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May 2024
Public preview - Major version upgrade support for PostgreSQL 16
Target availability: Q2 2024
In-place major version upgrade support for PostgreSQL 16 in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server.
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-May 2024
Target availability: Q2 2024
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-May 2024.
Public Preview: New Azure SQL Database skills introduced to Microsoft Copilot in Azure
Target availability: Q2 2024
New Copilot skills assist in efficient management and operation of Azure SQL Database.
Public Preview: In-database embeddings in Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q2 2024
Create text embeddings with sub 10ms latency from an LLM deployed within your Azure Database for PostgreSQL instance.
Public Preview: Index recommendations in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Target availability: Q2 2024
Optimize your workload by creating suggested indexes and dropping duplicated or unused indexes.
Public preview: Change from serverless to provisioned capacity mode
Target availability: Q2 2024
Easily change the capacity mode of an Azure Cosmos DB account from serverless to provisioned capacity using Azure portal or Azure CLI without any hassle.
General Availability: Azure AI extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Target availability: Q2 2024
The Azure AI extension allows customers to leverage large language models and build rich PostgreSQL GenAI applications.
General Availability: Azure Cosmos DB Vercel integration
Target availability: Q2 2024
We're excited to announce Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel Generally Available.
Public Preview: DiskANN vector indexing and search in Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL built-in vector search powered by DiskANN is in public preview.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB Go SDK
Target availability: Q2 2024
The Azure Cosmos DB Go SDK is now available with improved support for global distribution.
Public Preview: vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB cross-region disaster recovery (DR)
Target availability: Q2 2024
Cross region DR allows you to switch to another region in case of an outage.
General availability: Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL integrations in LangChain and Semantic Kernel
Target availability: Q2 2024
Implement your RAG pipelines with Azure Cosmos DB and LangChain and Semantic Kernel!
Public preview: Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise now offers a 1GB E1 SKU
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise will offer yet another smaller 1GB SKU for your vector search and semantic caching needs levering the powerful capabilities of RediSearch module.
General availability: Azure Cache for Redis triggers and bindings for Azure Functions
Target availability: Q2 2024
Trigger serverless functions through Azure Cache for Redis.
General availability: Computed properties in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
Target availability: Q2 2024
Computed properties make it easy to write NoSQL query logic once and reference it many times!
Experimentation capabilities for Azure App Configuration now in public preview
Enables online experimentation for web, mobile, and Generative AI apps
General availability: Azure Cache for Redis now supports Microsoft Entra ID authentication and authorization
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Cache for Redis now offers a password-free authentication mechanism by integrating with Microsoft Entra. This integration is complemented with the role-based access control that open source Redis supports.
Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for Build 2024
One new feature now available in GA enables you to create and customize AI workflows using task-specific Language skills/models to complete business use cases.
Preview: Azure Cobalt 100 Arm-based Virtual Machines
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Cobalt 100 Arm-based VMs are now available in preview. Please use the sign-up form at https://aka.ms/Cobalt100-VM-Preview-Signup to request access.
Azure Machine Learning - Public Preview for Build 2024
Three features now available in preview enable you to enjoy simplified management of the customer-managed key (CMK) encrypted workspace, take advantage of our content filtering system alongside models that you can access through Models as a Service, and bring in indexes from Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore and Pinecone for use in RAG workflows.
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