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Azure Service Fabric 9.1 Sixth Refresh Release
This release includes quality improvements.
July 2023
Azure Service Fabric 9.0 Tenth Refresh Release
This release includes bug fixes and quality improvements.
Azure Service Fabric 9.1 Fifth Refresh Release
This release includes bug fixes and quality improvements.
March 2023
Azure Service Fabric 9.1 Second Refresh Release
This release includes quality improvements.
January 2021
Azure Service Fabric Mesh Preview Retirement
Target retirement date: April 28, 2021
Today, we are announcing the retirement of the Azure Service Fabric Mesh public preview. New deployments will no longer be available but we will continue to support existing deployments until April 28, 2021.
November 2020
Service Fabric release 7.2 is now available
This release brings new features, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.
October 2020
Public preview: Service Fabric managed clusters
Service Fabric managed clusters reduce complexity and issues associated with managing a cluster made up of multiple resources.
June 2020
Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines is now in preview in US Gov Arizona
Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines is now available in preview in US Gov Arizona. It's also available in an additional eighteen public regions around the world.
Azure Service Fabric 7.1 First Refresh Release
The Azure Service Fabric 7.1 first refresh release includes bug fixes, and performance enhancements for standalone, and Azure environments.
May 2020
Azure Monitor for VMs is now in preview in US Gov Virginia
Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines is now available in US Gov Virginia. It's also available in an additional eighteen public regions around the world.
March 2020
Azure Service Fabric 7.0 fourth refresh release is now rolling out
Azure Service Fabric 7.0 fourth refresh release, which includes bug fixes and performance enhancements for standalone and Azure environments, has started rolling out to various Azure regions.
February 2020
Azure Service Fabric 7.0 third refresh release
The Azure Service Fabric 7.0 third refresh release, which includes bug fixes, preview features, and performance enhancements, has started rolling out to various Azure regions.
Azure Service Fabric 7.0 Second Refresh Release
The Azure Service Fabric 7.0 Second refresh release, which includes bug fixes, preview features, and performance enhancements, has started rolling out to various Azure regions.
December 2019
Azure Monitor for VMs now stores data in dedicated data types
Azure Monitor for virtual machines (VMs) now stores computer-related and process-related data in dedicated data types, making it simpler to query against as well as offering quicker data ingestion.
Azure Service Map now stores data in dedicated data types
Service Map now stores computer-related and process-related data in dedicated data types, making it simpler to query against as well as offering quicker data ingestion.
Azure Service Fabric 7.0 is now available
The new Azure Service Fabric release introduces several new features as well as stability and performance improvements.
October 2019
Azure Monitor's Service Map is now available in South Central US, West US, Central US, North Central US, East Asia, and Central India
The Service Map feature of Azure Monitor is now available in South Central US, West US, Central US, North Central US, East Asia, and Central India, so it's now available in eighteen public regions around the world.
Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in South Central US, West US, Central US, North Central US, East Asia, and Central India regions
Azure Monitor for VMs is now available in South Central US, West US, Central US, North Central US, East Asia, and Central India. It's available around the world in eighteen public regions.
Updates to Azure Monitor for virtual machines (preview) before general availability release
Updates to Azure Monitor for virtual machines (preview) will be launched in mid-November, 2019, ahead of the general availability (GA) release.
Upcoming changes for Service Map data stored in Log Analytics
Updates for Service Map are coming that will change where we store some of our data in Log Analytics. These updates should be completed sometime in November, 2019.
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