• Azure Managed Redis (AMR) now generally available, offering fully‑managed, first‑party Redis on Azure. • Built on Redis 7.4, with upcoming access to Redis 8.0 for advanced features. • Supports caching for AI workloads, vector search, full‑text search, geospatial queries, and numeric data. • Migration from Azure Cache for Redis tiers yields higher throughput, cost savings, and simplified deployment. • Secure‑by‑default, deep Azure ecosystem integration, and full stack Redis capabilities across all tiers. • Ideal for GenAI and agentic apps, delivering lower cost, higher performance, and scalability.

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  • Microsoft Azure has announced that its fully‑managed, first‑party Redis service-Azure Managed Redis (AMR)-is now generally available to all customers. Built on Redis 7.4 with upcoming support for Redis 8.0, AMR offers a multi‑tiered, licensed offering that delivers higher throughput, lower latency, and significant cost savings compared to the previous Azure Cache for Redis tiers. The service adds eight new data structures (JSON, vector, time‑series, and probabilistic types) and advanced features such as vector search, full‑text indexing, and geospatial queries. It provides 99.99 % availability in two regions (99.999 % in multi‑region active‑active) and includes built‑in security with TLS, Private Link, and Entra authentication.

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