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Public preview: Azure Container Instances(ACI) Spot containers
You can now take advantage of unused Azure computing with Azure Container Instances (ACI)
May 2023
General availability: Confidential containers on Azure Container Instances (ACI)
ACI now lets you run containers in a trusted execution environment (TEE)
March 2023
Public preview: Confidential containers on ACI
ACI now lets you run containers in a trusted execution environment (TEE)
October 2022
General availability: Azure savings plan for compute
Today, we’re officially announcing the general availability for Azure savings plan for compute.
May 2019
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) virtual node is now available
AKS virtual node, now available to the public, allows you to elastically provision additional pods inside Container Instances that start in seconds.
April 2019
Price reductions for Azure Container Instances are now available
Azure Container Instances overall price reductions of anywhere between 35% and 50% depending on region and usage pattern.
January 2019
Azure Container Instances Memory Duration and vCPU Duration GUID migration
From 1 March 2019, the resource GUIDs for Azure Container Instances Memory Duration and vCPU Duration will change.
Azure portal January 2019 update
Learn about updates made to the Azure portal for January 2019.
December 2018
Azure Container Instances (ACI) GPU support public preview
ACI now allows developers to choose GPU-enabled containers. GPUs are ideal for compute and graphics-intensive workloads. This enables developers to run intensive jobs required for machine learning.
November 2018
Azure Container Instances now available in Canada Central
Azure Container Instances supports Linux and Windows container groups in Canada Central.
October 2018
Azure Container Instances custom Virtual Network support is in preview
With Virtual Network support, Azure Container Instances now supports deploying containers to new or existing Azure virtual networks. Azure Container Instances containers can have secure communication with other resources, such as Azure Kubernetes Service clusters, residing in the same virtual network.
Public preview: Azure Container Instances support of managed identities
Azure Container Instances announces the public preview of managed identity support in all Container Instances regions.
Azure Container Instances now available in Central India and South Central US
Target availability: Q4 2018
Azure Container Instances supports Linux and Windows containers in two new regions: Central India (Pune) and South Central US (Texas).
September 2018
Linux preview support of custom virtual networks on Azure Container Instances
You can now provision Linux containers into new or existing virtual networks with Azure Container Instances. This support is in preview for Linux in two regions: West US and West Europe.
July 2018
Azure Container Instances now available in Australia East, East US 2, and Central US
Azure Container Instances is available in three new regions. This change is in addition to new Azure CLI updates and moving to GA pricing.
June 2018
Azure Container Instances: June updates
Azure Container Instances enables multiple features in the newest API release, such as YAML support for deployment/export via AZ CLI 2.0, Log Analytics integration, secure environment variables, and liveness probes.
May 2018
Azure Container Instances on Windows and Linux
Azure Container Instances offers an on-demand compute service delivering rapid deployment of containers with no virtual machine management and elastic cloud scale.
GUID migration: Container Instances
Container Instances is now available in the West US, West US 2, East US, West Europe, North Europe, and Southeast Asia regions. Starting July 1, 2018, the global GUIDs will be split out into regional GUIDs.
April 2018
General availability: Azure Container Instances
Azure Container Instances is generally available, with a decreased price, an improved Azure portal experience, new features, and expanded regions.
February 2018
Azure Container Instances: February updates
Recent updates for Azure Container Instances include DNS name label support, streaming logs, and setting restart policies.
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