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  • Describe the service lifecycle in Azure (Public Preview and General Availability)
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Service Lifecycle

• Every service in Azure follows its own service lifecycle
• Public preview is a ‘beta’ stage of the service available to general public use
• Features can also be in preview stages
• Designed for testing, not production solutions
• General availability is a ‘production’ release of the service

Public Preview Key Info

• No SLA
• Some services have no support coverage
• Limited region availability
• Limited functionality
• Pricing changes
• Direction changes
• Azure Portal Previews (https://preview.portal.azure.com)