Updates Archives
Monthly updates for January 2022
Generally available: A new and improved alert rule creation experience
The ‘Create alert rule’ experience has been simplified and converted into a step wizard, which is now generally available.
General availability: Ultra disks support on AKS
Data intensive AKS workloads can now take advantage of Azure ultra disks.
General availability: FIPS enabled node pool in Azure Kubernetes
You can now create FIPS 140-2 enabled node pools in AKS
Generally available: Containerd support for Windows in AKS
You can now run Windows workloads on containerd in AKS
Generally available: Azure Kubernetes support for upgrade events
Azure Kubernetes (AKS) now supports several new upgrade events to help customers understand and view their upgrade status in the portal or via the CLI.
Public preview: Kubernetes version alias support in AKS
You no longer need to specify the exact Kubernetes patch version number in your setup.
Generally available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus): New certifications
New compliance certifications are now available on Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus), a managed service running the open-source Postgres database on Azure.
General availability: Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) in new regions
Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) is now available in the Central India and East Asia regions to distribute your Postgres database across multiple machines using sharding.
Generally available: Azure IoT Edge tools for Visual Studio extension now supports Visual Studio 2022
Download and install the Azure IoT Edge tools for Visual Studio extension that includes latest features and .NET 6 support in Visual Studio 2022.
General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.01 expected on Jan 26
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing.
Announcing price reductions for Azure confidential computing
Lower prices for Azure confidential computing virtual machines
Public preview: Azure Static Web Apps enterprise-grade edge
Extend your Static Web App with a zero-config enterprise-grade edge powered by Azure Front Door.
General availability: Multiple custom BGP APIPA addresses for active VPN gateways
Get more flexibility for your on-premises BGP connections to Azure and create BGP-enabled VPN connections between Azure and other cloud providers.
Generally available: Load Balancer SKU upgrade through PowerShell script
Upgrade to Standard SKU Load Balancer easily through a simple PowerShell script and take advantage of enhanced capabilities.
Azure Ultra Disk Storage is now generally available in West US 3
Now available in West US 3 region, Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads such as SAP HANA and top tier databases.
Azure Backup - Automation updates - 2021
Summary of key automation updates for Azure Backup in 2021
Generally available: Azure Policy support for Azure Site Recovery
Target availability: Q1 2022
You can now use Azure Policy to enable Azure Site Recovery for your VMs at scale and ensure organisational standards.
Azure Traffic Manager: Additional IP addresses for endpoint monitoring service.
Update your network access control rules if you see Traffic Manager health probes with new IP addresses.
Public preview: Semantic Search update
Semantic Search, a feature of Azure Cognitive Search, is now available for direct configuration in the Azure Portal.
Azure SQL—Public preview updates for early January 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL
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