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May 2024
Generally Available: Azure Functions Support for HTTP Streams in Node.js
You can now stream HTTP requests to, and responses from, your Functions Apps.
Generally Available: Azure Functions extension for Dapr
You can now use Dapr’s powerful cloud native building block API with Azure Functions.
Public Preview: Azure Functions brings new flexibility with Azure Functions Flex Consumption
Flex consumption is a new Azure Functions hosting plan that provides fast scaling and networking features with a serverless billing model.
Public preview: Get started with Azure Functions using Visual Studio Code for the Web
You can now use a fully browser based end-to-end development environment for Azure Functions, starting from the Azure Portal.
Public preview: Azure Functions extension for OpenAI
The Azure Functions extension for OpenAI enables you to build intelligent applications with OpenAI.
Public preview: SDK type bindings for Azure Blog Storage with Azure Functions in Python
SDK type bindings for Azure Blob Storage with Azure Functions in Python allow you to easily integrate event and data sources with function applications.
Generally Available: Azure Functions can now run on Azure Container Apps
You can now quickly build event driven, cloud native apps, with the flexibility to run functions along with other microservices, APIs, websites, workflows or any container hosted programs.
Generally Available: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager workload orchestration
You can now set taints and tolerations and rollout upgrades to only available resources.
Generally Available: KEDA in the Azure Portal
You can now easily create and monitor your scaled objects all within the Portal interface.
Public preview: Kubernetes version 1.30 support in AKS
You can now benefit from the latest enhancements available in Kubernetes 1.30 when using AKS.
Draft now supports best practices via deployment safeguards
You can now scan your manifests to ensure you are following best practices.
Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager support for property-based scheduling and override
You can now customize cluster-specific resources and schedule workloads to clusters based on new heuristics.
Public preview: Deployment safeguards mutations in enforcement mode for AKS
Deployment safeguards in AKS can now adjust your deployment resources by applying best practices.
Generally Available: Automated deployments for AKS
Automated deployments for AKS simplifies the process of setting up the authorization of a workflow to a repository, generation of a starter application, and more.
Public preview: AKS Automatic
AKS Automatic clusters are optimized to run most production workloads and provision compute resources based on Kubernetes manifests. The streamlined configuration follows AKS best practices and recommendations for cluster and workload setup, scalability, and security.
Generally Available: 32TB storage support in Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server Business Critical
Target availability: Q2 2024
You can now leverage storage support up to 32TB on the Business Critical service tier.
Public Preview: Microsoft Copilot now offers supportability in Azure Database for MySQL
Target availability: Q2 2024
Microsoft Copilot in Azure extends capabilities to Azure Database for MySQL.
Generally Available: Accelerated logs in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q2 2024
Gain a performance boost in the Business Critical service tier of Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server with accelerated logs.
General availability: Azure SQL updates for late-May 2024
Target availability: Q2 2024
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late-May 2024.
Public Preview - On-demand backup and Export in Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server
Target availability: Q2 2024
This feature provides an ability to export at-moment physical backup of the server to Azure storage account (Azure Blob Storage).
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