Updates Archives
Monthly updates for April 2022
Public preview: Health probes support in Azure Container Apps
You can now use readiness, liveness, and startup probes in your Azure Container Apps.
Public preview: Visual Studio support for Azure Container Apps
You can now publish .NET Core applications to Azure Container Apps from Visual Studio 2022 Preview 2.
Public preview: Visual Studio Code extension for Azure Container Apps
You can now deploy and manage Azure Container Apps from Visual Studio Code.
Generally available: IBM WebSphere on Azure with evaluation licensing
Use evaluation licenses, instead of full entitlements, for WebSphere on Azure Virtual Machines for trial and prototyping.
Public preview: Managed identities support in Azure Container Apps
You can now use managed identities with Azure Container Apps instead of passing secrets in connection strings.
Public preview: Support for Windows clients using Azure Monitor agent
Using the new Windows client installer launched today, you can now get the benefits of the new agent and data collection rules on your Windows 10 and 11 client devices.
Generally available: Java 17 and Tomcat 10.0 on Azure App Service
Use new supported versions of Java and Tomcat to run web applications on Azure App Service.
Generally available: new result set grid in Azure Monitor log analytics
The new result set grid in log analytics boasts a brand-new experience, introduces numerous new features, and is much easier to use!
Public preview: Azure Monitor activity log insights
Azure Monitor activity log insights let you view information about changes to resources and resource groups in a subscription.
Public preview: Redesign of alerts summary (landing) page
The summary (landing) page for alerts has been simplified to improve usability and actionability.
Public preview: Recommended alert rules for virtual machines
You can now enable a set of recommended alert rules for your existing virtual machines.
Generally available: Migrate devices across templates at scale in Azure IoT Central
Migrating devices across device templates at scale is now supported in Azure IoT Central jobs.
General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.04
Azure Sphere OS quality release 22.04 is available now.
Generally available: Service tags support for user-defined routing
Simplify route creation and management by using service tags to represent multiple IP ranges in a single user-defined route.
Generally available: Customize application text labels in Azure IoT Central
You can now replace ‘Device’ label in your Azure IoT Central application with your preferred text.
Generally available: Azure Databricks Delta Live Tables
Build reliable, maintainable, and testable data processing pipelines with Delta Live Tables.
General availability: Glossary terms in Azure Purview data catalog search
The Azure Purview data catalog search experience now includes glossary terms in the search results.
Generally available: DNS reservations to prevent subdomain takeover in Cloud Services deployments
Target availability: Q2 2022
As a preventive measure, DNS record is reserved for seven days to allow clean-up of dangling DNS domains or reclaim from same Azure Active Directory tenant only.
Update: Azure AD Graph retirement date
Update your apps to use Microsoft Graph.
Generally available: Diagnostic audit logs for Automation accounts
Forward Azure Automation diagnostic audit logs to Log analytics workspace to keep track of changes at the automation account level.
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