Azure updates

Public preview: Private subnet

Private subnet is a new feature that allows you to create subnets that prevent the creation of insecure default outbound public IP address creation

• Virtual Network
• IP Addresses
• Microsoft Ignite

Public Preview: Attach and VMs to and from Existing Virtual Machine Scale Sets

You can now easily bring existing VMs to an existing Virtual Machine Scale Set with Flexible Orchestration Mode to take advantage of the scaling orchestrations offered by scale sets. You can now detach a VM from the scale set for isolation and troubleshooting.

• Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Virtual Machines
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Azure Logic Apps Standard VS Code Extension Installation Enhancements in public preview

Target availability: Q4 2023

Currently, in public preview starting from version 2.80.0, the installation process of the VS Code Extension for Azure Logic Apps Standard will be significantly simplified. The extension will automatically identify and install any required dependencies, such as other extensions or frameworks. This will also encompass all the necessary extensions, including the C# extension essential for debugging. 

• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Announcing Azure Integration Environment in public preview

Target availability: Q4 2023

We are excited to introduce a new Azure service that provides unified experience to help customers effectively manage and monitor their integration resources. This service comprises two core components: the Azure Integration Environment and Business Process Tracking, both currently in public preview.

• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Public preview: Azure Backup supports long term retention for backup of Azure Database for PostgreSQL– Flexible Server

Now you can retain backups for up to 10 years by defining your own backup and retention policy for PostgreSQL- Flexible server.

• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Azure Container Storage is now available with Azure Linux container host

Azure Container Storage (in preview) offers volume management built natively for containers. With the latest update, you can deploy Azure Container Storage on Azure Linux container host.

• Azure Container Storage
• App Service (Linux)
• Managed Disks
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Public Preview: Azure IoT Operations

Azure IoT Operations is now in Public Preview. Azure IoT Operations addresses an enterprise’s fundamental needs, but also wrangles edge data to generate local insights and brings interoperability and scalability to IoT solutions.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Arc
• Windows for IoT
• Microsoft Ignite
• Pricing & Offerings

Public preview: Cost analysis add-on for AKS

You now have increased visibility and transparency into cluster costs.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Microsoft Ignite
• Open Source
• Features

Public preview: Vector database add-ons for Azure Container Apps

You can now get started quickly with cognitive search using Azure Container Apps and its native integration with three popular open source vector database variants.

• Azure Container Apps
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Public preview: Azure Container Apps adds native support for CNCF Buildpacks to automatically containerize your code

You can now focus on your code and quickly take your application from source to cloud. There’s no need to understand containers or how to package application code for deployment.

• Azure Container Apps
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Public preview: Policy-driven resiliency in Azure Container Apps

You can now use and customize policies that provide high value resiliency capabilities and apply them to your Container Apps.

• Azure Container Apps
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Public preview: Dedicated GPU workload profiles

You can now run GPU-enabled workloads in Azure Container Apps.

• Azure Container Apps
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features

Preview: New Basic SKU functionality for Azure confidential ledger

The Azure confidential ledger Basic SKU gated preview will allow select customers using other Azure products to uplevel integrity protection by storing periodic data, blobs, and application signatures in Azure confidential ledger.

• Services
• Microsoft Ignite
• Management
• Features
• Security

Public Preview: Announcing the preview of Azure Managed Confidential Consortium Framework

Deploy and build decentralized governance applications with granular confidentiality amongst members.

• Azure confidential ledger
• Services
• SDK and Tools
• Microsoft Ignite
• Open Source
• Security

Preview: Azure confidential VMs with NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs

Azure confidential VMs with NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs is open for preview. Please use the sign-up at aka.ms/accgpusignup for your onboarding request.

• Services
• Microsoft Ignite
• Security

Public preview: Confidential temp disk encryption for confidential VMs

Confidential temp disk encryption is now available for all confidential VMs.

• Virtual Machines
• Services
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features
• Security

Public Preview: New Marketplace app for Storage customers and feature enhancements to portal for Azure confidential ledger

Storage customers will now be able to use a marketplace application to connect their immutable blobs with enhanced integrity protection from Azure confidential ledger. Signatures from blobs will be stored and validated, as needed. In addition, the Azure confidential ledger portal experience has been enhanced to allow exploring transactions and retrieving cryptographic proof.

• Services
• Microsoft Ignite
• Management
• Features
• Security

Preview: Disk Integrity Tool for confidential VMs in Azure

The disk integrity tool for confidential VMs is now in preview. This enables you to measure and attest that your OS disk is launched as expected.

• Virtual Machines
• SDK and Tools
• Microsoft Ignite
• Features
• Security

Public Preview: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.3 support for AMD-based confidential VMs

RHEL 9.3 is now available in public preview as the guest OS for all AMD-based confidential VMs.

• Virtual Machines
• Services
• Microsoft Ignite
• Operating System
• Features
• Security