Managed in-memory cache placed close to an application for session state and cache-aside query results. It is being retired (Enterprise on 31 March 2027; Basic, Standard and Premium on 30 September 2028), so Azure Managed Redis is the choice for new designs.
Also called Azure Redis Cache, Azure Redis Cache.
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Each book explains Azure Cache for Redis in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- State
A parameter in OAuth that carries custom data through the authorisation flow and back, as with the "Support state parameter" option in APIM.
- Enterprise
Any group of organisations with shared goals. Examples range from an entire company or one of its divisions to a government department, or several organisations working as partners or along a supply chain.
- Basic
Low-cost Log Analytics table plan where ingestion is cheap but each query is charged per GB and runs at workspace scope. Full KQL and simple log search alerts are supported; standard log search alerts are not.
- Standard deployment type
A Foundry deployment type billed per token that keeps processing of prompts and responses inside the Azure geography of the resource, meeting data residency needs at lower volumes.
- Premium
Hosting plan for Azure Functions that keeps instances pre-warmed to avoid cold starts and supports VNet integration. Executions time out after 30 minutes by default, which host.json can extend.
- Azure Managed Redis
Successor to Azure Cache for Redis: a managed, Redis Enterprise-based in-memory store, with Memory Optimized, Balanced, Compute Optimized and Flash Optimized tiers.