Updates Archives
Monthly updates for March 2023
Azure Service Fabric 9.1 Second Refresh Release
This release includes quality improvements.
Generally available: Mount Azure Files and ephemeral storage in Azure Container Apps
Persist data in Azure Container Apps via mounted volumes.
Public preview: AKS support for Kubernetes 1.26 release
You can now try out Kubernetes v1.26 features with Azure Kubernetes Service
Docker container runtime retirement for Windows node pools effective May 1, 2023
Migrate to containers before May 1, 2023
AKS will stop support for Windows Server 2019 on March 1 2026
Transition your Kubernetes workloads on Windows Server 2019 to Windows Server 2022 by March 1 2026.
Generally available: Azure Monitor integration with Azure Container Apps
You can now choose different destinations for your Azure Container Apps logs
Now available: Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials
Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials is a Microsoft supported lightweight Kubernetes distribution that is fine tuned to run on edge devices with constrained resources.
Generally Available: Durable Functions support of managed identity for Azure Storage
You can now use an identity-based connection to access Azure Storage, instead of embedding secrets in connection strings.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift version 4.11 now available
Take advantage of the features in OpenShift version 4.11.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift March Updates
Expanded regional availability and several new features for workload optimization, enhanced security, and performance.
Public Preview - Backup for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Backup is announcing public preview of Backup for AKS allowing customers to protect their applications by providing ability to backup and restore AKS clusters.
Disclosure: In-tree disk and file drivers will no longer be supported starting in Kubernetes v1.26
Migrate your existing in-tree disk and file volumes to CSI drivers using provided guidance.
Public preview: Confidential containers on ACI
ACI now lets you run containers in a trusted execution environment (TEE)
GA: Online live resize of persistent volumes
Scale up persistent volumes without taking the application offline.
Public preview: Pod sandboxing in AKS
AKS now allows you to isolate workloads at the kernel level.
Public preview: Caching in ACR
You can now use caching in ACR to achieve faster and more reliable pull operations.
Public preview: AKS NodeOSUpgrade channel
You now have more flexible options for managing your upgrades.
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