We were excited to announce the preview of Azure Managed Redis at Microsoft Ignite 2024, a first party, in-memory database solution designed for developers building the next generation of GenAI applications. This new offering combines the latest Redis innovations with the reliability, security, and industry-leading availability¹ of Azure's trusted cloud platform.

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What’s new with Azure Managed Redis? 

With Azure Managed Redis, developers can achieve up to 15x greater throughput performance, making it ideal for handling even the most demanding workloads. The solution introduces enterprise-grade features across four new tiers³, offering flexibility to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes. Cache creation times are now up to 3.1x faster ², accelerating deployment timelines, while scaling is up to 2.2x faster², adapting to growing demands. Best of all, these advancements come at a significantly lower cost compared to the current Azure Cache for Redis offering.

Highlights from Ignite

Microsoft Ignite day 1 keynote

Scott Guthrie highlighted Azure Managed Redis as a part of Microsoft’s Intelligent Data Platform, empowering organizations to effectively leverage and manage their data for the era of AI.

Scott Guthrie, EVP of Microsoft Cloud + AI, showcasing Microsoft’s Data & AI services during Microsoft Ignite 2024 keynote.

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Shireesh Thota, CVP of Azure Databases, introduced Azure Managed Redis as a cost-effective solution that delivers the latest Redis features (18:52). This solution empowers developers to scale their applications seamlessly, as demand grows, without compromising on performance or reliability.

Shireesh Thota, CVP of Azure Databases, announcing Azure Managed Redis during the Azure Databases core keynote.

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Scott Hunter, VP of Product Management at Microsoft, and Benjamin Renaud, CTO of Redis, Inc., provided an in-depth session on the new preview of Azure Managed Redis. They explored how the solution brings the latest Redis innovations to the hyperscale cloud environment, offering integration with Azure services, making it ideal for GenAI applications.

Key Benefits of Azure Managed Redis:

• Latest Redis Innovations: Azure Managed Redis brings the latest Redis features and innovations, designed for hyperscale cloud environments. It seamlessly interoperates with Azure services, making it ideal for building GenAI applications.
• Industry-leading Availability¹: Azure Managed Redis offers an SLA of up to 99.999% availability, coupled with active-active geo-replication capabilities to support mission-critical applications.
• Cost-effective TCO: Azure Managed Redis offers a cost-effective total cost of ownership (TCO), with pricing tailored to your performance and memory needs, while providing access to all Redis features and capabilities across all tiers.
• Trusted Cloud: Leverage the power of Azure’s secure cloud infrastructure and Microsoft Entra ID for reliable, high-performance access to your data and applications.

Scott Hunter, VP of Product Management at Microsoft (right), and Benjamin Renaud, CTO of Redis, Inc. (left), introducing Azure Managed Redis.

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AI is revolutionizing industries, but scaling AI applications from proof-of-concept to production can be challenging. This session, led by our product team, explored how Azure Managed Redis serves as a semantic cache for Azure OpenAI Service. Attendees discovered valuable insights into how they can harness this solution to accelerate the development of GenAI applications, with real-world use cases and best practices.

Balan Subramanian, Partner Director of Product for Azure App Platform at Microsoft (right), and Kyle Teegarden, Principal Product Manager (left), discussing how to leverage Azure Managed Redis for GenAI applications.

(Theater Session) Transforming Retail with Azure Managed Redis and GenAI

Discover how retail operations were revolutionized with Azure Managed Redis and GenAI. This session demonstrated how Azure Managed Redis delivered lightning-fast, real-time recommendations, ensuring seamless and personalized shopping experiences. Attendees learned how integrating Azure Managed Redis for GenAI apps provided intelligent product suggestions, driving top-selling items.

Shruti Pathak, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, highlighting retail use cases with Azure Managed Redis.

Expert Meet-Up Booth

Attendees had the chance to meet directly with Azure Managed Redis experts at the Ignite Expo Hall. These conversations provided valuable insights into how developers can integrate Azure Managed Redis into their existing workloads, optimize applications, and offer scalability for future performance needs.

Azure Managed Redis experts at the Ignite Expo Hall, ready to answer customer questions and offer tailored guidance.

Resources

Learn more about Azure Managed Redis by checking out the links below!

• Product page
• Documentation
• Pricing
• Azure Managed Redis announcement blog

¹Up to 99.999% uptime SLA is planned for the General Availability of Azure Managed Redis

²Source: Azure Managed Redis delivers up to 15x greater performance (operations per second) compared to the existing Azure Cache for Redis offering. This claim is based on an internal benchmarking study conducted by Microsoft, demonstrating that users can experience a 15x increase in performance when comparing x20 to C5 SKUs on 20GB instances. Actual performance may vary.

³B0, B1 SKU options, and Flash Optimized tier, may not have access to all features and capabilities

⁴All public regions are planned for general availability. Public Preview launch will have 21 regions. All regions in sovereign and government clouds are planned for post general availability.