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Azure Resource Manager (ARM) application and service deployment
Azure Resource Manager (ARM) application and service deployment is currently in preview. This feature https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-application-arm-resource will be Generally Available in the v6.5 runtime release of Service Fabric.
Service Fabric node-by-node cluster upgrades are now in development
Enable more granular upgrades than just standard five Upgrade Domain (UDs), so that individual nodes or UDs of different sizes can be chosen when performing application and cluster upgrades.
REST based Client library and PowerShell module in preview
REST based Client library and PowerShell module for Service Fabric is currently in preview. This HTTP REST based client enables running PowerShell and Azure CLI to manage your cluster(s) without installing the Service Fabric SDK.
Azure File volume disk plugin is currently in preview
Azure File volume disk is currently in preview. Using Azure Files for remote state storage for containers. For more details see https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-containers-volume-logging-drivers
Support for Managed Identities (MI) for applications and services is in development
Service Fabric applications and services running in a Service Fabric cluster have then own first-class identity in Azure Active Directory so that they can securely communicate with Azure services.
Low Priority VM support is now in development
Low Priority VM Scale Sets have no SLA, so are suitable only for scenarios where workloads can handle virtual machines being removed from the cluster with short/no notice at the benefit of reduced costs.
December 2018
Now available: Azure Service Fabric Mesh fall refresh
The serverless Azure Service Fabric Mesh Fall refresh is now available with improvements such as auto-scale and network and gateway resources in addition to storage improvements and fixes.
Now available: Azure Service Fabric runtime version 6.4 and SDK updates
Azure Service Fabric runtime version 6.4 with the corresponding SDK and tooling updates is now available with many enhancements.
Deploy Service Fabric Ubuntu clusters on-premise using Bosh
Using Bosh as the deployment mechanism provides a way to define the deployment, monitor the cluster and auto-heal the infrastructure.
November 2018
Service Fabric now available on Azure Stack
Service Fabric, a distributed systems platform that makes it easy to package, deploy and manage scalable and reliable microservices and containers, is now available on Azure Stack.
October 2018
September 2018
General availability: Automatic OS image upgrade in virtual machine scale sets
It is easy to enable automatic OS image updates in Virtual machine scale sets for the most popular images.
August 2018
Azure DevTest Labs: Public environment repository in labs
We're releasing a public repository of Azure Resource Manager templates for each lab.
July 2018
Azure Service Fabric introduces its fully managed option, Service Fabric Mesh
Azure Service Fabric introduces its fully managed option, Service Fabric Mesh, for building, deploying, and running business-critical microservice applications.
May 2018
Visual Studio Team Services | Azure DevOps Projects
Use Azure DevOps Projects to start running your application on Azure App Service or Virtual Machine hosts.
Azure Service Fabric | Service Fabric Mesh
Azure Service Fabric is a microservice platform for business critical applications.
Deploy to Azure Kubernetes Service by using DevOps Projects: Sprint 134 Update
The Sprint 134 Update of Visual Studio Team Services brings better support for Ruby, Python, and Java languages in for build and even more deployment options for release.
Reliable Services and Reliable Actors on Linux now available to the public
With the new Java and .NET Core support, you can use your preferred language to build reliable services and actors with the Service Fabric API using .NET Core 2.0 and Java 8 SDKs on Linux.
March 2018
Simplified process for creating secure Service Fabric clusters
We have simplified creating secure Service Fabric clusters in the portal and removed the option to create unsecure Service Fabric clusters.
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