Azure-updates

Generally available: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup

General availability for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Backup.

• Azure Backup
• Compliance
• Management
• Features

General Availability: Trusted launch for Azure VMs in China regions

Azure China cloud regions now support Trusted Launch Virtual Machines to improve security posture of an Azure Virtual Machine.

• Compliance
• Security
• Regions & Datacenters
• Operating System

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in Canada Central

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in the Canada Central region.

• Azure Disk Storage
• Managed Disks
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

General Availability: Application consistent restore points supports Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks

Application consistent restore points supports Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks.

• Virtuele machines
• Managed Disks
• Features

Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in Canada East

Now available in Canada East region, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads.

• Ultra Disk Storage
• Managed Disks
• Azure Disk Storage
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

Private Preview: Azure Site Recovery support for Azure Trusted Launch VMs (Windows OS)

Azure Site Recovery support for Azure Trusted Launch VMs

• Azure Site Recovery
• Compliance
• Management
• Features

Private Preview: Support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Site Recovery

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q1 2024

Private preview for the support for Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 in Azure Site Recovery.

• Azure Site Recovery
• Compliance
• Management

General Availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption

Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines.

• Virtual Network
• Services
• Features

General Availability: Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disks support with Trusted launch

Trusted launch VMs now support Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disks storage.

• Virtuele machines
• Managed Disks
• Ultra Disk Storage
• Compliance
• Security
• Services
• Features

Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now available in UK West and Poland Central

Now available in the UK West and Poland Central regions, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads.

• Ultra Disk Storage
• Azure Disk Storage
• Managed Disks
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

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 the West US3 and Germany West Central regions.

• Azure Disk Storage
• Managed Disks
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

Generally Available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 now supported on Azure Virtual Machines

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.9 is the latest minor release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, which provides stability and security for production environments along with bug fixes and enhancements for improved performance and reliability. It also includes more features and capabilities to help customers customize their operating environment while maintaining the consistency needed for more efficient management and deployment across varied infrastructures.

• Linux Virtual Machines
• Red Hat Linux
• Open Source
• Operating System

Generally available: Crash Consistent VM Restore points

For Azure partners and customers seeking to develop business continuity and disaster recovery solutions, crash-consistent VM restore points serve as feature-rich building blocks, offering an agentless solution available natively on the Azure platform.

• Linux Virtual Machines
• Virtuele machines
• Managed Disks
• Features

Public preview: Intel TDX based confidential VMs now available in the Azure portal, Azure CLI and ARM templates

The DCesv5 and ECesv5-series confidential virtual machines (VMs) are now available in the Azure portal and via the CLI and ARM templates. These VMs enable organizations to bring confidential workloads to the cloud without code changes to applications.

• Virtuele machines
• Security
• Regions & Datacenters
• Pricing & Offerings

Public preview: Node autoprovision support in AKS

AKS can now take care of VM SKU selection based on the workloads you are scheduling rather than you having to pre-allocate node pools of a certain SKU type.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

General availability: Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service

Doelbeschikbaarheid: Q4 2023

The new Azure Portal experience for Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) allows you to perform seamless migrations from SQL Server on-premises to Azure SQL Targets using DMS.

• Azure Database Migration Service (klassiek)
• Features