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Monthly updates for April 2022

Apr 13

Public preview: Managed identities support in Azure Container Apps

IN PREVIEW

You can now use managed identities with Azure Container Apps instead of passing secrets in connection strings.

  • Azure Container Apps
  • Features
Apr 13

Public preview: Support for Windows clients using Azure Monitor agent

IN PREVIEW

Using the new Windows client installer launched today, you can now get the benefits of the new agent and data collection rules on your Windows 10 and 11 client devices.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Apr 13

Public preview: Azure Monitor activity log insights

IN PREVIEW

Azure Monitor activity log insights let you view information about changes to resources and resource groups in a subscription.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Apr 13

Public preview: Redesign of alerts summary (landing) page

IN PREVIEW

The summary (landing) page for alerts has been simplified to improve usability and actionability.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Apr 13

Public preview: Recommended alert rules for virtual machines

IN PREVIEW

You can now enable a set of recommended alert rules for your existing virtual machines.

  • Azure Monitor
  • Features
Apr 6

Public preview: Azure Backup supports metrics and metric alerts for Azure Blobs

IN PREVIEW

You can now monitor the restore job health of your backed up blobs via Azure Monitor metrics and write custom alert rules on these metrics.

  • Azure Backup
  • Azure Monitor
  • Management
Apr 5

Public preview: Capacity reservation support in AKS

IN PREVIEW

You can now use reserved capacity with AKS via the capacity reservation feature.

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Features
Apr 5

Public preview: Azure Virtual Machines DCsv3 available in Switzerland and West US

IN PREVIEW

Confidential computing DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series virtual machines (VMs) are in preview in Switzerland North and West US.

  • Pricing & Offerings
  • Regions & Datacenters
  • Security
Apr 4

Public preview: Arm64-based Azure VMs can deliver up to 50% better price-performance

IN PREVIEW

New general-purpose and memory-optimized Azure Virtual Machines, which feature Ampere Altra Arm-based processors, deliver even better price-performance than comparable x86-based Azure Linux Virtual Machines.

  • Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets
  • Services
  • Pricing & Offerings
Apr 4

Public preview: Azure Bastion support for Kerberos authentication

IN PREVIEW

Azure Bastion now supports the Kerberos authentication protocol in public preview.

  • Azure Bastion
  • Security
  • Features

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