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Public preview: Azure Container Instances(ACI) Spot containers
You can now take advantage of unused Azure computing with Azure Container Instances (ACI)
Public Preview: Azure AD Support for Azure Files SMB shares REST API
With this announcement, cloud native and modern applications that use REST APIs to access Azure SMB shares can utilize identity-based authentication and authorization to access file shares.
Generally available: Private Link support for Application Gateway
Application Gateway Private Link allows you to connect your workloads over a private connection spanning across VNets and subscriptions
Generally available: Multiple backups per day for Azure Virtual Machines
Protect Azure Virtual Machines with Recovery Point Objective (RPO) as low as four hours.
General availability: New KQL function to enrich your data analysis with geographic context
KQL introduces a new function to retrieve country, state, city, and coordinates from IP addresses using GeoLite2 data. Find out how to use geo_info_from_ip_address() and what it can do for your data analysis.
Generally available: Azure Data Explorer Kusto Emulator on Linux
The Kusto Emulator is now available as a Linux Docker Container!
Public Preview: Azure Chaos Studio is now available in West US 2 region
Azure Chaos Studio is now available in West US 2 region.
Public preview: Introducing NGads V620-series VMs optimized for cloud gaming
VGads V620-series virtual machines (VMs), now in public preview in the East US2, Europe west, and West US3 regions, enable service providers to build differentiated cloud gaming experiences.
General Availability: Isovalent Cilium Enterprise through Azure Marketplace
Target availability: Q2 2023
Isovalent Cilium Enterprise is now generally available through Azure Marketplace.
Generally available: Jobs API to support bulk import in Azure Digital Twins
GA release for bulk import support for Azure Digital Twins
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.
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.
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.
May 2023
Generally available: Azure Files scalability improvement for Azure Virtual Desktop and other workloads that open root directory handles
Target availability: Q2 2023
Azure Files has increased the root directory handle limit per share from 2,000 to 10,000 for standard and premium file shares.
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.
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.
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.
General availability: NLog Sink for Azure Data Explorer
Azure Data Explorer now supports ingestion of data from .NET Applications via the NLog Sink.
Public Preview: Azure Data Explorer bindings for Azure Functions
Target availability: Q2 2023
Azure Data Explorer Bindings for Azure Functions (Public Preview)
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.
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