- Public preview: Kubernetes AI Toolchain Operator (KAITO) add-on for AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now choose from preset LLMs with images hosted by AKS and split inferencing across multiple lower-GPU count VMs
- Open-Source Fleet Workload Placement Scheduling and Overrideon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now schedule workloads in Fleet based on cost and availability of resource heuristics.
- Generally Available: Cost analysis add-on for AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now better understand the infra costs associated with running applications at the namespace and cluster levels and identify opportunities to optimize resource utilization through an Azure native experience.
- Generally Available: Windows Gen 2 VM support in AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
YOu can now use Gen 2 VM SKUs for Windows nodepools in AKS.
- Public preview: Windows GPU support in AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now run GPU workloads, such as machine learning, video encoding, large simulations, and gaming, on Windows nodepools in AKS.
- Generally Available: Custom kubelet configuration for Windows in AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now modify default values for kubelet parameters when using Windows nodepools in AKS.
- Generally Available: Kubernetes 1.29 support in AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now take advantage of Kubernetes 1.29 version with AKS in production environment.
- Public preview: Azure CNI static block IP allocation support in AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now scale beyond the current 65k Pod IPs and scale up to 1 Million Pods.
- Public preview: Deployment safeguards in AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now use deployment safeguards to implement Kubernetes best practices and get warnings on deployment or deny the deployment of manifest files that are not following best practices.
- Generally Available: Azure CNI overlay dual stack Support in AKS (Linux only)on 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now deploy AKS clusters in dual stack mode which now enables resource connection through IPv4 or IPv6.
- Generally Available: Host Network Security Group (NSG) control in AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now directly configure allowed ports in your nodepool settings.
- Generally Available: VM IP based load balancer in AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now choose IP-based backend pool membership for new or existing clusters in AKS.
- Generally Available: Instance level Public IP tags in AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now utilize Azure routing preference for your cluster, public node IPs in AKS
- Generally Available: HostPort auto assign in AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
AKS now lets you deploy pods without manually specifying host ports.
- Public preview: Trusted launch support in AKSon 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Administrators can now deploy AKS nodes with verified and signed bootloaders, OS kernels, and drivers.
- Generally Available: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for 5K Node limit by default for standard tier clusterson 18 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
You can now scale your AKS cluster to larger than 1000 nodes without having to request any special limit increases or whitelisting.
- Azure Classic Administrator roles are retiring on 31 August 2024on 15 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
On 31 August 2024, Azure classic administrator roles will be retired. Transition from Azure Classic Administrator roles to RBAC roles
- Visual Studio App Center retirementon 15 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
Visual Studio App Center is scheduled for retirement on March 31, 2025.
- Retirement: Support for Application Gateway Web Application Firewall v2 Configuration is endingon 15 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 23:00
On 15 March 2027, the Application Gateway WAF v2 Configuration will be retired. To continue using this service, switch to the Application Gateway WAF v2 Policy before the retirement date.
- Billing for Azure Monitor stateful log search alertson 14 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 18:00
Starting from May 1, 2024, you will be charged for stateful log alerts in Azure Monitor.
- Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scrapingon 14 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping for Prometheus instance served with TLS. To enable TLS and mTLS based scraping, you can configure the TLS settings in the ConfigMap.
- Azure IoT Edge supports Ubuntu Core Snapson 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 18:00
We are expanding the Azure IoT Edge supported platforms to include Ubuntu Core Snaps on IoT Edge as a Tier 1 supported operating system.
- Now available: Free data transfer out to internet when leaving Azureon 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:30
Learn how to qualify for free egress when moving your data out of Azure.
- Public Preview: Managed Java components in Azure Container Appson 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
You can now leverage managed Java components in Azure Container apps for service registry and externalized application properties.
- Public Preview: JVM memory fit in Azure Container Appson 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
Java apps are now attuned to the container environment and primed for better performance and reliability by default.
- Public Preview: Tomcat support in Azure Container Appson 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
You can now deploy a Java application using a WAR file to Azure Container Apps.
- Public Preview: Modernizing Azure Resource Manager Throttlingon 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:12
In 2024, Azure Resource Manager is introducing a revamped throttling experience for subscriptions, with increased limits and a token bucket algorithm for managing requests. This will enhance API management and improve productivity. The transition to the new architecture will be gradual, leading to a more efficient and dynamic throttling experience. For more information, consult the Azure Resource Manager documentation.
- Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-March 2024on 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-March 2024.
- General Availability: Azure Defender for Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Serveron 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Defender for Cloud detects anomalous activities indicating unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit databases. When deployed, it provides another important security barrier.
- General Availability: Private Link in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCoreon 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Private endpoint for Azure Cosmos DB via Azure Private Link is now available, enhancing security.
- General Availability: Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Serveron 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Major version upgrade logs for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server now generally available.
- General availability: Additional cache size for Azure Cache for Redis Enterpriseon 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Utilize an additional Enterprise-tier cache size to optimize the price and performance of your Redis workload.
- General availability: Microsoft Entra ID integration with Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQLon 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Now you can use Microsoft Entra ID authentication on Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL clusters in addition or instead of the native Postgres authentication.
- Announcing Try Azure Cosmos DB support in Vercel Integrationon 13 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
We’re excited to announce Try Azure Cosmos DB support in our Azure Cosmos DB integration with Vercel.
- WhatsApp Business Platform now available for applications built on Azureon 12 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
Azure Communication Services Advanced Messaging is now generally available, enabling developers to send and receive messages from their applications through third party social messaging platforms, like the WhatsApp Business Platform. This latest messaging service helps businesses create intelligent B2C communication workflows to reach more customers at scale and deliver safe, reliable communications to customers worldwide.
- Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports new fault for Azure Event Hubson 12 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
Azure Chaos Studio supports new faults for Azure Event Hubs.
- Azure API Center Updateson 11 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
We are pleased to announce an update to the Azure API Center extension for Visual Studio Code, introducing new capabilities for API inventory and design. Additionally, we are unveiling a new API governance feature in API Center, enabling API linting and analysis based on customer-owned design guidelines.
- Generally available: Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier in Poland Central, Qatar Central and Azure Chinaon 11 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier in generally available in Poland Central, Qatar Central and Azure China.
- General Availability: App Service Backup and Restore over Azure Virtual Networkon 7 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 19:00
Customers can now use custom backups, to back up their web app’s files and configuration data to a firewall-protected storage account.
- Generally available: Service Level Agreements on Azure Blob Storage Cold Tieron 7 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
Azure Blob Storage Cold Tier has published Service Level Agreements.
- General availability: Azure Virtual Network encryption now in additional regionson 7 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
Azure Virtual Network encryption is a feature of Azure Virtual Networks. Virtual network encryption allows you to seamlessly encrypt and decrypt traffic between Azure Virtual Machines. Now available in additional regions.
- Public preview: Change Actoron 7 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 16:00
Change Actor allows you to see who initiated the change and with which client that change was made, for changes across all your tenants and subscriptions.
- Generally available: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20on 6 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 18:00
Develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.
- Public preview: Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – allow the same file path for volumes in different availability zoneson 5 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 18:00
Public Preview of Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – file path uniqueness
- Public preview: New Generation AMD VMs – Dasv6/Easv6/Fasv6on 5 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
Azure introduces the latest AMD-based VMs in public preview for the D, E, and F series VMs, built on the 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ (Genoa) CPU.
- Azure Sphere OS version 24.03 is now available for evaluationon 5 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation for this release period provides 28 days for backward-compatibility testing.
- Public Preview: Well-Architected Framework assessment on Azure Advisoron 4 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 17:00
Initiate a self-serve experience of Assessments and manage their recommendations on Azure Advisor
- Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024on 2 Μαρτίου, 2024 at 00:00
Cloud Services (classic) retiring in August 2024.
- General Availability: Encryption at host for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks is now available in more regions.on 29 Φεβρουαρίου, 2024 at 18:00
Encryption at host for Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disks is now available in Canada East, West Europe, South Central US and West US 3.
- Public preview: Internet inbound for Network Virtual Appliances in Virtual WAN Hubson 28 Φεβρουαρίου, 2024 at 20:00
Public preview for internet inbound (Destination NAT) capabilities for Next-Generation Firewall Network Virtual Appliances deployed in the Virtual WAN hub. Destination NAT allows network administrators to publish applications to the broader internet through a public IP address assigned to a Firewall Network Virtual Appliance deployed in a Virtual WAN hub.