Azure Updates - Latest from Azure Charts

Support for workloads with large files in Azure NetApp Files

Thu, 14 May 2026 18:00:48 Z

To support seamless migration and operation of workloads that use large files including Azure VMware Solution (AVS) virtual machines with large VMDK disks, Azure NetApp Files now supports file sizes of up to 64 TiB for regular volumes. This enhancement en
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure NetApp Files, Azure VMware Solution, Categories: Features

Configure DNS forwarding for Azure NetApp Files

Mon, 11 May 2026 04:20:00 Z

This post has been written with the collaboration of Rizul Khanna Applies to: Azure NetApp Files — SMB, dual-protocol, and NFSv4.1 Kerberos volumes deployed in hub-spoke or Azure Virtual WAN topo...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual WAN, Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files enable backup by default

Wed, 06 May 2026 18:45:15 Z

Azure NetApp Files now enables backup by default when creating new volumes, delivering a more seamless and secure data‑protection experience. Backups are automatically provisioned during volume creation, reducing setup effort while still allowing customer
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features

Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:15:14 Z

Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection (ANF ARP) is now in GA (General Availability). ANF ARP is designed to help organizations proactively detect, respond to, and recover from ransomware threats on cloud volumes. ANF ARP monitors Azure NetApp
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features

User and group quota reports in Azure NetApp Files

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:00:13 Z

For organizations leveraging individual user and group quotas in Azure NetApp Files to manage capacity on NFS, SMB, and dual-protocol volumes, the user and group quota reporting feature offers clear visibility into key metrics such as quota limits, used c
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features

Advancing to Agentic AI with Azure NetApp Files VS Code Extension v1.2.0

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:03:00 Z

The Azure NetApp Files VS Code Extension v1.2.0 introduces a major leap toward agentic, AI‑informed cloud operations with the debut of the autonomous Volume Scanner. Moving beyond traditional assisti...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files storage with cool access enhancement

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:15:44 Z

QoS update with cool access enabled on Premium and Ultra service levels improves how Azure NetApp Files balances performance and cost for mixed hot and cool workloads. Throughput automatically adjusts as data moves to cool storage, maintaining hot‑tier pe
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features

Azure NetApp Files Elastic zone-redundant service level

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:00:42 Z

Azure NetApp Files Elastic zone-redundant storage (ANF Elastic ZRS) is an advanced high-availability service level for Azure NetApp Files that provides continuous data access with zero data loss, even if an entire Azure Availability Zone goes offline. Bui
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Kubernetes Service, Azure NetApp Files, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Categories: Services

Enhanced storage resiliency with Azure NetApp Files Elastic zone-redundant service

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 Z

Enhanced storage resiliency with Azure NetApp Files Elastic zone-redundant service Data resiliency is no longer optional—it is the foundation that keeps mission‑critical applications running, teams productive, and compliance intact. Organizations must ensure continuous data availability and zero data loss to meet stringent regulatory and audit standards.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files Elastic ZRS service level - File Storage High Availability Made Easy

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:55:00 Z

This article introduces Azure NetApp Files Elastic zone-redundant storage service level (Azure NetApp Files Elastic ZRS), a high-availability solution that synchronously replicates data across multip...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files support in OpenShift Virtualization

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:00:06 Z

Azure NetApp Files now enables fast virtual machine (VM) provisioning, instant cloning, and live migration in OpenShift Virtualization. It offers seamlessly scalable storage with predictable performance and enterprise data management for VM workloads from
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure NetApp Files, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Categories:

Application volume group for Oracle create data protection volume group (API)

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:08 Z

The functionality of application volume group for Oracle has been expanded with the ability to create data protection volumes in a volume group with the same anti-affinity layout as production volume groups. Customers benefit from this ability for creatin
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Deploy PostgreSQL on Azure VMs with Azure NetApp Files: Production-Ready Infrastructure as Code

