generated: '2026-09-17'
method: searched
source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-whats-new
provider: microsoft-azure-cache-for-redis
name: What's New in Azure Cache for Redis
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-whats-new
scheme: dated prose entries, month granularity, newest first
current_api_version: '2024-11-01'
window: recent entries only (2023-09 onward)
entries:
- date: '2026-07'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - >-
    The planned 2026-10-01 creation block for existing customers was removed in all clouds; a
    tenant that had an Azure Cache for Redis instance before 2026-04-01 can create Basic,
    Standard and Premium caches until retirement on 2028-09-30.
- date: '2026-04'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Migration tooling from Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise to Azure Managed Redis is GA.
  - >-
    Migration tooling from Azure Cache for Redis (Basic/Standard/Premium) to Azure Managed
    Redis is in public preview; it repoints the existing endpoint at a precreated Managed Redis.
- date: '2025-10'
  breaking: true
  highlights:
  - >-
    Retirement of ALL Azure Cache for Redis SKUs announced. Enterprise and Enterprise Flash
    retire 2027-03-31; Basic, Standard and Premium retire 2028-09-30. Customers are directed to
    Azure Managed Redis.
- date: '2025-05'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Azure Managed Redis reaches General Availability (successor product).
- date: '2024-11'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - >-
    Standard and Premium caches are created zone-redundant by default
    (Automatic_Zonal_Allocation) in every region that supports zones.
- date: '2024-09'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Enterprise tier E1 SKU reaches GA (dev/test; no scale-out, no active geo-replication).
- date: '2024-08'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Availability zones (preview) for Standard and Premium, with automatic zone selection.
- date: '2024-06'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Redis 7.2 (preview) on Enterprise and Enterprise Flash, with manual and automatic upgrade.
  - Connection auditing GA across all SKUs.
- date: '2024-05'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Azure Functions integration GA.
  - Microsoft Entra ID authentication and RBAC GA across all supported regions.
- date: '2024-04'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - >-
    Control-plane flush operation GA for Basic, Standard and Premium (Redis_FlushCache in the
    contract).
- date: '2024-02'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Customer-managed key (CMK) disk encryption GA on Enterprise tiers.
- date: '2024-01'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - TLS 1.3 supported on all tiers.
- date: '2023-10'
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Control-plane flush operation (preview) for Basic/Standard/Premium.
  - Update channels (Preview / Stable) for Basic/Standard/Premium.
- date: '2023-09'
  breaking: true
  highlights:
  - >-
    TLS 1.0 and 1.1 removed. Phase 1 stopped offering them as MinimumTLSVersion on new caches;
    Phase 2 ended support on 2024-10-01 — clients must use TLS 1.2 or later.