Azure Cache for Redis

AzureDatabasesDeprecated· 30 Sept 2028

Fully managed in-memory data store powered by Redis with Basic, Standard, Premium, and Enterprise tiers, geo-replication, Redis Modules, and clustering for horizontal scaling

This service is deprecated

Basic, Standard and Premium tiers retire 30 September 2028 (disabled from 1 October 2028); Enterprise and Enterprise Flash tiers retire 31 March 2027. Microsoft recommends migrating to Azure Managed Redis.

Retirement date: 30 September 2028Successor: Azure Managed RedisVendor announcement

Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
USRedmond, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations
APACCNEEAEUUKUSOther74 regions across 7 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
Yes — 13 sovereign-flagged regions available

Attributes

SLA Uptime
99.9%
Max Cache Size
1.2 TB (Enterprise)
Clustering
Yes

Sub-services (2)

Basic Tier

Single-node cache for development and testing

Enterprise Tier

Redis Enterprise with advanced modules

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

Where this runs

74 regions
36 countries
13sovereign
Sovereign regions (13)
  • Australia Central · CanberraAzure Australia Government
  • Australia Central 2 · CanberraAzure Australia Government
  • US Gov Virginia · VirginiaAzure Government (US)
  • US Gov Arizona · ArizonaAzure Government (US)
  • US Gov Texas · TexasAzure Government (US)
  • US DoD East · VirginiaAzure Government (US DoD regions)
  • US DoD Central · IowaAzure Government (US DoD regions)
  • China North (Beijing) · BeijingMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China East (Shanghai) · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China North 2 · BeijingMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China East 2 · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China North 3 · HebeiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
  • China East 3 · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
Commercial regions (61)

Europe (21)

  • Austria East
  • Belgium Central
  • Denmark East
  • Finland Central
  • France South
  • France Central
  • Germany North
  • Germany West Central
  • Greece Central
  • North Europe
  • Italy North
  • West Europe
  • Norway East
  • Norway West
  • Poland Central
  • Spain Central
  • Sweden Central
  • Switzerland West
  • Switzerland North
  • UK West
  • UK South

North America (13)

  • Canada East
  • Canada Central
  • Mexico Central
  • West US
  • East US 3
  • North Central US
  • Central US
  • West US 3
  • South Central US
  • East US
  • East US 2
  • West US 2
  • West Central US

South America (3)

  • Brazil Southeast
  • Brazil South
  • Chile Central

Asia (14)

  • East Asia
  • South India
  • India South Central
  • Jio India West
  • West India
  • Jio India Central
  • Central India
  • Indonesia Central
  • Japan West
  • Japan East
  • Malaysia West
  • Southeast Asia
  • Korea South
  • Korea Central

Oceania (3)

  • Australia East
  • Australia Southeast
  • New Zealand North

Middle East (5)

  • Israel Central
  • Qatar Central
  • Saudi Arabia Central
  • UAE Central
  • UAE North

Africa (2)

  • South Africa West
  • South Africa North

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Pricing

Pricing model:tiered