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:05:00 Z

PostgreSQL is a popular open‑source cloud database for modern web applications and AI/ML workloads, and deploying it on Azure VMs with high‑performance storage should be simple. In practice, however,...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Database for PostgreSQL, Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Unlocking Advanced Data Analytics & AI with Azure NetApp Files object REST API

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:47:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files object REST API enables object access to enterprise file data stored on Azure NetApp Files, without copying, moving, or restructuring that data. This capability allows analytics an...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

What's New with Azure NetApp Files VS Code Extension

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:04:00 Z

The latest update to the Azure NetApp Files (ANF) VS Code Extension introduces powerful enhancements designed to simplify cloud storage management for developers. From multi-tenant support to intuiti...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files cross-zone-region replication (CZRR)

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:45:45 Z

Cross-zone-region replication builds on the existing capabilities of cross-region replication and cross-zone replication. It enables you to replicate volumes across regions and across availability zones within the same region, combining disaster recovery
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:45:45 Z

Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection (ANF ARP) is now in Public Preview. ANF ARP is designed to help organizations proactively detect, respond to, and recover from ransomware threats on cloud volumes. ANF ARP monitors Azure NetApp Files volu
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Streamline Azure NetApp Files Management—Right from Your IDE

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:17:00 Z

The Azure NetApp Files VS Code Extension is designed to streamline storage provisioning and management directly within the developer’s IDE. Traditional workflows often require extensive portal naviga...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Management

Azure NetApp Files single file restore from backup

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:15:25 Z

With Azure NetApp Files single file restore from backup, you can restore individual files from Azure NetApp Files backup vault without needing to restore an entire volume. By restoring only the necessary files, you can save time and cost needed for restor
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files migration assistant (portal support)

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:45:47 Z

Azure NetApp Files migration assistant (with SnapMirror) provides efficient and cost-effective data migration leveraging ONTAP's built-in replication engine for seamless transition from on-premises or CVO/other cloud providers to Azure NetApp Files (ANF).
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files cache volumes

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:45:47 Z

Azure NetApp Files cache volumes are now available in public preview. The cache volumes feature is a new capability built on NetApp’s ONTAP FlexCache technology that provides a persistent, high-performance cache in Azure for data stored on ONTAP-based sto
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

User and group quota reports in Azure NetApp Files

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:16 Z

Large volumes up to 7.2 PiB

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:16 Z

The Large Volumes up to 7.2 PiB with Cool Access feature allows you to create Azure NetApp Files volumes up to 7.2 PiB on dedicated capacity, designed for workloads where most data are rarely accessed. This enhancement extends cool-access support beyond t
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Support for large volume breakthrough mode

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:00:03 Z

Breakthrough mode in Azure NetApp Files enables extreme performance and scalability for demanding HPC and EDA workloads. It supports large volumes up to 2PiB, delivering throughput up to 50GiBps, depending on workload characteristics. Breakthrough mode us
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features

Accelerating HPC and EDA with Powerful Azure NetApp Files Enhancements

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:41:00 Z

High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) workloads demand uncompromising performance, scalability, and resilience. Whether you're managing petabyte-scale datasets or ru...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Boosting Hybrid Cloud Data Efficiency for EDA: The Power of Azure NetApp Files cache volumes

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 20:55:00 Z

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) is the foundation of modern semiconductor innovation, enabling engineers to design, simulate, and validate increasingly sophisticated chip architectures. As designs...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files Object REST API

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:30:04 Z

The Object REST API, an S3-compatible REST API, on Azure NetApp Files bridges the gap between traditional file-based storage and modern cloud services, enabling customers to use their existing data in new ways. By providing integration via Microsoft Fabri
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure AI Services, Microsoft Fabric, Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features

Accelerating Cloud-Native Development with AI-Powered Azure NetApp Files VS Code Extension

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:54:00 Z

Streamlining enterprise storage provisioning through intelligent automation and developer-centric tooling.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

