Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2019
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 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.
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
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.
Availability Zones support for Service Fabric clusters
Achieve higher reliability and resiliency by using Availability Zones (AZ)
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.
Service Fabric control plane audit logging in development
Investigate suspicious requests, collect statistics, monitoring alerts and track who initiated and applied changes to the Service Fabric cluster via Azure AD accounts
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.
Public preview: Windows Server container support in Azure App Service
Windows Server containers in Azure App Service are now available in public preview.
Windows Virtual Desktop now in public preview
Get started today with Windows Virtual Desktop in public preview. Deploy and scale Windows desktops and apps on Azure in minutes.
General availability: Azure Kubernetes Service in India Central
Azure Kubernetes Service is now generally available in India Central. It's the 19th Azure region to offer the service.
Azure Backup SQL Servers running in Azure Virtual Machines is now generally available
Target availability: Q1 2019
Learn about this pay-as-you-go service that uses native SQL backup and restore APIs to provide a comprehensive solution to backup SQL servers running in Azure IaaS VMs.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster autoscaler is in preview
AKS cluster autoscaling lets you scale more efficiently and run applications without downtime.
Azure Kubernetes service (AKS) control plane audit logging is now in preview
Target availability: Q1 2019
: Use audit logging in AKS to keep a chronological record of calls that have been made to the Kubernetes API server, also known as the control plane.
Azure Security Center update: Azure App Service recommendation improvements
Azure App Service security recommendations have been improved to provide greater accuracy and environment compatibility.
AKS 2019-03-07 release
The AKS 2019-03-07 release contains bug fixes and a new version of the Azure Monitor for containers agent.
SignalR Service bindings
Azure Functions can now use bindings for SignalR Service to send real-time data to web applications as part of the function executions. The binding is supported for all generally available languages, including C#, JavaScript, and Java.
M-series virtual machines (VMs) are now available in the China North 2 region
Azure M-series VMs are now available in the China North 2 region. M-series VMs offer configurations with memory from 192 GB to 3.8 TiB (4 TB) RAM and are certified for SAP HANA.
Threat intelligence-based filtering for Azure Firewall is now available in preview
Threat intelligence-based filtering for Azure Firewall is now available in preview. The addition of the Threat Intelligence feed to the filtering capabilities expands both the options to alert and deny traffic from or to known malicious IP addresses and domains.
Retiring Azure Batch AI
Target retirement date: March 31, 2019
Microsoft made the Azure Machine Learning service generally available on Dec 4, 2018, which allows users to build, train, manage and deploy machine learning models. Because this new service has fully replaced the capabilities of Azure Batch AI Preview.
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