s). 

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
  • Services
  • Management
  • Features
Jun 8

Public preview: Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager

IN PREVIEW

Azure Arc-enabled System Center Virtual Machine Manager enables on-premises System Center Virtual Machine Manager environments to be connected to Azure, unlocking Azure-based self-service for end users and developers.

  • Azure Arc
  • Management
Jun 6

General availability: Updates for resource configuration changes

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2022

Resource configuration changes enables you to query across your subscriptions and tenants to discover changes to your resources with Azure Resource Graph. 

  • Azure Resource Graph
  • Azure Resource Manager
  • Management
  • Features

May 2022

May 30

Generally available: Budget alert supports action groups with common alert schema

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure cost management budget alert now supports action groups with common alert schema.

  • Microsoft Cost Management
  • Management
  • Features
May 25

Public preview: Automate scheduled emails of your saved cost views via API

IN PREVIEW

Automate the creation and management of Azure Cost Management scheduled emails with the ScheduledActions API.

  • Microsoft Cost Management
  • Management
May 24

General availability: Azure Backup supports backup of Write Accelerator enabled disks

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2022

Azure Virtual Machine backup protects Write Accelerator enabled disks

  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Management
May 24

Public preview: Azure Synapse Link for SQL

IN PREVIEW

Synapse Link for SQL enables seamless near-real-time data movement from relational sources to analytical stores without the need to build ETL pipelines.

  • Azure SQL Database
  • Management
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
May 19

General availability: Azure Backup support for trusted launch Azure Virtual Machines

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q2 2022

Configure backup of your trusted launch Azure Virtual Machines through enhanced policy

  • Azure Backup
  • Management
May 11

Generally available: Minor versions upgrade for Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server

NOW AVAILABLE

Run the most stable, compliant, and secure MySQL community versions 8.0.28 and 5.7.37 on Azure Database for MySQL – Flexible Server.

  • Azure Database for MySQL
  • Security
  • Management
  • Compliance

Azure at Microsoft Build

Resources

Read the Azure blog for latest news and announcements.

Blog

Get answers to your questions from Microsoft and Community experts.

Community support

Read commonly asked questions on Azure updates.

FAQ

Find the latest news, updates, and resources for Azure partners.

Azure Partner Zone

Tell us what you think of Azure and what you want to see in the future.

Provide feedback

Azure is available in more regions than any other cloud provider.

Check product availability in your region