How Azure NetApp Files Object REST API powers Azure and ISV Data and AI services – on YOUR data

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:00:00 Z

This article introduces the Azure NetApp Files Object REST API, a transformative solution for enterprises seeking seamless, real-time integration between their data and Azure's advanced analytics and...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Validating Scalable EDA Storage Performance: Azure NetApp Files and SPECstorage Solution 2020

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:52:00 Z

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) workloads drive innovation across the semiconductor industry, demanding robust, scalable, and high-performance cloud solutions to accelerate time-to-market and maxi...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Generally Avaialbe: Azure NetApp Files short-term clones

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:30:18 Z

Azure NetApp Files short-term clones enable space-efficient, instant read/write access to data by creating temporary thin clones from existing volume snapshots, eliminating the need for full data copies and enabling capacity savings. Ideal for software de
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features

Cross-tenant customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:15:04 Z

Cross-tenant Customer-Managed Keys (CMK) for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption is now generally available, empowering customers to manage their own encryption keys across different Azure tenancies. This capability enhances control and flexibility in mu
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features

Azure NetApp Files Support for OpenLDAP, FreeIPA, and Red Hat Directory Server LDAP services

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:01:01 Z

Azure NetApp Files now supports integration with FreeIPA, OpenLDAP, and Red Hat Directory Server—available in public preview. This LDAP integration enables secure LDAP over TLS connectivity for NFSv3 and NFSv4.1 volumes, allowing enterprises to use these
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services

Azure NetApp Files Flexible service level

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:00:08 Z

Flexible service level allows you to independently configure storage capacity and throughput, optimizing costs and performance by right-sizing based on your needs. This new service level avoids overprovisioning by supporting a customizable throughput whic
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, Pricing & Offerings, SDK and Tools

Azure NetApp Files migration assistant

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:45:57 Z

Azure NetApp Files short-term clones

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:00:15 Z

Azure NetApp Files short-term clones enable space-efficient, instant read/write access to data by creating temporary thin clones from existing volume snapshots, eliminating the need for full data copies and enabling capacity savings. Ideal for software de
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, SDK and Tools

Azure NetApp Files file access logs

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:30:27 Z

Azure NetApp Files file access logs feature is now generally available, delivering enterprise-grade visibility into file-level operations across SMB, NFSv4.1, and dual-protocol volumes. This feature empowers organizations to enhance their security posture
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, Regions & Datacenters, SDK and Tools

Azure NetApp Files Flexible service level now supports cool access

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:30:35 Z

Flexible service level in Azure NetApp Files allows customers to independently configure storage capacity and throughput, making it ideal for workloads with unique performance and sizing requirements—such as high-capacity volumes with low throughput or lo
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services

Transition existing platform-managed keys (PMK) to customer-managed keys (CMK) for Azure NetApp Files volumes without data migration.

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 17:00:16 Z

Customers can now transition existing volumes from platform-managed keys (PMK) to customer-managed keys (CMK) seamlessly. This provides customers flexibility of encryption key lifecycle (renewals, rotations) and additional security for regulated industry
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Key Vault, Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Compliance, SDK and Tools

Boosting Productivity with Ansys RedHawk-SC and Azure NetApp Files Intelligent Data Infrastructure

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:42:00 Z

Discover how integrating Ansys Access with Azure NetApp Files (ANF) is revolutionizing cloud-based engineering simulations. This article reveals how organizations can harness enterprise-grade storage...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption with Azure Key Vault Managed HSM

Wed, 28 May 2025 17:30:53 Z

Azure NetApp Files volume encryption choices have expanded to offer support customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption with Azure Key Vault Managed HSM. This capability offers increased security from FIPS 140-2 Level 2 to FIPS 140-2 Le
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Key Vault, Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, SDK and Tools

