Azure updates

General Availability: Isovalent Cilium Enterprise through Azure Marketplace

Target availability: Q2 2023

Isovalent Cilium Enterprise is now generally available through Azure Marketplace.

• Virtual Network
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Services
• Microsoft Build
• Features

Generally available: Jobs API to support bulk import in Azure Digital Twins

GA release for bulk import support for Azure Digital Twins

• Azure Digital Twins
• Features

Generally available: 8TB memory Mv2 Virtual Machine

Target availability: Q2 2023

Mv2 8TB Memory virtual machine is generally available now for your in-memory workloads.

• Features

General availability: Azure Load Balancer per VM limit removal

Increase resiliency, higher availability, and flexibility by utilizing more than 2 Standard Load Balancers per VM.

• Load Balancer
• Features

Azure Support Plan Offer extended to December 31, 2023

The existing Azure Support offer is being extended. The promotion will run from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.

• Services

Now Available: Resource-centric log queries in the Azure Monitor Query libraries

Resource-centric log query support is available in the latest stable release of the Azure Monitor Query client libraries. Query logs by Azure resource ID using .NET, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Python.

• Azure Monitor
• Log Analytics
• SDKs
• SDK and Tools

Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in more regions.

Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in Brazil South, UK South, East US, East US 2, and South-Central US.

• Azure Disk Storage
• Regions & Datacenters
• Features

General availability: Azure Sphere version 23.05 is delayed, new OS will be issued to Retail Eval

Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing.

• SDK and Tools
• Operating System

General availability: NLog Sink for Azure Data Explorer

Azure Data Explorer now supports ingestion of data from .NET Applications via the NLog Sink.

• Azure Data Explorer
• SDK and Tools
• Microsoft Build
• Open Source
• Features

Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer bindings for Azure Functions

Target availability: Q2 2023

Azure Data Explorer Bindings for Azure Functions (Public Preview)

• Azure Data Explorer
• Azure Functions
• SDK and Tools
• Microsoft Build
• Features

Setting Up a CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions for Stream Analytics Jobs

Are you using GitHub for managing your Stream Analytics project and looking to leverage GitHub's powerful CI/CD pipeline? Follow this comprehensive guide and learn to set up a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions for your Stream Analytics jobs.

• Azure Stream Analytics
• Microsoft Build
• Features

General availability: Azure CNI powered by Cilium

Target availability: Q2 2023

Leverage next generation eBPF dataplane for pod networking, Kubernetes network policies and service load balancing.

• Services
• Microsoft Build
• Features
• Security

Public Preview – Support for WebSocket APIs in Azure API Management Self-hosted Gateway 

We are announcing the native support for WebSocket APIs in the self-hosted gateway feature inside Azure API Management.

• API Management
• Features

Public Preview: Data mapping designer in Azure Logic Apps (Standard)

Microsoft has re-envisioned data transformations in Azure Logic Apps (Standard) by building a new data mapper experience from the ground up.

• Logic Apps
• Features

PublicPreview: Azure API Management: API Center

Centrally organize and manage APIs across the entire organization, regardless of API type, deployment location, lifecycle stage, or choice of API gateway or API management solution using Azure API Center.   Boost developer productivity by facilitating API discovery and promoting API reuse.  Establish a governance model for API portfolio across the entire organization.  Elevate API inventory management by organizing and enriching APIs with custom metadata, API versions, and deployment details.  Click here to learn more.

• API Management
• Features

GA: Logic Apps (Standard) adds support for .NET Framework extensibility in XSLT data.

Developers can now add .NET Framework methods to XSLT data transformations in Azure Logic Apps (Standard).

• Logic Apps
• Features

Generally available: Apache MirrorMaker 2 support in Azure Event Hubs

Users now can utilize MirrorMaker2 for effortless data replication from their on-premises or managed Kafka cluster directly to Event Hubs. 

• Event Hubs
• Features

Public Preview: JSON Schema support in Azure Event Hubs Schema Registry for Kafka applications

The Azure Event Hubs Schema Registry provides support for JSON Schema

• Features