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February 2018

15 Feb

Public preview: Automatic OS image updates in virtual machine scale sets

IN PREVIEW

A new capability is in preview: automatic guest OS image updates in scale sets.

  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Features
  • Operating System
12 Feb

Templated Service Fabric cluster deployments

NOW AVAILABLE

Templated Service Fabric clusters are now available. This will simplify deployment and operations for Azure Stack users.

  • Azure Stack
  • Features
12 Feb

Service Fabric on Windows Server and Linux VMs

NOW AVAILABLE

We’re pleased to share that we're now supporting Service Fabric on your Windows Server and Linux virtual machines (VMs) running in Azure Stack.

  • Features

October 2017

13 Oct

General availability: Service Fabric 6.0 on Linux

NOW AVAILABLE

Service Fabric version 6.0 of the runtime and .NET SDK 2.8 are available. Service Fabric is generally available as a container orchestrator on Linux.

  • Azure Service Fabric
  • SDK and Tools
  • Services
  • Features

June 2017

26 Jun

Release of Service Fabric SDK Preview 0.9.0.0 and Runtime Preview 5.6.3.6 for Linux

IN PREVIEW

Version 0.9.0.0 of the Azure Service Fabric SDK preview for Linux is now available, along with version 5.6.3.6 of the Service Fabric Runtime Preview for Linux.

  • Azure Service Fabric
  • SDK and Tools
  • Services
26 Jun

Release of Service Fabric SDK 2.6.220 and Runtime 5.6.220 refresh for Windows

Version 2.6.220 of the Azure Service Fabric SDK is now available, along with version 5.6.220 of the Service Fabric Runtime and Standalone for Windows Server.

  • Azure Service Fabric
  • SDK and Tools
  • Services

May 2017

16 May

General availability: Windows Server Container orchestration with Azure Service Fabric

NOW AVAILABLE

Windows Server Container support on Azure Service Fabric is now generally available with the Service Fabric runtime 5.6 and SDK 2.6 release.

  • Azure Service Fabric
  • SDK and Tools
  • Services
  • Features
16 May

Release of Service Fabric SDK 2.6.204 and runtime 5.6.204 for Windows

Version 2.6.204 of the Azure Service Fabric SDK is now available, along with the 5.6.204 runtime that rolled out to Azure clusters worldwide.

  • Azure Service Fabric
  • SDK and Tools
  • Services
11 May

Azure Service Fabric support for Docker Compose

IN PREVIEW

Docker uses the docker-compose.yml file for defining multi-container applications. To make it easy for customers familiar with Docker to orchestrate existing container applications on Service Fabric, we will include preview support for Docker Compose natively in the platform.

  • Azure Service Fabric
  • Features

April 2017

26 Apr

Azure Service Fabric for Linux

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Service Fabric is a microservices application platform that helps developers build and manage cloud-scale applications.

  • Azure Service Fabric
  • Features
18 Apr

Release of Service Fabric SDK Preview 0.8.0.0 and Runtime Preview 5.5.0.2 for Linux

IN PREVIEW

Azure Service Fabric has released updated versions of the Service Fabric SDK preview and runtime preview for Linux.

  • Azure Service Fabric
  • SDK and Tools
  • Services
18 Apr

Release of Service Fabric SDK 2.5.216 and Runtime 5.5.216 for Windows

Azure Service Fabric has released updated versions of the Service Fabric SDK and runtime.

  • Azure Service Fabric
  • SDK and Tools
  • Services
18 Apr

Service Fabric .NET SDK goes open source

The Service Fabric .NET SDK is now open source on GitHub. This includes Reliable Services, Reliable Actors, Service Remoting, and ASP.NET Core integration.

  • Azure Service Fabric
  • SDK and Tools
  • Services

September 2016

27 Sep

General availability: Service Fabric for Windows Server

NOW AVAILABLE

You can use Service Fabric for Windows Server to create a multiple-machine Service Fabric cluster in your own datacenter or in other public clouds.

  • Azure Service Fabric
27 Sep

Public preview: Azure Service Fabric for Linux

IN PREVIEW

You can use the Service Fabric on Linux preview to build, deploy, and manage highly available, highly scalable applications in a Linux environment, just as you would on Windows.

  • Azure Service Fabric
23 Sep

Service Fabric SDK and Runtime for version 5.2 released

Azure Service Fabric has released updated versions of the Service Fabric SDK and Runtime, and the standalone installer for Windows Server.

  • Azure Service Fabric
  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

June 2016

23 Jun

Preview of Service Fabric on Linux

IN PREVIEW

You can use the preview of Service Fabric on Linux to build, deploy, and manage highly available, highly scalable applications in a Linux environment, just as you would on Windows.

  • Azure Service Fabric
22 Jun

Release of Service Fabric SDK 2.1.150 and runtime 5.1.150

IN PREVIEW

Azure Service Fabric has released updated versions of the Service Fabric SDK and runtime and the standalone installer for Windows Server.

  • Azure Service Fabric
  • SDK and Tools

April 2016

31 Mar

General availability: Azure Service Fabric

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Service Fabric has reached general availability (GA) and is ready for production workloads. Service Fabric helps developers build, deploy, and operate microservice architecture applications reliably and at scale.

  • Azure Service Fabric
31 Mar

Public preview: Service Fabric for Windows Server

IN PREVIEW

You can use the Service Fabric for Windows Server preview to create a multi-machine Service Fabric cluster in your own datacenter or in other public clouds.

  • Azure Service Fabric

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