Building an Enterprise RAG Pipeline in Azure with NVIDIA AI Blueprint for RAG and Azure NetApp Files

Mon, 19 May 2025 07:00:00 Z

Transform your enterprise-grade RAG pipeline with NVIDIA AI and Azure NetApp Files. This post highlights the challenges of scaling RAG solutions and introduces NVIDIA's AI Blueprint adapted for Azure...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files cross-zone-region replication (CZRR)

Fri, 16 May 2025 22:15:06 Z

Azure NetApp Files cross-zone and cross-region replication across subscriptions

Fri, 16 May 2025 22:15:06 Z

Cross-subscription replication is a feature for Azure NetApp Files that allows replication across different subscriptions under the same tenant. This enhances disaster recovery and operational agility by leveraging NetApp SnapMirror technology, which ensu
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, SDK and Tools

Leveraging Azure NetApp Files for High-Performance Kubernetes Storage

Thu, 15 May 2025 05:56:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files, a fully managed file storage service built for high-throughput and low-latency applications, integrates seamlessly with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) using Astra Trident—an open-...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files solutions for three EDA Cloud-Compute scenarios

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:04:00 Z

Table of Contents Abstract Introduction EDA Cloud-Compute scenarios Scenario 1: Burst to Azure from on-premises Data Center Scenario 2: “24x7 Single Set Workload” Scenario 3: "Data Center...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files support for Active Directory connection per NetApp account

Mon, 12 May 2025 20:30:43 Z

Azure NetApp Files support for Active Directory connection per NetApp account feature is now generally available. The feature allows each NetApp account to connect to its own Active Directory Forest and Domain, providing the ability to manage more than on
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, Regions & Datacenters

Azure NetApp Files: Powering Performance and Savings in the Cloud

Wed, 07 May 2025 19:42:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files (ANF) is a powerful, fully managed file storage solution that offers high performance and scalability. It delivers enterprise-grade performance and reliability, but like any powerf...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Streamlining data discovery for AI/ML with OpenMetadata on AKS and Azure NetApp Files

Thu, 01 May 2025 17:08:00 Z

This article contains a step-by-step guide to deploying OpenMetadata on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), using Azure NetApp Files for storage. It also covers the deployment and configuration of Postgr...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Cross-tenant customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:15:51 Z

Cross-tenant customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption. This feature enables individual customers to manage their own keys across different tenancies. In scenarios such as SaaS provider/user configurations, it ensures that the end use
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services

Azure NetApp Files File Access Logs

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:00:16 Z

Azure NetApp Files file access logs play a critical role in safeguarding sensitive data, detecting anomalies while enabling operational excellence. This new feature provides detailed logging of file access activities, including user identity, operation ty
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, SDK and Tools

Generally Availability: AzAcSnap 11 — Azure Application Consistent Snapshot Tool Updates

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:30:45 Z

Version 11 of the AzAcSnap tool is now generally available. Azure Application Consistent Snapshot Tool (AzAcSnap) is a command-line tool that enables customers to simplify data protection for third-party databases in Linux and Windows environments. AzAcSn
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, SDK and Tools

Azure NetApp Files Flexible service level

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:00:59 Z

Flexible service level allows you to independently configure storage capacity and throughput, optimizing costs and performance by right-sizing based on your needs. This new service level avoids overprovisioning by supporting a customizable throughput whic
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, Pricing & Offerings

Azure NetApp Files Application Volume Group for SAP HANA – Extension 1

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:00:04 Z

Many customers have been using Azure NetApp Files application volume group (AVG) for SAP HANA to deploy their volumes for SAP HANA and benefit from the many best practices and improvements that are included in the application volume group feature.With thi
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, SDK and Tools

Azure NetApp Files Application Volume Group for Oracle

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:00:04 Z

Application volume group (AVG) for Oracle enables you to deploy all volumes required to install and operate Oracle databases at enterprise scale, with optimal performance and according to best practices, in a single one-step and optimized workflow. The ap
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings, SDK and Tools

