Azure updates

Export cost details using the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS)

Sign up for an early preview of Cost Management exports that provide cost data aligned to the open-source FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS).

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Open Source
• Management
• Features
• Pricing & Offerings

Provider for running Karpenter on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

You can now use an open-source provider for running Karpenter on AKS to improve the efficiency and cost of running workloads on Kubernetes clusters.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Open Source

GA: Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaling (KEDA) Add-on for AKS

You can now use the KEDA add-on for AKS in production.

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

GA: Kubernetes 1.28 support in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

You can now take advantage of Kubernetes 1.28 features in production.

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

Public Preview: Azure integration with Canonical’s Snapshot Service for safe deployment

Azure Guest Patching Service and Azure Kubernetes Service will now apply the same package update from a specific date to all regions following safe deployment principles.

• Linux Virtual Machines
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Open Source
• Features
• Operating System

Generally Available: Azure Functions v4 Programming model for Node.js

Work in a more intuitive Azure Functions development experience.

• Azure functions
• Open Source
• Features

Public preview: Azure Functions Support for Node.js 20

You can now develop functions using Node.js 20 locally and deploy them to all Azure Functions plans on Linux and Windows.

• Azure functions
• Open Source
• Features

GA: Vertical Pod Autoscaling add-on for AKS

Use Vertical Pod Autoscaling add-on for AKS to improve cost-efficiency, and cluster utilization for your workloads

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

Public preview: AKS support for Kubernetes version 1.28

Take advantage of the latest features in Kubernetes version 1.28 with AKS.

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

General Availability: Share VM images publicly with community gallery - Azure Compute Gallery feature

Target availability: Q3 2023

With community gallery, you can now share VM images with the broader Azure community.

• Open Source
• Gallery
• Management
• Features

Generally available: Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry-based Distro for Node.js and Python

Target availability: Q3 2023

Use OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation with vender-neutral APIs to power metrics, logs, and distributed traces in Azure Monitor application insights.

• Azure Monitor
• Application Insights
• Open Source
• Management
• SDK and Tools

Private Preview: Kafka Input and Output with Azure Stream Analytics

Target availability: Q2 2023

You can connect directly to Kafka to ingest from Kafka clusters or output data to Kafka clusters in your Azure Stream Analytics (ASA) job.

• Azure Stream Analytics
• Open Source
• Microsoft Build
• Features

General Availability: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus

Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus is now Generally Available.

• Azure Monitor
• Managed Prometheus
• Azure Managed Grafana
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes
• Open Source
• Microsoft Build
• Management
• Pricing & Offerings

Public Preview: Azure Monitor announces Network Observability AKS add-on

The new Network Observability AKS add-on provides complete observability into the network health and connectivity of your AKS cluster.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Monitor
• Azure Managed Grafana
• Open Source
• Microsoft Build
• Management
• Features

Preview: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.2 support for AMD confidential VMs

User of AMD-based confidential VMs can now select the RHEL 9.2 technical preview as their guest OS.

• Virtual Machines
• Open Source
• Microsoft Build
• Security
• Features
• Operating System
• Pricing & Offerings