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Operator and CRD support with Azure Managed Prometheus
Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus will support CRD-based configs for scrape jobs to collect metrics from workloads running in your AKS cluster. With this new update, customers can use custom resources (service monitor and pod monitor) to configure metric collection with Managed Prometheus.
Billing for Azure Monitor stateful log search alerts
Starting from May 1, 2024, you will be charged for stateful log alerts in Azure Monitor.
Public preview: Kubernetes AI Toolchain Operator (KAITO) add-on for AKS
You can now choose from preset LLMs with images hosted by AKS and split inferencing across multiple lower-GPU count VMs
Public preview: Windows GPU support in AKS
You can now run GPU workloads, such as machine learning, video encoding, large simulations, and gaming, on Windows nodepools in AKS.
Public preview: Azure CNI static block IP allocation support in AKS
You can now scale beyond the current 65k Pod IPs and scale up to 1 Million Pods.
Generally Available: Instance level Public IP tags in AKS
You can now utilize Azure routing preference for your cluster, public node IPs in AKS
Public preview: Trusted launch support in AKS
Administrators can now deploy AKS nodes with verified and signed bootloaders, OS kernels, and drivers.
Public preview: Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench
Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench is a new service that provides a fully managed work environment for engineering development, accelerating project startup, and enabling secure collaboration between development teams.
Public Preview: JVM memory fit in Azure Container Apps
Java apps are now attuned to the container environment and primed for better performance and reliability by default.
Public Preview: Managed Java components in Azure Container Apps
You can now leverage managed Java components in Azure Container apps for service registry and externalized application properties.
Public Preview: Tomcat support in Azure Container Apps
You can now deploy a Java application using a WAR file to Azure Container Apps.
Public Preview: Modernizing Azure Resource Manager Throttling
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 2024
Target availability: Q1 2024
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-March 2024.
Azure API Center Updates
Target availability: Q1 2024
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.
Public preview: Change Actor
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.
Public preview: Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – allow the same file path for volumes in different availability zones
Public Preview of Azure NetApp Files volume enhancement – file path uniqueness
Public preview: New Generation AMD VMs - Dasv6/Easv6/Fasv6
Target availability: Q1 2024
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.
Public Preview: Well-Architected Framework assessment on Azure Advisor
Target availability: Q1 2024
Initiate a self-serve experience of Assessments and manage their recommendations on Azure Advisor
February 2024
Public preview: Azure Application Gateway introduces support for TLS and TCP protocols
TLS and TCP protocol support now available through Azure Application Gateway.
Update records in a Kusto Database (public preview)
The new .update command allows you to update records (rows) in a Kusto Database (either in Azure Data Explorer or in Fabric KQL Database). This is a new tool to help you build great data pipeline!
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