Edit Network Features for Azure NetApp Files with No Downtime

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 22:00:14 Z

We are announcing the general availability of Edit network features with no downtime for Azure NetApp Files volumes. Standard Network Features provide you with an enhanced Virtual Networking experience for a seamless and consistent experience along with s
Update Type: GA, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, Regions & Datacenters

Provide remote access to Azure NetApp Files volumes using F5 Distributed Cloud

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:12:00 Z

Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Getting started with the NetApp Connector for Microsoft Copilot and Azure NetApp Files

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:12:00 Z

Imagine a world where your on-premises and enterprise cloud files seamlessly integrate with Microsoft Copilot unleashing AI on your Azure NetApp Files enterprise data, and making your workday smoothe...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Getting started with the NetApp Connector for Microsoft M365 Copilot and Azure NetApp Files

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 20:12:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files now supports minimum volume size of 50 GiB

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 20:15:01 Z

We are excited to announce Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement with support for 50 GiB minimum volume sizes.Customers can now create an Azure NetApp Files volume as small as 50 GiB, compared to the initial minimum size of 100 GiB. This enhancement is pa
Update Type: GA, Services: Kubernetes Service, Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features

Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – allow the same file path for volumes in different availability zones

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 18:30:52 Z

With this enhancement, Azure NetApp Files now allows the use of the same volume mount path for two or more volumes in the same region if they are each in a different availability zone. This is great for highly available architectures using cross-zone repl
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Regions & Datacenters

Building scalable and persistent AI applications with LangChain, Instaclustr, and Azure NetApp Files

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:16:00 Z

Discover the powerful combination of LangChain and LangGraph for building stateful AI applications and unlock the benefits of using a managed-database service like NetApp® Instaclustr® backed by Azur...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files cool access support for large volumes

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:00:36 Z

Announcing the general availability of cool access feature support with large volumes. This allows tiering of infrequently accessed data on large volumes under standard, premium or ultra storage, to a lower-cost storage tier. This allows your large capac
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Azure NetApp Files Integration with Azure AI Video Indexer at Microsoft Ignite 2024

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:18:00 Z

Revolutionizing Video and Audio Data Insights with Enterprise data residing on Azure NetApp Files
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Edit network features for Azure NetApp Files with no downtime

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 08:30:23 Z

We are announcing the public preview of Edit network features with no downtime for Azure NetApp Files volumes. Standard Network Features provide you with an enhanced Virtual Networking experience for a seamless and consistent experience along with securit
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Public Preview: Edit network features for Azure NetApp Files with no downtime

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files now supports the capability to edit network features of existing volumes with no downtime.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Access-based enumeration and non-browsable shares for SMB and dual-protocol Azure NetApp Files volumes

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:00:00 Z

In environments with Azure NetApp Files volumes that are shared among multiple departments, projects and users, users can see the existence of other files and folders in directory listings even if they do not have permissions to access those items. Enabli
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Azure NetApp Files Reserved Capacity

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:00:00 Z

Pay-as-you-go pricing is the most convenient way to purchase cloud storage when your workloads are dynamic or changing over time. However, some workloads are more predictable with stable capacity usage over an extended period and can benefit from savings
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Pricing & Offerings

Generally Available: Access-based enumeration and non-browsable shares for SMB and dual-protocol Azure NetApp Files volumes

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

Access-based enumeration and non-browsable shares for SMB and dual-protocol volumes in Azure NetApp Files is now generally available
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files Reserved Capacity

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

Cost savings and improved financial predictability with Azure NetApp Files Reserved Capacity
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Pricing & Offerings

Harnessing Generative AI with Weaviate on Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure NetApp Files

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

Dive into the world of vector databases and explore the critical benchmarks and trade-offs shaping generative AI with our hands-on guide to Weaviate on Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure NetApp Files...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure AI Services, Kubernetes Service, Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files now stores sensitive data DoD IL5 compliant in Azure US Government regions

