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March 2024

13 Mar

Public Preview: Managed Java components in Azure Container Apps

IN PREVIEW

You can now leverage managed Java components in Azure Container apps for service registry and externalized application properties.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features

November 2023

7 Nov

Public preview: Artifact streaming support in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

IN PREVIEW

You can now scale your AKS workloads without having to fully wait for images to be pulled into the clusters.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features

September 2023

29 Sep

We’re ending support for the 2017-03-01-GA API.

Target retirement date: September 16, 2026

You’re receiving this email because you currently use the 2017-03-01-GA API of Azure Container Registry.

  • Retirements
27 Sep

Generally Available: Artifact cache for Azure Container Registry

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now cache OCI artifacts with ACR from seven different public registries.

  • Azure Container Registry
  • Features

June 2023

8 Jun

Announcing the new Azure Container Registry libraries

NOW AVAILABLE

We’re pleased to announce that version 1.1.0 of the Azure Container Registry (ACR) libraries for .NET, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python are now generally available.

  • SDK and Tools

May 2023

23 May

Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for Build

NOW AVAILABLE

New features now available in GA include the ability to enable MLOPs across dev, test, and prod environments to promote assets across multiple workspaces.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Microsoft Build
  • Features
10 May

GA: Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps

NOW AVAILABLE

Use an Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features
10 May

GA: GitHub action to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps

NOW AVAILABLE

Use a GitHub action to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features

March 2023

1 Mar

Public preview: Caching in ACR

IN PREVIEW

You can now use caching in ACR to achieve faster and more reliable pull operations.

  • Azure Container Registry
  • Features

December 2022

14 Dec

Public preview: New UX for the AKS DevX Extension for Visual Studio Code

IN PREVIEW

Easily containerize non-container applications using Draft.

  • Features

November 2022

30 Nov

Public preview: GitHub action to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps

IN PREVIEW

Azure Container Apps now supports, in public preview, a new GitHub action that builds and deploys container apps from GitHub Actions workflows.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features
30 Nov

Public preview: Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps

IN PREVIEW

You can now use a new Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy container apps from Azure DevOps.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features

October 2022

12 Oct

Azure Machine Learning—Public preview updates for October 2022/Ignite

IN PREVIEW

Features include functionality to promote pipelines and models across workspaces, perform data wrangling at scale, shorten training times, and lower set-up costs with Azure Container for PyTorch.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Features

September 2022

14 Sep

Public preview: Soft delete in Azure Container Registry

IN PREVIEW

You can now restore deleted artifacts from your Azure Container Registry.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Features

May 2022

31 May

General availability: New portal experience for Microsoft Artifact Registry

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now browse for Microsoft artifacts and container images on the Microsoft Artifact Registry website.

  • Azure Container Registry
  • Features

March 2022

21 Mar

Public preview: Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub

IN PREVIEW

A public preview of Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub is available starting with Azure Stack Hub update 2108.

  • Azure Stack Hub
  • Azure Container Registry
  • Features
21 Mar

Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack Hub

IN PREVIEW

A public preview of Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack Hub is available starting with Azure Stack Hub update 2108.

  • Azure Stack Hub
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features

February 2022

3 Feb

General Availability: IoT Edge monitoring with Azure Monitor

NOW AVAILABLE

Use the latest IoT Edge Metrics collector module to send metrics to Azure Monitor and leverage updated visualizations to monitor and troubleshoot your IoT Edge devices.

  • Azure IoT Edge
  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure IoT Central
  • Azure IoT Hub
  • Management
  • Open Source
  • Features

December 2021

15 Dec

Public preview: Microsoft Defender for Containers adds new capabilities for Kubernetes

IN PREVIEW

Take advantage of several new and improved Kubernetes related capabilities via the Microsoft Defender for Containers offering.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features

November 2021

2 Nov

General availability: Run IBM WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty on ARO and AKS

NOW AVAILABLE

Automated solution templates to run IBM WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty on Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), jointly developed with IBM, are now available in the Azure Marketplace.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Red Hat OpenShift
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • Pricing & Offerings

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