Understand service lifecycle in Azure

- Azure is constantly evolving. … New services and features are added all the time, … and because of this, you should be familiar … with the Azure Service Lifecycle. … Microsoft refers to these new services … as Preview Features, and these are new features … that are coming soon to Azure. … These previews give us, the customer, … time to evaluate the feature … before it's officially released, or also known as, … generally available, or GA. … And there are two types previews. … There's a public preview and a private preview. … A public preview is available to all Azure users, … and it's typically not supported, … and because of this Microsoft does not recommend … implementing a preview service or feature … into a production environment, … as that preview feature or service may change. … And you'll know when a service is in preview … because it'll be clearly labeled "preview" in the portal. … And not only will you have new services or features … that are preview, you can also have previews …