Updates Archives
Monthly updates for April 2022
Public preview: Managed identities support in Azure Container Apps
You can now use managed identities with Azure Container Apps instead of passing secrets in connection strings.
Public preview: Support for Windows clients using Azure Monitor agent
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.
Public preview: Azure Monitor activity log insights
Azure Monitor activity log insights let you view information about changes to resources and resource groups in a subscription.
Public preview: Redesign of alerts summary (landing) page
The summary (landing) page for alerts has been simplified to improve usability and actionability.
Public preview: Recommended alert rules for virtual machines
You can now enable a set of recommended alert rules for your existing virtual machines.
Public preview: Azure Backup supports metrics and metric alerts for Azure Blobs
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.
Public preview: Capacity reservation support in AKS
You can now use reserved capacity with AKS via the capacity reservation feature.
Public preview: Azure Virtual Machines DCsv3 available in Switzerland and West US
Confidential computing DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series virtual machines (VMs) are in preview in Switzerland North and West US.
Public preview: Arm64-based Azure VMs can deliver up to 50% better price-performance
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.
Public preview: Azure Bastion support for Kerberos authentication
Azure Bastion now supports the Kerberos authentication protocol in public preview.
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