Azure updates

Public preview: Initialization taints in AKS

You can now use node initialization taints in AKS e.g. in scenarios where you may need extra time to setup your nodes.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Features

GA: Support for disabling Windows outboundNAT in AKS

You can now manually disable Windows outboundNAT when creating new Windows node pools in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Security
• Features

Public Preview: NFS Azure Files volume mount support in Azure Container Apps

You can now mount NFS file shares in Azure Container Apps.

• Azure Container Apps
• Features

Public preview: Standby pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets with flexible orchestration

Standby Pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets with Flexible Orchestration provides the ability to reduce scale out latency and increase scale out performance.

• Virtual Machine Scale Sets
• Virtual Machines
• Features

Cloud Services (classic) deployment model is retiring on 31 August 2024

Target retirement date: August 31, 2024

Cloud Services (classic) retiring in August 2024.

• Cloud Services
• Retirements

General availability: HBv4-series & HX-series VMs are now available in Sweden Central.

HBv4 virtual machines (VMs) are optimized for various HPC workloads such as computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, frontend and backend EDA, rendering, molecular dynamics, computational geoscience, weather simulation, and financial risk analysis. HX-series Virtual Machines (VMs) are optimized for large memory HPC workloads such as backend EDA, finite element analysis, computational geoscience, and big data analytics.

• Virtual Machines
• Regions & Datacenters
• Services

Generally Available: AKS cost views

The Kubernetes clusters and Kubernetes namespaces cost views are now generally available in Cost analysis within Azure portal. You can view the aggregated costs for all your AKS clusters and namespaces across a subscription and drill down into infrastructure and namespaces costs of a cluster.

• Microsoft Cost Management
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Management

Retirement: Support for .NET 6 ends on 12 November 2024—upgrade your Azure Functions apps to .NET 8

Target retirement date: November 12, 2024

Upgrade your Azure Functions apps to .NET 8

• Azure Functions
• Retirements

Retirement: Support for the in-process model for .NET apps in Azure Functions ends 10 November 2026.

Target retirement date: November 10, 2026

Migrate your .NET apps in Azure Functions to the isolated worker model

• Azure Functions
• Retirements

Support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS for Batch pools will be retired on 23 April 2025

Target retirement date: April 24, 2025

End of life announcement for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS support for Azure Batch pools on 23 April 2025

• Batch
• Retirements

Support for Basic and Standard A-series VM families support will be retired on 31 August 2024 for Batch pools

Target retirement date: September 01, 2024

End of life for Basic and Standard A-series VM families support in Batch pools on 31 August 2024

• Batch
• Retirements

GA: Azure SQL Trigger support for Azure Functions

You can now build application logic in Azure Function apps which can be driven by the data from Azure SQL database

• Azure Functions
• Features

Generally Available: Free managed certificates on Azure Container Apps

Azure Container Apps now provides a free managed certificate for your custom domain.

• Azure Container Apps
• Security
• Features

Public preview: Support for Key Vault Certificates in Azure Container Apps

You can now use Azure Key Vault to store and manage your own TLS/SSL certificates for use with Azure Container Apps.

• Azure Container Apps
• Security
• Features

Public preview: PowerShell 7.4 support for Azure Functions

You can now develop apps using PowerShell 7.4 locally and deploy them to Azure Functions

• Azure Functions
• Features

Public Preview: Azure Container Apps OpenTelemetry Agent support

You can now use open-source standards to send your app’s data.

• Azure Container Apps
• Features

General Availability: Automatic Scaling for App Service Web Apps

Azure App Service is pleased to announce general availability of the "Automatic Scaling" feature.

• App Service
• App Service (Linux)
• Features