Redis announced
Microsoft has introduced Azure Managed Redis, a fully-managed, first-party Redis
offering in Microsoft Azure. Azure Managed Redis, now available in public
preview, gives users up to 99.999% availability with multi-region Active-Active
capabilities, allowing for down to sub-millisecond local latency globally, and
is the most cost-efficient Redis service available on Azure. Azure
Managed Redis was announced at Microsoft Ignite in Chicago and highlighted in
the keynote.
Azure Managed
Redis brings Redis' latest data infrastructure features and capabilities to
Microsoft Azure customers, serving functions across a wider range of use cases.
Users will have access to Redis 7.4, and soon, Redis 8.0, which will be
available from redis.io and can be hosted on any hyperscale cloud.
Azure Managed
Redis gives devs the flexibility they need whether it's for transaction,
memory, or storage-heavy workloads. It covers the entire gamut of use cases
from devs trying Redis for the first time, to expert engineers scaling hundreds
of Redis instances.
By migrating
from any Azure Cache for Redis tier to Azure Managed Redis, customers will see
significant improvements, including:
- Performance: Azure
Managed Redis introduces eight new data structures-JSON, vector, time
series, and five probabilistic types-along with the fastest and most
scalable Redis Query Engine to date. And with the introduction of new
built-in advanced capabilities such as vector search, secondary indexing
for full-text search, exact matching, geospatial queries, numeric data
handling, and fast data processing, Azure Managed Redis delivers as a true
multi-model real-time platform.
- Scale and security: Azure Managed Redis delivers on the best scale and SLA
in the industry. Every AMR user can now experience up to 99.999%
availability when leveraging multi-region Active-Active,
the highest availability offered in the market, powered by CRDT.
Apps built with AMR can deliver down to sub-millisecond local latency to
users globally and simultaneously no matter which continent or region
they're located on. It also meets regulatory compliance standards
including FedRamp, HIPAA, PCI DDS, and ISO 27001.
- Access to Redis and Azure ecosystems: Azure Managed Redis devs get access to a host of tools
across the Azure and Redis ecosystems to help them build better apps,
faster. They can leverage Azure AI and Redis' vector
database capabilities to build real-time RAG, agents, and gateways
into GenAI apps. They'll also have access to client libraries built by
Redis for .NET, Python, Java, Go, and Node that work seamlessly with AMR,
as well as Redis Insight-the official GUI for Redis-and the Redis copilot
AI assistant.
"Azure Managed
Redis opens a new chapter of our collaboration with Microsoft - it's the
highest-performing, feature-rich caching platform available for Azure
developers," said Rowan Trollope, CEO of Redis. "Devs can seamlessly leverage
Redis to speed up their data and unlock new user experiences, simplify the
developer experience, while optimizing costs and increasing their return on
investment."
"Redis
provides an exceptional data infrastructure foundation and capabilities that
serve the intense needs of cloud-native applications, and the developers that
build them. We've developed Azure Managed Redis to help developers build
faster, more powerful cloud and GenAI applications today and into the
future," said Balan Subramanian, Microsoft Partner Director of PM,
Developer Division at Microsoft Corp.
Existing Azure
Cache for Redis customers can easily migrate to the public preview of Azure
Managed Redis. Every customer that migrates from any Azure Cache for Redis tier
to Azure Managed Redis will gain access to years of Redis innovation. With the
introduction of Azure Managed Redis, every user on Azure Cache for Redis can
now access features that were previously found only on the Azure Cache for
Redis Enterprise and Enterprise Flash tiers.
Azure Managed Redis is now live and available in
public preview.