Azure roadmap
As Azure continues to grow, we want to keep you informed—so that we can plan for the future together. This product roadmap is the place to find out what’s new and what’s coming next. Let us know what you think by providing feedback and voting on items. You can also subscribe to notifications, so you’ll always be the in the know.
Azure Container Service
Date updated: Monday, September 18, 2017
Azure Container Service will be the fastest way to realize the benefits of running containers in production. It'll use customers’ preferred choice of open source technology, tools, and skills, combined with the confidence of solid support and a thriving community ecosystem.
Runtime 6.0 and SDK 2.8 released for Azure Service Fabric
Date updated: Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Azure Service Fabric is Microsoft’s microservices application platform, as well as a container orchestrator that will help developers build and manage cloud-scale applications.
Azure App Service on Linux and Web App for Containers
Date updated: Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Azure App Service is now available on Linux, including its Web App for Containers capability.
Azure Container Service—Container Registry
Date updated: Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Container Registry will support a network-close, private registry for Linux and Windows container images. It'll integrate well with orchestrators hosted in Container Service, including Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, and DC/OS, as well as other Azure services including Service Fabric and App Services.
Azure Container Service—Kubernetes
Date updated: Wednesday, May 31, 2017
There's a common thread among advancements in cloud computing—they'll enable a focus on applications rather than the machines running them. Containers, one of the most topical areas in cloud computing, will be the next evolutionary step in virtualization. There are several improvements to Container Service, most notably, that Kubernetes will soon be available as one of three choices of orchestrator.
Azure Container Instances
Date updated: Thursday, July 27, 2017
We're extremely excited to announce a new Azure service that makes it even easier to deploy containers. The very first service of its kind in the cloud, Azure Container Instances is a new Azure service delivering containers with great simplicity and speed, and without any Virtual Machine infrastructure to manage.
Azure Service Fabric support for Docker Compose
Date updated: Wednesday, May 24, 2017
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—5.6 Runtime release announcements
Date updated: Friday, June 9, 2017
Azure Service Fabric 5.6 Runtime Release will include Windows Server Containers support, Docker Compose preview, and Application Insights integration.