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:00:00 Z

Unlock unparalleled secure and compliant storage with Azure NetApp Files in Azure Government regions by using new storage security features for enterprise-class solutions tailored for the public sect...
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files storage with cool access for all service levels

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 07:00:00 Z

With the general availability of cool access feature, your standard service level capacity pools in addition to volumes created in premium and ultra service level capacity pools can transparently store data more cost-effectively on Azure storage accounts
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, Pricing & Offerings

Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files storage with cool access for all service levels

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files storage with cool access is now generally available with support for all service levels.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Double encryption at-rest for Azure NetApp Files

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 07:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files double encryption at-rest feature now provides multiple independent encryption layers, protecting against attacks to any single encryption layer.Threats are diminished to the encrypted data, for example: Single encryption key being comp
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files now supports 50 GiB minimum volume sizes

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 Z

Volume enhancement: Azure NetApp Files now supports 50 GiB minimum volume sizes.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Generally Available: Double encryption at-rest for Azure NetApp Files

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 Z

Multiple encryption layers for increased data security.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files cross-zone replication

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 Z

Replicate Azure NetApp Files volumes from one availability zone to another in a fast and cost-effective way, protecting your data from unforeseeable zone failures
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files zone volume placement enhancement – Populate existing volume

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 Z

Populate previously deployed, existing volumes with the logical availability zone information to enable failure domain protection for workloads in specific availability zones.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files volume encryption key transition

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 Z

Customers can now transition existing volumes from platform-managed keys (PMK) to customer-managed keys (CMK) without data migration
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files large volume enhancement – increased throughput and maximum size limit of 2 PiB volume

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files large volumes now support throughput up to 12.5-GiB/s and maximum volume size up to 2 PiB.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Public preview: Azure NetApp Files support for Active Directory connection per NetApp account

Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files support for one Active Directory connection per NetApp account now enables connecting a NetApp account to its own distinct Active Directory Forest and Domain. Azure NetApp Files can now be used with more than one Active Directory Forest and Domain in a region under a subscription.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Microsoft Entra ID, Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Security

General Availability: Azure NetApp Files backup

Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files backup expands the data protection capabilities of Azure NetApp Files by providing fully managed backup solution for long-term snapshot archive, recovery, and compliance.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

General availability: Azure NetApp Files support for large volumes up to 500TiB in size

Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

You can now create Azure NetApp Files large volumes between 50TiB to 500TiB in size.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Regions & Datacenters, SDK and Tools

Public preview: Azure NetApp Files application volume group for Oracle

Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 Z

Application volume group for Oracle is designed to greatly simplify the deployment of Azure NetApp Files volumes required to install and operate Oracle databases on Azure virtual machines at enterprise scale, with optimal performance and according to best practices.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features

General availability: Availability zone volume placement for Azure NetApp Files

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Deploy new Azure NetApp Files volumes in Azure availability zones (AZs) of your choice to support workloads across multiple availability zones
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings, Regions & Datacenters

General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity pools

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 2 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings, Regions & Datacenters

Public preview: Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench is a new service that provides a fully managed work environment for engineering development, accelerating project startup, and enabling secure collaboration between development teams.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure NetApp Files, M&S Workbench, Categories: Services, Pricing & Offerings

Public preview: Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – allow the same file path for volumes in different availability zones

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 Z

Public Preview of Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – file path uniqueness
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Regions & Datacenters

General Availability: Azure NetApp Files Standard Network Features - Edit Volumes

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files Standard Network Features - Edit Volumes GA
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Regions & Datacenters

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Standard Network Features - Edit Volumes in US Gov Regions

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files in US Gov region now supports ability to edit existing ANF volumes and upgrading Basic network features to Standard network features.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, Regions & Datacenters

