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

Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files cross-zone and cross-region replication across subscriptions
May 2025
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 ensures efficient data transfer by sending only changed blocks in a compressed format. The feature is supported with both cross-zone replication in all Azure NetApp Files regions with availability zones and cross-zone replication in all supported regions.

Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files cross-zone-region replication (CZRR)
May 2025
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 and business continuance capabilities for volumes. To establish two protection volumes, you can create either of the following setups (1) cross-zone replication and a cross-region replication relationship, (2) two cross-region replication relationships or (3) two cross-zone replication relationships. The source volume should be in an availability zone for the cross-zone replication relationship.

Generally Available: Carbon optimization in Azure
May 2025
We’re excited to announce the General Availability of carbon optimization in Azure — a built-in solution to help you measure, manage, and reduce carbon emissions from your Azure workloads.

With Carbon Optimization, organizations can:

• Track progress over time with built-in dashboards and KPIs, available directly in the Azure portal
• Access granular, resource-level emissions data to uncover deeper optimization opportunities
• Use Azure RBAC to manage access and ensure the right stakeholders see the right data
• Get actionable recommendations that highlight both carbon reduction and cost-saving opportunities
• Align with your cloud sustainability goals and drive meaningful environmental impact

This release reflects our ongoing commitment to helping customers do more with less environmental impact. Whether you're a sustainability lead, cloud operations engineer, or IT decision maker, carbon optimization empowers you to make greener cloud choices—natively within Azure.

Generally Available: Azure File Sync in Italy North
May 2025

• Azure File Sync enables seamless tiering of data from on-premises Windows Servers to Azure Files for hybrid use cases and simplified migration. It also enables you to leverage the performance, flexibility and compatibility of your on-premises File Server while leveraging the scale and cost effectiveness of Azure Files.
  The expansion into Italy North brings the service closer to organizations in these regions, offering lower latency, better performance, and support for local data residency requirements.