Azure-Updates

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.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Public preview: Deployment safeguards in AKS

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.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Generally Available: Azure CNI overlay dual stack Support in AKS (Linux only)

You can now deploy AKS clusters in dual stack mode which now enables resource connection through IPv4 or IPv6.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Generally Available: VM IP based load balancer in AKS

You can now choose IP-based backend pool membership for new or existing clusters in AKS.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Generally Available: Host Network Security Group (NSG) control in AKS

You can now directly configure allowed ports in your nodepool settings.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Security
• Features

Generally Available: HostPort auto assign in AKS

AKS now lets you deploy pods without manually specifying host ports.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Generally Available: Instance level Public IP tags in AKS

You can now utilize Azure routing preference for your cluster, public node IPs in AKS

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Security
• Features

Public preview: Trusted launch support in AKS

Administrators can now deploy AKS nodes with verified and signed bootloaders, OS kernels, and drivers.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Security
• Features

Generally Available: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) support for 5K Node limit by default for standard tier clusters

You can now scale your AKS cluster to larger than 1000 nodes without having to request any special limit increases or whitelisting.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

You can now opt in automatically renew your reservation at time of purchase.

You can now opt in automatically renew your reservation at time of purchase, which provides an easy way to continue getting reservation discounts.

• Features

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports TLS & mTLS based scraping

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.

• Verwalteter Prometheus
• Azure Monitor
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

Azure IoT Edge supports Ubuntu Core Snaps

We are expanding the Azure IoT Edge supported platforms to include Ubuntu Core Snaps on IoT Edge as a Tier 1 supported operating system.

• Azure IoT Edge
• Features
• Operating System

Now available: Free data transfer out to internet when leaving Azure

Learn how to qualify for free egress when moving your data out of Azure.

• Bandbreite
• Compliance
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features
• Pricing & Offerings

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.

• Azure Container Apps
• Features

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.

• Azure Container Apps
• Features

Public Preview: Tomcat support in Azure Container Apps

You can now deploy a Java application using a WAR file to Azure Container Apps.

• Azure Container Apps
• Features

Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-March 2024

Zielverfügbarkeit: Q1 2024

Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-March 2024.

• Azure SQL-Datenbank
• Features

General Availability: Azure Defender for Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server

Zielverfügbarkeit: Q1 2024

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.

• Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• Features

General Availability: Private Link in Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore

Zielverfügbarkeit: Q1 2024

Private endpoint for Azure Cosmos DB via Azure Private Link is now available, enhancing security.

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Features