General Availability: Customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files volumes supports encryption with customer-managed keys (CMK), using Azure Key Vault for key storage, to enable an extra layer of security for data at rest.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure Key Vault, Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Services, Regions & Datacenters

Public preview: Azure NetApp Files support for 1 TiB capacity pools

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files 1 TiB capacity pool sizes, when used with volumes using standard network features is now in preview.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

General Availability: Azure NetApp Files support for 2 TiB capacity pools

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files now supports smaller 2 TiB capacity pool sizes, lowered from 4 TiB, when used with volumes using standard network features.
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

General Availability: User and group quota management in Azure NetApp Files

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Default and individual user/group quotas allows you to stay in control of capacity consumption on volumes; the feature is now Generally Available (GA)
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Regions & Datacenters

General Availability: Standard network features support in US Gov regions

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Standard network features for azure NetApp files are now available in the US Gov regions
Update Type: GA, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Regions & Datacenters

Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution is available in US Government regions.

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 Z

Azure NetApp Files datastores for Azure VMware Solution is available in US Government (VA, AZ) regions.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure NetApp Files, Azure VMware Solution, Categories: Features, Regions & Datacenters

Public preview: Azure NetApp Files standard storage with cool access

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:00:00 Z

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.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings

Public Preview: Customer-managed keys for Azure NetApp Files volume encryption is now available in US Gov regions (Preview)

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 Z

Customer keys are protected from attacks for maximum security of their Azure NetApp File volumes; the feature is now available in US Gov regions (Preview)
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Compliance, Services, Regions & Datacenters

Public preview: Standard network features support in US Government region

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 Z

Standard network features for azure NetApp files are now available in the US Government (VA) region.
Update Type: Preview, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: Features, Pricing & Offerings, Regions & Datacenters

Power your file storage-intensive workloads with Azure VMware Solution

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700

With Azure VMware Solution you can now scale storage independently from compute using Azure NetApp Files datastores, enabling you to run VMware-based storage-intensive workloads like SQL Server, general-purpose file servers, and others in Azure. Gain the flexibility and scalability of running your storage-heavy workloads on Azure VMware Solution, while delivering high performance and low latency.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Virtual Machines, Azure NetApp Files, Azure VMware Solution, Categories:

The wait (list) is over: Azure NetApp Files is enterprise-ready in your Azure portal

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0700

We announced the general availability of Azure NetApp Files in May 2019. Since then, we have worked with customers to successfully migrate and run some of their most important production workloads. Today, we are announcing the removal of the waiting list for this service. The capabilities, scale, performance, and cost-efficiency of Azure NetApp Files are unmatched in the cloud, and we look forward to continuing our work with customers to enable some of their most demanding workloads in the cloud.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files cross region replication and new enhancements in preview

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700

As businesses continue to adapt to the realities of the current environment, operational resilience has never been more important. As a result, a growing number of customers have accelerated a move to the cloud, using Microsoft Azure NetApp Files to power critical pieces of their IT infrastructure, like Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, SAP applications, and mission critical databases.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Virtual Desktop, Categories:

Intel Optane DC Persistent memory, Azure NetApp Files, and Azure Ultra Disk for SAP HANA

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0800

With the recent preferred cloud partnership with SAP, Microsoft and SAP are committed to ensuring that we provide a simplified path for the migration from on-premises SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA in the cloud, on Azure. Microsoft Azure enables customers to be future ready, and for SAP customers our promise is to continue to offer market leading innovation to support mission critical SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA workloads.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories:

Azure NetApp Files is now generally available

Tue, 28 May 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Today, I’m excited to announce the general availability of Azure NetApp Files, the industry’s first bare-metal cloud file storage and data management service. Azure NetApp Files is an Azure first-party service for migrating and running the most demanding enterprise file-workloads in the cloud including databases, SAP, and high-performance computing applications with no code changes.
Update Type: Announcement, Services: Azure NetApp Files, Categories: