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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.
November 2023
Public preview: Artifact streaming support in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
You can now scale your AKS workloads without having to fully wait for images to be pulled into the clusters.
September 2023
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.
Generally Available: Artifact cache for Azure Container Registry
You can now cache OCI artifacts with ACR from seven different public registries.
June 2023
Announcing the new Azure Container Registry libraries
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.
May 2023
Azure Machine Learning - General Availability for Build
New features now available in GA include the ability to enable MLOPs across dev, test, and prod environments to promote assets across multiple workspaces.
GA: Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps
Use an Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps.
GA: GitHub action to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps
Use a GitHub action to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps.
March 2023
Public preview: Caching in ACR
You can now use caching in ACR to achieve faster and more reliable pull operations.
December 2022
Public preview: New UX for the AKS DevX Extension for Visual Studio Code
Easily containerize non-container applications using Draft.
November 2022
Public preview: GitHub action to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps
Azure Container Apps now supports, in public preview, a new GitHub action that builds and deploys container apps from GitHub Actions workflows.
Public preview: Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy to Azure Container Apps
You can now use a new Azure Pipelines task to build and deploy container apps from Azure DevOps.
October 2022
Azure Machine Learning—Public preview updates for October 2022/Ignite
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.
September 2022
Public preview: Soft delete in Azure Container Registry
You can now restore deleted artifacts from your Azure Container Registry.
May 2022
General availability: New portal experience for Microsoft Artifact Registry
You can now browse for Microsoft artifacts and container images on the Microsoft Artifact Registry website.
March 2022
Public preview: Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub
A public preview of Azure Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub is available starting with Azure Stack Hub update 2108.
Public preview: Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack Hub
A public preview of Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack Hub is available starting with Azure Stack Hub update 2108.
February 2022
General Availability: IoT Edge monitoring with Azure Monitor
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.
December 2021
Public preview: Microsoft Defender for Containers adds new capabilities for Kubernetes
Take advantage of several new and improved Kubernetes related capabilities via the Microsoft Defender for Containers offering.
November 2021
General availability: Run IBM WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty on ARO and AKS
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.
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