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October 2023

Oct 24

The availability of Azure compute reservations exchanges extended until at least July 1st, 2024

The availability of Azure compute reservations exchanges extended until at least July 1st, 2024

  • Pricing & Offerings
Oct 2

Azure Container Apps is now eligible for Azure savings plan for compute

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now take advantage of Azure savings plan pricing for Azure Container Apps.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Pricing & Offerings

September 2023

Sep 29

Azure Internet Analyzer will be retired on 15 March 2024 – delete profiles

Target retirement date: March 15, 2024

Azure Internet Analyzer will be retired on 15 March 2024  

  • Azure Internet Analyzer
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Retirements
Sep 29

Azure AI Translator S2-S4 billing instances will be retired on 1 October 2026 – transition to Commitment Tiers for discounted pricing.

Target retirement date: October 01, 2026

Retirement notice: Translator S2-S4 Volume Discount Instances will be retired on 1 October 2026

  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Retirements
Sep 18

General Availability: Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage enables organizations to detect and prevent malware distribution events with content scanning upon upload and near real-time malware detection powered by Microsoft Defender Antivirus technologies.

  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Microsoft Defender
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Security
  • Features
Sep 14

General availability: Azure Backup support for Azure Files in China North2, China East 2, China North 3, and China East 3

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

Azure Backup now supports Azure Files in China North2, China East 2, China North 3, and China East 3

  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Security
  • Features
Sep 12

GA: Latest generation burstable VMs - Bsv2, Basv2, and Bpsv2

Target availability: Q3 2023

The new second generation burstable VMs provide the lowest cost of entry to the Azure VM portfolio with greater performance.

  • Pricing & Offerings
Sep 12

Public preview: Standard network features support in US Government region

IN PREVIEW

Standard network features for azure NetApp files are now available in the US Government (VA) region.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features

August 2023

Aug 30

Generally available: Azure Container Apps dedicated plan

NOW AVAILABLE

Target availability: Q3 2023

You can now run your apps on dedicated workload profiles that offer more CPU and memory if needed.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
Aug 18

Generally available: 40MB/s/TiB and 500MB/s/TiB performance tiers for Azure Managed Lustre

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Managed Lustre now offers two new performance tiers, offering tailored solutions and added cost and performance flexibility for various workload sizes: 40MB/s/TiB and 500MB/s/TiB

  • Azure Managed Lustre
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
Aug 16

Public Preview: Azure Elastic SAN Updates: Private endpoints & shared volumes

IN PREVIEW

Introducing the latest updates to Azure Elastic SAN (in preview), private endpoint support and volume sharing support via SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) Persistent Reservation.

  • Azure Elastic SAN
  • Storage Accounts
  • Managed Disks
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features
Aug 1

Enhanced Security and Compliance add-on for Azure Databricks now Generally Available

NOW AVAILABLE

Enhanced Security and Compliance (ESC) add-on helps simplify the complexity of meeting security and regulatory requirements for Azure Databricks customers.

  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Compliance
  • Security
  • Features

July 2023

Jul 11

Public preview: Latest generation burstable VMs - Bsv2, Basv2, and Bpsv2

Target availability: Q3 2023

The new second generation burstable VMs provide the lowest cost of entry to the Azure VM portfolio with greater performance.

  • Pricing & Offerings
Jul 10

Azure Managed Lustre now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Reduce infrastructure setup with a managed file system optimized for HPC and AI workloads.

  • Azure Managed Lustre
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings

June 2023

Jun 27

Preview Updates: Azure Elastic SAN Public Preview improvements

IN PREVIEW

Introducing the latest update to Azure Elastic SAN (in preview), which now offers expanded range of regions, increased support for diverse workloads, and an array of new features.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Jun 23

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files double encryption at-rest

IN PREVIEW

Azure NetApp Files now supports multiple encryption layers for increased data security.

  • Azure NetApp Files
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Features
Jun 13

General availability: Azure HX Virtual Machines for HPC

NOW AVAILABLE

HX-series VMs for HPC are now generally available in the Azure East US region.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Microsoft Build
Jun 13

General availability: Azure HBv4 Virtual Machines for HPC

NOW AVAILABLE

HBv4-series VMs for HPC are now generally available in the Azure East US region.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Microsoft Build
Jun 13

Public preview: Introducing NGads V620 Series VMs optimized for cloud gaming

IN PREVIEW

VGads V620 series virtual machines (VMs), now in public preview in the East US2, Europe west, and West US3 regions, enable service providers to build differentiated cloud gaming experiences.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Pricing & Offerings
Jun 13

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in Japan East and Korea Central

NOW AVAILABLE

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in Japan East and Korea Central.

  • Azure Disk Storage
  • Storage Accounts
  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Features

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