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Low Priority VM support is now in development
Low Priority VM Scale Sets have no SLA, so are suitable only for scenarios where workloads can handle virtual machines being removed from the cluster with short/no notice at the benefit of reduced costs.
December 2018
Now available: Azure Service Fabric Mesh fall refresh
The serverless Azure Service Fabric Mesh Fall refresh is now available with improvements such as auto-scale and network and gateway resources in addition to storage improvements and fixes.
Now available: Azure Service Fabric runtime version 6.4 & SDK updates
Azure Service Fabric runtime version 6.4 with the corresponding SDK and tooling updates is now available with many enhancements.
Deploy Service Fabric Ubuntu clusters on-premise using Bosh
Using Bosh as the deployment mechanism provides a way to define the deployment, monitor the cluster and auto-heal the infrastructure.
November 2018
Service Fabric now available on Azure Stack
Service Fabric, a distributed systems platform that makes it easy to package, deploy, and manage scalable and reliable microservices and containers, is now available on Azure Stack.
October 2018
September 2018
May 2018
Azure Service Fabric | Service Fabric Mesh
Azure Service Fabric is a microservice platform for business critical applications.
March 2018
Simplified process for creating secure Service Fabric clusters
We have simplified creating secure Service Fabric clusters in the portal, and removed the option to create unsecure Service Fabric clusters.
October 2017
General availability: Service Fabric 6.0 on Linux
Service Fabric version 6.0 of the runtime and .NET SDK 2.8 are available. Service Fabric is generally available as a container orchestrator on Linux.
June 2017
Release of Service Fabric SDK Preview 0.9.0.0 and Runtime Preview 5.6.3.6 for Linux
Version 0.9.0.0 of the Azure Service Fabric SDK preview for Linux is now available, along with version 5.6.3.6 of the Service Fabric Runtime Preview for Linux.
Release of Service Fabric SDK 2.6.220 and Runtime 5.6.220 refresh for Windows
Version 2.6.220 of the Azure Service Fabric SDK is now available, along with version 5.6.220 of the Service Fabric Runtime and Standalone for Windows Server.
May 2017
General availability: Windows Server Container orchestration with Azure Service Fabric
Windows Server Container support on Azure Service Fabric is now generally available with the Service Fabric runtime 5.6 and SDK 2.6 release.
Release of Service Fabric SDK 2.6.204 and runtime 5.6.204 for Windows
Version 2.6.204 of the Azure Service Fabric SDK is now available, along with the 5.6.204 runtime that rolled out to Azure clusters worldwide.
Azure Service Fabric support for Docker Compose
Docker uses the docker-compose.yml file for defining multi-container applications. To make it easy for customers familiar with Docker to orchestrate existing container applications on Service Fabric, we will include preview support for Docker Compose natively in the platform.
April 2017
Azure Service Fabric for Linux
Azure Service Fabric is a microservices application platform that helps developers build and manage cloud-scale applications.
Release of Service Fabric SDK Preview 0.8.0.0 and Runtime Preview 5.5.0.2 for Linux
Azure Service Fabric has released updated versions of the Service Fabric SDK preview and runtime preview for Linux.
Release of Service Fabric SDK 2.5.216 and Runtime 5.5.216 for Windows
Azure Service Fabric has released updated versions of the Service Fabric SDK and runtime.
Service Fabric .NET SDK goes open source
The Service Fabric .NET SDK is now open source on GitHub. This includes Reliable Services, Reliable Actors, Service Remoting, and ASP.NET Core integration.
September 2016
General availability: Service Fabric for Windows Server
You can use Service Fabric for Windows Server to create a multiple-machine Service Fabric cluster in your own datacenter or in other public clouds.
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